1949 Movies
Browse 955 titles in our 1949 Movies Database
- The Third Man
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- White Heat
- Adam's Rib
- Late Spring
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Stray Dog
- On the Town
- The Heiress
- All the King's Men
- Orpheus
- The Fountainhead
- A Letter to Three Wives
- 3 Godfathers
- The Set-Up
- Criss Cross
- I Was a Male War Bride
- Jour de Fête
- Obsession
- Under Capricorn
- Macbeth
- Force of Evil
- Portrait of Jennie
- Holiday Affair
- Thieves' Highway
- He Walked by Night
- Whisky Galore!
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Mighty Joe Young
- Too Late for Tears
- The Reckless Moment
- The Silence of the Sea
- La Terra Trema
- The Big Steal
- Passport to Pimlico
- Bitter Rice
- The Window
- Champion
- Impact
- Caught
- In the Good Old Summertime
- Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
- Knock on Any Door
- House of Strangers
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Africa Screams
- The Quiet Duel
- Song of Love
- Flamingo Road
- The Fighting Kentuckian
- Tension
- The Inspector General
- Adventures of Don Juan
- The Barkleys of Broadway
- Pinky
- The Stratton Story
- The Secret Garden
- Hollow Triumph
- Colorado Territory
- Long-Haired Hare
- Hour of Glory
- The Passionate Friends
- Wake of the Red Witch
- Thirst
- Beyond the Forest
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Border Incident
- Tokyo Joe
- The Hidden Room
- I Shot Jesse James
- Fast and Furry-ous
- The Queen of Spades
- Shockproof
- The Wind in the Willows
- Command Decision
- The Bribe
- The Dark Past
- Prison
- Three Came Home
- The Black Book
- Batman and Robin
- High Diving Hare
- Prince of Foxes
- Heavenly Puss
- The Little Orphan
- It's a Great Feeling
- For Scent-imental Reasons
- A Woman's Secret
- Follow Me Quietly
- It Happens Every Spring
- Rabbit Hood
- Beauty and the Devil
- Rope of Sand
- Neptune's Daughter
- Begone Dull Care
- Lust for Gold
- My Dream Is Yours
- So Dear to My Heart
- Bad Luck Blackie
- Trapped
- The Great Sinner
- Come to the Stable
- Ladies of the Chorus
- The Hasty Heart
- Station West
- Ma and Pa Kettle
- That Forsyte Woman
- Toy Tinkers
- Black Magic
- The Second Woman
- The Rocking Horse Winner
- The Great Madcap
- The Undercover Man
- Edward, My Son
- The Crooked Way
- Cover Up
- Little Rural Riding Hood
- Scene of the Crime
- Tulsa
- All in a Nutshell
- Frigid Hare
- Hatch Up Your Troubles
- We Were Strangers
- Winter Storage
- Alias Nick Beal
- Mr. Soft Touch
- My Friend Irma
- Daffy Duck Hunt
- The Red Pony
- Dough for the Do-Do
- The Threat
- Manon
- Any Number Can Play
- Red Light
- Polka-Dot Puss
- The Cat and the Mermouse
- Apartment for Peggy
- The Walking Hills
- Goofy Gymnastics
- Conspirator
- The Accused
- Awful Orphan
- Malice in the Palace
- Meditation on Violence
- Port of New York
- The Lady Gambles
- Jerry's Diary
- Abandoned
- The Clay Pigeon
- Flaxy Martin
- Easy Living
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond
- Four Faces West
- The Walls of Malapaga
- Quartet
- Jigsaw
- King of the Rocket Men
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
- Not Wanted
- Undertow
- Manhandled
- Love That Pup
- Tennis Chumps
- The Cariboo Trail
- The Great Gatsby
- Hare Do
- Alice in Wonderland
- Strange Bargain
- Sorrowful Jones
- The Story of Seabiscuit
- Such a Pretty Little Beach
- Señor Droopy
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
- The Grey Hounded Hare
- Mouse Wreckers
- Never Fear
- Home of the Brave
- Roughshod
- Bowery Bugs
- The House of Tomorrow
- Streets of Laredo
- The Windblown Hare
- Johnny Stool Pigeon
- Out-Foxed
- Porky Chops
- Mississippi Hare
- The Fan
- Rebel Rabbit
- Pluto's Sweater
- A Dangerous Profession
- Bad Ol' Putty Tat
- Take One False Step
- Johnny Allegro
- Jolson Sings Again
- A Run for Your Money
- Barsaat
- The Red Danube
- In the Name of the Law
- Donald's Happy Birthday
- Never a Dull Moment
- The Green Promise
- Challenge to Lassie
- Tarzan's Magic Fountain
- The Blue Lagoon
- Sleeping Car to Trieste
- Wags to Riches
- The Big Wheel
- The Doolins of Oklahoma
- Ustedes, los ricos
- Doggone Tired
- Salón México
- A Kiss in the Dark
- The Girl from Jones Beach
- Adam and Evalyn
- Christopher Columbus
- Luxury Liner
- Pluto's Surprise Package
- The Flirtation of Girls
- South of St. Louis
- The Forbidden Street
- Tennis Racquet
- The Great Lover
- Slattery's Hurricane
- Fighting Man of the Plains
- A Kiss for Corliss
- Zakazane piosenki
- Thorvaldsen
- Adventure in Baltimore
- Who Done It?
