The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Events
*April 26–June 21 –
Ealing comedies ''
Passport to Pimlico'', ''
Whisky Galore!'' and ''
Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies.
*November 15 – Following the prior year's
Supreme Court
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decision in ''
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'',
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and
United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations.
*December 21 –
Cecil B. DeMille's ''
Samson and Delilah'', starring
Hedy Lamarr,
Victor Mature,
George Sanders,
Angela Lansbury, and
Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in
New York City.
The film opens in Los Angeles on January 13, 1950, and becomes a massive commercial success. At the
23rd Academy Awards
The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. ''All About Eve'' received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by ''Gone with the Wind'' in 1939. It won six Oscars, including Best Pi ...
, the film wins the awards for
Best Art Direction
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...
and
Best Costume Design.
Awards
Top ten money making stars
Notable films released in 1949
United States unless stated
A
*''
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
*''
The Accused
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'', starring
Loretta Young and
Robert Cummings
*''
Adam's Rib'', directed by
George Cukor, starring
Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...
,
David Wayne
David Wayne (born Wayne James McMeekan, January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years.
Early life and career
Wayne was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen M ...
,
Tom Ewell,
Judy Holliday
*''
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' is a 1949 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney and James Algar with Ben Sharpsteen as production ...
'', narrated by
Basil Rathbone
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...
and
Bing Crosby
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*''
Africa Screams'', starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
*''
Alexander Popov'', starring
Nikolai Cherkasov – (
U.S.S.R.)
*''
Alias Nick Beal
''Alias Nick Beal'' is a 1949 American film noir mystery film retelling of the Faust myth directed by John Farrow and starring Ray Milland, Audrey Totter and Thomas Mitchell (although third-billed, Mitchell plays the leading role). The picture ...
'', starring
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...
and
Audrey Totter
*''
All the King's Men'', directed by
Robert Rossen, starring
Broderick Crawford
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in ''All t ...
,
John Ireland,
Mercedes McCambridge
*''
Always Leave Them Laughing'', starring
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; ; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and tel ...
and
Bert Lahr
*''
Andaz'' (Style), starring
Dilip Kumar and
Nargis – (
India)
*''
Any Number Can Play
''Any Number Can Play'' is a 1949 drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It is based on Edward Harris Heth's novel of the same name. It stars Clark Gable and Alexis Smith.
Plot
Casino owner Charley Enley Kyng (Clark Gable) is advised by his physic ...
'', starring
Clark Gable,
Alexis Smith
Margaret Alexis Fitzsimmons-Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Awar ...
,
Audrey Totter
*''
Aventurera'' (Adventuress) – (
Mexico)
B
*''
The Bad Lord Byron'', starring
Dennis Price
*''
The Barkleys of Broadway'', the last of 10 films starring
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers
*''
Barsaat'' (Rain), directed by and starring
Raj Kapoor – (
India)
*''
Battleground
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'', starring
Van Johnson,
Ricardo Montalbán,
George Murphy
*''
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'', starring
Betty Grable
*''
Begone Dull Care
''Begone Dull Care'' is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.
Summary
Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representation ...
'', experimental animated film featuring music of
Oscar Peterson – (
Canada
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)
*''
Beyond the Forest
''Beyond the Forest'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by King Vidor, and featuring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, and Ruth Roman. The screenplay is written by Lenore Coffee based on a novel by Stuart Engstrand.
The film marks Davi ...
'', starring
Bette Davis
*''
The Big Cat'', starring
Lon McCallister,
Preston Foster,
Forrest Tucker,
Peggy Ann Garner
*''
The Big Steal'', starring
Robert Mitchum,
Jane Greer,
Patric Knowles
*''
Bitter Rice'' (Riso Amaro), starring
Vittorio Gassman and
Silvana Mangano – (
Italy)
*''
The Blue Lagoon'', starring
Jean Simmons
Jean Merilyn Simmons, (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and afte ...
– (
GB)
*''
The Blue Swords'', directed by
Wolfgang Schleif (
East Germany
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)
*''
Border Incident'', starring
Ricardo Montalbán
*''
Boys from the Streets'' (Gategutter) – (
Norway)
*''
The Bribe'', starring
Robert Taylor,
Ava Gardner,
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future w ...
,
Vincent Price,
John Hodiak
*''
Bride for Sale
''Bride for Sale'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by William D. Russell, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Young and George Brent. The music score is by Frederick Hollander.
Plot
Nora ...
