1948 was the 9th year of 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
- February 7 - A Feather in His Hare
- February 14 - What Makes Daffy Duck
- February 28 - What's Brewin', Bruin?
- April 17 - Hop, Look and Listen
- May 8 - Buccaneer Bunny
- June 26 - The Rattled Rooster
- July 3 - The Up-Standing Sitter
- July 24 - Haredevil Hare
- September 11 - The Pest That Came to Dinner
- October 2 - Odor of the Day
- October 23 - A-Lad-In His Lamp
- November 6 - Kit for Cat
- November 20 - The Stupor Salesman
- November 27 - Riff Raffy Daffy
- January 17 - Two Gophers from Texas
- January 30 - Dangerous Dan McFoo (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- February 14 - Hobo Gadget Band (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- March 6 - Daffy Duck Slept Here
- March 13 - A Hick a Slick and a Chick
- March 20 - Little Pancho Vanilla (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- March 27 - Back Alley Oproar
- April 3 - I Taw A Putty Tat
- April 10
- Don't Look Now (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- Rabbit Punch
- April 24 - The Curious Puppy (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- May 1 - Nothing But The Tooth
- May 22
- Bone Sweet Bone
- Circus Today (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- June 12
- Bugs Bunny Rides Again
- Little Blabbermouse (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- July 10
- The Shell Shocked Egg
- The Squawkin' Hawk (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- July 31 - A Tale of Two Kitties (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- August 7 - You Were Never Duckier
- August 14
- Dough Ray Me-ow
- Pigs in a Polka (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- August 21 - Hot Cross Bunny
- August 28 - Greetings Bait (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- September 18 - Hiss and Make Up (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- September 25 - Hare Splitter
- October 2 - Hollywood Steps Out
- October 9 - The Foghorn Leghorn
- October 30
- Daffy Dilly
- An Itch in Time (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- December 4 - My Bunny Lies Over The Sea
- December 11 - Fin'n Catty (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
- December 18 - Scaredy Cat
People[]
Births[]
- January 4 - Martin Vidnovic
- May 3 - Chris Mulkey (actor, singer and songwriter)
- August 10 - Mark Kausler
Deaths[]
- January 7 - Charles C. Wilson
- March 23 - Eddy Chandler
- March 25 - Warren Hymer
- April 5 - Willard Robertson
- July 5 - Carole Landis
- September 20 - Leo White
- September 24 - Warren William
- November 9 - Edgar Kennedy
- November 25 - Charles D. Brown
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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