- Totò le moko
- Night Unto Night
- Wild Weed
- The Doctor and the Girl
- Outpost in Morocco
- The Ghost Talks
- John Loves Mary
- Lost Boundaries
- Father Was a Fullback
- Bye, Bye Bluebeard
- Flame of My Love
- Train of Events
- So Much for So Little
- Chains
- Always Leave Them Laughing
- City Across the River
- El Paso
- Mother Is a Freshman
- Hokus Pokus
- The Counterfeit Cat
- The Emperor's Nightingale
- Rendezvous in July
- Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
- Tell It to the Judge
- Manèges
- Chicago Deadline
- The Christmas Carol
- The Sun Comes Up
- The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
- Look for the Silver Lining
- Parole, Inc.
- Distant Journey
- Master Minds
- Without Pity
- The Spider and the Fly
- La oveja negra
- The House Across the Street
- Hellfire
- Mirror of Holland
- Bad Boy
- White Paws
- The Lost Tribe
- Una familia de tantas
- The Sky Dragon
- Million Dollar Weekend
- Rotation
- Fuelin' Around
- Pacific 231
- Slightly French
- The Judge Steps Out
- Death Is a Caress
- Daughter of Darkness
- Bomba: The Jungle Boy
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
- One Sunday Afternoon
- Paying the Piper
- The Gal Who Took the West
- Wise Quackers
- The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I
- Crows and Sparrows
- Everybody Does It
- Woman of Dolwyn
- Sword in the Desert
- Homicide
- Curtain Razor
- Vida en sombras
- Calabacitas tiernas
- The Glass Mountain
- Red Canyon
- Top o' the Morning
- Boys in Brown
- Roseanna McCoy
- Red, Hot and Blue
- Gigi
- Ojôsan kanpai
- The Invisible Man Appears
- Beyond Glory
- The Singing Princess
- The Lovers of Verona
- Chicken Every Sunday
- Boys from the Streets
- Between Eleven and Midnight
- The Man in Black
- Fighting Fools
- Trouble Makers
- Hold That Baby!
- Hippety Hopper
- The Girl from the Third Row
- The Life of Riley
- Massacre River
- Daybreak
- Let's Live a Little
- Angels in Disguise
- Jerks of All Trades
- The Red Menace
- Which Is Witch
- Maniacs on Wheels
- Family Honeymoon
- Big Jack
- Tim og Tøffe
- Retour à la vie
- Hardly a Criminal
- Silent Dust
- The Golden Stallion
- The Big Cat
- The Mill on the Po
- The Emperor of Capri
- Dear Wife
- Mom and Dad
- Mickey Magnate
- The Great Dan Patch
- Madness of the Heart
- The Devil's Sleep
- The Perfect Woman
- Sky Liner
- Border Street
- Snow Foolin'
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
- Fabiola
- The Huggetts Abroad
- Vote for Huggett
- Arson, Inc.
- The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
- Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!
