1954 in film
Encyclopedia : 1 : 19 : 195 : 1954 in film
| See also: |
Events
- May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.
- A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed
Top grossing films
- North America
- White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney
- The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray and Lee Marvin
- The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson
- The Egyptian in CinemaScope
- Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr
- Best Picture: On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
Other films released
- The Belles of St. Trinian's
- Brigadoon
- Casanova's Big Night starring Bob Hope
- The Dam Busters
- Demetrius and the Gladiators
- Dial M for Murder
- Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde in the first of the "Doctor" series
- Dragnet
- ''The Egyptian
- Gate of Hell
- Godzilla
- The High and the Mighty
- Hobson's Choice, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills, and directed by David Lean
- Ikura
- An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play
- King Richard and the Crusaders
- The Long, Long Trailer
- Monster from the Ocean Floor
- On the Waterfront
- Sabrina
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- The Seven Samurai
- Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai)
- A Star Is Born
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- Top Banana
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Short film series
Births
- January 1 - Helen Wellington-Lloyd,actress
- January 6 - Anthony Minghella, director
- February 17 - Rene Russo, actress
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress
- June 19 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
- December 7 - Jackie Chan, actor
Deaths
- January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor
- February 12 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
- November 15 - Lionel Barrymore, actor
- December 8 - Gladys George, actress
Births
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.