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Overview of the events of 1949 in film
Overview of the events of 1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1949
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
Jolson Sings Again
|
Columbia
|
$5,000,000
[1]
|
2
|
Battleground
|
MGM
|
$4,722,000
[2]
|
3
|
I Was a Male War Bride
|
20th Century Fox
|
$4,100,000
[3]
|
4
|
Sands of Iwo Jima
|
Republic
|
$4,000,000
[3]
|
5
|
The Stratton Story
|
MGM
|
$3,831,000
[2]
|
6
|
Pinky
|
20th Century Fox
|
$3,800,000
[4]
|
7
|
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
|
$3,700,000
[4]
|
8
|
Neptune's Daughter
|
MGM
|
$3,477,000
[2]
|
9
|
Little Women
|
$3,425,000
[2]
|
10
|
Sorrowful Jones
|
Paramount
|
$3,400,000
[4]
|
Events
- April 26–June 21 –
Ealing comedies
Passport to Pimlico,
Whisky Galore! and
Kind Hearts and Coronets are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies.
- November 15 – Following the prior year's
Supreme Court decision in
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.,
Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and
United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations.
- December 21 –
Cecil B. DeMille's
Samson and Delilah, starring
Hedy Lamarr,
Victor Mature,
George Sanders,
Angela Lansbury, and
Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in
New York City.
[5] The film opens in Los Angeles on January 13, 1950, and becomes a massive commercial success. At the
23rd Academy Awards, the film wins the awards for
Best Art Direction and
Best Costume Design.
Awards
Top ten money making stars
Notable films released in 1949
United States unless stated
A
-
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
-
The Accused, starring
Loretta Young and
Robert Cummings
-
Adam's Rib, directed by
George Cukor, starring
Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn,
David Wayne,
Tom Ewell,
Judy Holliday
-
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, narrated by
Basil Rathbone and
Bing Crosby
-
Africa Screams, starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
-
Alexander Popov, starring
Nikolai Cherkasov – (
U.S.S.R.)
-
Alias Nick Beal, starring
Ray Milland and
Audrey Totter
-
All the King's Men, directed by
Robert Rossen, starring
Broderick Crawford,
John Ireland,
Mercedes McCambridge
-
Always Leave Them Laughing, starring
Milton Berle and
Bert Lahr
-
Andaz (Style), starring
Dilip Kumar and
Nargis – (
India)
-
Any Number Can Play, starring
Clark Gable,
Alexis Smith,
Audrey Totter
-
Aventurera (Adventuress) – (
Mexico)
B
-
The Bad Lord Byron, starring
Dennis Price
-
The Barkleys of Broadway, the last of 10 films starring
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers
-
Barsaat (Rain), directed by and starring
Raj Kapoor – (
India)
-
Battleground, starring
Van Johnson,
Ricardo Montalbán,
George Murphy
-
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, starring
Betty Grable
-
Begone Dull Care, experimental animated film featuring music of
Oscar Peterson – (
Canada)
-
Beyond the Forest, starring
Bette Davis
-
The Big Cat, starring
Lon McCallister,
Preston Foster,
Forrest Tucker,
Peggy Ann Garner
-
The Big Steal, starring
Robert Mitchum,
Jane Greer,
Patric Knowles
-
Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro), starring
Vittorio Gassman and
Silvana Mangano – (
Italy)
-
The Blue Lagoon, directed by
Frank Launder, starring
Jean Simmons and
Donald Houston – (
GB)
-
The Blue Swords, directed by
Wolfgang Schleif (
East Germany)
-
Border Incident, starring
Ricardo Montalbán
-
Boys from the Streets (Gategutter) – (
Norway)
-
The Bribe, starring
Robert Taylor,
Ava Gardner,
Charles Laughton,
Vincent Price,
John Hodiak
-
Bride for Sale, starring
Claudette Colbert and
