1948 in film

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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1948
Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Red Shoes	The Rank Organisation/Eagle-Lion Films	$5,000,000[1]
2	Red River	United Artists	$4,506,825[2]
3	The Paleface	Paramount Pictures	$4,500,000[1]
4	Johnny Belinda	Warner Bros.	$4,266,000[3]
5	Easter Parade	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,144,000[4]
6	The Three Musketeers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,124,000[4]
7	The Snake Pit Joan of Arc	20th Century Fox RKO Radio Pictures	$4,100,000[5]
8	The Emperor Waltz	Paramount Pictures	$4,000,000[5]
9	Homecoming	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$3,699,000[4]
10	Sitting Pretty	20th Century Fox	$3,600,000[6]

Events

May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices.
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

Awards

Category/Organization	6th Golden Globe Awards March 16, 1949	21st Academy Awards March 24, 1949
Best Film	Johnny Belinda The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Hamlet
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	Ellen Corby I Remember Mama	Claire Trevor Key Largo
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Richard Schweizer The Search	John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Screenplay, Original	Richard Schweizer The Search	Richard Schweizer The Search
Best Foreign Language Film	Hamlet	Monsieur Vincent

Top ten money making stars

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Bing Crosby
2.	Betty Grable
3. (tie)	Bud Abbott Lou Costello
4.	Gary Cooper
5.	Bob Hope
6.	Humphrey Bogart
7.	Clark Gable
8.	Cary Grant
9.	Spencer Tracy
10.	Ingrid Bergman

Notable films released in 1948

United States unless stated

#

3 Godfathers, starring John Wayne

E

The Eagle with Two Heads (L'Aigle à deux têtes), directed by Jean Cocteau – (France)
Easter Parade, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby
Escape, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Rex Harrison – (GB/U.S.)
Eva – (Sweden)
Every Girl Should Be Married, starring Cary Grant

F

The Fallen Idol, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson – (GB)
Fighter Squadron, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack
Force of Evil, starring John Garfield
A Foreign Affair, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich
Fort Apache, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
Four Faces West, starring Joel McCrea and Frances Dee

G

Germany Year Zero (Germania anno zero), directed by Roberto Rossellini – (Italy)
God Reward You (Dios se lo pague), starring Arturo de Córdova – (Argentina)
Good Sam, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Gary Cooper
Good-Time Girl, starring Jean Kent and Dennis Price – (GB)
Green Grass of Wyoming, starring Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn
The Green Promise, starring Marguerite Chapman and Walter Brennan
The Guinea Pig, a Boulting Brothers film starring Richard Attenborough – (GB)

H

Half Past Midnight, starring Kent Taylor and Peggy Knudsen
Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Basil Sydney and Jean Simmons – (GB)
He Walked by Night, starring Richard Basehart and Jack Webb
A Hen in the Wind (Kaze no naka no mendori), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
Hollow Triumph, starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett
Homecoming, starring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak

I

I Remember Mama, directed by George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne
I Walk Alone, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
The Iron Curtain, directed by William Wellman, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, June Havoc
Isn't It Romantic?, starring Veronica Lake

J

Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman
Johnny Belinda, starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres
June Bride, starring Bette Davis

K

Key Largo, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor
Kiss the Blood off My Hands, starring Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster
The Kissing Bandit, starring Kathryn Grayson and Frank Sinatra

L

Ladies of the Chorus, starring Marilyn Monroe
The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux), directed by and starring Sacha Guitry – (France)
Letter from an Unknown Woman, directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan
London Belongs to Me, starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim – (GB)
Louisiana Story, documentary by Robert J. Flaherty
The Loves of Carmen, starring Rita Hayworth
The Luck of the Irish, starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter
Luxury Liner, starring Jane Powell and George Brent

M

Macbeth, directed by and starring Orson Welles
The Mating of Millie, starring Evelyn Keyes and Glenn Ford
Mela, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
Melody Time, starring Roy Rogers & Trigger and The Andrews Sisters
Mexican Hayride, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Michurin, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko – (U.S.S.R.)
Miranda, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Glynis Johns – (GB)
Miss Tatlock's Millions, starring Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald, John Lund
The Monkey's Paw, starring Milton Rosmer – (GB)
Moonrise, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Gail Russell and Dane Clark
Morituri – (Germany)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
My Dear Secretary, starring Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day
Myriad of Lights (Wanjia denghuo) – (China)
The Mysterious Apartment (Den hemmelighetsfulle leiligheten) – (Norway)

