Movies released in 1947

Song of Scheherazade

65/100

In 1865, Russian Navy midshipman Rimsky-Korsakov is inspired by a romantic interlude with a cabaret dancer while on shore leave in Spanish Morocco and writes the symphonic suite Scheherazade.

For You I Die

62/100

A young convict,Johnny Coulter, serving as a trustee and with only a year remaining on his sentence, is forced to participate in a prison break by one of the hardened criminals. They ... See full summary »

It's a Joke, Son!

61/100

The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his "Allen's Alley" resident-character...

Fado, História d'uma Cantadeira

68/100

Ana Maria was a modest young woman who loves Júlio, her guitarist. But when she becomes a famous singer and Júlio, feeling abandoned by her, decides to go to the African colonies, she will have to choose between fame and true love.

The Guilty

64/100

Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man-wrong victim plot strikes again.

Love from a Stranger

60/100

A newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.

The Root of All Evil

67/100

A girl from an impoverished family is jilted by her rich fiance, whose father doesn't approve. She decides to take revenge against them, and determines to let nothing or no one stop her from getting to the top.

Fame Is the Spur

69/100

A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power.

The Road to Hollywood

49/100

Film director Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.

The Thirteenth Hour

66/100

In the 7th of Columbia's "Whistler" series, truck-firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm, and shortly thereafter is slugged by a masked assailant who steals the... See full summary »

Blondie in the Dough

70/100

Blondie's sudden windfall causes noting but trouble for the Bumstead family.

Black Gold

66/100

In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.

To Live in Peace

72/100

The peaceful, almost idyllic life of an Italian village is interrupted during the war by the appearance of two American soldiers who keep hiding in the house of one of the villagers.

That Way with Women

64/100

Kathy's Love Affair

69/100

The fortunes of an upper-class British family are followed through three wars and four generations.

The Mighty McGurk

63/100

"Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon. But when "Slag" stumbles upon a young ... See full summary »

Dancing with Crime

70/100

A London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.

'Fun on a Week-End'

68/100

Peterson Price Porterhouse III (Eddie Bracken)) and Nancy Crane (Priscilla Lane), both flat broke...

Blackmail

59/100

A private detective is approached by a wealthy entertainment executive to stop a blackmail scheme against him. Although he hasn't decided to take the job, the blackmailers believe that he ... See full summary »

Banjo

59/100

9-year-old Georgia girl and her dog are sent to live with her aunt in Boston.