1955 IN FILM

The year '1955 in film' involved some significant events.
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Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1955

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ November 3 - The musical ''Guys and Dolls'', starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.

★ June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, ''King of the Carnival'', is released.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Lady and the Tramp''
# ''Cinerama Holiday''
# ''Mister Roberts''
# (Tie): ''Battle Cry'' and ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''
# ''Not as a Stranger''
# ''The Country Girl''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Marty''' - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists
:Best Director: 'Delbert Mann' - ''Marty''
:Best Actor: 'Ernest Borgnine' - ''Marty''
:Best Actress: 'Anna Magnani' - ''The Rose Tattoo''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Jack Lemmon' - ''Mister Roberts''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Jo Van Fleet' - ''East of Eden''
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''East of Eden'''
:Best Actor: 'Ernest Borgnine' - ''Marty''
:Best Actress: 'Anna Magnani' - ''The Rose Tattoo''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Guys and Dolls'''
:Best Actor: 'Tom Ewell' - ''The Seven Year Itch''
:Best Actress: 'Jean Simmons' - ''Guys and Dolls''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Joshua Logan' - ''Picnic''
:Best Foreign Film: '''Ordet''' (''The Word''), Denmark
:Best Foreign Film: '''Stella''', Greece
:Best Foreign Film: '''Sons, Mothers, and a General''', West Germany
:Best Foreign Film: '''Eyes of Children''', Japan
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''Marty''', directed by Delbert Mann, United States
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Ordet''' (''The Word''), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Die Ratten''' (''The Rats''), directed by Robert Siodmak, West Germany

Films released in 1955

★ ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''All That Heaven Allows''

★ ''Artists and Models'', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

★ ''Bad Day at Black Rock''

★ ''Battle Cry''

★ ''Blackboard Jungle''

★ ''Bob le flambeur''

★ ''Carrington V.C.''

★ ''Cinerama Holiday''

★ ''The Colditz Story''

★ ''Continente Perduto'' (aka ''The Lost Continent'')

★ ''East of Eden''

★ ''The Far Country''

★ ''Galapagos''

★ ''Godzilla Raids Again''

★ ''Guys and Dolls''

★ ''I'll Cry Tomorrow''

★ ''It Came from Beneath the Sea''

★ ''Kiss Me Deadly''

★ ''Lady and the Tramp''

★ ''The Ladykillers''

★ ''Land of the Pharaohs''

★ ''Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing''

★ ''The Man with the Golden Arm''

★ ''Marty''

★ ''Mister Roberts''

★ ''Night and Fog''

★ ''The Night of the Hunter''

★ ''Not as a Stranger''

★ ''Oklahoma!'' (the first film shot in the widescreen process known as Todd-AO) (suggested disambiguation split of article)

★ ''Ordet''

★ ''Pather Panchali''

★ ''Picnic''

★ ''The Private War of Major Benson'', starring Charlton Heston

★ ''The Quatermass Xperiment'', which probably qualifies as the first Hammer horror film

★ ''Die Ratten'' (''The Rats''), Golden Bear award

★ ''Richard III'', directed by and starring Laurence Olivier

★ ''Rebel Without a Cause'', starring James Dean and Natalie Wood

★ ''Rififi'' (''Du rififi chez les hommes'')

★ ''The Rose Tattoo''

★ ''The Seven Year Itch''

★ ''Sissi''

★ ''Smiles of a Summer Night''

★ ''Summertime'', directed by David Lean

★ ''Tarantula''

★ ''To Catch a Thief''

★ ''To Hell and Back'' starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, and David Janssen

★ ''The Trouble with Harry'' - directed by Alfred Hitchcock

★ ''Unknown Soldier''

★ ''You're Never Too Young'', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Serials

★ ''The Adventures of Captain Africa''

★ ''King of the Carnival''

★ ''Panther Girl of the Kongo''

Short film series

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Terrytoons'' (1930-1964)

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Popeye'' (1933-1957)

★ ''Donald Duck'' (1934-1956)

★ ''The Three Stooges'' (1934-1959)

★ ''Tom and Jerry'' (1940-1958)

★ ''Bugs Bunny'' (1940-1962)

★ ''Mighty Mouse'' (1942-'1955')

★ ''Chip and Dale'' (1943-1956)

★ ''Droopy'' (1943-1958)

★ ''Yosemite Sam'' (1945-1963)

★ ''Ranger Don'' (1953-1956)

★ ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953-1968)
Cartoon:

★ ''Good Will to Men'' (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)

★ ''The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point'' (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)

★ ''No Hunting'' (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

★ ''Speedy Gonzales'' (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
One-Reel:

★ ''Gadgets Galore'' (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)

★ Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)

★ 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)

★ Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:

★ The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)

★ The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)

★ On The Twelfth Day…(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)

★ Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista

★ 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Births

★ January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor

★ January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress

★ January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer

★ January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor

★ March 16 - Isabelle Huppert, actress

★ April 1 - Annette O'Toole, actress

★ June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress

★ August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, US actor

★ August 27 - Diana Scarwid, US actress

Deaths

★ February 12 - Tom Moore actor

★ April 7 - Theda Bara, actress

★ August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress

★ September 30 - James Dean, actor

★ October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood

★ November 10 - Rene Rijff, Dutch actor

★ November 22 - Shemp Howard, comedian, of ''The Three Stooges''