- Landfall
- Unusual Tales
- Once More, My Darling
- Riders of the Whistling Pines
- The Younger Brothers
- And Baby Makes Three
- Woman Hater
- Little Miss Devil
- Blondie's Big Deal
- Bomba on Panther Island
- Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
- Stampede
- Stagecoach Kid
- Åsa-Nisse
- The 20 Questions Murder Mystery
- The Pirates of Capri
- Fame Is the Spur
- Crazy Show
- The Phantom Creeps
- Film Without a Name
- Treasure of Monte Cristo
- Only a Mother
- Blondie Hits the Jackpot
- Easy Money
- Forbidden
- Helter Skelter
- Sheep Dog
- The Peddler and the Lady
- The Case of Charles Peace
- All Over the Town
- Passion for Life
- Dear Mr. Prohack
- Eureka Stockade
- Brimstone
- The Root of All Evil
- The Story of Molly X
- Rob the Robber
- You're My Everything
- The Weaker Sex
- King Lavra
- State Department: File 649
- Skarb
- Lost Daughter
- Zwischen gestern und morgen
- Aoi sanmyaku
- Sleeping Beauty
- Dakota Lil
- Don Quijote de la Mancha
- The Lone Wolf and His Lady
- The Winter of Three Hairs
- Song of India
- Susanna Pass
- The Cowboy and the Indians
- The Judge
- It's Not Cricket
- A Balmy Swami
- The Story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'
- A Hometown in Heart
- Rim of the Canyon
- Ghost of Zorro
- Rustlers
- Anna Lucasta
- The Gay Lady
- Stop Press Girl
- One Last Fling
- Alimony
- The Bad Lord Byron
- Locura de amor
- Bride of Vengeance
- While I Live
- The Victors and the Vanquished
- Captain Blackjack
- Rimfire
- The Big Sombrero
- The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
- Portrait of a Killer
- Masked Raiders
- Uneasy Terms
- Down Dakota Way
- The Mysterious Desperado
- Brothers in the Saddle
- Life in Bloom
- Now Barabbas
- Diamond City
- Giorgi Saakadze
- Mrs. Mike
- The Sinners
- Heaven Over the Marshes
- If This Be Sin
- La malquerida
- Badmen of Tombstone
- Lumberjack and Jill
- The Fighting O'Flynn
- The Bridge
- Vengeance Is Mine
- Campane a martello
- For Them That Trespass
- The Fly's Last Flight
- Bride for Sale
- Divá Bára
- Fuga in Francia
- The Kid from Cleveland
- El seminarista
- Marry Me
- The Lucky Stiff
- Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus
- Mystery at the Burlesque
- Lure of the Sila
- Cardboard Cavalier
- Vstrecha na Elbe
- Barking Dogs Don't Fite
- Tough Assignment
- Hot Air Aces
- Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
- Hideout
- Sons of New Mexico
- Third Time Lucky
- Deputy Marshal
- Holiday in Havana
- City of Pain
- The Gay Amigo
- Father Bom
- Tar with a Star
- Zero for Conduct
- Adventures of Gallant Bess
- A Broken Drum
- Silly Hillbilly
- The Amazing Mr. Beecham
- Street Corner
- Ten Little Niggers
- Illegal Entry
- Sand
- Song of Surrender
- Fame and the Devil
- Special Agent
- Palle Alone in the World
- The Perez Family
- The Last Bandit
- Madness Rules
- The Firemen of Viggiu
- Zoku aoi sanmyaku
- The Lost Dream
- Der Engel mit der Posaune
- Hostinec U kamenného stolu
- The Wind Is My Lover
- The Adventures of Sir Galahad
- Laramie
- Toys Will Be Toys
- La mujer que yo perdí
- Professori Masa
- Rusty Saves a Life
- Call of the Forest
- Wicked City
- Out on the Big Ranch
- Song of the Birds
- Rusty's Birthday
- Love' 47
- Nijiotoko
- Once Upon a Dream
- The Devil's Henchman
- The Counterfeiters
- Dicen que soy mujeriego
- The Gorbals Story
- Hornankoski
- The Wyoming Bandit
- A Mutt in a Rut
- Isn't It Romantic
- Du Guesclin
- Black Midnight
- Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
- Ruma Elsa
- The Pretty Miller Girl
- Young Girls of Vienna
- The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
- The James Brothers of Missouri
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby
- Death Valley Gunfighter
- The Story of Shirley Yorke
- The Stranger's Voice
- The Original Sin
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- Ragged Football
- Daybreak in Udi
- The Rugged O'Riordans
- Naughty Arlette
- Ohara Shôsuke-san
- The Farm of Seven Sins
- Across the Rio Grande
- Little Red School Mouse
- The Dalton Gang
- Search for Danger
- Yvonne of the Night
- Satan's Cradle
- Janika
- Hangman's Wharf
- The Lord from the Lane
- Au grand balcon
- Free for All
- Katupeilin takana
- Aux deux colombes
- Botón de ancla
- Daughter of the Jungle
- Fools Rush In
- Maya
- Guaglio
- The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
- Miraculous Journey
- The Lovable Cheat
- The Emerald Isle
- Dynamite
- Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut
- Le coeur sur la main
- Farlig vår
- 56 rue Pigalle
- Souls of Sin
- Ringside
- South of Death Valley
- The Girl from Jungfrusund
- The Heroic Mr. Boniface
- Playing Truant
- No me defiendas compadre
- Soy charro de Levita
- Gun Law Justice
- Mission in Tangier
- Outlaw Country
- Bandits of El Dorado
- The Secret Tunnel
- Jungle Treasure
- Monsignor
- Rodinné trampoty oficiála Trísky
- Brand of Fear
- Fantomas Against Fantomas
- Powder River Rustlers
- The Blonde Bandit
- Old Mother Riley's New Venture
- Sjösalavår
- A Man and His Sin
- Akher kedba
- No Way Back
- The Secret of Mayerling
- The Pilgrimage Play
- Bandit King of Texas
- John and Irene
- Jan Pahchan
- Let's Go to the Movies
- Barbary Pirate
- The Late Edwina Black
- Love in Waiting
- The Earth Cries Out
- Paper Orchid
- Desert Vigilante
- Make Mine Laughs
- Bruce Gentry
- The Host Who Plays the Accordian
- Sofia
- La ferme aux loups
- Carnaval no Fogo
- Apache Chief
- Alias the Champ
- Toâ
- Orpopojan valssi
- Post Office Investigator
- The Dim Little Island
- The Blazing Trail
- Make Believe Ballroom
- Fiamma che non si spegne
- Melody Club
- Das Geheimnis der roten Katze
- How to Build an Igloo
- Zamba
- Son of Billy the Kid
- The Deer and the Wolf
- My Own True Love
- Der Ruf
- The Fighting Redhead
- The Gallant Blade
- Mister Volk
- The Street
- The Daring Caballero
- Born of the Sea
- The Funshine State
- Farm Foolery
- Saints and Sinners
- Air Hostess
- Katka
- Una mujer cualquiera
- La casa embrujada
- Down Memory Lane
- Jakoman and Tetsu
- Vidalita
- Meet Simon Cherry
- A Chance to Live
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room
- Tale of the Navajos
- Mr. Bayumi
- Sinut minä tahdon
- Comin' Round the Mountain
- Celia
- Cowboy and the Prizefighter
- Aleksandr Popov
- A Wonder Mill
- The Lady of the House
- Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip
- Les eaux troubles
- Red Desert
- Square Dance Jubilee
- Blue Scar
- Caught in the Foreign Legion
- Hollywood Burlesque
- Sheriff of Wichita
- Shortenin' Bread
- Son of a Badman
- Dulari
- Le parfum de la dame en noir
- ¡El santuario no se rinde!
- Una gallega en México
- The Secret of St. Ives
- Também Somos Irmãos
- Martina
- Trouble at Melody Mesa
- The Robust
- Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
- Vain kaksi tuntia
- Marriage Wows
- Roller Derby Girl
- La trampa
- Kampen mod uretten
- Bohus bataljon
- Ginger Nutt's Forest Dragon
- The Big Flame Up
- The Ski's the Limit
- The Big Drip
- Fox the Builder
- Ride, Ryder, Ride!
- Jeet
- Ivan Pavlov
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Millionaires for One Day
- Comic Book Land
- Daughter of the West
- Die letzte Nacht
- Jalisco canta en Sevilla
- Il trovatore
- The Secret Brigade
- Jossain on railo
- Ginger Nutt's Bee-Bother
- Spring Song
- The Muider Group Revived
- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Kanavan laidalla
- Woman in White
- Det hændte i København
- Jingle Bells
- Dos pesos dejada
- Tinker
- Private Angelo
- Currito de la Cruz
- Roll, Thunder, Roll!
- Gunasundari Katha
- The Jack Benny Program
- Heap Hep Injuns
- Hipócrita..!
