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1949 Movies
Browse 943 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
- The Fountainhead
- A Letter to Three Wives
- 3 Godfathers
- The Set-Up
- Criss Cross
- I Was a Male War Bride
- Jour de Fête
- Obsession
- Little Women
- Under Capricorn
- Macbeth
- 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
- Impact
- Champion
- Caught
- In the Good Old Summertime
- Knock on Any Door
- Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
- House of Strangers
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Africa Screams
- The Quiet Duel
- Flamingo Road
- The Fighting Kentuckian
- The Inspector General
- Tension
- 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
- Tokyo Joe
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Border Incident
- The Hidden Room
- Blood of the Beasts
- I Shot Jesse James
- Fast and Furry-ous
- The Queen of Spades
- Shockproof
- The Wind in the Willows
- The Dark Past
- The Bribe
- Reign of Terror
- Prison
- Batman and Robin
- High Diving Hare
- Heavenly Puss
- The Little Orphan
- Prince of Foxes
- It's a Great Feeling
- Follow Me Quietly
- A Woman's Secret
- For Scent-imental Reasons
- It Happens Every Spring
- Rabbit Hood
- Rope of Sand
- Neptune's Daughter
- Begone Dull Care
- Lust for Gold
- My Dream Is Yours
- So Dear to My Heart
- Trapped
- Bad Luck Blackie
- The Great Sinner
- Come to the Stable
- Ladies of the Chorus
- The Hasty Heart
- Station West
- Ma and Pa Kettle
- That Forsyte Woman
- Black Magic
- Toy Tinkers
- Edward, My Son
- The Undercover Man
- The Rocking Horse Winner
- Alias Nick Beal
- The Great Madcap
- The Crooked Way
- Scene of the Crime
- Cover Up
- Little Rural Riding Hood
- Tulsa
- All in a Nutshell
- Frigid Hare
- Hatch Up Your Troubles
- We Were Strangers
- Winter Storage
- Mr. Soft Touch
- My Friend Irma
- Daffy Duck Hunt
- The Red Pony
- Dough for the Do-Do
- The Threat
- Manon
- Any Number Can Play
- The Cat and the Mermouse
- Polka-Dot Puss
- Apartment for Peggy
- Red Light
- The Walking Hills
- Down to the Sea in Ships
- Goofy Gymnastics
- Awful Orphan
- Conspirator
- The Accused
- Malice in the Palace
- Meditation on Violence
- Port of New York
- The Lady Gambles
- Jerry's Diary
- Guernica
- Abandoned
- The Clay Pigeon
- Flaxy Martin
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond
- Easy Living
- The Walls of Malapaga
- Four Faces West
- Quartet
- Jigsaw
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
- King of the Rocket Men
- Not Wanted
- Canadian Pacific
- Undertow
- Love That Pup
- Manhandled
- Tennis Chumps
- The Great Gatsby
- Hare Do
- Alice in Wonderland
- Strange Bargain
- Sorrowful Jones
- Señor Droopy
- Such a Pretty Little Beach
- The Story of Seabiscuit
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
- The Grey Hounded Hare
- Mouse Wreckers
- The House of Tomorrow
- Roughshod
- Johnny Stool Pigeon
- Bowery Bugs
- Out-Foxed
- Home of the Brave
- The Windblown Hare
- Streets of Laredo
- Porky Chops
- Mississippi Hare
- The Fan
- Rebel Rabbit
- Take One False Step
- Pluto's Sweater
- A Dangerous Profession
- Bad Ol' Putty Tat
- The Red Danube
- Johnny Allegro
- Jolson Sings Again
- In the Name of the Law
- A Run for Your Money
- Barsaat
- The Green Promise
- Donald's Happy Birthday
- Challenge to Lassie
- The Blue Lagoon
- Sleeping Car to Trieste
- Tarzan's Magic Fountain
- Wags to Riches
- The Doolins of Oklahoma
- The Big Wheel
- Doggone Tired
- The Girl from Jones Beach
- Ustedes, los ricos
- Salón México
- A Kiss in the Dark
- Inspiration
- Christopher Columbus
- Adam and Evalyn
- Pluto's Surprise Package
- Andaz
- Luxury Liner
- 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
- Who Done It?