Robert Young
C
-
Canadian Pacific, starring
Randolph Scott and
Jane Wyatt
-
Caught, directed by
Max Ophüls, starring
Barbara Bel Geddes and
Robert Ryan
-
Chains (Catene) – (
Italy)
-
Champion, starring
Kirk Douglas,
Arthur Kennedy,
Marilyn Maxwell
-
Chicken Every Sunday, directed by
George Seaton, starring
Dan Dailey and
Celeste Holm
-
The Chiltern Hundreds, directed by
John Paddy Carstairs – (
GB)
-
Christopher Columbus, directed by
David MacDonald, starring
Fredric March – (
GB)
-
Colorado Territory, directed by
Raoul Walsh, starring
Joel McCrea and
Virginia Mayo
-
Come to the Stable, starring
Loretta Young and
Celeste Holm
-
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, starring
Bing Crosby and
Rhonda Fleming
-
Criss Cross, starring
Burt Lancaster and
Yvonne De Carlo
-
The Crooked Way, starring
John Payne and
Sonny Tufts
-
Crows and Sparrows (Wuya yu maque), directed by
Zheng Junli – (
China)
D
E
-
East Side, West Side, starring
Barbara Stanwyck,
Ava Gardner,
James Mason,
Van Heflin,
Nancy Davis
-
Easy Living, starring
Victor Mature and
Lucille Ball
-
Edward, My Son, directed by
George Cukor, starring
Spencer Tracy and
Deborah Kerr – (U.S./GB)
-
The Emperor of Capri (L'imperatore di Capri), directed by
Luigi Comencini – (
Italy)
-
The Emperor's Nightingale (Císařův slavík), an animated film narrated by
Boris Karloff – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Everybody Does It, starring
Paul Douglas and
Linda Darnell
F
-
Father Was a Fullback, starring
Fred MacMurray
-
The Fighting Kentuckian, starring
John Wayne and
Oliver Hardy
-
Flamingo Road, starring
Joan Crawford
-
Flaxy Martin, starring
Virginia Mayo
-
The Flirtation of Girls, directed by
Anwar Wagdi, starring
Naguib El-Rihani and
Leila Mourad – (
Egypt)
-
The Forbidden Street, starring
Maureen O'Hara
-
For Them That Trespass, directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti, starring
Richard Todd – (
GB)
-
The Fountainhead, directed by
King Vidor, starring
Gary Cooper and
Patricia Neal
G
H
-
Hardly a Criminal (Apenas un delincuente), directed by
Hugo Fregonese – (
Argentina)
-
The Hasty Heart, starring
Ronald Reagan and
Patricia Neal – (U.S./GB)
-
The Heiress, directed by
William Wyler, starring
Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Clift,
Miriam Hopkins
-
Holiday Affair, starring
Robert Mitchum and
Janet Leigh
-
Home of the Brave, starring
Jeff Corey
-
House of Strangers, directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring
Edward G. Robinson,
Richard Conte,
Susan Hayward
I
-
I Married a Communist, starring
Laraine Day and
Robert Ryan
-
I Shot Jesse James, starring
Preston Foster and
John Ireland
-
I Was a Male War Bride, starring
Cary Grant
-
Impact, starring
Brian Donlevy and
Ella Raines
-
In the Good Old Summertime, starring
Judy Garland and
Van Johnson
-
In the Name of the Law (In nome della legge), directed by
Pietro Germi – (
Italy)
-
The Inspector General, starring
Danny Kaye
-
The Interrupted Journey, starring
Richard Todd and
Valerie Hobson – (
GB)
-
Intruder in the Dust, directed by
Clarence Brown
-
It Happens Every Spring, starring
Ray Milland
-
It's Not Cricket directed by
Alfred Roome, starring
Basil Radford and
Naunton Wayne – (
GB)
J
K
L
-
Late Spring (Banshun), directed by
Yasujirō Ozu – (
Japan)
-
Life (Vazhkai), directed by
A. V. Meiyappan, starring
Vyjayanthimala in her screen debut – (
India)
-
A Letter to Three Wives, directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring
Jeanne Crain,
Linda Darnell,
Ann Sothern,
Paul Douglas,
Kirk Douglas
-
Little Women, directed by
Mervyn LeRoy, starring
June Allyson,
Peter Lawford,
Margaret O'Brien,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Janet Leigh,
Mary Astor
-
