1951 in film

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pt:Predefinição:Anos no cinema The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1951 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

• Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati

Top grossing films

North America

1. David and Bathsheba
2. Show Boat
3. tie The Great Caruso and An American in Paris
4. A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Born Yesterday
6. Alice in Wonderland
7. On the Riviera
8. Place in the Sun
9. No Highway
10. Penny Points to Paradise
11. Quo Vadis

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Director: George Stevens - A Place in the Sun

Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen

Best Actress: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden - A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter - A Streetcar Named Desire

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: A Place in the Sun

Best Actor: Fredric March - Death of a Salesman

Best Actress: Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: An American in Paris

Best Actor: Danny Kaye - On the Riviera

Best Actress: June Allyson - Too Young to Kiss

Other

Best Director: Laslo Benedek - Death of a Salesman

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

Miss Julie (Fröken Julie), directed by Alf Sjöberg, Sweden

Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

Films released in 1951

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Ace in the Hole
• The African Queen
• Alice in Wonderland
• An American in Paris
• Angels in the Outfield
• Bedtime for Bonzo
• The Blue Veil
• Captain Horatio Hornblower, starring Gregory Peck and directed by Raoul Walsh
• Comin' Round The Mountain, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• David and Bathsheba
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Death of a Salesman (see also play Death of a Salesman)
• Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne
• Gerald McBoing-Boing
• The Great Caruso
• He Ran All the Way
• His Kind of Woman
• Laughter in Paradise
• The Lavender Hill Mob
• Let's Go Crazy
• The Man in the White Suit
• Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
• Miss Julie -(only mention of 1951 film) (see also play Miss Julie)
• No Highway
• On the Riviera with Danny Kaye
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
• Penny Points to Paradise
• A Place in the Sun
• Quo Vadis
• Rawhide
• The Red Badge of Courage
• Show Boat (film only mentioned in article)
• Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• That's My Boy, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• The Thing from Another World
• Too Young to Kiss
• When Worlds Collide

Serials

• Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, starring Judd Holdren
• Don Daredevil Rides Again, starring Ken Curtis and Aline Towne
• Government Agents vs Phantom Legion, starring Walter Reed
• Mysterious Island, starring Richard Crane
• Roar of the Iron Horse, starring Buster Crabbe

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• 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)
• Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
• Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)

Births

• January 1 - Shelley Spurlock, actress
• March 14 - Season Hubley, actress
• July 13 - Didi Conn, actress
• July 24 - Lynda Carter, actress
• August 6 - Catherine Hicks, US actress

Deaths

• January 11 – Charles W. Goddard, playwright and screenwriter
• March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, pioneer African American filmmaker & author
• April 4 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer
• June 6 - Olive Tell, actress
• June 9 - Mayo Methot, actress
• July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmaker
• August 28 - Robert Hudson Walker, actor
• August 30 - Konstantin Märska, cinematographer
• September 7 - Maria Montez, actressde:Filmjahr 1951

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