- Adventure in Baltimore
- Totò le moko
- Night Unto Night
- Wild Weed
- The Ghost Talks
- Outpost in Morocco
- John Loves Mary
- The Doctor and the Girl
- Father Was a Fullback
- Mahal
- Lost Boundaries
- Bye, Bye Bluebeard
- Flame of My Love
- Train of Events
- So Much for So Little
- Chains
- Always Leave Them Laughing
- El Paso
- City Across the River
- The Counterfeit Cat
- Hokus Pokus
- Chicago Deadline
- Mother Is a Freshman
- The Emperor's Nightingale
- The Sun Comes Up
- Rendezvous in July
- Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
- Tell It to the Judge
- Manèges
- The Christmas Carol
- Look for the Silver Lining
- Distant Journey
- Parole, Inc.
- Master Minds
- The Spider and the Fly
- Hellfire
- Bad Boy
- Without Pity
- La oveja negra
- The House Across the Street
- White Paws
- Una familia de tantas
- The Lost Tribe
- The Sky Dragon
- Million Dollar Weekend
- Rotation
- Fuelin' Around
- Pacific 231
- Slightly French
- The Judge Steps Out
- Death Is a Caress
- Geese-Swans
- Daughter of Darkness
- Bomba: The Jungle Boy
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
- Paying the Piper
- The Gal Who Took the West
- One Sunday Afternoon
- Siren of Atlantis
- Wise Quackers
- Crows and Sparrows
- The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I
- Everybody Does It
- Homicide
- Woman of Dolwyn
- Sword in the Desert
- Curtain Razor
- Calabacitas tiernas
- Vida en sombras
- Red Canyon
- The Glass Mountain
- Top o' the Morning
- Roseanna McCoy
- Boys in Brown
- The Invisible Man Appears
- Red, Hot and Blue
- The Singing Princess
- Gigi
- The Lovers of Verona
- Ojôsan kanpai
- Beyond Glory
- Between Eleven and Midnight
- Chicken Every Sunday
- Boys from the Streets
- Fighting Fools
- Big Jack
- Trouble Makers
- Hippety Hopper
- The Girl from the Third Row
- Hold That Baby!
- The Life of Riley
- Daybreak
- Massacre River
- Pueblerina
- Let's Live a Little
- Angels in Disguise
- Jerks of All Trades
- Maniacs on Wheels
- The Red Menace
- Family Honeymoon
- Which Is Witch
- Retour à la vie
- Hardly a Criminal
- Tim og Tøffe
- The Golden Stallion
- The Big Cat
- Silent Dust
- The Emperor of Capri
- The Mill on the Po
- Mom and Dad
- The Great Dan Patch
- Mickey Magnate
- Dear Wife
- Madness of the Heart
- Border Street
- Sky Liner
- The Devil's Sleep
- The Perfect Woman
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
- Snow Foolin'
- Fabiola
- Vote for Huggett
- The Huggetts Abroad
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
- Arson, Inc.
- The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II
- Unusual Tales
- Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!
