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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:

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RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
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| The Red Shoes

| General Film

| $5,000,000{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety193-1954-01/page/n301/mode/2up|title=All-Time Top-Grossers|magazine=Variety|date=January 13, 1954|volume=193|issue=6|page=10|issn=0042-2738|access-date=2022-07-20|via=Archive.org}}

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|Red River

| United Artists

| $4,506,825{{cite book |last=Andreychuk |first=Ed |year=1997 |title=The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films |publisher=McFarland & Company Inc. |isbn=0-7864-0393-4 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=MsfhcLmhnRwC&dq=%22red+river+earned%22&pg=PA24 24–25]}}

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| The Paleface

| Paramount

| $4,500,000{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety193-1954-01/page/n301/mode/2up|title=All-Time Top-Grossers|magazine=Variety|date=January 13, 1954|volume=193|issue=6|page=10|issn=0042-2738|access-date=2022-07-20|via=Archive.org}}

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|Johnny Belinda

| Warner Bros.

| $4,266,000Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

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| Easter Parade

|rowspan="2"|MGM

| $4,144,000{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

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|The Three Musketeers

| $4,124,000

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|The Snake Pit

|20th Century Fox

| $4,100,000

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|The Emperor Waltz

| Paramount

| $4,000,000

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|Homecoming

| MGM

| $3,699,000

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|Sitting Pretty

| 20th Century Fox

| $3,550,000[https://archive.org/stream/variety173-1949-01#page/n45/mode/1up "Top Grossers of 1948."] Variety, January 5, 1949, p. 46.

Events

Awards

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style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization" style="width:250px;"| 6th Golden Globe Awards
March 16, 1949		style="width:250px;"| 21st Academy Awards
March 24, 1949
Best FilmJohnny Belinda
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre		Hamlet
Best Directorcolspan="2" | John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actorcolspan="2" | Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
Best Actresscolspan="2" | Jane Wyman
Johnny Belinda
Best Supporting Actorcolspan="2" | Walter Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Supporting ActressEllen Corby
I Remember Mama		Claire Trevor
Key Largo
Best Screenplay, Adaptedrowspan="2" | Richard Schweizer
The Search		John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Screenplay, OriginalRichard Schweizer
The Search
Best Foreign Language FilmHamletMonsieur Vincent

Top ten money making stars

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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

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Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1948-01-01,1948-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1948 films] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1948-01-01,1948-12-31&adult=include List of 1948 deaths] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1948-01-01,1948-12-31&adult=include List of 1948 births] at IMDb

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