1954 in film

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The year 1954 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1954
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
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[edit] 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
November 3 Godzilla makes his debut by appearing in Godzilla (1954 film)

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray and Lee Marvin
The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan and Charles Drake
The Egyptian, in CinemaScope, starring Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney and Michael Wilding
Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia
Best Director: Elia Kazan - On The Waterfront
Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa
Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint - On The Waterfront
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: On the Waterfront
Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Carmen Jones
Best Actor: James Mason - A Star Is Born
Best Actress: Judy Garland - A Star Is Born
Other
Best Director: Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront
Best Foreign Film: Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi), Japan
Best Foreign Film: No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr), West Germany
Best Foreign Film: The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias), Argentina
Best Foreign Film: Genevieve, United Kingdom
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):
Jigokumon 地獄門, (Gate of Hell), directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo e Giulietta), directed by Renato Castellani, Italy / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Hobson's Choice, directed by David Lean, United Kingdom

[edit] Films released in 1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3 Ring Circus, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
The Atomic Kid
The Barefoot Contessa
Beau Brummell
The Belles of St Trinian's
Black Tuesday
Broken Lance
Brigadoon -(film mentioned in article)
The Caine Mutiny
Casanova's Big Night starring Bob Hope
The Country Girl
The Dam Busters
Dangerous Mission
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Désirée
Dial M for Murder
Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde in the first of the "Doctor" series
Dragnet-(film mentioned in series article)
The Egyptian
Genevieve
Godzilla
The High and the Mighty
Hobson's Choice
An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play (film mentioned in article)
Johnny Guitar
King Richard and the Crusaders
The Lady of the Camelias (La Mujer de las camelias)
Living It Up, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
The Long, Long Trailer
The Maggie
Monster from the Ocean Floor
No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr)
On the Waterfront
Rear Window
River of No Return
Romeo and Juliet
Sabrina
Sansho the Bailiff
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Samurai
Sira` Fi al-Wadi
A Star Is Born
La strada
Them!
There's No Business Like Show Business
Three Coins in the Fountain
Top Banana
Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi)
White Christmas

[edit] Serials
Gunfighters of the Northwest, starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates
Man with the Steel Whip, starring Dick Simmons
Riding with Buffalo Bill
Trader Tom of the China Seas, starring Harry Lauter and Aline Towne

[edit] Short film series
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Popeye (1933-1957)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
Droopy (1943-1958)
Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
Ranger Don (1953-1956)

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths
January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor
February 12 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
November 15 - Lionel Barrymore, actor
December 8 - Gladys George, actress