1953 in film

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pt:Predefinição:Anos no cinema The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1953 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Events

• September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
2. From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra
3. Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde, and Jack Palance
4. How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and William Powell
5. Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, and Hans Conried
6. Hans Christian Andersen (Samuel Goldwyn; RKO Radio), starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
7. House of Wax, the first 3-D movie to ever make the box office top ten, starring Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, and Carolyn Jones
8. Mogambo, starring Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and Ava Gardner
9. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
10. 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 actorde:Filmjahr 1953

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