1950 IN FILM

The year '1950 in film' involved some significant events.
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Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1950

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film ''Cinderella'' debuts.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Samson and Delilah'' (released late 1949)
# ''Battleground''
# ''King Solomon's Mines''
# ''Cheaper by the Dozen''
# ''Annie Get Your Gun''
# ''Cinderella'' (Disney)
# ''Father of the Bride''
# ''Sands of Iwo Jima
# ''Broken Arrow
# ''Twelve O'Clock High

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''All About Eve''' - 20th Century-Fox
:Best Director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz' - ''All About Eve''
:Best Actor: 'José Ferrer' - ''Cyrano de Bergerac''
:Best Actress: 'Judy Holliday' - ''Born Yesterday''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'George Sanders' - ''All About Eve''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Josephine Hull' - ''Harvey''
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Sunset Boulevard'''
:Best Actor: 'José Ferrer' - ''Cyrano de Bergerac''
:Best Actress: 'Gloria Swanson' - ''Sunset Boulevard''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: no award
:Best Actor: 'Fred Astaire' - ''Three Little Words''
:Best Actress: 'Judy Holliday' - ''Born Yesterday''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Billy Wilder' - ''Sunset Boulevard''
'Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):' not held
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)'
:'''Justice Is Done''' (''Justice est faite''), directed by André Cayatte, France

Films released in 1950

★ ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion''

★ ''All About Eve''

★ ''Annie Get Your Gun'' (film mentioned in article)

★ ''The Asphalt Jungle''

★ ''At War with the Army''

★ ''The Blue Lamp''

★ ''Born Yesterday''

★ ''Bright Leaf''

★ ''Caged''

★ ''Cheaper by the Dozen''

★ ''Cinderella''

★ ''Cyrano de Bergerac''

★ ''Dark City''

★ ''Destination Moon''

★ ''Fancy Pants''

★ ''Father of the Bride''

★ ''The Happiest Days of Your Life''

★ ''Harvey''

★ ''In a Lonely Place''

★ ''Justice is Done''

★ ''Kim'',

★ ''King Solomon's Mines''

★ ''A Lady Without Passport''

★ ''Last Holiday''

★ ''The Men''

★ ''The Miniver Story''

★ ''My Friend Irma Goes West''

★ ''Orphée''

★ ''Rashomon''

★ ''Rio Grande''

★ ''Seven Days to Noon''

★ ''Stromboli''

★ ''Summer Stock''

★ ''Sunset Boulevard''

★ ''Three Little Words''

Serials

★ ''Atom Man vs. Superman'', starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Lyle Talbot

★ ''Cody of the Pony Express''

★ ''Desperadoes of the West'', starring Tom Keene

★ ''Flying Disc Man from Mars'', starring Walter Reed and Lois Collier

★ ''The Invisible Monster'', starring Richard Webb and Aline Towne

★ ''The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt''

★ ''Pirates of the High Seas'', starring Buster Crabbe

Short film series

★ ''Mickey Mouse'' (1928-1952)

★ ''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)

★ ''The Fox and the Crow'' (1941-'1950')

★ ''Mighty Mouse'' (1942-1955)

★ ''Chip and Dale'' (1943-1956)

★ ''Yosemite Sam'' (1945-1963)

Births

★ January 16 - Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer

★ January 24 - Daniel Auteuil, actor

★ February 18 - Cybill Shepherd,actress

★ March 16 - Kate Nelligan, actress

★ March 18 - Brad Dourif, actor

★ March 30 - Robbie Coltrane, actor

★ April 4 - Christine Lahti, actress

★ April 20 - Veronica Cartwright, actress

★ April 29 - Phillip Noyce, director

★ May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, actor

★ July 18 - Barbara Scott, actress

★ September 28 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter

★ October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor

★ December 12 - Rajnikanth, actor

Deaths

★ January 3 - Emil Jannings, actor

★ January 12 - John M. Stahl, film director and producer

★ March 10 - Marguerite De La Motte, actress

★ April 7 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor

★ October 23 - Al Jolson, actor, singer, entertainer