https://shotonwhat.com/1948 The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:06:00 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/macbeth-1948 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:38:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/macbeth-1948
Director: Orson Welles
Cinematographer: John L. Russell
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/joan-of-arc-1948 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:15:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/joan-of-arc-1948
Director: Victor Fleming
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch, William V. Skall, Joseph A. Valentine
The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-1948 Sun, 19 May 2024 22:01:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-1948
Director: John Huston
Cinematographer: Ted D. McCord
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hamlet-3-1948 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:04:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hamlet-3-1948
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cinematographer: Desmond Dickinson
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former King. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rogues-regiment-1948 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:06:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rogues-regiment-1948
Director: Robert Florey
Cinematographer: Maury Gertsman
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sorry-wrong-number-1948 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:04:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sorry-wrong-number-1948
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sleep-my-love-1948 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:50:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sleep-my-love-1948
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cinematographer: Joseph A. Valentine
Alison Courtland wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she cannot remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/louisiana-story-1948 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:20:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/louisiana-story-1948
Director: Robert J. Flaherty
Cinematographer: Richard Leacock
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-red-shoes-1948 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:07:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-red-shoes-1948
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bicycle-thieves-1948 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:05:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bicycle-thieves-1948
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cinematographer: Carlo Montuori
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rope-1948 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:10:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rope-1948
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: William V. Skall, Joseph A. Valentine
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death. ]]>