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Events

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Top grossing films

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North America

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

Academy Awards

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

Other films released

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Other films released in 1949 include:

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

Short film series

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• Donald Duck (1936-1956)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

Births

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• January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)
• January 12 - Wayne Wang, director
• January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter
• January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor (d. 1984)
• March 22 - Fanny Ardant, actress
• May 9 - Billy Joel, songwriter
• May 31 - Tom Berenger, actor
• June 22 - Meryl Streep, US actress
• July 7 - Shelley Duvall, actress
• August 23 - Shelley Long, US actress
• August 31 - Richard Gere, US actor
• October 8 - Sigourney Weaver, US actress
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter
• November 26 - Juanin Clay, US actress
• December 11 - Teri Garr, US actress
• December 25 - Sissy Spacek, US actress

Deaths

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

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