'', starring
Claudette Colbert and
Robert Young Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob, or Bobby Young may refer to:
Academics
* R. A. Young (Robert Arthur Young, 1871–1959), British physician
* Robert J. C. Young (born 1950), British cultural critic and historian
* Robert J. Young (born 1942), Canadian h ...
C
*''
Canadian Pacific'', starring
Randolph Scott
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and
Jane Wyatt
*''
Caught
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If the ball h ...
'', directed by
Max Ophüls, starring
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the t ...
and
Robert Ryan
*''
Chains'' (Catene) – (
Italy)
*''
Champion'', starring
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...
,
Arthur Kennedy
John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the origi ...
,
Marilyn Maxwell
*''
Chicken Every Sunday'', directed by
George Seaton
George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.
Life and career Early life
Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish des ...
, starring
Dan Dailey and
Celeste Holm
*''
The Chiltern Hundreds'', directed by
John Paddy Carstairs – (
GB)
*''
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
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* pt, Cristóvão Colombo
* ca, Cristòfor (or )
* la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
'', directed by
David MacDonald, starring
Fredric March – (
GB)
*''
Colorado Territory'', directed by
Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He w ...
, starring
Joel McCrea and
Virginia Mayo
*''
Come to the Stable'', starring
Loretta Young and
Celeste Holm
*''
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'', starring
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
and
Rhonda Fleming
*''
Criss Cross'', starring
Burt Lancaster
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and
Yvonne De Carlo
Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and late ...
*''
The Crooked Way
''The Crooked Way'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts and Ellen Drew. The film, with a similar plot (a war hero loses his memory stateside) to another film noir '' Somewhere in ...
'', starring
John Payne and
Sonny Tufts
*''
Crows and Sparrows'' (Wuya yu maque), directed by
Zheng Junli
Zheng Junli (December 6, 1911 – April 23, 1969) was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. His films ''The Spring River Flows East'' and ''Crows and Sparrows'' are widely c ...
– (
China
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)
D
*''
Dancing in the Dark'', starring
William Powell and
Betsy Drake
*''
A Dangerous Profession'', starring
George Raft
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is ...
and
Ella Raines
*''
Distant Journey'' (Daleká cesta) – (
Czechoslovakia
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, image_p1 ...
)
*''
Down to the Sea in Ships'', starring
Richard Widmark and
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
*''
Dulari'', starring
Madhubala and
Geeta Bali (
India)
E
*''
East Side, West Side'', starring
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic sc ...
,
Ava Gardner,
James Mason
James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
,
Van Heflin,
Nancy Davis
*''
Easy Living'', starring
Victor Mature and
Lucille Ball
*''
Edward, My Son
''Edward, My Son'' is a 1949 British drama film directed by George Cukor for MGM-British Studios that stars Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on the 1947 play of the same title by Noel Langley a ...
'', directed by
George Cukor, starring
Spencer Tracy and
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
During her international film career, Kerr won a G ...
– (U.S./GB)
*''
The Emperor of Capri'' (L'imperatore di Capri), directed by
Luigi Comencini – (
Italy)
*''
The Emperor's Nightingale
''The Emperor's Nightingale'' ( cs, Císařův slavík) is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale " The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris K ...
'' (Císařův slavík), an animated film narrated by
Boris Karloff – (
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
)
*''
Everybody Does It'', starring
Paul Douglas and
Linda Darnell
F
*''
Father Was a Fullback'', starring
Fred MacMurray
Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series, in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...
*''
The Fighting Kentuckian'', starring
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
and
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...
*''
Flamingo Road'', starring
Joan Crawford
*''
Flaxy Martin'', starring
Virginia Mayo
*''
The Forbidden Street'', starring
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...
*''
For Them That Trespass'', directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti, starring
Richard Todd – (
GB)
*''
The Fountainhead'', directed by
King Vidor, starring
Gary Cooper and
Patricia Neal
G
*''
Give Us This Day'', directed by
Edward Dmytryk, starring
Sam Wanamaker – (
GB)
*''
The Great Gatsby'', starring
Alan Ladd
Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake ...
,
Betty Field
Betty Field (February 8, 1916 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress.
Early years
Field was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to George and Katharine (née Lynch) Field. She began acting before she reached age 15, and went ...
,
Ruth Hussey
*''
The Great Madcap'' (El Gran Calavera), directed by
Luis Buñuel, starring
Fernando Soler – (
Mexico)
H
*''
Hardly a Criminal'' (Apenas un delincuente), directed by
Hugo Fregonese – (
Argentina
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)
*''
The Hasty Heart'', starring
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
and
Patricia Neal – (U.S./GB)
*''
The Heiress'', directed by
William Wyler, starring
Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Clift,
Miriam Hopkins
*''
Holiday Affair'', starring
Robert Mitchum and
Janet Leigh
*''
Home of the Brave'', starring
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.
