The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1948 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 The Red Shoes General Film $5,000,000[ 1] 2 Red River United Artists $4,506,825[ 2] 3 The Paleface Paramount $4,500,000[ 1] 4 Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. $4,266,000[ 3] 5 Easter Parade MGM $4,144,000[ 4] 6 The Three Musketeers $4,124,000[ 4] 7 The Snake Pit 20th Century Fox $4,100,000[ 1] 8 The Emperor Waltz Paramount $4,000,000[ 1] 9 Homecoming MGM $3,699,000[ 4] 10 Sitting Pretty 20th Century Fox $3,550,000[ 5]
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Top ten money making stars
Notable films released in 1948 United States unless stated
A Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Act of Violence Van Heflin , Robert Ryan , Janet Leigh Adventures of Don Juan Errol Flynn Albuquerque Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton The Amazing Mr. X Turhan Bey and Lynn Bari L'Amore Roberto Rossellini , starring Anna Magnani – (Italy )Anna Karenina Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson – (GB )Another Part of the Forest Fredric March April Showers Ann Sothern and Jack Carson Arch of Triumph Ingrid Bergman , Charles Boyer , Charles Laughton , Ruth Warrick
B B.F.'s Daughter Barbara Stanwyck Berlin Express Jacques Tourneur , starring Merle Oberon and Robert Ryan The Berliner Gert Fröbe – (Germany )Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette Vittorio De Sica – (Italy )The Big Clock Ray Milland , Charles Laughton , Elsa Lanchester , Maureen O'Sullivan Blanche Fury Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger – (GB )Blonde Ice Leslie Brooks Blood on the Moon Robert Mitchum Bodyguard Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla Lane The Boy with Green Hair Joseph Losey , starring Dean Stockwell and Robert Ryan The Bride Goes Wild Norman Taurog , starring June Allyson and Van Johnson Brighton Rock Boulting Brothers film, starring Richard Attenborough – (GB )
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F The Fallen Idol Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed , starring Ralph Richardson – (GB )Fighter Squadron Raoul Walsh , starring Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack Force of Evil John Garfield A Foreign Affair Billy Wilder , starring Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich Fort Apache John Ford and starring John Wayne , Henry Fonda , Shirley Temple Four Faces West Joel McCrea and Frances Dee
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H Half Past Midnight Kent Taylor and Peggy Knudsen Hamlet Laurence Olivier , with Basil Sydney and Jean Simmons – (GB )He Walked by Night Richard Basehart and Jack Webb A Hen in the Wind Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan )Hollow Triumph Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett Homecoming Clark Gable , Lana Turner , Anne Baxter , John Hodiak
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L La Terra Trema Luchino Visconti (Italy)Ladies of the Chorus Marilyn Monroe Lal Dupatta Madhubala (India )The Lame Devil Sacha Guitry – (France )Letter from an Unknown Woman Max Ophüls , starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan London Belongs to Me Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim – (GB )Louisiana Story Robert J. Flaherty The Loves of Carmen Rita Hayworth The Luck of the Irish Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter Luxury Liner Jane Powell and George Brent
M Macbeth Orson Welles The Mating of Millie Evelyn Keyes and Glenn Ford Mela Dilip Kumar – (India )Melody Time Roy Rogers & Trigger and The Andrews Sisters Mexican Hayride Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Michurin Alexander Dovzhenko – (U.S.S.R. )Miranda Ken Annakin , starring Glynis Johns – (GB)Miss Tatlock's Millions Wanda Hendrix , Barry Fitzgerald , John Lund The Monkey's Paw Milton Rosmer – (GB )Moonrise Frank Borzage , starring Gail Russell and Dane Clark Morituri Germany )Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Cary Grant and Myrna Loy My Dear Secretary Kirk Douglas , Laraine Day Myriad of Lights China )The Mysterious Apartment Norway )
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P The Paleface Bob Hope and Jane Russell Les Parents terribles Jean Cocteau , starring Jean Marais – (France )The Pirate Gene Kelly and Judy Garland Pitfall Dick Powell , Lizabeth Scott , Jane Wyatt , Raymond Burr Port of Call Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden )Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle , starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten
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R Race Street George Raft and William Bendix Rachel and the Stranger Loretta Young , William Holden , Robert Mitchum Raw Deal Anthony Mann , starring Dennis O'Keefe , Claire Trevor , Marsha Hunt , Raymond Burr Red River Howard Hawks , starring John Wayne , Montgomery Clift , Walter Brennan , Joanne Dru , John Ireland The Red Shoes Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook – (GB )Relentless Robert Young The Return of October Glenn Ford Road House Ida Lupino Rogues' Regiment Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell , Märta Torén , Vincent Price Romance on the High Seas Jack Carson , Janis Paige , Doris Day (film debut)Rope Alfred Hitchcock , starring James Stewart Ruthless Zachary Scott and Diana Lynn
