1956 in film
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[edit] Events
- August 4 - The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.
- November 15 - Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- Guys and Dolls
- The King and I
- Trapeze
- tie High Society and I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Picnic
- War and Peace, starring Audrey Hepburn, and Henry Fonda
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck and directed by John Huston
- The Searchers, starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter.
- tie The Conqueror, with John Wayne as Genghis Khan and Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Around the World in Eighty Days - Todd, United Artists
- Best Director: George Stevens - Giant
- Best Actor: Yul Brynner - The King and I
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia
- Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn - Lust for Life
- Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone - Written on the Wind
- Best Foreign Language Film: La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Around the World in Eighty Days
- Best Actor: Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: The King and I
- Best Actor: Cantinflas - Around the World in Eighty Days
- Best Actress: Deborah Kerr - The King and I
- Other
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - Baby Doll
- Best Foreign Film: Before Sundown, West Germany
- Best Foreign Film: A Girl In Black, Greece
- Best Foreign Film: Richard III, United Kingdom
- Best Foreign Film: Roses on the Arm, Japan
- Best Foreign Film: War and Peace, Italy
- Best Foreign Film: The White Reindeer, Finland
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Silent World (Le monde du silence), directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle, France
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Invitation to the Dance, directed by Gene Kelly, United States
[edit] Films released in 1956
- 7 Wonders of the World
- Accused of Murder
- Anastasia
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Baby Doll
- The Battle of the River Plate
- The Birds and the Bees
- Carousel
- The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
- The Conqueror
- The Court Jester
- Dance With Me Henry, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Diane
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Elena and Her Men
- Forbidden Planet
- Friendly Persuasion
- Gaby
- Gervaise
- Giant
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
- The Great Man
- High Society
- Hollywood Or Bust, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Never Say Goodbye
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Invitation to the Dance
- The King and I
- Love Me Tender
- Lust for Life
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Moby Dick
- Pardners, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Private's Progress
- The Rainmaker
- Ransom!
- Reach for the Sky
- Rock Around the Clock
- Starik Khottabych
- The Searchers
- The Silent World
- The Teahouse of the August Moon
- The Ten Commandments
- A Town Like Alice
- Trapeze
- War and Peace
- Written on the Wind
- X the Unknown
[edit] Serials
- Blazing the Overland Trail, starring Lee Roberts and Dennis Moore
[edit] Short film series
Ending this year
- Donald Duck (1934-1956)
[edit] Births
- January 3 - Mel Gibson, actor and director
- January 7 - David Caruso, actor
- January 21 - Geena Davis,actress.
- January 27 - Mimi Rogers, actress.
- February 11 - Kathleen Beller, actress.
- July 9 - Tom Hanks, actor
[edit] Deaths
- January 12 - Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
- January 23 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director, the founder of London Films.
- December 12 - Ewald André Dupont, German director
- August 16- Bela Lugosi, actor best for Dracula