Life and career
Corey attended New Utrecht High ...
*''
House of Strangers
''House of Strangers'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte. The screenplay by Philip Yordan and Mankiewicz (who chose to go uncredited) is the first of ...
'', directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during the Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films duri ...
,
Richard Conte,
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.
After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model A ...
I
*''
I Married a Communist'', starring
Laraine Day and
Robert Ryan
*''
I Shot Jesse James'', starring
Preston Foster and
John Ireland
*''
I Was a Male War Bride'', starring
Cary Grant
*''
Impact'', starring
Brian Donlevy and
Ella Raines
*''
In the Good Old Summertime'', starring
Judy Garland and
Van Johnson
*''
In the Name of the Law'' (In nome della legge), directed by
Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'Italiana genres.
His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Be ...
– (
Italy)
*''
The Inspector General'', starring
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and ...
*''
The Interrupted Journey'', starring
Richard Todd and
Valerie Hobson – (
GB)
*''
Intruder in the Dust'', directed by
Clarence Brown
*''
It Happens Every Spring'', starring
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...
*''
It's Not Cricket'' directed by
Alfred Roome, starring
Basil Radford and
Naunton Wayne – (
GB)
J
*''
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People
Female:
* Janika Sillamaa (born 1975), Estonian singer and actress
...
'' – (
Hungary)
*''
Johnny Stool Pigeon
''Johnny Stool Pigeon'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea.
Plot
A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him ...
'', starring
Shelley Winters and
Howard Duff
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*''
Jolson Sings Again'', starring
Larry Parks and
Barbara Hale
*''
Jour de fête
''Jour de fête'' (''The Big Day'') is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directorial debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur-I ...
'' (Festival Day), directed by and starring
Jacques Tati – (
France
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)
K
*''
Kind Hearts and Coronets'', directed by
Robert Hamer, starring
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...
,
Dennis Price,
Valerie Hobson – (
GB)
*''
A Kiss in the Dark'', starring
Jane Wyman and
David Niven
*''
Knock on Any Door'', directed by
Nicholas Ray, starring
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...
L
*''
Late Spring'' (Banshun), directed by
Yasujirō Ozu – (
Japan
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)
*''
Life'' (Vazhkai), directed by
A. V. Meiyappan
Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar (28 July 1907 – 12 August 1979), also known as A. V. Meiyappan, A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar or AVM, was an Indian film producer, director and philanthropist who established AVM Productions in Vadapalani, Chennai. He ...
, starring
Vyjayanthimala in her screen debut – (
India)
*''
A Letter to Three Wives'', directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring
Jeanne Crain,
Linda Darnell,
Ann Sothern,
Paul Douglas,
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...
*''
Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
'', directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners of ...
, starring
June Allyson
June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer.
Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She sign ...
,
Peter Lawford,
Margaret O'Brien,
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...
,
Janet Leigh,
Mary Astor
*''
Love Happy'', starring the
Marx Brothers
*''
The Lucky Stiff'', starring
Dorothy Lamour and
Claire Trevor
*''
Lust for Gold'', starring
Ida Lupino and
Glenn Ford
M
*''
Ma and Pa Kettle'', starring
Marjorie Main and
Percy Kilbride
*''
Madame Bovary'', starring
Jennifer Jones and
James Mason
James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
*''
Mahal'' (The Mansion), starring
Ashok Kumar and
Madhubala – (
India)
*''
Malaya
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Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
'', starring
Spencer Tracy and
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
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La Malquerida
''La malquerida'' (The Unloved Woman) is a Mexican telenovela created for Televisa by Ximena Suárez and produced by José Alberto Castro, based on the 1913 Spanish play titled '' The Unloved Woman'' by Jacinto Benavente. The series originally a ...
'' (The Bad Mistress), starring
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...
and
Pedro Armendáriz – (
Mexico)
*''
The Man from Colorado'', starring
Glenn Ford and
William Holden
*''
Manhandled'', starring
Dorothy Lamour,
Dan Duryea,
Sterling Hayden
*''
Manon
''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...
'', directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed ''The Wages of Fear'' and '' Les Diaboliques'', ...
– (
France
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)
* ''
The Marriage of Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...
'' (Figaros Hochzeit) – (
East Germany
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)
*''
Mighty Joe Young'', directed by
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director. Schoedsack worked as a cameraman in World War I, where he served in the Signal Corps. At the conclusion of ...