Love Happy, starring the
Marx Brothers
-
The Lucky Stiff, starring
Dorothy Lamour and
Claire Trevor
-
Lust for Gold, starring
Ida Lupino and
Glenn Ford
M
-
Ma and Pa Kettle, starring
Marjorie Main and
Percy Kilbride
-
Madame Bovary, starring
Jennifer Jones and
James Mason
-
Mahal (The Mansion), starring
Ashok Kumar and
Madhubala – (
India)
-
Malaya, starring
Spencer Tracy and
James Stewart
-
La Malquerida (The Bad Mistress), starring
Dolores del Río and
Pedro Armendáriz – (
Mexico)
-
The Man from Colorado, starring
Glenn Ford and
William Holden
-
Manhandled, starring
Dorothy Lamour,
Dan Duryea,
Sterling Hayden
-
Manon, directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot – (
France)
-
The Marriage of Figaro (Figaros Hochzeit) – (
East Germany)
-
Mighty Joe Young, directed by
Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring
Terry Moore and
Ben Johnson
-
Miss Mink of 1949, starring
Lois Collier
-
Mother Is a Freshman, starring
Loretta Young and
Van Johnson
-
My Foolish Heart, starring
Susan Hayward and
Dana Andrews
-
My Friend Irma, film debut of
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
N
O
P
Q
R
-
The Reckless Moment, starring
James Mason and
Joan Bennett
-
Red, Hot and Blue, starring
Betty Hutton and
Victor Mature
-
Red Light, starring
George Raft and
Virginia Mayo
-
The Red Pony, starring
Myrna Loy and
Robert Mitchum
-
The Rocking Horse Winner, starring
Valerie Hobson and
John Howard Davies – (
GB)
-
Rope of Sand, starring
Burt Lancaster,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains
-
Rotation (Sowjetische Zone) – (
East Germany)
-
A Run for Your Money, starring
Donald Houston,
Moira Lister,
Alec Guinness – (
GB)
-
Rustlers, starring
Tim Holt and
Martha Hyer
S
-
Samson and Delilah, directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, starring
Hedy Lamarr and
Victor Mature
-
Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by
Allan Dwan, starring
John Wayne
-
The Secret Garden, starring
Margaret O'Brien and
Herbert Marshall
-
The Set-Up, starring
Robert Ryan
-
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, starring
John Wayne,
Joanne Dru,
Ben Johnson
-
Shockproof, starring
Cornel Wilde
-
Une si jolie petite plage (Such a Pretty Little Beach), directed by
Yves Allégret – (
France)
-
Le Silence de la mer, directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville – (France)
-
Slattery's Hurricane, starring
Richard Widmark,
Veronica Lake,
Linda Darnell
-
The Small Back Room, directed by
Michael Powell and
Emeric Pressburger – (
GB)
-
Sons of Matthew (aka The Rugged O'Riordans) – (
Australia)
-
Sorrowful Jones, starring
Bob Hope and
Lucille Ball
-
South of St. Louis, starring
Joel McCrea and
Alexis Smith
-
The Stratton Story, starring
James Stewart and
June Allyson
-
Stray Dog (Nora inu), directed by
Akira Kurosawa, starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan)
-
Streets of Laredo, starring
William Holden,
Macdonald Carey,
William Bendix
-
The Sun Comes Up, starring
Jeanette MacDonald,
Lloyd Nolan,
Lassie
T
-
Take One False Step, starring
Shelley Winters and
William Powell
-
Tension, starring
Richard Basehart,
Audrey Totter,
Cyd Charisse
-
That Dangerous Age, starring
Myrna Loy and
Peggy Cummins – (
GB)
-
That Forsyte Woman, starring
Greer Garson and
Walter Pidgeon
-
That Midnight Kiss, starring
Kathryn Grayson and
Mario Lanza
-
Thieves' Highway, directed by
Jules Dassin, starring
Richard Conte
-
The Third Man, directed by
Carol Reed, starring
Joseph Cotten,
Alida Valli,
Trevor Howard,
Orson Welles – (
GB)
-
Too Late for Tears, starring
Lizabeth Scott and
Dan Duryea
-
Train of Events, starring
Valerie Hobson,
Jack Warner,
Peter Finch – (
GB)
-
Tulsa, starring
Susan Hayward and
Robert Preston
-