- Landfall
- Once More, My Darling
- The Younger Brothers
- Riders of the Whistling Pines
- Blondie's Big Deal
- And Baby Makes Three
- Woman Hater
- Bomba on Panther Island
- Little Miss Devil
- Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
- Stampede
- Stagecoach Kid
- Åsa-Nisse
- The Pirates of Capri
- Crazy Show
- Fame Is the Spur
- Film Without a Name
- The Phantom Creeps
- Treasure of Monte Cristo
- Only a Mother
- Blondie Hits the Jackpot
- The Peddler and the Lady
- Easy Money
- Helter Skelter
- Passion for Life
- Forbidden
- Sheep Dog
- Strike the Whore
- The Case of Charles Peace
- Dear Mr. Prohack
- Brimstone
- All Over the Town
- The Weaker Sex
- Eureka Stockade
- The Story of Molly X
- The Root of All Evil
- You're My Everything
- Rob the Robber
- Skarb
- State Department: File 649
- Zwischen gestern und morgen
- Gauguin
- Lost Daughter
- El mago
- Aoi sanmyaku
- Sleeping Beauty
- Don Quijote de la Mancha
- The Lone Wolf and His Lady
- The Winter of Three Hairs
- Susanna Pass
- A Hometown in Heart
- The Cowboy and the Indians
- Song of India
- The Judge
- A Balmy Swami
- The Story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'
- It's Not Cricket
- Rim of the Canyon
- Ghost of Zorro
- Anna Lucasta
- Rustlers
- The Gay Lady
- Stop Press Girl
- One Last Fling
- Alimony
- Madness of Love
- The Bad Lord Byron
- Uneasy Terms
- Rimfire
- Bride of Vengeance
- While I Live
- The Big Sombrero
- The Victors and the Vanquished
- The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
- Portrait of a Killer
- Masked Raiders
- Down Dakota Way
- The Mysterious Desperado
- Brothers in the Saddle
- Now Barabbas
- Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man
- Life in Bloom
- Diamond City
- Mrs. Mike
- Heaven Over the Marshes
- Lumberjack and Jill
- If This Be Sin
- La malquerida
- The Sinners
- Badmen of Tombstone
- The Fighting O'Flynn
- Campane a martello
- For Them That Trespass
- The Fly's Last Flight
- The Bridge
- Fuga in Francia
- Bride for Sale
- Vengeance Is Mine
- Divá Bára
- The Lucky Stiff
- El seminarista
- Marry Me
- The Kid from Cleveland
- Mystery at the Burlesque
- Lure of the Sila
- Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus
- Barking Dogs Don't Fite
- Cardboard Cavalier
- Vstrecha na Elbe
- Third Time Lucky
- Tough Assignment
- Hot Air Aces
- Hideout
- Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
- Sons of New Mexico
- Deputy Marshal
- Holiday in Havana
- The Gay Amigo
- City of Pain
- Tar with a Star
- Silly Hillbilly
- Illegal Entry
- Father Bom
- Zero for Conduct
- A Broken Drum
- Street Corner
- Sand
- The Amazing Mr. Beecham
- Ten Little Niggers
- Fame and the Devil
- The Last Bandit
- Palle Alone in the World
- Song of Surrender
- Madness Rules
- Special Agent
- The Perez Family
- The Firemen of Viggiu
- Hostinec U kamenného stolu
- The Lost Dream
- Zoku aoi sanmyaku
- Der Engel mit der Posaune
- The Wind Is My Lover
- La mujer que yo perdí
- The Adventures of Sir Galahad
- Laramie
- The Adventures of Jane
- Wicked City
- Professori Masa
- Call of the Forest
- Toys Will Be Toys
- Song of the Birds
- Out on the Big Ranch
- Rusty Saves a Life
- Rusty's Birthday
- Love' 47
- Nijiotoko
- Once Upon a Dream
- The Counterfeiters
- The Devil's Henchman
- The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
- Hornankoski
- Dicen que soy mujeriego
- The Wyoming Bandit
- A Mutt in a Rut
- Isn't It Romantic
- Ruma Elsa
- Black Midnight
- Du Guesclin
- Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
- The James Brothers of Missouri
- The Pretty Miller Girl
- Young Girls of Vienna
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby
- Death Valley Gunfighter
- The Stranger's Voice
- Ohara Shôsuke-san
- Lock Your Door
- The Story of Shirley Yorke
- The Original Sin
