1953 in film

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The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1953
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
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[edit] Events
September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra
Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde, and Jack Palance
How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and William Powell
Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, and Hans Conried
Hans Christian Andersen (Samuel Goldwyn; RKO Radio), starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
House of Wax, the first 3-D movie to ever make the box office top ten, starring Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, and Carolyn Jones
Mogambo, starring Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and Ava Gardner
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
Moulin Rouge, starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: From Here to Eternity - Columbia Pictures
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here To Eternity
Best Actor: William Holden - Stalag 17
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra - From Here To Eternity
Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed - From Here To Eternity
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: The Robe
Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - The Actress
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: No award
Best Actor: David Niven - The Moon Is Blue
Best Actress: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam
Other
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):
The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

[edit] Films released in 1953
List of 1953 films
The Actress
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Beggar's Opera
Bread, Love and Dreams
The Caddy
Calamity Jane
Call Me Madam
The Clown
Confidentially Connie
The Conquest of Everest
The Cruel Sea
The Earrings of Madame de...
From Here to Eternity
Genevieve
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Glenn Miller Story
The Golden Coach
House of Wax
How to Marry a Millionaire
I vitelloni
Island in the Sky
It Came from Outer Space
Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)
Julius Caesar
Kiss Me, Kate, released in 2-D and 3-D
Knights of the Round Table
Malta Story, starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel and Muriel Pavlow
Mogambo
Money from Home
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
The Moon Is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and "virgin"
The Naked Spur
Peter Pan -(Walt Disney animation)
Pickup on South Street
Plunder of the Sun
Ride, Vaquero!
The Robe
Robot Monster
Roman Holiday
Salome
Scared Stiff, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Shane
Siamo donne
Stalag 17
The Story of Three Loves
Tokyo Story
Torch Song
Twice Upon a Time, directed by Emeric Pressburger
Ugetsu
The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur)
The War of the Worlds

[edit] Serials
Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders, starring Bill Henry
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd, starring Richard Crane
Jungle Drums of Africa, starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates
The Lost Planet, starring Judd Holdren

[edit] Short film series
Mickey Mouse (1928)-(1953)
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Popeye (1933-1957)
Donald Duck (1934)-(1956)
The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
Goofy (1939)-(1953)
Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
Bugs Bunny (1940)-(1962)
Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
Droopy (1943-1958)
Sylvester the Cat (1944-1966)
Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
Ranger Don (1953-1956)
Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

[edit] Births
January 30-Steven Zaillian, director
February 8–Mary Steenburgen, actress
February 11–Philip Anglim, actor
February 19–Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
May 24–Alfred Molina, actor
September 10–Amy Irving, actress
October 9–Tony Shalhoub, actor
October 22–Jeff Goldblum, actor
October 26–Maureen Teefy,actress
October 31–Michael J. Anderson, actor
November 3–Kate Capshaw, actress
November 6–Ron Underwood, director
December 6–Tom Hulce, actor
December 8–Kim Basinger, actress
December 9–John Malkovich, actor
December 17–Bill Pullman, actor

[edit] Deaths
November 29–Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor