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The year 1948 was the 9th year of the 1940's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 14 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre premiered in Los Angeles, California
- January 15 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (limited)
- January 24 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- February 7 - My Girl Tisa
- March 6 - They Made Me a Fugitive
- March 27 - April Showers
- April 7 - Winter Meeting
- April 16 - To the Victor
- May 15 - The Woman in White
- May 29 - Silver River
- June 13 - Wallflower
- June 26 - The Big Punch
- July 3 - Romance on the High Seas
- July 15 - Key Largo (Los Angeles, California)
- July 16 - Key Largo (New York City, New York)
- July 31 - Key Largo
- July - Embraceable You
- August 26 - Rope premiered in New York City, New York
- August 27 - Two Guys from Texas (New York City, New York)
- September 4 - Two Guys from Texas
- September 14 - Johnny Belinda
- September 25 - Rope
- October 1 - Johnny Belinda (New York City, New York)
- October 9 - Smart Girls Don't Talk
- October 29 - June Bride
- November 27 - Fighter Squadron
- December 1 - Adventures of Don Juan
- December 23 - The Decision of Christopher Blake
- December 24 - Whiplash
- December 25 - One Sunday Afternoon premiered in New York City, New York
Shorts[]
- January 3 - Gorilla My Dreams
- January 17 - Two Gophers from Texas
- January 30 - Dangerous Dan McFoo (re-issue)
- February 7 - A Feather in His Hare
- February 14
- Hobo Gadget Band (re-issue)
- What Makes Daffy Duck
- February 28 - What's Brewin', Bruin?
- March 6 - Daffy Duck Slept Here
- March 13 - A Hick a Slick and a Chick
- March 20 - Little Pancho Vanilla (re-issue)
- March 27 - Back Alley Oproar
- April 3 - I Taw A Putty Tat
- April 10
- Don't Look Now (re-issue)
- Rabbit Punch
- April 17 - Hop, Look and Listen
- April 24 - The Curious Puppy (re-issue)
- May 1 - Nothing But The Tooth
- May 8 - Buccaneer Bunny
- May 22
- Bone Sweet Bone
- Circus Today (re-issue)
- June 12
- Bugs Bunny Rides Again
- Little Blabbermouse (re-issue)
- June 26 - The Rattled Rooster
- July 3 - The Up-Standing Sitter
- July 10
- The Shell Shocked Egg
- The Squawkin' Hawk (re-issue)
- July 24 - Haredevil Hare
- August 7 - You Were Never Duckier
- August 14
- Dough Ray Me-ow
- Pigs in a Polka (re-issue)
- August 21 - Hot Cross Bunny
- August 28 - Greetings Bait (re-issue)
- September 11 - The Pest That Came to Dinner
- September 18 - Hiss and Make Up (re-issue)
- September 25 - Hare Splitter
- October 2
- Hollywood Steps Out (re-issue)
- Odor of the Day
- October 9 - The Foghorn Leghorn
- October 30
- Daffy Dilly
- An Itch in Time (re-issue)
- October 23 - A-Lad-In His Lamp
- November 6 - Kit for Cat
- November 20 - The Stupor Salesman
- November 27 - Riff Raffy Daffy
- December 4 - My Bunny Lies Over The Sea
- December 11 - Fin'n Catty (re-issue)
- December 18 - Scaredy Cat
People[]
Births[]
- January 4 - Martin Vidnovic (actor and singer)
- May 3 - Chris Mulkey (actor, singer and songwriter)
- August 10 - Mark Kausler (animator and animation historian)
Deaths[]
- January 7 - Charles C. Wilson (actor)
- January 25 - Cosmo Kyrle Bellew (vaudeville and film actor)
- January 30 - Nigel De Brulier (actor)
- February 7 - Ben Silvey (assistant director, producer and production manager)
- March 10 - William L. Thorne (actor)
- March 16 - Leo F. Forbstein (film musical director and orchestra conductor)
- March 22 - Lincoln Stedman (actor)
- March 23 - Eddy Chandler (actor)
- March 25 - Warren Hymer (actor)
- March 29 - Wilfred Noy (film director, actor, screenwriter and producer)
- April 5 - Willard Robertson (actor and writer)
- May 8 - Vera Gordon (actress)
- May 16 - Ralph Hepburn (motorcycle racing champion and Indianapolis 500 racing driver)
- May 29 - May Whitty (actress)
- May 30 - Sidney D'Albrook (actor)
- June 13 - Clarissa Selwynne (actress)
- June 19 - Warner Richmond (actor)
- July 5 - Carole Landis (actress and singer)
- July 6 - Philipp Lothar Mayring (screenwriter, actor and film director)
- July 30 - Hay Petrie (actor)
- August 13 - Edwin Maxwell (actor)
- August 28 - Gladden James (actor)
- September 20 - Leo White (actor)
- September 24 - Warren William (actor)
- September 28 - E. J. Ratcliffe (actor)
- October 13 - Samuel S. Hinds (actor and former lawyer)
- October 14 - Dale Fuller (actress)
- October 15 - Edythe Chapman (actress)
- October 16 - Nora Lane (actress)
- October 30 - William Burress (actor)
- November 4 - Harvey Gates (screenwriter)
- November 9 - Edgar Kennedy (actor)
- November 16 - Frederick Burtwell (actor)
- November 25 - Charles D. Brown (actor)
- December 20 - C. Aubrey Smith (actor)
- December 30 - Walter Morosco (producer, writer, actor and director)
Character debuts[]
- January 3 - Gruesome Gorilla
- April 10 - The Crusher
- April 17 - Hippety Hopper, Spike Bulldog, Gracie
- July 24 - Marvin the Martian, K-9
- August 14 - Heathcliff
- September 25 - Casbah Rabbit
- October 23 - Smokey the Genie
- October - The Riddler
Notes[]
- The color shorts produced prior to August 1st of this year (of which "Haredevil Hare" is the most recent) were sold to Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s, which in turn passed over to United Artists and later to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before passing to Turner Entertainment and back to Time Warner (now WarnerMedia) upon their purchase of Turner's library in 1996.
- "You Were Never Duckier" marks a new era as the first post-1948 cartoon. Since this and "The Pest That Came to Dinner" were the final cartoons to say In Technicolor, this means that they were produced before "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" and "Haredevil Hare".
- The Color Rings change to the rings used in the earlier Cinecolor cartoons starting with "Hare Splitter".
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