1948 in film

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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1948
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
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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
North America
The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first)
Road to Rio
Easter Parade
Red River
The Three Musketeers and Johnny Belinda

[edit] 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

[edit] Films released in 1948
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, (June 15), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Anna Karenina, (January 22)
Arch of Triumph, (February 17)
Bicycle Thieves, (November 24), (Ladri di biciclette)
Call Northside 777, (February 1), with James Stewart
The Fallen Idol, (September 30), written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed
Easter Parade, (June 30)
Fighter Squadron, (November 19), directed by Raoul Walsh.
Fort Apache, (March 9), directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne
Hamlet, (May 4)
Joan of Arc, (November 11), starring Ingrid Bergman and José Ferrer
Johnny Belinda, (September 14)
Key Largo, (July 16), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Ladies of the Chorus, (October 22)
The Lady from Shanghai, (June 9)
Macbeth, (October 1), directed by and starring Orson Welles
Melody Time, (May 27)
Mexican Hayride, (December 27), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
The Naked City, (March 4)
The Noose Hangs High, (March 4), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Na svoji zemlji, (November 15)
Oliver Twist, (June 30), directed by David Lean
The Paleface, (December 24)
Les parents terribles, (December 1), directed by Jean Cocteau
The Pirate, (May 20)
Red River, (September 30)
The Red Shoes, (September 6)
Rogues Regiment, (September), directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Marta Toren and Vincent Price
Rope, (August 23), by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart
Scott of the Antarctic, (December ?), starring John Mills
The Snake Pit, (November 4)
State of the Union, (April 30)
The Three Musketeers (1948 film), (October 20)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, (January 6), starring Humphrey Bogart
Up in Central Park, (May), directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Dick Hymes and Vincent Price
The Winslow Boy, (September 24)

[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