1955 in film
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Overview of the events of 1955 in film
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The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
[edit ]The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States.
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinerama Holiday | Cinerama Releasing | 10,000,000ドル[1] |
| 2 | Mister Roberts | Warner Bros. | 8,500,000ドル[1] |
| 3 | Battle Cry | 8,100,000ドル[1] | |
| 4 | Oklahoma! | RKO | 7,100,000ドル[1] |
| 5 | Guys and Dolls | MGM | 6,801,000ドル[2] |
| 6 | Lady and the Tramp | Buena Vista | 6,500,000ドル[1] |
| 7 | Picnic | Columbia | 6,300,000ドル[1] |
| 8 | Not as a Stranger | United Artists | 6,200,000ドル[1] |
| 9 | Strategic Air Command The Seven Year Itch The Sea Chase |
Paramount 20th Century Fox Warner Bros. |
6,000,000ドル[1] |
| 10 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | MGM | 5,873,000ドル[2] |
Top-grossing films by country
[edit ]The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America.
| Country | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Shree 420 | R. K. Films | 1,190,000ドル[n 2] |
| Soviet Union | Private Ivan | Gorky Film Studio | 2,520,000ドル[n 4] |
Events
[edit ]- January 7 – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release.[8] [9]
- February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: On The Waterfront , Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win
- March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
- June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City Subway grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.[10]
- June 16 – Lady and the Tramp , the Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs.
- June 27 – The last Republic serial, King of the Carnival , is released.
- July 18 – Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- September 30 – American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film Rebel Without a Cause , in which he stars, is released.
- October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film Oklahoma! , the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
- November 3 – The musical film Guys and Dolls , starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City.
- November 22 – The death of Shemp Howard requires use of a Fake Shemp to complete The Three Stooges films which he has commenced.
- December – United Artists quit the Motion Picture Association of America over the decision to deny The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal.
- December 7 – The film Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak is released.
Awards
[edit ]| Category/Organization | 13th Golden Globe Awards February 23, 1956 |
28th Academy Awards March 21, 1956 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
| Best Film | East of Eden | Guys and Dolls | Marty |
| Best Director | Joshua Logan Picnic |
Delbert Mann Marty | |
| Best Actor | Ernest Borgnine Marty |
Tom Ewell The Seven Year Itch |
Ernest Borgnine Marty |
| Best Actress | Anna Magnani The Rose Tattoo |
Jean Simmons Guys and Dolls |
Anna Magnani The Rose Tattoo |
| Best Supporting Actor | Arthur Kennedy Trial |
Jack Lemmon Mister Roberts | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marisa Pavan The Rose Tattoo |
Jo Van Fleet East of Eden | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Children, Mother, and the General Dangerous Curves Eyes of Children Ordet Stella |
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | |
1955 film releases
[edit ]January–March
[edit ]- January 1955
- January 1
- January 26
- January 29
- January 31
- February 1955
- February 2
- February 8
- March 1955
- A Man Called Peter
- March 1
- March 4
- March 20
- March 23
- March 24
- March 25
April–June
[edit ]- April 1955
- April 1
- Magdana's Donkey (Georgia)
- April 9
- April 10
- April 13
- April 20
- April 24
- April 1
- May 1955
- May 6
- May 11
- May 25
- May 30
- June 1955
- June 1
- June 3
- June 4
- June 10
- June 15
- June 17
- June 22
- June 23
- Date unknown
July–September
[edit ]- July 1955
- July 7
- July 13
- July 22
- July 30
- Dates Unknown
- August 1955
- August 3
- August 5
- August 14
- August 17
- August 25
- August 26
- September 1955
- September 22
- September 30
October–December
[edit ]- October 1955
- October 7
- October 11
- October 19
- October 29
- November 1955
- November 3
- November 7
- November 23
- December 1955
- December 7
- December 12
- December 13
- December 15
- December 22
- December 25
- Date unknown
Top ten money making stars
[edit ]| Rank | Actor/Actress |
|---|---|
| 1. | James Stewart |
| 2. | Grace Kelly |
| 3. | John Wayne |
| 4. | William Holden |
| 5. | Gary Cooper |
| 6. | Marilyn Monroe |
| 7. (tie) | Dean Martin Jerry Lewis |
| 8. | Marlon Brando |
| 9. | Humphrey Bogart |
| 10. | Clark Gable |
Notable films released in 1955
[edit ]United States unless stated
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[edit ]- 5 Against the House , starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith
A
[edit ]- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops , starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by Mack Sennett
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy , starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Above Us the Waves , starring John Mills – (GB)
- The Adventures of Quentin Durward , starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall
- Ain't Misbehavin' , starring Piper Laurie, Rory Calhoun, Mamie Van Doren
- All That Heaven Allows , directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
- The Americano , starring Glenn Ford
- Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)
- Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Apache Ambush , starring Richard Jaeckel
- Artists and Models , starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine
- Azaad , starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
B
[edit ]- Bad Day at Black Rock , directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan
- Battle Cry , starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis
- The Beast with a Million Eyes
- Bedevilled , starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest
- The Big Combo , starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
- The Big Knife , starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
- Blackboard Jungle , starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley
- Blood Alley , starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
- A Bullet for Joey , starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft
C
[edit ]- Captain Lightfoot , starring Rock Hudson
- Carrington V.C. , starring David Niven – (GB)
- Cast a Dark Shadow , starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
- Chief Crazy Horse , starring Victor Mature
- Cinerama Holiday
- Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) – (Netherlands)
- The Cobweb , directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish
- The Cockleshell Heroes , directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard – (GB)
- The Colditz Story , directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman – (GB)
- Confession , directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin – (GB)
- The Constant Husband , starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall – (GB)
