1954 in film
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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 the first Godzilla movie is released threatricaly in Japan
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- 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 Camelias (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
- Broken Lance
- Brigadoon -(film mentioned in article)
- The Caine Mutiny
- Casanova's Big Night starring Bob Hope
- The Country Girl with Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby -(sugg. split/dab of stub article)
- The Dam Busters
- 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, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills, and directed by David Lean -(film mentioned in article)
- 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
- Romeo and Juliet
- Sabrina
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
- Sira` Fi al-Wadi
- A Star Is Born
- La Strada
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- Top Banana
- Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi)
- White Christmas
[edit] Serials
[edit] Short film series
[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
