1949 IN FILM

The year '1949 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1949

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Adam's Rib''
# ''Jolson Sings Again''
# ''Pinky''
# ''I Was a Male War Bride'', ''The Snake Pit'', ''Joan of Arc''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''All the King's Men''' - Rossen, Columbia
:Best Director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz' - ''A Letter to Three Wives''
:Best Actor: 'Broderick Crawford' - ''All the King's Men''
:Best Actress: 'Olivia de Havilland' - ''The Heiress''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Dean Jagger' - ''Twelve O'Clock High''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Mercedes McCambridge' - ''All the King's Men''
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''All the King's Men'''
:Best Director: 'Robert Rossen' - ''All the King's Men''
:Best Actor: 'Broderick Crawford' - ''All the King's Men''
:Best Actress: 'Olivia de Havilland' - ''The Heiress''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Bicycle Thief''' (''Ladri di Biciclette''), Italy
'Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''The Third Man''', directed by Carol Reed, United Kingdom
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)'
:'''Manon''', directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France

Films released in 1949

★ ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Adam's Rib''

★ ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad''

★ ''Africa Screams'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Alexander Popov''

★ ''All the King's Men''

★ ''The Barkleys of Broadway''

★ ''Battleground''

★ ''Champion''

★ ''The Fountainhead''

★ ''The Heiress''

★ ''I Was a Male War Bride''

★ ''In the Good Old Summertime''

★ ''The Inspector General

★ ''Jolson Sings Again''

★ ''Jour de fête''

★ ''Kind Hearts and Coronets''

★ ''A Letter to Three Wives''

★ ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' -(film only mentioned in article)

★ ''Madame Bovary''

★ ''Malaya''

★ ''Manon''

★ ''Mighty Joe Young''

★ ''My Friend Irma'', film debut of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

★ ''On the Town'', starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra

★ ''Passport to Pimlico''

★ ''Pinky''

★ ''Sands of Iwo Jima''

★ ''"She Shoulda Said 'No'!"''

★ ''The Small Back Room''

★ ''The Third Man''

★ ''Le Silence de la mer''

★ ''The Stratton Story''

★ ''Twelve O'Clock High''

★ ''The Walls of Malapaga'' (''Au-delà des grilles'')

★ ''The Window''

★ ''Under Capricorn''

★ ''Whisky Galore!''

★ ''White Heat''

Serials

★ ''Adventures of Sir Galahad'', starring George Reeves and Charles King

★ ''Batman and Robin'', starring Robert Lowery

★ ''Bruce Gentry'', starring Tom Neal

★ ''Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc'', starring Kirk Alyn and Rosemary LaPlanche

★ ''Ghost of Zorro'', starring Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake

★ ''The James Brothers of Missouri'', starring Keith Richards and Noel Neill

★ ''King of the Rocket Men'', starring Tristram Coffin and Mae Clarke

★ ''Radar Patrol vs Spy King'', starring Kirk Alyn

Short film series

★ ''Mickey Mouse'' (1928-1952)

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Popeye'' (1933-1957)

★ ''Color Rhapsodies'' (1934-'1949')

★ ''The Three Stooges'' (1934-1959)

★ ''Donald Duck'' (1934-1956)

★ ''Pluto'' (1937-1951)

★ ''Chip and Dale'' (1943-1956)

★ ''Andy Panda'' (1939-'1949')

★ ''Goofy'' (1939-1953)

★ ''Tom and Jerry'' (1940-1958)

★ ''The Fox and the Crow'' (1941-1950)

★ ''Woody Woodpecker'' (1941-'1949')

★ ''Mighty Mouse'' (1942-1955)

★ ''Droopy'' (1943-1958)

★ ''Blackie the Sheep'' (1947-'1949')

★ ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' (1943-'1949')

Births

★ January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)

★ January 12 - Wayne Wang, director

★ January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter

★ January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor (d. 1984)

★ March 22 - Fanny Ardant, actress

★ May 9 - Billy Joel, songwriter

★ May 31 - Tom Berenger, actor

★ June 22 - Meryl Streep, US actress

★ July 7 - Shelley Duvall, actress

★ August 23 - Shelley Long, US actress

★ August 31 - Richard Gere, US actor

★ October 8 - Sigourney Weaver, US actress

★ November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter

★ November 26 - Juanin Clay, US actress

★ December 11 - Teri Garr, US actress

★ December 25 - Sissy Spacek, US actress

Deaths

★ January 6 - Victor Fleming, director

★ December 16 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director