, starring
Terry Moore and
Ben Johnson
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Miss Mink of 1949
''Miss Mink of 1949'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Glenn Tryon (his last film as a director) and written by Arnold Belgard. It stars Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier (in her final film role), Richard Lane, Barbara Brown, Paul Guilfoyle a ...
'', starring
Lois Collier
*''
Mother Is a Freshman'', starring
Loretta Young and
Van Johnson
*''
My Foolish Heart'', starring
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.
After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model A ...
and
Dana Andrews
*''
My Friend Irma'', film debut of
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...
and
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
N
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Neptune's Daughter'', starring
Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Ol ...
*''
Never Fear'', directed by
Ida Lupino, starring
Sally Forrest
Sally Forrest (born Katherine Feeney; May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015), was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She studied dance from a young age and shortly out of high school was signed to a contract by Metro-Gol ...
and
Hugh O'Brian
*''
Night Unto Night'', directed by
Don Siegel, starring
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
*''
No Way Back'', starring
Terence De Marney,
Eleanor Summerfield
Eleanor Audrey Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress who appeared in many plays, films and television series. She is known for her roles in ''Laughter in Paradise'' (1951), ''Final Appointment'' (1954), ''Odongo'' (1 ...
– (
GB)
O
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Obsession
Obsession may refer to:
Psychology
* Celebrity worship syndrome, obsessive addictive disorder to a celebrity's personal and professional life
* Fixation (psychology), a persistent attachment to an object or idea
* Idée fixe (psychology), a p ...
'', directed by
Edward Dmytryk, starring
Robert Newton – (
GB)
*''
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
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The tune has been recorded hundreds of times by many artists from ...
'', starring
June Haver
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On the Town'', starring
Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...
,
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...
,
Vera-Ellen,
Ann Miller
Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004) was an American retired actress and former dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the Classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Her early ...
,
Betty Garrett
P
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The Passionate Friends'', directed by
David Lean
Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...
, starring
Ann Todd
Dorothy Ann Todd (24 January 1907 – 6 May 1993) was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in 1945's ''The Seventh Veil''. From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed he ...
and
Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...
– (GB)
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Passport to Pimlico'', starring
Stanley Holloway and
Margaret Rutherford – (
GB)
*''
Pinky
Pinky may refer to:
* Pinky finger, the smallest finger on the human hand
People
* Pinky Maidasani, first female folk rapper and Indian playback singer
* Pinky Rajput (born 1969), Indian voice artist
* Pinky (nickname), a list
* Pinky Lee (19 ...
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Jeanne Crain
*''
Prince of Foxes'', starring
Tyrone Power and
Orson Welles
*''
Prison'' (Fängelse), directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...
– (
Sweden
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Q
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The Queen of Spades'', starring
Anton Walbrook and
Edith Evans
Dame Edith Mary Evans, (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was no ...
– (
GB)
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The Quiet Duel
is a 1949 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Plot
The film centers on Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki, a young, idealistic doctor who, during his service as an army physician during World War II, contracted syphilis from the blood of a patient when he ...
'' (Shizukanaru Ketto), starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
R
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The Reckless Moment'', starring
James Mason
James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
and
Joan Bennett
*''
Red, Hot and Blue'', starring
Betty Hutton and
Victor Mature
*''
Red Light'', starring
George Raft
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is ...
and
Virginia Mayo
*''
The Red Pony'', starring
Myrna Loy and
Robert Mitchum
*''
The Rocking Horse Winner'', starring
Valerie Hobson and
John Howard Davies – (
GB)
*''
Rope of Sand'', starring
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-yea ...
,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...
*''
Rotation
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'' (Sowjetische Zone) – (
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
)
*''
A Run for Your Money'', starring
Donald Houston,
Moira Lister,
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...
– (
GB)
*''
Rustlers'', starring
Tim Holt
Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures.
In a career spanning more ...
and
Martha Hyer
S
*''
Samson and Delilah'', directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, starring
Hedy Lamarr and
Victor Mature
*''
Sands of Iwo Jima
''Sands of Iwo Jima'' is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was w ...
'', directed by
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...
, starring
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
*''
The Secret Garden'', starring
Margaret O'Brien and
Herbert Marshall
*''
The Set-Up The Set-Up may refer to:
* The Set-Up (poem), a narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March; basis for the 1949 film (see below)
* "The Set Up" (song), a 2004 song by Obie Trice
* "The Set Up", a song by Favored Nations from ''The Music of Grand Theft A ...