- Count Three and Pray , starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward and Raymond Burr
- The Counterfeit Coin (Istoria mias kalpikis liras) – (Greece)
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell , directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
- El Coyote
- Crashout , starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)
D
[edit ]- Daddy Long Legs , starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
- The Dam Busters , starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw – (GB)
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier , starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
- Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (Spain)
- The Deep Blue Sea , starring Vivien Leigh – (GB)
- The Desperate Hours , starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
- Devdas , based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen – (India)
- Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret – (France)
- Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden)
E
[edit ]- East of Eden , directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey
- The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (USSR)
- Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)
F
[edit ]- The Far Horizons , starring Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
- The Fast and the Furious , starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone
- Female on the Beach , starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling
- Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) – (Norway)
- Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – (Japan)
- Footsteps in the Fog , starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons – (GB)
- Foxfire , starring Jane Russell
- Francis in the Navy , starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, with Clint Eastwood in an early role
G
[edit ]- Galapagos , a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway)
- A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
- The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing , directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger – (U.S.)
- The Girl Rush , starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven
- Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (Japan)
- Good Morning, Miss Dove , starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack
- The Good Soldier Schweik , animation directed by Jiří Trnka – (Czechoslovakia)
- Guys and Dolls , directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine
H
[edit ]- Hell on Frisco Bay , starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
- Hell's Island , starring John Payne and Mary Murphy
- Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) – (Bulgaria/USSR)
- The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz – (Mexico)
- Hit the Deck , directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone
- House of Bamboo , starring Robert Ryan
- How to Be Very, Very Popular , starring Betty Grable in her final film role
I
[edit ]- I Am a Camera , starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey – (GB)
- I Died a Thousand Times , starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin
- I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (Japan)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow , starring Susan Hayward
- Illegal , a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield
- Interrupted Melody , starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford
- It Came from Beneath the Sea , starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
- It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki – (Austria)
- It's Always Fair Weather , starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse
J
[edit ]- Jedda , directed by Charles Chauvel – (Australia)
- John and Julie , starring Moira Lister and Sid James – (GB)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Jupiter's Darling , directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel
K
[edit ]- Kanyasulkam , starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
- The Kentuckian , directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau
- Killer's Kiss , directed by Stanley Kubrick
- The King's Thief , starring Ann Blyth and David Niven
- Kiss Me Deadly , directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
L
[edit ]- Lady and the Tramp , an animated Disney musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee
- Lady Godiva of Coventry , starring Maureen O'Hara
- The Ladykillers , directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers – (GB)
- Land of the Pharaohs , starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins
- The Last Frontier , directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft
- The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst – (Austria/West Germany)
- The Left Hand of God , starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
- Little Red Monkey , directed by Ken Hughes – (Britain)
- Lola Montès , directed by Max Ophüls – (France)
- The Long Gray Line , starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing , starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
- Love Me or Leave Me , starring Doris Day and James Cagney
- Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (Argentina)
- Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman
M
[edit ]- Magdana's Donkey , directed by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze – (Georgia)
- Magic Fire , starring Alan Badel
- Mambo , directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters – (U.S./Italy)
- A Man Alone , directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy
- The Man from Laramie , directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart
- The Man Who Loved Redheads , starring Moira Shearer – (GB)
- The Man with the Golden Arm , directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang
- Man with the Gun , starring Robert Mitchum
- Man Without a Star , starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell
- Marty , directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris
- The McConnell Story , starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson
- The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (Romania)
- Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (Spain)
- Missamma , starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
- Mister Roberts , co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
- Moonfleet , starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood
- Mr. & Mrs. '55 , starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala – (India)
- Mr. Arkadin , directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/Spain/Switzerland)
- My Sister Eileen , starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett
N
[edit ]- New York Confidential , starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft
- Night and Fog , a documentary directed by Alain Resnais – (France)
- The Night My Number Came Up , starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
- The Night of the Hunter , directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves
- Not as a Stranger , starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney Jr.