Twelve O'Clock High, starring
Gregory Peck
U
W
-
Waga koi wa moenu (Flame of My Love), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi – (
Japan)
-
The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles), directed by
René Clément, starring
Jean Gabin – (
France/
Italy)
-
We Were Strangers, starring
Jennifer Jones and
John Garfield
-
Whirlpool, directed by
Otto Preminger, starring
Gene Tierney
-
Whisky Galore!, directed by
Alexander Mackendrick (debut), starring
Basil Radford and
Joan Greenwood – (
GB)
-
White Heat, directed by
Raoul Walsh, starring
James Cagney,
Virginia Mayo,
Edmond O'Brien
-
The Window, starring
Barbara Hale and
Arthur Kennedy
-
Without Honor, starring
Laraine Day
-
Women Side by Side, directed by
Chen Liting, starring
Shangguan Yunzhu and
Zhao Dan – (
China)
Y
Serials
Short film series
Births
-
Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Senegalese actress
- January 7
- January 9 -
Vincent Grass, Belgian actor
- January 12 –
Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born director
- January 14 –
Lawrence Kasdan, American director and screenwriter
- January 16 –
Caroline Munro, English actress and model
- January 17 –
Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)
- January 24 –
John Belushi, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
- January 26
- January 27 –
Zbigniew Rybczyński, Polish film and video cinematographer and director
- February 2
- February 8 –
Brooke Adams, American actress
- February 9 -
Judith Light, American actress
- March 2 -
Gates McFadden, American actress
- March 3 -
Gloria Hendry, American actress and former model
- March 12 –
Rob Cohen, American director, producer and writer
- March 16
- March 22 –
Fanny Ardant, French actress
- March 28 -
Josephine Chaplin, American actress (died 2023)
- April 2
- April 5 -
John Berg, American actor (died 2007)
- April 8
- April 11 -
Bernd Eichinger, German producer, director and screenwriter (died 2011)
- April 14 –
John Shea, American actor
- April 20
- April 21 -
Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
- April 26 -
Dominic Sena, American director
- April 28
- May 3 -
Ron Canada, American actor
- May 7 -
Marilyn Burns, American actress (died 2014)
- May 26 -
Pam Grier, American actress and singer
- May 18 -
Hubert Saint-Macary, French actor
- May 20 -
Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian, actor and television writer
- May 21 -
Will Ryan, American voice actor, singer and musician (died 2021)
- May 22 -
Cheryl Campbell, English actress
- May 24 –
Jim Broadbent, English actor
- May 25 -
Joe Unger, American actor
- May 26
- May 28 -
Sandy Helberg, German-born American actor
- May 29 -
Cotter Smith, American actor
- May 31 –
Tom Berenger, American actor
- June 10 -
Frankie Faison, American actor
- June 12 -
Roger Aaron Brown, American character actor
- June 14 -
Antony Sher, British actor (died 2021)
- June 15
- June 22 –
Meryl Streep, American actress
- June 29 -
Greg Burson, American voice actor (died 2008)
- July 5 -
Ed O'Ross, American actor
- July 7 –
Shelley Duvall, American actress
- July 12
- July 24 -
Michael Richards, American actor, writer, producer and retired comedian
- July 27
- August 2 -
Madeline Smith, English actress
- August 8 –
Keith Carradine, American actor
- August 11 -
Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (died 1990)
- August 17 –
Julian Fellowes, English actor, writer, director and screenwriter
- August 20 -
Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor, director and screenwriter
- August 21 –
Loretta Devine, American actress
- August 23 –
Shelley Long, American actress
- August 25 –
John Savage, American actor
- August 31
- September 1 –
Luminița Gheorghiu, Romanian actress (died 2021)
