The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films (U.S.)

source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1949.shtml

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia

Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives

Best Actor: Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men

Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress

Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger - Twelve O'Clock High

Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge - All the King's Men

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture: All the King's Men

Best Director: Robert Rossen - All the King's Men

Best Actor: Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men

Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress

Best Foreign Language Film: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette), Italy

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Manon, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France

Films released in 1949

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Adam's Rib
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
• Africa Screams, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Alexander Popov
• All the King's Men
• The Barkleys of Broadway
• Beyond the Forest
• The Bicycle Thief (U.S. release)
• The Big Steal
• The Bribe
• Border Incident
• Champion
• Criss Cross, a film noir debuting Tony Curtis
• Come to the Stable
• Edward, My Son
• The Fallen Idol (U.S. release)
• The Fountainhead
• The Hasty Heart
• The Heiress
• I Was a Male War Bride
• Impact
• In the Good Old Summertime
• The Inspector General
• It Happens Every Spring
• Jolson Sings Again
• Jour de fête
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• A Letter to Three Wives
• Little Women
• Ma and Pa Kettle -(film only mentioned in article)
• Madame Bovary
• Malaya
• Manon
• Mighty Joe Young
• Mother Is a Freshman
• My Friend Irma, film debut of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• My Foolish Heart
• Neptune's Daughter
• On the Town, starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
• Passport to Pimlico
• Pinky
• Prince of Foxes
• Samson and Delilah
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (U.S. release)
• The Set-Up
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
• "She Shoulda Said 'No'!"
• Le Silence de la mer
• The Small Back Room
• The Stratton Story
• They Live by Night
• The Third Man
• Tulsa
• The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles)
• The Window
• Under Capricorn
• Whisky Galore!
• White Heat

Serials

• Adventures of Sir Galahad, starring George Reeves and Charles King
• Batman and Robin, starring Robert Lowery
• Bruce Gentry, starring Tom Neal
• Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc, starring Kirk Alyn and Rosemary LaPlanche
• Ghost of Zorro, starring Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake
• The James Brothers of Missouri, starring Keith Richards and Noel Neill
• King of the Rocket Men, starring Tristram Coffin and Mae Clarke
• Radar Patrol vs Spy King, starring Kirk Alyn

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1952)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Donald Duck (1934-1956)
• Pluto (1937-1951)
• Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
• Andy Panda (1939-1949)
• Goofy (1939-1953)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
• Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
• Droopy (1943-1958)
• Blackie the Sheep (1947-1949)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943-1949)

Births

• January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)
• January 12 - Wayne Wang, director
• January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter
• January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor (d. 1984)
• March 22 - Fanny Ardant, actress
• April 20 - Veronica Cartwright, actress
• May 9 - Billy Joel, songwriter
• May 31 - Tom Berenger, actor
• June 22 - Meryl Streep, US actress
• July 7 - Shelley Duvall, actress
• August 23 - Shelley Long, US actress
• August 31 - Richard Gere, US actor
• October 8 - Sigourney Weaver, US actress
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter
• November 26 - Juanin Clay, US actress
• December 25 - Sissy Spacek, US actress

Deaths

• January 6 - Victor Fleming, director
• December 16 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director

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