O
[edit ]- Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih – (Indonesia)
- Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame
- Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Denmark)
- Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif – (Egypt)
- Out of the Clouds , directed by Basil Dearden, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty – (U.K.)
P
[edit ]- Passage Home , directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento – (U.K.)
- Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
- Pete Kelly's Blues , starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee
- The Phenix City Story , starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews
- Picnic , directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
- Prince of Players , starring Richard Burton
- Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (Japan)
- The Prisoner , directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins – (GB)
- The Private War of Major Benson , starring Charlton Heston
- The Prodigal , starring Lana Turner
Q
[edit ]- The Quatermass Xperiment – (GB)
- Queen Bee , starring Joan Crawford
R
[edit ]- The Racers , starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi
- Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (Spain)
- Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award
- Rage at Dawn , starring Randolph Scott
- The Rains of Ranchipur , starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
- Rebel Without a Cause , directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood
- Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova – (Spain)
- Richard III , directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud – (GB)
- Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin – (France)
- A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (Greece)
- Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova – (USSR)
- Roots (Raíces) – (Mexico)
- The Rose Tattoo , starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster
- Run for Cover , starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine
S
[edit ]- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (Japan)
- Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren – (Italy)
- The Scarlet Coat , starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis
- The Sea Chase , starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
- Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (Belgium)
- Seema , starring Nutan – (India)
- Seven Angry Men , starring Raymond Massey
- The Seven Little Foys , starring Bob Hope, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy
- The Seven Year Itch , directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
- Shree 420 , directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis – (India)
- The Shrike , directed by and starring José Ferrer
- The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
- Simba , starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
- Sissi , starring Romy Schneider – (Austria)
- Six Bridges to Cross , starring Tony Curtis
- Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
- Son of Sinbad
- So This Is Paris , starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven
- The Spoilers , starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler
- Strategic Air Command , starring James Stewart
- Stella , directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri – (Greece)
- Storm Over the Nile , starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
- Summertime , directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin – (Britain/U.S.)
- The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford – (Italy)
T
[edit ]- Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
- Tall Man Riding , starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
- The Tall Men , starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
- Tarantula , directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with Clint Eastwood in a bit part
- The Tender Trap , starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
- That Lady , starring Olivia de Havilland – (GB/Spain)
- This Island Earth , directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson
- Three for the Show , starring Betty Grable
- Tight Spot , starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene
- To Catch a Thief , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
- To Hell and Back , starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen
- The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues , starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
- The Treasure of Pancho Villa , starring Rory Calhoun and Shelley Winters
- Trial , starring Glenn Ford
- The Trouble with Harry , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
U
[edit ]- Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland)
- Unchained , starring Barbara Hale
- Underwater! , starring Jane Russell
- Untamed , starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
V
[edit ]- The Violent Men , starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
- Violent Saturday , starring Victor Mature, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin
- The Virgin Queen , starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins
W
[edit ]- We're No Angels , starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone
- White Feather , starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget
- Wichita , starring Joel McCrea
- The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) – (Italy)
- Women's Prison , starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter
Y
[edit ]- You're Never Too Young , starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Serials
[edit ]Short film series
[edit ]- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Popeye (1933–1957)
- Donald Duck (1934–1956)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
- Chip 'n' Dale (1943–1956)
- Droopy (1943–1958)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Ranger Don (1953–1956)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Cartoon:
- Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
- The Legend of Rockabye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
- No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
- Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
One-Reel:
- Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
- Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
- Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:
- The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
- The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
- On The Twelfth Day...(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
- Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
- 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
Births
[edit ]- January 4 – Sergei Kolesnikov, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 2023)
- January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
- January 8 – Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
- January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
- January 15 – Sam Mercer, American producer (d. 2024)
- January 16 – Steven Weisberg, American editor (d. 2023)
- January 18 – Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
- January 19 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American actor and stand-up comedian
- January 20 – Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
- January 28 – Lorenzo Caccialanza, American actor
- February 5 – Kenji Ohba, Japanese actor
- February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
- February 8 – Ethan Phillips, American actor
- February 9 – Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian
- February 14 – James Eckhouse, American actor
- February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
- February 17 – Ellie Haddington, Scottish actress
- February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
- February 21 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
- February 28 – Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor (d. 2022)
- March 2 – William Hope, Canadian actor
- March 3 – Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter
- March 6
- Larry Cedar, American actor
- James Saito, Japanese-American actor
- Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015)
- March 9 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress
- March 13 – Glenne Headley, American actress (d. 2017)
- March 16 – Kuh Ledesma, Filipino actress and singer
- March 17
- Mark Boone Junior, American character actor
- Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director
- March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor
- March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- March 28 – Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer
- March 29
- Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and film director
- Christopher Lawford, American actor (d. 2018)
- Marina Sirtis, American-English actress
- April 3 – Tomas Arana, American actor
- April 4 – Casey Biggs, American actor
- April 5 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2024)
- April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
- April 8 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
- April 17 - David Lowe, English actor and director
- April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
- April 24 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
- April 29
- Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)
- Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter
- May 1 – Eric Goldberg, American animator, voice actor, director and producer
- May 5 – Lisa Jane Persky, American actress
- May 8 – Raoul Trujillo, American actor
- May 9 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
- May 10 – Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019)
- May 13 – María Cecilia Botero, Colombian actress and television presenter
- May 15 – Lee Horsley, American actor
- May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress
- May 17
- Francesco Nuti, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2023)
- Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
- May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
- May 23 – Kristin Rudrüd, American actress
- May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and director
- May 31
- Susie Essman, American actress
- Julio Oscar Mechoso, American actor (d. 2017)
- June 2
- Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
- Vickilyn Reynolds, American actress and singer
- June 6 – Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician (d. 2002)
- June 7 – William Forsythe, American actor
- June 8
- Griffin Dunne, American actor and director
- Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer
- June 14 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer (d. 2023)
- June 15
- Polly Draper, American actress, writer, producer and director
- Julie Hagerty, American actress
- Andy Tennant, American screenwriter, director and actor
- June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- June 25 – Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian
- June 26 – Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian
- June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- July 2 – Andrew Divoff, American actor and producer
- July 3
- Bruce Altman, American actor
- Jesse Corti, American actor
- Vince Martin, Dutch-Australian actor, editor, director and musician
- July 7 – Rolf Saxon, American actor and voiceover artist
- July 8 – Lena Endre, Swedish actress
- July 9
- Lisa Banes, American actress (d. 2021)
- Jimmy Smits, American actor
- July 13 – Lance E. Nichols, American actor
- July 21 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director
- July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
- July 25 – Iman, Somali-American model and actress
- July 27 – Roger Guenveur Smith, American actor, director and writer
- July 28
- Maria Vacratsis, Canadian actress
- Dey Young, American actress
- August 3 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
- August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
- August 7 – Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
- August 13 – Paul Greengrass, British director, producer and screenwriter
- August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor
- August 20 – Jay Acovone, American actor
- August 22 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor and martial artist
- August 24 – Kevin Dunn, American actor
- August 27 – Diana Scarwid, American actress
- September 9 – Edward Hibbert, American-born British actor
- September 10 – Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress
- September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021)