S Saigon Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake The Sainted Sisters Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield Saraband for Dead Lovers Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood – (GB)Scott of the Antarctic John Mills – (GB )Sealed Verdict Ray Milland The Search Fred Zinnemann , starring Montgomery Clift – (US /Switzerland )Secret Beyond the Door Fritz Lang , starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave Senza pietà Without Pity ) – (Italy )Shaheed Dilip Kumar – (India )Silver River Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan Sitting Pretty Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara Sleep, My Love Claudette Colbert Sleeping Car to Trieste Jean Kent – (GB )Smart Girls Don't Talk Virginia Mayo The Snake Pit Olivia de Havilland So Evil My Love Ray Milland , Ann Todd , Geraldine Fitzgerald – (GB)A Song Is Born Danny Kaye Sorry, Wrong Number Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster Spring in a Small Town Fei Mu – (China )Spring in Park Lane Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding – (GB )State of the Union Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn Station West Dick Powell and Jane Greer The Street with No Name Richard Widmark
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Births January 7 – Kenny Loggins , American singer-songwriter January 10 – William Sanderson , American actor January 12 – Anthony Andrews , English actor January 13 – Malcolm Storry , British actor January 14 – Carl Weathers , American actor and football player (d. 2024) January 16 – John Carpenter , American director, producer and screenwriter January 18 – M. C. Gainey , American character actor January 20 – Geno Silva , American actor (d. 2020) January 21 – Trey Wilson , American character actor (d. 1989) January 25 – Emily Richard , British actress (d. 2024) January 28 – Mikhail Baryshnikov , Latvian-American actor January 29 – Marc Singer , Canadian actor February 1 – Rick James , American singer and actor (d. 2004) February 3 – Thomas Rosales Jr. , American actor and stuntman February 5 February 9 – David Hayman , Scottish actor and director February 13 - Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American actress (d. 2022) February 15 – Tino Insana , American actor, producer, writer, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017) February 16 – Troy Evans , American actor February 17 – Anne Lonnberg , American actress and singer of Swedish descent February 18 – Sinéad Cusack , Irish actress February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill , American actress February 22 – John Ashton , American actor (d. 2024) February 23 – Dennis Waterman , English actor and singer (d. 2022) February 25 – K. 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Lalitha , Indian actress (d. 2022) February 27 - Féodor Atkine , French actor February 28 February 29 March 1 – Karl Johnson , Welsh actor March 3 - Danny Keogh , South African actor (d. 2019) March 4 – Brian Cummings , American voice actor March 5 – Annette Charles , American actress and dancer (d. 2011) March 6 – Anna Maria Horsford , American actress March 14 – Billy Crystal , American actor and comedian March 20 – Helene Vannari , Estonian actress (d. 2022) March 23 - Penelope Milford , American actress (d. 2025) March 24 - Adrian Shergold , British director March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia , American actress March 26 – Steven Tyler , American singer, songwriter, musician and actor 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 5 – Carlos Carrasco , American actor April 6 – Patrika Darbo , American actress April 9 – Jaya Bachchan , Indian actress April 20 – Gregory Itzin , American character actor (d. 2022) April 25 – Freda Foh Shen , American film, television and theatre actress April 28 – Marcia Strassman , American actress and singer (d. 2014) May 3 May 6 - Richard Cox , American actor May 11 – Pam Ferris , Welsh actress May 12 May 14 – Walter Olkewicz , American character actor (d. 2021) May 15 – Malcolm Stewart , Canadian actor May 18 – Jesper Christensen , Danish actor May 19 – Bruce Jarchow , American actor May 20 - Will Lyman , American actor May 21 – Jonathan Hyde , Australian-born English actor May 27 - Ken Lerner , American actor May 29 - Nick Mancuso , Italian-Canadian actor and director June 1 – Powers Boothe , American actor (d. 2017) June 7 – Xavier Saint-Macary , French actor (d. 1988) June 11 – Michael Swan , American actor June 18 - Philip Jackson , English actor June 19 – Phylicia Rashad , American actress, singer and director June 21 – Ian McEwan , English author June 22 – Steve Eastin , American character actor June 25 - Michael Lembeck , American actor and director June 28 June 29 - Danny Adcock , Australian actor July 2 – Saul Rubinek , German-born Canadian actor, director and producer July 5 – William Hootkins , American actor (d. 2005) July 6 – Nathalie Baye , French actress July 7 – Lori Tan Chinn , American actress and comedian July 9 – Ray Baker , American actor July 12 Susan Blu , American voice actress, voice director and casting directorBen Burtt , American sound designer July 13 – Catherine Breillat , French director July 15 - Richard Franklin , Australian director (d. 2007) July 16 - Rubén Blades , Panamanian musician, composer and actor