Home > 1948 in film

1 Events

2 Top grossing films

North America

1. The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first)
2. The Road to Rio
3. Easter Parade
4. Red River
5. The Three Musketeers, Johnny Belinda

3 Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Hamlet - Two Cities Films, U-I (British)
• Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
• Best ActressThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen: Jane WymanJane Wyman (born January 4, 1914) is an American actress. Born Sarah Jane Mayfield in Saint Joseph, Missouri, she later took the name Sarah Jane Fulks in honor of the neighbor family who "unofficially adopted" her after her parents divorced. In 1928, she - Johnny Belinda

4 Movies released

Movies released in 1948 include:

• Hamlet
• The Treasure of the Sierra MadreThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers ( Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer ( Walter Huston, the director's fa starring Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart ( December 25, 1899 January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Bogart typically played smart, p
• Joan of ArcJoan of Arc ( January 6, 1412 May 30, 1431) (also Jeanne d'Arc Jehanne la Pucelle in French, and Maid of Orleans is a national heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church. During the Hundred Years' War she led the French against the English and was starring Ingrid BergmanIngrid Bergman (b. August 29, 1915 Stockholm, Sweden, d. August 29, 1982 London, England) was an Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. When still very young, she lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the Royal Dramatic and José Ferrer
• Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
• Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, starring James Stewart
• The Pirate
• Arch of Triumph
• The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette)
• The Lady from Shanghai
• The Paleface