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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.
Events
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
Awards
Academy 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
Golden Globe Awards:
» 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
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
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
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
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
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, actressFurther Information
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