N

The Naked City, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald
Night Has a Thousand Eyes, starring Edward G. Robinson
No Orchids for Miss Blandish – (GB)
No Room at the Inn, starring Freda Jackson and Hermione Baddeley – (GB)
Noose, starring Carole Landis
The Noose Hangs High, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Nosotros los Pobres (We the Poor), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)

O

One Sunday Afternoon, starring Dennis Morgan
One Touch of Venus, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner
Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness and Robert Newton – (GB)
On Our Own Land (Na svoji zemlji) – (Yugoslavia)

P

The Paleface, starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell
Les Parents terribles, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais – (France)
The Pirate, starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland
Pitfall, starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr
Port of Call (Hamnstad), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
Portrait of Jennie, starring Jennifer Jones

Q

Quartet, starring Mai Zetterling – (GB)

R

Race Street, starring George Raft and William Bendix
Rachel and the Stranger, starring Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum
Raw Deal, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Burr
Red River, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland
The Red Shoes, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook – (GB)
Relentless, starring Robert Young
The Return of October, starring Glenn Ford
Road House, starring Ida Lupino
Rogues' Regiment, directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price
Romance on the High Seas, starring Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Doris Day (film debut)
Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart
Ruthless, starring Zachary Scott and Diana Lynn

S

Saigon, the final of 4 films starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
The Sainted Sisters, starring Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield
Saraband for Dead Lovers, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood – (GB)
Scott of the Antarctic, starring John Mills – (GB)
Sealed Verdict, starring Ray Milland
The Search, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Montgomery Clift – (US/Switzerland)
Secret Beyond the Door, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave
Senza pietà (Without Pity) – (Italy)
Shaheed, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
Silver River, starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan
Sitting Pretty, starring Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara
Sleep, My Love, starring Claudette Colbert
Sleeping Car to Trieste, starring Jean Kent – (GB)
Smart Girls Don't Talk, starring Virginia Mayo
The Snake Pit, starring Olivia de Havilland
So Evil My Love, starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald – (GB)
A Song Is Born, starring Danny Kaye
Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster
Spring in a Small Town (Xiǎochéng zhī chūn), directed by Fei Mu – (China)
Spring in Park Lane, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding – (GB)
State of the Union, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
Station West, starring Dick Powell and Jane Greer
The Street with No Name, starring Richard Widmark

T

Tap Roots, starring Van Heflin and Susan Hayward
La Terra Trema (The Earth Will Tremble), directed by Luchino Visconti – (Italy)
They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell
The Three Muskteers, starring Lana Turner and Gene Kelly
The Time of Your Life, starring James Cagney
Tragic Hunt (Caccia tragica) – (Italy)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by John Huston (Oscars for best director and best screenplay), starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston (best supporting actor)
Treasured Earth (Talpalatnyi föld) – (Hungary)
Los tres huastecos, starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)

U

Under the Sun of Rome (Sotto il sole di Roma), directed by Renato Castellani – (Italy)
Unfaithfully Yours, starring Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison
Up in Central Park, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Deanna Durbin and Vincent Price
Ustedes los ricos (you the Rich), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)

V

Vidya, starring Dev Anand – (India)

W

Waverley Steps: A Visit to Edinburgh – (GB) documentary
Western Heritage, starring Tim Holt
When My Baby Smiles at Me, starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey
When You Come Home
Whiplash, starring Alexis Smith and Dane Clark
Whispering Smith, starring Alan Ladd and Robert Preston
The Winslow Boy, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Robert Donat and Margaret Leighton – (GB)

Y

Yellow Sky, starring Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark
You Gotta Stay Happy, starring Joan Fontaine and James Stewart
The Young Guard (Molodaya Gvardiya) – (U.S.S.R.)