- Ragged Football
- Daybreak in Udi
- Naughty Arlette
- The Dalton Gang
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- Yvonne of the Night
- Little Red School Mouse
- The Farm of Seven Sins
- Satan's Cradle
- The Rugged O'Riordans
- Across the Rio Grande
- Search for Danger
- Nemá barikáda
- Free for All
- Janika
- The Lord from the Lane
- Au grand balcon
- Botón de ancla
- Aux deux colombes
- Daughter of the Jungle
- Katupeilin takana
- Guaglio
- Fools Rush In
- Maya
- The Lovable Cheat
- The Emerald Isle
- Miraculous Journey
- Dynamite
- Le coeur sur la main
- Farlig vår
- Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut
- Playing Truant
- Souls of Sin
- South of Death Valley
- 56 rue Pigalle
- The Heroic Mr. Boniface
- Ringside
- The Girl from Jungfrusund
- Gun Law Justice
- No me defiendas compadre
- Outlaw Country
- Bandits of El Dorado
- Soy charro de Levita
- Mission in Tangier
- Brand of Fear
- The Secret Tunnel
- The Blonde Bandit
- Monsignor
- No Way Back
- Rodinné trampoty oficiála Trísky
- Fantomas Against Fantomas
- Powder River Rustlers
- The Reformation of St Jules
- The Golden Madonna
- The Pilgrimage Play
- Old Mother Riley's New Venture
- Sjösalavår
- A Man and His Sin
- The Secret of Mayerling
- Bandit King of Texas
- John and Irene
- Let's Go to the Movies
- The Late Edwina Black
- Barbary Pirate
- The Earth Cries Out
- A Little Wonderbell
- Desert Vigilante
- Make Mine Laughs
- Bruce Gentry
- Love in Waiting
- Paper Orchid
- Sofia
- Kitty Cleans Up
- The Host Who Plays the Accordian
- Apache Chief
- Toâ
- Post Office Investigator
- La ferme aux loups
- Carnaval no Fogo
- Alias the Champ
- The Blazing Trail
- Conscience
- Orpopojan valssi
- Make Believe Ballroom
- The Dim Little Island
- Melody Club
- Fiamma che non si spegne
- Das Geheimnis der roten Katze
- The Fighting Redhead
- How to Build an Igloo
- Zamba
- Son of Billy the Kid
- The Gallant Blade
- Der Ruf
- The Daring Caballero
- Born of the Sea
- Mister Volk
- Meet Simon Cherry
- The Street
- The Funshine State
- Farm Foolery
- Saints and Sinners
- Down Memory Lane
- Air Hostess
- Mr. Bayumi
- Una mujer cualquiera
- La casa embrujada
- Jakoman and Tetsu
- Tale of the Navajos
- Vidalita
- Cowboy and the Prizefighter
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room
- Sinut minä tahdon
- Comin' Round the Mountain
- A Chance to Live
- Celia
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip
- Red Desert
- Square Dance Jubilee
- The Lady of the House
- Aleksandr Popov
- Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
- Hollywood Burlesque
- Sheriff of Wichita
- Les eaux troubles
- Blue Scar
- ¡El santuario no se rinde!
- The Dynamite Brothers
- Son of a Badman
- The Secret of St. Ives
- Trouble at Melody Mesa
- Dulari
- Le parfum de la dame en noir
- Una gallega en México
- Também Somos Irmãos
- Das Tor zum Paradies
- Martina
- The Wolf Hunters
- Lång-Lasse i Delsbo
- Vain kaksi tuntia
- The Big Flame Up
- Marriage Wows
- Roller Derby Girl
- La trampa
- Kampen mod uretten
- Bohus bataljon
- The Big Drip
- The Ski's the Limit
- Daughter of the West
- Ride, Ryder, Ride!
- Millionaires for One Day
- The Rising Tide
- Comic Book Land
- Jeet
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Jossain on railo
- Ginger Nutt's Bee-Bother
- Spring Song
- Die letzte Nacht
- Il trovatore
- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Ivan Pavlov
- Kanavan laidalla
- The Muider Group Revived
- Burlesque in Harlem
- The Secret Brigade
- Woman in White
- Heap Hep Injuns
- Det hændte i København
- Dos pesos dejada
- Roll, Thunder, Roll!
- Tinker
- Private Angelo
- Vladimir Ilich Lenin
- The Lion and the Hare
- Currito de la Cruz
- Gunasundari Katha
- Last Love
- The People at No. 19
- Tuna Clipper
- Geheimnisvolle Tiefe
- Hipócrita..!