- La sposa non può attendere
- Last Love
- The Jack of Diamonds
- Son of the Sea
- Lattjo med Boccaccio
- La Lola se va a los puertos
- Det gælder os alle
- Sarumba
- Kronblom kommer till stan
- Tuna Clipper
- Geheimnisvolle Tiefe
- The Lost People
- Strolling Thru the Park
- Sampo Lappelill
- Our Funny Finny Friends
- Dingbat Land
- A Story of the Nineties
- Tri vstrechi
- Serenaadiluutnantti
- Aqua Frolics
- Haunted Palace
- The Grandpa and His Little Grandson
- The Woman of the Port
- Bless 'Em All
- Lahore
- Sud chesti
- The Gay Adventure
- Berth 24
- Cat-Tastrophy
- The Stork Market
- Ginza kankan musume
- Handkerchief Drill
- Le signal rouge
- A Man's Affair
- El crimen de Pepe Conde
- Pacto de silencio
- Secrets of a Soul
- Adam and Eve
- Le grand cirque
- Realm of Man
- Kärleken segrar
- A Royal Affair
- A Girl in the Circus
- Squadron of Doom
- School for Randle
- Arriba el norte
- Law of the Golden West
- Kvinnan som försvann
- Sin and Desire
- Pikku pelimannista viulun kuninkaaksi
- The Duchess of Benameji
- The Marriage of Figaro
- Laila Majnu
- Coqueta
- El dolor de los hijos
- Hur tokigt som helst
- Ventarrón
- Namoona
- Audiencia pública
- St. Matthew Passion
- La maternelle
- Sol e Toiros
- African Jim
- Den stjaalne minister
- Ces dames aux chapeaux verts
- The Cupid Club
- Scandale aux Champs-Élysées
- Ladronzuela
- Ek Thi Larki
- Three Daughters
- Din fortid er glemt
- Tragödie einer Leidenschaft
- Le sorcier du ciel
- El ángel caído
- Anthony of Padua
- Confidencias de un ruletero
- A Fantasy on Ireland
- We Want a Child!
- Lejlighed til leje
- Callejera
- Across Arctic Ungava
- The Second Mate
- Christina
- La nao Capitana
- Die Kuckucks
- A Ray of Sunshine: An Irresponsible Medley of Song and Dance
- Der himmlische Walzer
- Vazhkai
- Vagabond Blacksmiths
- Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
- Battle for China
- Another Case of Poisoning
- Pobres.. pero sinvergüenzas
- Derby
- Das Siegel Gottes
- Suzana e o Presidente
- Ángeles de arrabal
- Eterna agonía
- Western Renegades
- For frihed og ret
- Henry, the Rainmaker
- Bamba
- Man of Death
- Don't Play with Love
- Al caer la tarde...
- Café de chinos
- Negra consentida
- Fandango
- Range Justice
- Mana Desam
- Human Patterns
- French Fried Frolic
- It's in the Groove
- Monastero di Santa Chiara
- Münchnerinnen
- The Blue Swords
- Une femme par jour
- Las puertas del presidio
- Tenya wanya
- My Friend Who Can't Say No
- El charro del arrabal
- Bazar
- Janne Vängman på nya äventyr
- El charro Negro en el norte
- Mar abierto
- El embajador
- He's in Again
- The Guinea Pig
- La Panchita
- A Capital Plan
- Sri Jagannath
- Thirst
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Juan Globo
- Conozco a las dos
- Zorina
- Your Country
- Tengu hikyaku
- Hans im Glück
- Dos tenorios de barrio
- An klingenden Ufern
- Secreto entre mujeres
- Vi flyger på Rio
- Ballet Festival
- Eine alltägliche Geschichte
- Sad Whistling
- El hijo del bandido
- Luar do Sertão
- Ruf an das Gewissen
- Vagabonds
- Höllische Liebe
- Fregola
- Philine
- Kleine Melodie aus Wien
- Träum' nicht, Annette
- Ein bezaubernder Schwindler
- Power of Plants
- No Strangers Here
- Rondalla
- Quartett zu fünft
- Coyote Canyon
- El vengador
- The Shocked Girls
- Newfoundland: Atlantic Province
- Huset nr 17
- Cage of Girls
- Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
- Alma de bohemio
- High Jinks in Society
- Contra la ley de Dios
- Just Out
- Price of Glory
- Opio
- La manigua sin dios
- Часовые полей
- Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
- Rainis
- La nuit s'achève
- Bonheur en location
- Carta Brava
- Vier Treppen rechts
- The Red Angel
- L'homme traqué
- L'échafaud peut attendre
- Huono filmi
- Peoples of the Skeena
- Red Runs the Fraser
- Rincón brujo
- Flowers from a Stranger
- La terre de Caïn
- Hin och smålänningen
- Boer Pietersen schoot in de roos
- Sven Tusan
- Passion Without End
- Swedish Horsemen
- Boman får snurren
- Somerset
- Devon Whey
- A Fantasy on London Life
- The Cliff Hangers
- White Fortress
- Harvests on the March
- 55,000 for Breakfast
- Land in Trust
- Skeena River Trapline
- The Football Fan
- 4 Songs by the 4 Gentlemen
- He Acts His Age
- The Inlanders
- Ancient Rome