- September 4 –
Eero Spriit, Estonian actor and producer
- September 13 -
Burghart Klaußner, German actor
- September 16 –
Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
- September 18 -
Beth Grant, American character actress
- September 19 -
Ernie Sabella, American actor
- September 25 –
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director
- October 4 –
Armand Assante, American actor
- October 8 –
Sigourney Weaver, American actress
- October 10 –
Jessica Harper, American actress
- October 15 –
Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021)
- October 20 -
George Harris, British actor
- October 21 -
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, American actress
- October 30 -
Leon Rippy, American character actor
- November 6 -
Brad Davis, American actor (died 1991)
- November 7 -
Terry Camilleri, Australian actor
- November 10 -
Ann Reinking, American actress and singer (died 2020)
- November 27
- November 28
- November 29 –
Garry Shandling, American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer and producer (died 2016)
- November 30
- December 3 -
Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)
- December 4 –
Jeff Bridges, American actor
- December 7 -
Tom Waits, American musician and actor
- December 8 -
Nancy Meyers, American filmmaker
- December 10 -
Enrique Castillo, American actor, writer, director and producer
- December 12 –
Bill Nighy, English actor
- December 13 -
Robert Lindsay, English actor
- December 15 –
Don Johnson, American actor
- December 19
- December 21 -
Michael Horse, American actor
- December 22 -
Graham Beckel, American character actor
- December 25 –
Sissy Spacek, American actress
- December 28 -
Hilton McRae, Scottish actor
Deaths
- January 6 –
Victor Fleming, 59, American director and producer,
The Wizard of Oz,
Gone With the Wind,
Captains Courageous,
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- January 19 –
William Wright, 38, American actor,
Philo Vance Returns,
Eve Knew Her Apples
- January 20 –
Nora Gregor, 47, Austrian actress,
The Rules of the Game,
But the Flesh Is Weak
- February 19 –
Jean Gillie, 33, English actress,
Decoy
- March 16 –
Leyland Hodgson, 56, English actor,
Under Nevada Skies,
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
- April 15 –
Wallace Beery, 64, American actor,
Grand Hotel,
The Champ,
Robin Hood,
Viva Villa!
- April 18 –
Will Hay, 60, English comedian, actor and director,
Oh, Mr. Porter!,
Hey! Hey! USA
- April 22 –
Charles B. Middleton, 74, American actor (born 1874),
Flash Gordon
- August 9 –
Harry Davenport, 83, American actor (born 1866),
Gone with the Wind,
The Ox-Bow Incident
- September 4 –
Olof Ås, 56, Swedish actor, stage manager (born 1892)
- September 10 –
Robert Middlemass, 66, American playwright, actor, (born 1883),
Lady in the Death House,
A Sporting Chance
- September 14 –
Romuald Joubé, 73, French actor (born 1876)
- September 18 –
Frank Morgan, 59, American actor (born 1890),
The Wizard of Oz
- September 20 –
Richard Dix, 56, American actor (born 1893),
Cimarron,
Redskin
- October 14 –
Fritz Leiber, Sr., 67, American actor (born 1882)
- October 22 –
Craig Reynolds, 72, American actor (born 1907),
Gold Mine in the Sky,
Slander House
- November 25 –
Bill Robinson, 72, American dancer and actor (born 1878),
Stormy Weather,
The Little Colonel
- November 27 –
Tom Walls, 66, English actor and director (born 1883),
Stormy Weather,
Lady in Danger
- December 16 –
Sidney Olcott, 76, Canadian-born American film director (born 1873)
- December 31 –
Howard Hickman, 69, American actor, director, writer (born 1880),
The Kansas Terrors,
Gone with the Wind
Film debuts
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