'', starring
Robert Ryan
*''
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'', starring
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
,
Joanne Dru,
Ben Johnson
*''
Shockproof
''Shockproof'' is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Patricia Knight and Cornel Wilde. Wilde and Knight were husband and wife during filming. They divorced in 1951.
Plot
Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde), is a parole ...
'', starring
Cornel Wilde
*''
Une si jolie petite plage'' (Such a Pretty Little Beach), directed by
Yves Allégret – (
France
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)
*''
Le Silence de la mer'', directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville – (France)
*''
Slattery's Hurricane'', starring
Richard Widmark,
Veronica Lake,
Linda Darnell
*''
The Small Back Room'', directed by
Michael Powell and
Emeric Pressburger – (
GB)
*''
Sons of Matthew
''Sons of Matthew'' is a 1949 Australian film directed and produced and co-written by Charles Chauvel. The film was shot in 1947 on location in Queensland, Australia, and the studio sequences in Sydney. ''Sons of Matthew'' took 18 months to comp ...
'' (aka The Rugged O'Riordans) – (
Australia
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)
*''
Sorrowful Jones'', starring
Bob Hope and
Lucille Ball
*''
South of St. Louis'', starring
Joel McCrea and
Alexis Smith
Margaret Alexis Fitzsimmons-Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Awar ...
*''
The Stratton Story'', starring
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
and
June Allyson
June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer.
Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She sign ...
*''
Stray Dog
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'' (Nora inu), directed by
Akira Kurosawa, starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''
Streets of Laredo'', starring
William Holden,
Macdonald Carey,
William Bendix
*''
The Sun Comes Up'', starring
Jeanette MacDonald,
Lloyd Nolan,
Lassie
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T
*''
Take One False Step'', starring
Shelley Winters and
William Powell
*''
Tension'', starring
Richard Basehart,
Audrey Totter,
Cyd Charisse
*''
That Dangerous Age'', starring
Myrna Loy and
Peggy Cummins
Peggy Cummins (born Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller; 18 December 1925 – 29 December 2017) was an Irish actress, born in Wales, who is best known for her performance in Joseph H. Lewis's ''Gun Crazy'' (1950), playing a trigger-happy ''femme fa ...
– (
GB)
*''
That Forsyte Woman'', starring
Greer Garson and
Walter Pidgeon
*''
That Midnight Kiss'', starring
Kathryn Grayson and
Mario Lanza
*''
Thieves' Highway'', directed by
Jules Dassin, starring
Richard Conte
*''
The Third Man'', directed by
Carol Reed, starring
Joseph Cotten,
Alida Valli,
Trevor Howard,
Orson Welles – (
GB)
*''
Too Late for Tears'', starring
Lizabeth Scott and
Dan Duryea
*''
Train of Events'', starring
Valerie Hobson,
Jack Warner,
Peter Finch
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.
Born in London, he emigrated to Australia as a teenager and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville ...
– (
GB)
*''
Tulsa'', starring
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.
After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model A ...
and
Robert Preston
*''
Twelve O'Clock High'', starring
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...
U
*''
Under Capricorn
''Under Capricorn'' is a 1949 British historical thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a couple in Australia who started out as lady and stable boy in Ireland, and who are now bound together by a horrible secret. The film is based on ...
'', directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
, starring
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary ''Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is often ...
– (
GB)
*''
The Undercover Man'', starring
Glenn Ford and
Nina Foch
W
*''
Waga koi wa moenu'' (Flame of My Love), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''
The Walls of Malapaga'' (Au-delà des grilles), directed by
René Clément
René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Clément studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed hi ...
, starring
Jean Gabin – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
/
Italy)
*''
We Were Strangers'', starring
Jennifer Jones and
John Garfield
*''
Whirlpool'', directed by
Otto Preminger, starring
Gene Tierney
*''
Whisky Galore!'', directed by
Alexander Mackendrick (debut), starring
Basil Radford and
Joan Greenwood – (
GB)
*''
White Heat'', directed by
Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He w ...
, starring
James Cagney
James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He ...
,
Virginia Mayo,
Edmond O'Brien
*''
The Window'', starring
Barbara Hale and
Arthur Kennedy
John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the origi ...
*''
Without Honor'', starring
Laraine Day
*''
Women Side by Side'', directed by
Chen Liting, starring
Shangguan Yunzhu and
Zhao Dan
Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.
Biography
Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in '' Str ...