- Jungle Terror
- Heart of Paris
- The Happiest Days of Your Life
- A Night with the Stars
- Strawhat Cinderella
- Columbia World of Sports: King of the Pins
- The Winslow Boy
- Sarie Marais
- Erkrord karavan
- Dear Murderer
- The Browning Version
- Farmer Charley
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- All-Star Thanksgiving Show
- Steady as She Goes
- Images médiévales
- Ravan
- Parijatam
- Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
- 1950 British Empire Games
- Guldbröderna: en film om Bertil, Knut och Gunnar Nordahl
- Från vinterviste till sommarfjäll
- Farnborough Air Show 1949
- Life in Iceland
- A Merry Evening
- Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham
- Harrogate Holiday
- Trip to Hilsea Lido
Top 5 Movies of 1949
Samson and Delilah
Released on October 31, 1949, "Samson and Delilah" is a drama that revisits the biblical epic of Samson, the Hebrew strongman, and Delilah, the woman who ultimately leads to his downfall. This film stood out in 1949, grossing $28,800,000 and selling over 62 million tickets. Its portrayal of the classic tale was captivating to audiences, contributing to its status as the top-grossing movie of the year.
Pinky
"Pinky," which hit the screens on September 29, 1949, grossed $8,400,000 with 18 million tickets sold. The film follows the life of a light-skinned African American nurse who passes for white in the North and confronts racial prejudice upon her return to the South. Its narrative addresses significant themes of identity and social perception, making it a noteworthy film of its time.
Come to the Stable
Released on July 27, 1949, "Come to the Stable" is a story about two French nuns who travel to America with a mission to build a children's hospital. The film grossed $8,000,000 and sold approximately 17 million tickets. Its unique and heartwarming story offered a different perspective to the audiences, contributing to its success.
Sands of Iwo Jima
"Sands of Iwo Jima," an action film released on December 14, 1949, grossed $7,800,000 and saw ticket sales of nearly 17 million. The film chronicles the journey of a stern Marine sergeant who trains a group of recruits and leads them in the battle of Iwo Jima. It stands out for its portrayal of military life and the harsh realities of war.
I Was a Male War Bride
This comedy, released on January 1, 1949, grossed $7,750,000 with over 16 million tickets sold. "I Was a Male War Bride" narrates the comedic challenges faced by a French army officer who marries an American WAC and struggles to return to the United States.
Industry Highlights and Notable Moments from 1949
The Bicycle Thief Recognition
Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" (1948), representing the Italian Neo-Realism movement, received a Best Original Screenplay nomination in 1949. This recognition highlighted the global influence and artistic merit of international cinema.
Ealing Comedies
The release of "Passport to Pimlico" (1949) by Ealing Studios was a key moment for British cinema. This film was part of the post-war "Ealing comedies," known for their distinctive humor and reflection of contemporary British society.
End of an Era for Marx Brothers
1949 marked the end of the Marx Brothers' film career, which spanned from 1929. Their unique style of comedy had a lasting impact on the film industry and continued to influence comedians and filmmakers.
First BAFTA Ceremony
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held its inaugural ceremony in 1949, honoring films shown in the United Kingdom in 1947 and 1948. This event underscored the growing importance of British cinema in the global film industry.
Transformation of Hollywood Studio System
The Hollywood studio system underwent substantial changes between 1946 and 1949, transitioning towards a more business-oriented approach to film production. This shift influenced the types of films produced and the nature of the industry itself.
Television as a Rising Competitor
The ascendancy of television broadcasting posed a significant challenge to the film industry. This new medium of entertainment began to divert audiences away from cinemas, prompting the film industry to seek innovative ways to retain its audience.