1948 in film
Events
Top grossing films
:North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny Belinda
Best Picture: Hamlet - Two Cities Films, U-I (British)Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - HamletBest Actress: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda
Movies released
Movies released in 1948 include:Hamlet The Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman and José Ferrer Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, starring James StewartThe Pirate Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Arch of Triumph The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) The Lady from ShanghaiThe Paleface
BirthsJanuary 14 - Carl Weathers, actor January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, producer, musician January 16 - John Carpenter, directorFebruary 5 - Barbara Hershey, actressFebruary 20 - Jennifer O'Neill, actressMarch 28 - Dianne Wiest, actress July 30 - Jean Reno, actor October 9 - Jackson Browne, songwriterOctober 17 - Margot Kidder, Canadian actressNovember 28 - Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and script writerDecember 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, singer/songwriterDecember 27 - Gerard Depardieu, French actor
DeathsFebruary 11 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director. July 5 - Carole Landis, actressJuly 15 - William Selig, pioneer studio builderJuly 23 - David Wark Griffith, film director.
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