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	Cass Timberlane	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$3,983,000[4]
10	Homecoming	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$3,699,000[4]

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

Quartet, starring Mai Zetterling – (GB)

Vidya, starring Dev Anand – (India)

Serials

Short film series

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 15 – Tino Insana, American actor, producer, writer, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
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 Corbett, English television personality, actor, writer, puppeteer and comedian
March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
March 31 - Rhea Perlman, American actress and writer
April 9 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
April 25 – Freda Foh Shen, American film, television and theatre actress
May 3 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
May 12
- Lindsay Crouse, American actress
- Richard Riehle, American actor
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 14 - Lou Wagner, American 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 18 – Dom Irrera, American actor and stand-up comedian
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

Film debuts

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.

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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.