- September 17 – Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor
- September 20
- Betsy Brantley, American actress
- David Haig, British actor and playwright
- September 21 – Rick Aiello, American actor (d. 2021)
- September 26 – Mark Nelson, American actor and director
- October 3 - Tommy Wiseau, American actor and director
- October 17 – Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer (d. 2008)
- October 20 – Thomas Newman, American composer
- October 21 – Catherine Hardwicke, American director and screenwriter
- October 22 – Bill Condon, American director and screenwriter
- October 27 – Michael Shamus Wiles, American character actor
- November 5 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
- November 9
- Karen Dotrice, British actress
- Thomas F. Duffy, American actor
- November 10
- Roland Emmerich, German director, screenwriter and producer
- Clare Higgins, English actress
- November 11 - Stephen Lee, American actor (d. 2014)
- November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian
- November 15 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
- November 23 – Peter Douglas, American actor and producer
- November 25 – Bruce Hopkins, New Zealand actor
- November 27 – Bill Nye, American television presenter
- November 30
- Kevin Conroy, American actor (d. 2022)
- Malgorzata Gebel, Polish actress
- December 2 – Dennis Christopher, American actor
- December 3
- Melody Anderson, Canadian actress
- Steven Culp, American actor
- December 6 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
- December 8 – Kevin McNulty, Canadian actor
- December 9 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, Japanese actor (d. 2022)
- December 11 – Donna Bullock, American actress
- December 16 – Xander Berkeley, American actor
- December 17 – Richard Young, American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter
- December 21 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
- December 24
- Clarence Gilyard, American actor (d. 2022)
- Grand L. Bush, American former actor
Deaths
[edit ]- February 11 – Ona Munson, 51, American actress, Five Star Final , Gone with the Wind
- February 12
- Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, Forever Amber , Road House
- S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, Casablanca , Yankee Doodle Dandy
- April 7 – Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, A Fool There Was , Cleopatra
- April 25 – Constance Collier, 77, British actress, Stage Door , Rope
- May 4 – Robert Kent, 46, American actor, Blonde Comet , The Phantom Rider
- May 13 – Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, My Old Duchess , The Man in Black
- May 22 – Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, 63, American actor, Possessed , Idiot's Delight
- June 11 – Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, Sabrina , The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- July 31 – Robert Francis, 25, American actor, The Caine Mutiny , The Long Gray Line , airplane accident
- August 5 – Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, Copacabana , The Gang's All Here
- August 6 – Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle , The Mark of Zorro
- August 10 – Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood? , The Women
- August 12 – Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, Everybody Sing , Young Dr. Kildare
- September 20 –
- Robert Riskin, 58, American screenwriter, It Happened One Night , Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- Noel M. Smith, 60, American director, Secret Service of the Air , Cattle Town
- September 30 – James Dean, 24, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause , East of Eden , automobile accident
- October 1 – Charles Christie, 73, Canadian pioneer film studio owner
- October 9 – Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, The Green Goddess , White Man
- October 19 – John Hodiak, 41, American actor, Lifeboat , A Bell for Adano , heart attack
- October 20 – Frank Darien, 79, American actor, The Grapes of Wrath , Under Fiesta Stars
- November 9 – Tom Powers, 65, American actor, Double Indemnity , The Blue Dahlia
- November 14 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, The Best Years of Our Lives , Rebecca
- November 15 – Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, The Oklahoma Kid , Knute Rockne, All American
- November 22 – Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, The Bank Dick , Pittsburgh
- November 27 – William Nigh, 74, American director, Mr. Wong, Detective , The Gay Cavalier
- December 5 – Paul Harvey, 73, American actor, April in Paris , Calamity Jane
- December 24 – Nana Bryant, 67, American actress, Public Enemies , Bathing Beauty
Film Debuts
[edit ]- Lorella De Luca – Il Bidone
- Ed Devereaux – Little Red Monkey
- Sunil Dutt – Railway Platform
- Clint Eastwood – Revenge of the Creature
- Jamie Farr – Blackboard Jungle
- Shirley Anne Field – Simon and Laura
- Liz Fraser – Touch and Go
- Kathy Garver – The Night of the Hunter
- Dennis Hopper – Rebel Without a Cause
- Jill Ireland – No Love for Judy
- L. Q. Jones – Battle Cry
- Shirley Jones – Oklahoma!
- George Leech – The Ladykillers
- Len Lesser – Shack Out on 101
- Tanya Lopert – Summertime
- Shirley MacLaine – The Trouble with Harry
- Walter Matthau – The Kentuckian
- Jody McCrea – Lucy Gallant
- Patrick McGoohan – Passage Home
- Dick Miller – Apache Woman
- Sandra Milo – The Bachelor
- Vic Morrow – Blackboard Jungle
- Simon Oakland – The Desperate Hours
- Jerry Orbach – Marty
- Leslie Parrish – A Man Called Peter
- Oliver Reed – Value for Money
- Claude Rich – The Grand Maneuver
- Maximilian Schell – Children, Mother, and the General
- Paul Scofield – That Lady
- James Sikking – Five Guns West
- Lois Smith – East of Eden
- George Takei – Godzilla Raids Again
- Concha Velasco – The Moorish Queen
- Tomisaburo Wakayama – Gyakushû Orochimaru
- Joanne Woodward – Count Three and Pray
Notes
[edit ]References
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- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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- ^ McFarlane, Brian, ed. (2003). The Encyclopedia of British Film . London: Methuen; BFI. p. 48. ISBN 9780413773012.
- ^ Leab, Daniel J. (2007). Orwell Subverted. Pennsylvania State Press. p. xiii–xiv. ISBN 978-0-271-02979-5.
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