1948 IN FILM

The year '1948 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1948

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'' becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

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''

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'', (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)

★ ''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

★ ''The Winslow Boy'', (September 24)

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, actress