– (
China
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)
Y
*''
You, the Rich'' (Ustedes los ricos), starring
Pedro Infante – (
Mexico)
*''
You're My Everything'', directed by
Walter Lang, starring
Dan Dailey and
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.
A granddaughter of Fra ...
Serials
*''
Adventures of Sir Galahad'', starring
George Reeves and
Charles King
*''
Batman and Robin Batman and Robin are a superhero duo appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Batman and Robin may also refer to:
Comics and literature
* ''Batman and Robin'' (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip, started in 1943
*''All Star Ba ...
'', starring
Robert Lowery
*''
Bruce Gentry
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...
'', starring
Tom Neal
*''
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc'', starring
Kirk Alyn and
Rosemary LaPlanche
*''
Ghost of Zorro'', starring
Clayton Moore and
Pamela Blake
*''
The James Brothers of Missouri
''The James Brothers of Missouri'' is a 1949 American Republic Western film serial.
Cast
* Keith Richards as Jesse James
* Robert Bice as Frank James
* Noel Neill as Peg Royer
* Roy Barcroft as Ace Marlin
* Patricia Knox as Belle Calhoun
* L ...
'', starring
Keith Richards and
Noel Neill
*''
King of the Rocket Men'', starring
Tristram Coffin and
Mae Clarke
*''
Radar Patrol vs Spy King'', starring
Kirk Alyn
Short film series
*''
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
'' (
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
–
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
)
*''
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation. '' (
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
–
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
*''
Merrie Melodies
''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...
'' (
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
–
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
*''
Popeye'' (
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
)
*''
Color Rhapsodies'' (
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
–1949)
*''
The Three Stooges'' (
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
–
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
)
*''
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...
'' (
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
–
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
)
*''
Pluto'' (
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
–
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
)
*''
Chip and Dale'' (
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
–
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
)
*''
Andy Panda
Andy Panda is a cartoon character who starred in his own series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Walter Lantz. These "cartunes" were released by Universal Pictures from 1939 to 1947, and United Artists from 1948 to 1949. The title ...
'' (
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–1949)
*''
Goofy
Goofy is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled f ...
'' (
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslav ...
)
*''
Tom and Jerry'' (
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*January ...
–
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
)
*''
The Fox and the Crow'' (
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
–
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
)
*''
Woody Woodpecker'' (
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
–1949)
*''
Mighty Mouse'' (
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
–
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
)
*''
Droopy'' (
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
–
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
)
*''
Blackie the Sheep'' (
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
–1949)
*''
Red Hot Riding Hood'' (
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
–1949)
*''
Jan Wickman Shorts'' (1949–1994)
*''
Noveltoons
''Noveltoons'' is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing to life characters from Harvey Comics, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy ...
'' (
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
–
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
)
Births
*
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Mbissine Thérèse Diop (born 1949) is a Senegalese actress best known for her starring role as Diouana in the 1966 Ousmane Sembène film ''Black Girl'' (''La noire de...''), which is often cited as one of the first feature films of African cinema ...
, Senegalese actress
*January 7
**
George Buza, American-born Canadian actor
**
Steven Williams
Steven Williams (born January 7, 1949) is an American actor in films and television. He is known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on ''21 Jump Street'', Lt. Jefferson Burnett on '' The Equalizer'', Det. August Brooks on '' L.A. Heat'', X on ...
, American actor
*January 12 –
Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born director
*January 14 –
Lawrence Kasdan, American director and screenwriter
*January 16 –
Caroline Munro, English actress and model
*January 17 –
Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)
*January 24 –
John Belushi, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
*January 26 -
David Strathairn, American actor
*February 2 -
Brent Spiner, American actor, comedian and musician
*January 27 –
Zbigniew Rybczyński, Polish film and video cinematographer and director
*February 8 –
Brooke Adams, American actress
*March 3 -
Gloria Hendry
Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949) is an American actress and former model. Hendry is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film '' Live and Let Die''; and Helen Bradley i ...
, American actress and former model
*March 12 –
Rob Cohen, American director, producer and writer
*March 16 –
Victor Garber, Canadian actor
*March 22 –
Fanny Ardant, French actress
*April 2
**
Ron Palillo, American actor (died 2012)
**
Pamela Reed, American actress
*April 8 -
Brian Delate, American actor
*April 11 -
Bernd Eichinger
Bernd Eichinger (; 11 April 194924 January 2011) was a German film producer, director, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s and bou ...
