1949

1949 was the 10th year of 1940's

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 1 - One Sunday Afternoon
• February 4 - John Loves Mary (New York City, New York)
• February 15 - Flaxy Martin
• March 1 - South of St. Louis premiered in Brownsville, Texas
• March 6 - South of St. Louis
• March 26 - A Kiss in the Dark (New York City, New York)
• March 26 - A Kiss in the Dark
• April 1 - Burma Victory (New York City, New York)
• April 2 - Homicide
• April 15 - My Dream Is Yours (New York City, New York)
• April 16 - My Dream Is Yours
• May 3 - The Younger Brothers
• May 6 - Flamingo Road
• May 27 - The Younger Brothers (New York City, New York)
• June 10 - Night Unto Night (New York City, New York)
• June 11 - Colorado Territory
• June 30 - One Last Fling
• July 2 - The Fountainhead
• July 16 - The Girl from Jones Beach
• July 30 - Look for the Silver Lining
• August 1 - It's a Great Feeling
• September 2 - White Heat (New York City, New York)
• September 3 - White Heat
• September 10 - The House Across the Street
• September 15 - Golden Madonna
• September 30 - Task Force
• October 8 - Under Capricorn
• October 21 - Beyond the Forest
• November 12 - The Story of Seabiscuit
• November 26 - Always Leave Them Laughing
• December 2 - The Hasty Heart
• December 16 - The Lady Takes a Sailor
• December 30 - The Inspector General (New York City, New York)
• December 31 - The Inspector General

Shorts

• January 1
  • Bedtime for Sniffles (re-issue)
  • Wise Quackers
• January 15 - Hare Do
• January 22 - Holiday for Drumsticks
• January 29 - Awful Orphan
• February 5 - Prest-O Change-O (re-issue)
• February 12
  • Porky Chops
  • Swooner Crooner (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
• February 26 - Mississippi Hare
• March 5 - Hop, Skip and a Chump (re-issue)
• March 12 - Paying the Piper
• March 16 - So Much for So Little
• March 26 - Daffy Duck Hunt
• April 2 - He Was Her Man (re-issue)
• April 9 - Rebel Rabbit
• April 23 - Mouse Wreckers
• April 30
  • High Diving Hare
  • I Wanna Be a Sailor (re-issue)
• May 14 - The Bee-Deviled Bruin
• May 21
  • Curtain Razor
  • Flop Goes the Weasel (re-issue)
• June 4 - Bowery Bugs
• June 11 - Mouse Mazurka
• June 18 - Horton Hatches the Egg (re-issue)
• June 25 - Long-Haired Hare
• July 2 - Henhouse Henery
• July 16
  • The Egg Collector (re-issue)
  • Knights Must Fall
• July 23 - Bad Ol' Putty Tat
• August 6
  • The Grey Hounded Hare
  • The Mice Will Play (re-issue)
• August 13 - Often an Orphan
• August 20 - Inki and the Minah Bird (re-issue)
• August 27 - The Windblown Hare
• September 2 - Dough for the Do-Do
• September 16 - Fast and Furry-ous
• September 23 - Each Dawn I Crow
• September 24 - Tom Thumb in Trouble (re-issue)
• October 7 - Frigid Hare
• October 14 - Swallow the Leader
• October 15 - Farm Frolics (re-issue)
• October 21 - Bye, Bye Bluebeard
• November 12
  • For Scent-imental Reasons
  • The Hep Cat (Blue Ribbon re-issue)
• November 19 - Hippety Hopper
• December 3 - Which Is Witch
• December 10 - Bear Feat
• December 24 - Rabbit Hood
• December 31
  • A Ham in a Role
  • Toy Trouble (re-issue)

Character debuts

• Cicero Pig
• February 26 - Colonel Shuffle
• March 12 - The Supreme Cat
• May - Wile E. Coyote
• June 25 - Giovanni Jones
• September 16 - Road Runner
• September 23 - John Rooster
• October 7 - Playboy Penguin
• October 21 - Bluebeard
• November 12 - Penelope Pussycat

People

Births

• June 29 - Greg Burson (voice actor)

Deaths

• January 6 - Victor Fleming (director, cinematographer and producer)
• January 15 - William Stack (actor)
• January 21 - Joseph Cawthorn (actor)
• February 24 - Roman Bohnen (actor)
• March 4 - Jesse Graves (actor)
• March 17 - Felix Bressart (actor)
• March 19 - Wheeler Oakman (actor)
• March 16 - Leyland Hodgson (actor)
• April 22 - Charles B. Middleton (actor)
• April 25 - Malcolm Waite (actor)
• May 21 - Owen Davis Jr. (actor)
• June 20 - Elliott Mason (actress)
• August 9 - Harry Davenport (actor)
• August 12 - Al Shean (comedian and vaudeville performer)
• August 21 - Joseph W. Girard (actor)
• September 10 - Robert Middlemass (playwright and actor)
• September 18 - Frank Morgan (actor)
• October 14 - Fritz Leiber (actor)
• October 22 - Craig Reynolds (actor)
• November 3 - William Desmond (actor)
• November 25 - Bill Robinson (dancer, actor and singer)
• December 3 - Maria Ouspenskaya (actress and acting teacher)
• December 5 - Johnnie Walker (actor and producer)
• December 11 - Moore Marriott (actor)
• December 25 - Leon Schlesinger (producer)
• December 30 - Bert Sprotte (actor)
• December 31 - Howard Hickman (actor, director and writer)

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