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 – 1964 – 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 – 1964 – Yosemite Sam
1946—1948 – George and Junior
1947 – 1949 – Blackie the Sheep

Births

January 10 – William Sanderson, American actor
January 14 – Carl Weathers, American actor and football player
January 16 – John Carpenter, American director, producer and screenwriter
January 29 – Marc Singer, Canadian actor
February 5
- Barbara Hershey, American actress
- Tom Wilkinson, English actor
February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, American actress
February 22 – John Ashton, American actor
February 28
- Mike Figgis, English director and screenwriter
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
March 4 - Brian Cummings, American voice actor
March 11 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
March 14 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
March 20 – Helene Vannari, Estonian actress
March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
March 28
- Matthew Corbert, English television personality, writer, puppeteer and comedian
- Dianne Wiest, American actress
March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
March 31 - Rhea Perlman, American actress and writer
April 9 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
May 3 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
May 12 – Lindsay Crouse, American actress
May 21 – Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born English actor
June 28 – Kathy Bates, American actress
July 12 – Ben Burtt, American sound designer
July 13 – Catherine Breillat, French director
July 28 - Georgia Engel, American actress (d. 2019)
July 30 – Jean Reno, French actor
August 30 – Lewis Black, American actor and comedian
September 7 – Susan Blakely, American actress
September 19 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
October 2 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (d. 1998)
October 16 – Hema Malini, Indian actress and politician
October 17 – Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (d. 2018)
October 29 – Kate Jackson, American actress
November 11 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
November 13 – Adelle Lutz, American model, actress, and costume designer
November 14 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
November 28 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
December 6 – JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
December 15 – Dee Wallace, American actress
December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
December 27 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor and filmmaker

Deaths

February 11 – Sergei Eisenstein, 50, Russian film director, Battleship Potemkin, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible, Part One, Ivan the Terrible, Part Two
February 14 – James Baskett, 44, American actor, Song of the South
May 3 – Gideon Wahlberg, 58, Swedish actor, writer and film director
May 12 – Dante Cappelli, 82, Italian actor, Macbeth, Love Everlasting, The Mysterious Mirror
May 26 – Torsten Bergström, 51, Swedish actor and director, The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar, Trollebokungen, Ungdom
July 5 – Carole Landis, 29, American actress, Topper Returns, I Wake Up Screaming, One Million B.C., Four Jills in a Jeep
July 15 – William Selig, 84, American pioneer studio builder
July 23 – David Wark Griffith, 73, American film director, The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Orphans of the Storm
August 13 – Elaine Hammerstein, 51, American actress, Paint and Powder, The Midnight Express
August 13 – Edwin Maxwell, 62, American actor, Duck Soup, Cleopatra, His Girl Friday
September 24 – Warren William, 53, American actor, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Wolf Man, Lady for a Day, Imitation of Life
September 28 – Gregg Toland, 44, American cinematographer, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Long Voyage Home, December 7th: The Movie, Wuthering Heights, The Grapes of Wrath, Song of the South, The Little Foxes
October 10 – Mary Eaton, 47, American actress, Glorifying the American Girl, The Cocoanuts
October 13 – Samuel S. Hinds, 73, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Buck Privates
October 16 – Nora Lane, 43, American actress, The Cisco Kid, Six-Gun Trail
December 20 – C. Aubrey Smith, 85, English actor, A Bill of Divorcement, Madame Curie

Film debuts

Beau Bridges – No Minor Vices
Pat Buttram – The Strawberry Roan
Montgomery Clift – The Search
Doris Day – Romance on the High Seas
José Ferrer – Joan of Arc
Laurence Harvey – House of Darkness
Audrey Hepburn – Dutch in Seven Lessons
Rock Hudson – Fighter Squadron
Howard Keel – The Small Voice
Klaus Kinski – Morituri
Christopher Lee – Corridor of Mirrors
Margaret Leighton – Bonnie Prince Charlie
Audie Murphy – Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Irene Papas – Fallen Angels
Debbie Reynolds – June Bride

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References

Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
Andreychuk, Ed (1997). The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films. McFarland & Company Inc. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-7864-0393-4.
Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
Top 20 Films of 1948 by Domestic Revenue

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[Finler-1] Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[GoldenCorralBook-2] Andreychuk, Ed (1997). The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films. McFarland & Company Inc. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-7864-0393-4.

[warners-3] Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

[Mannix-4] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[Finler2-5] Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[1948DomesticRevenue-6] Top 20 Films of 1948 by Domestic Revenue