1950 in film

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The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1950
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
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[edit] Events
February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Samson and Delilah (released late 1949)
Battleground
King Solomon's Mines
Cheaper by the Dozen
Annie Get Your Gun
Cinderella (Disney)
Father of the Bride
Sands of Iwo Jima
Broken Arrow
Twelve O'Clock High

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve
Best Actor: José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Actress: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders - All About Eve
Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull - Harvey
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor: José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: no award
Best Actor: Fred Astaire - Three Little Words
Best Actress: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
Other
Best Director: Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): not held
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
Justice Is Done (Justice est faite), directed by André Cayatte, France

[edit] Films released in 1950
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
All About Eve
Annie Get Your Gun (film mentioned in article)
The Asphalt Jungle
At War with the Army
The Blue Lamp
Born Yesterday
Bright Leaf
Caged
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cinderella
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dark City
Destination Moon
Fancy Pants
Father of the Bride
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Harvey
In a Lonely Place
Justice is Done
Kim,
King Solomon's Mines
A Lady Without Passport
Last Holiday
The Men
The Miniver Story
My Friend Irma Goes West
Orphée
Rashomon
Rio Grande
Seven Days to Noon
Stromboli
Summer Stock
Sunset Boulevard
Three Little Words

[edit] Serials
Atom Man vs. Superman, starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Lyle Talbot
Cody of the Pony Express
Desperadoes of the West, starring Tom Keene
Flying Disc Man from Mars, starring Walter Reed and Lois Collier
The Invisible Monster, starring Richard Webb and Aline Towne
The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt
Pirates of the High Seas, starring Buster Crabbe

[edit] Short film series
Mickey Mouse (1928-1952)
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Popeye (1933-1957)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
Donald Duck (1936-1956)
Pluto (1937-1951)
Goofy (1939-1953)
Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)

[edit] Births
January 16 - Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer
January 24 - Daniel Auteuil, actor
February 18 - Cybill Shepherd,actress
March 16 - Kate Nelligan, actress
March 18 - Brad Dourif, actor
March 30 - Robbie Coltrane, actor
April 4 - Christine Lahti, actress
April 20 - Veronica Cartwright, actress
April 29 - Phillip Noyce, director
May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, actor
July 18 - Barbara Scott, actress
September 28 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter
October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor
December 12 - Rajnikanth, actor

[edit] Deaths
January 3 - Emil Jannings, actor
January 12 - John M. Stahl, film director and producer
March 10 - Marguerite De La Motte, actress
April 7 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor
October 23 - Al Jolson, actor, singer, entertainer