- La sposa non può attendere
- The Jack Benny Program
- The Jack of Diamonds
- Son of the Sea
- Lattjo med Boccaccio
- La Lola se va a los puertos
- Det gælder os alle
- Kronblom kommer till stan
- Our Funny Finny Friends
- The Lost People
- Strolling Thru the Park
- A Story of the Nineties
- Sampo Lappelill
- Dingbat Land
- The Woman of the Port
- Serenaadiluutnantti
- Haunted Palace
- The Stork Market
- Bless 'Em All
- Tri vstrechi
- Lahore
- Sud chesti
- The Gay Adventure
- Cat-Tastrophy
- Ginza kankan musume
- Le signal rouge
- Handkerchief Drill
- Pacto de silencio
- El Colmillo de Buda
- A Cuckoo and a Blackbird
- El crimen de Pepe Conde
- A Man's Affair
- Secrets of a Soul
- Adam and Eve
- Le grand cirque
- Realm of Man
- Kärleken segrar
- Squadron of Doom
- Arriba el norte
- El dolor de los hijos
- Law of the Golden West
- A Royal Affair
- Ventarrón
- School for Randle
- Coqueta
- Kvinnan som försvann
- Sin and Desire
- Pikku pelimannista viulun kuninkaaksi
- The Duchess of Benameji
- Audiencia pública
- The Marriage of Figaro
- Laila Majnu
- Hur tokigt som helst
- Namoona
- Monte Miracolo
- St. Matthew Passion
- La maternelle
- Sol e Toiros
- Den stjaalne minister
- Ces dames aux chapeaux verts
- The Cupid Club
- Three Daughters
- African Jim
- Scandale aux Champs-Élysées
- Anthony of Padua
- Ladronzuela
- Ek Thi Larki
- Din fortid er glemt
- Le sorcier du ciel
- We Want a Child!
- Lejlighed til leje
- Confidencias de un ruletero
- Bergkristall
- Tragödie einer Leidenschaft
- Christina
- Callejera
- A Fantasy on Ireland
- Nosotros los rateros
- La nao Capitana
- Across Arctic Ungava
- Die Kuckucks
- Na dobré stope
- Der himmlische Walzer
- Vazhkai
- Vagabond Blacksmiths
- Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
- Another Case of Poisoning
- Pobres.. pero sinvergüenzas
- Range Justice
- Western Renegades
- Mischief
- Henry, the Rainmaker
- Derby
- Das Siegel Gottes
- Ángeles de arrabal
- Hay lugar para... dos
- Eterna agonía
- For frihed og ret
- Human Patterns
- Man of Death
- French Fried Frolic
- Don't Play with Love
- Al caer la tarde...
- Café de chinos
- Negra consentida
- Fandango
- Mana Desam
- It's in the Groove
- The Guards of the Fields
- The March of Time: Policeman's Holiday
- Monastero di Santa Chiara
- Münchnerinnen
- The Blue Swords
- Une femme par jour
- Las puertas del presidio
- 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
- He's in Again
- The Guinea Pig
- La Panchita
- Your Local Council
- En cada puerto un amor
- Summer Is for Kids
- A Capital Plan
- Motorcycles
- 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
- Charley's Black Magic
- El hijo del bandido
- La Mancornadora
- Berlin Air-Lift: The Story of a Great Achievement
- 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
- 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
- Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
- Rainis
- Bonheur en location
- The Red Angel
- L'homme traqué
- L'échafaud peut attendre
- Peoples of the Skeena
- Red Runs the Fraser
- Rincón brujo
- Flowers from a Stranger
- La terre de Caïn
- Hin och smålänningen
- Sven Tusan
- Passion Without End
- Swedish Horsemen
- Boman får snurren
- Somerset
- Over-Dependency
- 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
- Parda
- Jungle Terror
- Heart of Paris
- The Happiest Days of Your Life
- Strawhat Cinderella
- The Winslow Boy
- Sarie Marais
- R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
- Dear Murderer
- The Browning Version
- Farmer Charley
- Terre des glaces
- Eye Witness No. 15
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- All-Star Thanksgiving Show
- Steady as She Goes
- Images médiévales
- Ravan
- Eye Witness No. 11
- Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- Code Name: Westward Ho!
- 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.