1948 in film
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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Red Shoes* | Eagle-Lion | $5,000,000 |
| 2. | Red River | United Artists | $4,507,000 |
| 3. | The Paleface | Paramount | $4,500,000 |
| 4. | The Three Musketeers | MGM | $4,307,000 |
| 5. | Easter Parade | MGM | $4,190,000 |
| 6. | Johnny Belinda | Warner Brothers | $4,100,000 |
| 6. | The Snake Pit | 20th Century Fox | $4,100,000 |
| 8. | Joan of Arc | RKO | $4,089,000 |
| 9. | The Emperor Waltz | Paramount | $4,000,000 |
| 10. | A Date with Judy | MGM | $3,700,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1948.shtml
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Hamlet - Two Cities Films
- Best Director: John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
- Best Actress: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Supporting Actress: Claire Trevor - Key Largo
- Best Picture (tie): Johnny Belinda
- Best Picture (tie): The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Director: John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
- Best Actress: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): not held
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
- Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier (United Kingdom)
- Best Actor: Ernst Deutsch in Der Prozess
- Best Actress: Jean Simmons in Hamlet
[edit] Films released in 1948
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Act of Violence
- Adventures of Don Juan
- Anna Karenina
- Arch of Triumph
- Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette)
- Call Northside 777, with James Stewart
- The Fallen Idol, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed
- Easter Parade
- The Emperor Waltz
- Every Girl Should Be Married
- Fighter Squadron, directed by Raoul Walsh
- A Foreign Affair
- Fort Apache, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne
- Green Grass of Wyoming
- Hamlet
- I Remember Mama
- Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman and José Ferrer
- Johnny Belinda
- Key Largo, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Ladies of the Chorus
- The Lady from Shanghai
- Louisiana Story
- The Loves of Carmen
- The Luck of the Irish
- Macbeth, directed by and starring Orson Welles
- The Man from Colorado
- Melody Time
- Mexican Hayride, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
- Moonrise
- The Naked City
- The Noose Hangs High, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Na svoji zemlji
- Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean
- The Paleface
- Les parents terribles, directed by Jean Cocteau
- The Pirate
- Portrait of Jennie
- Red River
- The Red Shoes
- Rogues Regiment, directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Marta Toren and Vincent Price
- Romance on the High Seas
- Rope, by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart
- Scott of the Antarctic, starring John Mills
- The Search
- Sitting Pretty
- The Snake Pit
- A Song Is Born
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- State of the Union
- The Three Muskteers
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Up in Central Park, directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin and Vincent Price
- When My Baby Smiles at Me
- The Winslow Boy
[edit] Serials
- G-Men Never Forget, starring Clayton Moore
- Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James, starring Clayton Moore
- Superman, starring Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill
- Tex Granger
- Congo Bill
[edit] Short film series
- 1928 -- 1952 - Mickey Mouse
- 1930 -- 1964 - Terrytoons
- 1933 –- 1957 - Popeye
- 1934 –- 1959 - The Three Stooges
- 1936 –- 1956 - Donald Duck
- 1939 -- 1953 - Goofy
- 1940 –- 1958 - Tom and Jerry
- 1940 -- 1962 - Bugs Bunny
- 1941 -- 1950 - The Fox and the Crow
- 1941 -- 1949 - Woody Woodpecker
- 1942 -- 1955 - Mighty Mouse
- 1943 -- 1956 - Chip and Dale
- 1943 -- 1958 - Droopy
- 1945 -- 1963 - Yosemite Sam
- 1946 -- 1948 - George and Junior
- 1947 -- 1949 - Blackie the Sheep
[edit] Births
- January 14 - Carl Weathers, actor
- January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, producer, musician
- January 16 - John Carpenter, director
- February 20 - Jennifer O'Neill, actress
- March 28 - Dianne Wiest, actress
- July 30 - Jean Reno, actor
- October 9 - Jackson Browne, songwriter
- October 17 - Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
- November 28 - Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and script writer
- December 21 - Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- December 27 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director
- July 5 - Carole Landis, actress
- July 15 - William Selig, pioneer studio builder
- July 23 - David Wark Griffith, film director
- August 13 - Elaine Hammerstein, actress
