1948 in film

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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.

Events

May 3 - The Supreme Court of the United States decide in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices.
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	The Red Shoes	Eagle-Lion	$5,000,000
2.	The Three Musketeers	MGM	$4,507,000
3.	Red River	United Artists	$4,500,000
4.	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Warner Bros.	$4,307,000
5.	When My Baby Smiles at Me	20th Century Fox	$4,200,000
6.	Easter Parade	MGM	$4,100,000
7.	Johnny Belinda The Snake Pit	Warner Bros. 20th Century Fox	$4,089,000
8.	Joan of Arc	RKO	$4,000,000
9.	Adventures of Don Juan	Warner Bros.	$3,700,000
10.	Homecoming	MGM	$3,420,000
11.	The Loves of Carmen	Columbia	$3,395,000
12.	Key Largo	Warner Bros.	$3,289,000
13.	That Lady in Ermine	20th Century Fox	$3,250,000
14.	The Emperor Waltz	Paramount	$3,209,000
15.	The Search	MGM	$3,191,000
16.	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	RKO	$3,140,000
17.	Hamlet	Rank Film	$3,075,000
18.	State of the Union	MGM	$2,745,000
19.	A Foreign Affair	Paramount	$2,450,000
20.	Sorry, Wrong Number	Paramount	$2,200,000

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Hamlet - Two Cities Films

Best Director: John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet

Best Actress: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda

Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Supporting Actress: Claire Trevor - Key Largo

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture (tie): Johnny Belinda

Best Picture (tie): The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Director: John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Actor: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet

Best Actress: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): not held

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier (United Kingdom)

Best Actor: Ernst Deutsch in Der Prozess

Best Actress: Jean Simmons in Hamlet

Top ten money making stars

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

U.S.A. unless stated

Serials

Short film series

Births

January 10 - William Sanderson, American actor
January 14 - Carl Weathers, American actor and football player
January 16 - John Carpenter, American director, producer and screenwriter
January 29 - Marc Singer, Canadian actor
February 5
- Barbara Hershey, American actress
- Tom Wilkinson, English actor
February 20 - Jennifer O'Neill, American actress
February 22 - John Ashton, American actor
February 28
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
- Mike Figgis, English director and screenwriter
March 11 - Dominique Sanda, French actress
March 14 - Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
March 20 - Helene Vannari, Estonian actrss
March 25 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
March 28 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
March 29 - Bud Cort, American actor
May 3 - Chris Mulkey, American actor
May 12 - Lindsay Crouse, American actress
May 21 - Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born English actor
June 28 - Kathy Bates, American actress
July 13 - Catherine Breillat, French director
July 30 - Jean Reno, French actor
August 30 - Lewis Black, American actor and comedian
September 7 - Susan Blakely, American actress
September 19 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
October 2 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (died 1998)
October 17 - Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (died 2018)
October 29 - Kate Jackson, American actress
November 11 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (died 2005)
November 13 - Adelle Lutz, American model, actress, and costume designer
November 14 - Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
November 28 - Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
December 6 - JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
December 15 - Dee Wallace, American actress
December 21 - Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
December 27 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor and filmmaker

Deaths

Film debuts