July 17 - Wayne Sleep , British choreographer and actor July 18 - James Faulkner , British actor July 20 – Muse Watson , American actor July 26 – Leon Vitali , English actor (d. 2022) July 28 – Georgia Engel , American actress (d. 2019) July 30 – Jean Reno , French actor August 5 – Barbara Flynn , English actress August 13 – Peter Iacangelo , American actor (d. 2021) August 14 – Joseph Marcell , British actor and comedian August 18 – Grainger Hines , American actor, writer, producer and director August 19 – Jim Carter , English actor August 20 – John Noble , Australian actor August 30 – Lewis Black , American actor and comedian September 1 – James Rebhorn , American character actor (d. 2014) September 4 – Michael Berryman , American character actor September 7 – Susan Blakely , American actress September 11 September 15 September 17 – John Ritter , American actor (d. 2003) September 19 September 24 September 25 - Mimi Kennedy , American actress September 26 – Olivia Newton-John , British-born Australian actress and singer (d. 2022) September 27 – A Martinez , American actor and singer October 2 – Persis Khambatta , Indian actress and model (d. 1998) October 3 - Niall Buggy , Irish actor October 5 – Sal Viscuso , American actor October 6 - Frances Tomelty , Northern Irish actress October 8 – James Harper , American actor October 11 October 14 – Gerard Murphy , Irish actor (d. 2013) October 16 – Hema Malini , Indian actress and politician October 17 October 21 – Tom Everett , American actor October 28 – Telma Hopkins , American actress and singer October 29 – Kate Jackson , American actress October 30 – Don Creech , American actor October 31 – Michael Kitchen , English actor and producer November 3 - Robert Pugh , Welsh actor November 4 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 November 20 – Richard Masur , American character actor November 26 – Marianne Muellerleile , American actress November 28 – Agnieszka Holland , Polish director and screenwriter November 30 – Larry Bishop , American actor, screenwriter and director December 1 – Remo Girone , Italian actor (d. 2025) December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne , British actor and media personality (d. 2025) December 6 – JoBeth Williams , American actress and director December 9 - Ron Vawter , American actor (d. 1994) December 14 December 15 December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson , American actor and producer December 22 – Lynne Thigpen , American actress (d. 2003) December 27 – Gérard Depardieu , French actor and filmmaker December 31 – Donna Summer , American singer and songwriter (d. 2012)
Deaths January 7 – Charles C. Wilson , 53, American actor, It Happened One Night The Hell Cat Waterfront Lady Legion of Terror February 11 – Sergei Eisenstein , 50, Russian film director, Battleship Potemkin Alexander Nevsky Ivan the Terrible, Part One Ivan the Terrible, Part Two February 14 – James Baskett , 44, American actor, Song of the South February 23 – Patricia Farr , 35, American actress, Lady Luck Criminals of the Air Girls Can Play Lady Behave! March 10 – William L. Thorne , 69, American actor, Vanishing Men March 25 – Warren Hymer , 42, American actor, Up the River She's Dangerous The Lady and the Mob May 3 – Gideon Wahlberg , 58, Swedish actor, writer and film director May 12 – Dante Cappelli , 82, Italian actor, Macbeth Love Everlasting The Mysterious Mirror May 26 – Torsten Bergström , 51, Swedish actor and director, The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar Trollebokungen Ungdom May 29 – May Whitty , 82, English actress, Lassie Come Home Gaslight My Name Is Julia Ross July 5 – Carole Landis , 29, American actress, Topper Returns I Wake Up Screaming One Million B.C. Four Jills in a Jeep July 15 – William Selig , 84, American pioneer studio builder July 23 – David Wark Griffith , 73, American film director, The Birth of a Nation Intolerance Broken Blossoms Orphans of the Storm August 13 – Elaine Hammerstein , 51, American actress, Paint and Powder The Midnight Express August 13 – Edwin Maxwell , 62, American actor, Duck Soup Cleopatra His Girl Friday September 24 – Warren William , 53, American actor, Gold Diggers of 1933 The Wolf Man Lady for a Day Imitation of Life September 28 – Gregg Toland , 44, American cinematographer, Citizen Kane The Best Years of Our Lives The Long Voyage Home December 7th: The Movie Wuthering Heights The Grapes of Wrath Song of the South The Little Foxes October 10 – Mary Eaton , 47, American actress, Glorifying the American Girl The Cocoanuts October 13 – Samuel S. Hinds , 73, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life Buck Privates October 16 – Nora Lane , 43, American actress, The Cisco Kid Six-Gun Trail October 21 – Elissa Landi , 43, Austrian-American actress, The Count of Monte Cristo After the Thin Man November 9 – Edgar Kennedy , 58, American actor, Duck Soup A Star Is Born December 20 – C. Aubrey Smith , 85, English actor, A Bill of Divorcement Madame Curie
Film debuts
References ^ a b c d "All-Time Top-Grossers" . Variety ISSN 0042-2738 . Retrieved 2022-07-20 – via Archive.org .^ 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 Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551 ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study^ "Top Grossers of 1948." Variety
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