, German producer, director and screenwriter (died 2011)
*April 14 –
John Shea, American actor
*April 20
**
Jessica Lange, American actress
**
Veronica Cartwright, English-born actress
*April 28 -
Bruno Kirby, American actor, singer, voice artist and comedian (died 2006)
*May 7 -
Marilyn Burns, American actress (died 2014)
*May 18 -
Hubert Saint-Macary
Hubert Saint-Macary (born 18 May 1949) is a French actor. He is the brother of Xavier Saint-Macary.
Selected filmography
* ''Un étrange voyage'' (1981) - L'examinateur
* ''Stella'' (1983) - Lomy
* ''Debout les crabes, la mer monte!'' (1983) - ...
, French actor
*May 20 -
Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian, actor and television writer
*May 21 -
Will Ryan, American voice actor, singer and musician (died 2021)
*May 24 –
Jim Broadbent
James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film ''Iris'' (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for hi ...
, English actor
*May 25 -
Joe Unger, American actor
*May 26
**
Pam Grier, American actress
**
Philip Michael Thomas, American retired actor and musician
*May 28 -
Sandy Helberg, German-born American actor
*May 29 -
Cotter Smith
Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor.
Early life
He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Madeline (née Cotter) and John Lewis Smith, Jr., who was a federal judge. He graduated from the ...
, American actor
*May 31 –
Tom Berenger, American actor
*June 10 -
Frankie Faison, American actor
*June 15
**
Simon Callow, English actor, director and writer
**
Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (died 2000)
*June 22 –
Meryl Streep, American actress
*June 29 -
Greg Burson, American voice actor (died 2008)
*July 5 -
Ed O'Ross, American actor
*July 7 –
Shelley Duvall, American actress
*July 12 -
Diana Hardcastle, English actress
*July 24 -
Michael Richards
Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom '' Seinfeld''. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, first enterin ...
, American actor, writer, producer and retired comedian
*July 27
**
Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (died 2010)
**
Susan Gordon
Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 – December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ''The Twilight Zone'', ''My Three Sons'', and ''The Donna Reed Show''.
Life ...
, American child actress (died 2011)
*August 2 -
Madeline Smith, English actress
*August 8 –
Keith Carradine, American actor
*August 17 –
Julian Fellowes, English actor, writer, director and screenwriter
*August 20 -
Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor, director and screenwriter
*August 21 –
Loretta Devine, American actress
*August 23 –
Shelley Long, American actress
*August 25 –
John Savage, American actor
*August 31 –
Richard Gere, American actor
*September 1 –
Luminița Gheorghiu, Romanian actress (died 2021)
*September 4 –
Eero Spriit, Estonian actor and producer
*September 16 –
Ed Begley, Jr.
Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series '' St. ...
, American actor
*September 18 -
Beth Grant, American character actress
*September 19 -
Ernie Sabella, American actor
*September 25 –
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director
*October 4 –
Armand Assante, American actor
*October 8 –
Sigourney Weaver, American actress
*October 10 –
Jessica Harper, American actress
*October 15 –
Tanya Roberts, American actress (d. 2021)
*October 20 -
George Harris (actor)
George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, Captain Simon Katanga in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and Clive King in the BBC medical drama ...
, British actor
*October 21 -
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, American actress
*November 10 -
Ann Reinking
Ann Reinking (November 10, 1949December 12, 2020) was an American dancer, actress, choreographer and singer. She worked predominantly in musical theater, starring in Broadway (theatre), Broadway productions such as ''Coco (musical), Coco'' (1969) ...
, American actress and singer (died 2020)
*November 27 -
Gerrit Graham, American actor
*November 28 –
Alexander Godunov
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, Russian-American film actor (died 1995)
*November 29 –
Garry Shandling
Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.
Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as '' Sanford and Son'' and ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He made ...
, American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer and producer (died 2016)
*November 30
**
Margaret Whitton, American actress (died 2016)
**
Nicholas Woodeson, English actor
*December 3 -
Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)
*December 4 –
Jeff Bridges, American actor
*December 7 -
Tom Waits, American musician and actor
*December 8 -
Nancy Meyers, American filmmaker
*December 12 –
Bill Nighy, English actor
*December 13 -
Robert Lindsay (actor), English actor
*December 15 –
Don Johnson, American actor
*December 21 -
Michael Horse, American actor
*December 25 –
Sissy Spacek, American actress
Deaths
*January 6 –
Victor Fleming
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best ...
