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See also: 1947 in film, other events of 1948, 1949 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Easter Parade [?]
2. The Pirate[?]
3. Arch of Triumph[?]
4. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette)
5. The Lady from Shanghai[?]

Births

• January 14 - Carl Weathers[?], actor
• January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, producer, musician
• January 16 - John Carpenter, director
• July 30 - Jean Reno, actor
• October 9 - Jackson Browne, songwriter
• December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, singer/songwriter
• December 27 - Gerard Depardieu, French actor

Deaths

• February 11 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director.
• July 23 - David Wark Griffith, film director.

Other Movies Released

• Hamlet
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart
• Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman and José Ferrer
• Key Largo[?] starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
• Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, starring James Stewart