1951 IN FILM

The year '1951 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1951

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

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

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''David and Bathsheba''
# ''Show Boat''
# tie ''The Great Caruso'' and ''An American in Paris''
# ''A Streetcar Named Desire''
# ''Born Yesterday''
# ''Alice in Wonderland''

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''

★ ''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

★ '', 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 30 - Konstantin Märska, cinematographer

★ September 7 - Maria Montez, actress