, 59, American director and producer, ''
The Wizard of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' or ''The Wizard of Oz'' most commonly refers to:
*'' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', a 1900 American novel by L. Frank Baum often reprinted as ''The Wizard of Oz''
** Wizard of Oz (character), from the Baum novel serie ...
'', ''
Gone With the Wind'', ''
Captains Courageous'', ''
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
''
*January 19 –
William Wright, 38, American actor, ''
Philo Vance Returns'', ''
Eve Knew Her Apples''
*January 20 –
Nora Gregor, 47, Austrian actress, ''
The Rules of the Game'', ''
But the Flesh Is Weak''
*February 19 –
Jean Gillie
A ''femme fatale'' ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of ...
, 33, English actress, ''
Decoy''
*March 16 –
Leyland Hodgson, 56, English actor, ''
Under Nevada Skies'', ''
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands''
*April 15 –
Wallace Beery, 64, American actor, ''
Grand Hotel'', ''
The Champ'', ''
Robin Hood'', ''
Viva Villa!''
*April 18 –
Will Hay, 60, English comedian, actor and director, ''
Oh, Mr. Porter!
''Oh, Mr Porter!'' is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to a ...
'', ''
Hey! Hey! USA
''Hey! Hey! USA'' is a 1938 British comedy film starring comedian Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy and Eddie Ryan. Hay appears as Benjamin Twist, a porter who accidentally finds himself on a ship bound for the United States. The film features an early app ...
''
*April 22 –
Charles B. Middleton
Charles Brown Middleton (October 3, 1874 – April 22, 1949) was an American stage and film actor. During a film career that began at age 46 and lasted almost 30 years, he appeared in nearly 200 films as well as numerous plays. Sometimes credi ...
, 74, American actor (born 1874), ''
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...
''
*August 9 –
Harry Davenport, 83, American actor (born 1866), ''
Gone with the Wind'', ''
The Ox-Bow Incident''
*September 4 –
Olof Ås, 56, Swedish actor, stage manager (born 1892)
*September 10 –
Robert Middlemass, 66, American playwright, actor, (born 1883), ''
Lady in the Death House'', ''
A Sporting Chance''
*September 14 –
Romuald Joubé, 73, French actor (born 1876)
*September 18 –
Frank Morgan, 59, American actor (born 1890), ''
The Wizard of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' or ''The Wizard of Oz'' most commonly refers to:
*'' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', a 1900 American novel by L. Frank Baum often reprinted as ''The Wizard of Oz''
** Wizard of Oz (character), from the Baum novel serie ...
''
*September 20 –
Richard Dix
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
, 56, American actor (born 1893), ''
Cimarron'', ''
Redskin''
*October 14 –
Fritz Leiber, Sr.
Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. (January 31, 1882 – October 14, 1949) was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was a ...
, 67, American actor (born 1882)
*October 22 –
Craig Reynolds, 72, American actor (born 1907), ''
Gold Mine in the Sky
''Gold Mine in the Sky'' is a 1938 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Based on a story by Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy and ranch foreman who, as executor of th ...
'', ''
Slander House''
*November 25 –
Bill Robinson, 72, American dancer and actor (born 1878), ''
Stormy Weather'', ''
The Little Colonel''
*November 27 –
Tom Walls, 66, English actor and director (born 1883), ''
Stormy Weather'', ''
Lady in Danger''
*December 16 –
Sidney Olcott, 76, Canadian-born American film director (born 1873)
*December 31 –
Howard Hickman, 69, American actor, director, writer (born 1880), ''
The Kansas Terrors'', ''
Gone with the Wind''
Film debuts
*
Julie Andrews
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...
– ''
The Singing Princess
''La Rosa di Bagdad'' (English: ''The Rose of Baghdad'') is a 1949 Italian animated film by Anton Gino Domeneghini. In 1952, the film was dubbed into English, retitled ''The Singing Princess'' and dubbed by Julie Andrews as her first venture into ...
''
*
Yul Brynner – ''
Port of New York''
*
Richard Burton – ''
Women of Dolwyn
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as " women's rights" to denote female humans rega ...
''
*
Tony Curtis – ''
City Across the River''
*
Denholm Elliott – ''
Dear Mr. Prohack
''Dear Mr. Prohack'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland. It is a modern-day version of Arnold Bennett's 1922 novel, ''Mr Prohack'', as adapted in the play by Edward Knoblock. It stars Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns and Dirk Bo ...
''
*
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
– ''
My Friend Irma''
*
Mercedes McCambridge – ''
All the King's Men''
*
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy ...
– ''
In the Good Old Summertime''
*
Patricia Neal – ''
John Loves Mary''
*
Philippe Noiret – ''
Gigi''
*
Max von Sydow – ''
Only a Mother''
*
James Whitmore – ''
The Undercover Man''
*
Nimmi - ''
Barsaat (1949 film)''
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