1949 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. Adam's Rib
2. Jolson Sings Again
3. Pinky
4. I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia
• Best Actor: Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men
• Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress

Movies released

Movies released in 1949 include:

• All the King's Men
• Battleground
• Sands of Iwo Jima starring John Wayne
• Twelve O'Clock High
• In the Good Old Summertime
• The Third Man
• The Fallen Idol
• The Fountainhead
• Manon
• The Heiress
• Ma and Pa Kettle
• My Friend Irma, debut of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
• Au-delà des grilles (The Walls of Malapaga)

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
• 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
• October 8 - Sigourney Weaver,US actress.
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter.
• November 26 - Juanin Clay, US actress
• December 11 - Teri Garr,US actress
• December 25 - Sissy Spacek, US actress

Deaths

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