1949 in film

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

Other films released

Other films released in 1949 include:

• All the King's Men
• Battleground
• Champion
• The Fountainhead
• The Heiress
• In the Good Old Summertime
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• Ma and Pa Kettle
• Manon
• My Friend Irma
• Passport to Pimlico
• Sands of Iwo Jima
• The Small Back Room
• The Third Man
• Twelve O'Clock High
• The Walls of Malapaga
• The Window
• The Winslow Boy

Short film series

• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

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
• August 31 - Richard Gere, US actor
• 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