1950 in film

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Years in film:	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Years in television:	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1950 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. Cinderella (Disney) (#6 in year of release)
2. Samson and Delilah
3. Battleground
4. King Solomon's Mines
5. Cheaper by the Dozen
6. Annie Get Your Gun
7. Father of the Bride

[edit] 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

[edit] Films released in 1950

• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• All About Eve, starring Bette Davis and George Sanders
• Annie Get Your Gun (film mentioned in article)
• The Asphalt Jungle
• At War with the Army, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• The Blue Lamp, the film that introduced Jack Warner as "Dixon of Dock Green"
• Born Yesterday
• Bright Leaf
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Cinderella
• Cyrano de Bergerac starring Jose Ferrer
• Dark City, Charlton Heston's first film
• Destination Moon, screenplay partly by Robert A. Heinlein
• Fancy Pants
• Father of the Bride
• The Happiest Days of Your Life starring Alastair Sim
• Harvey starring James Stewart
• In a Lonely Place
• Justice is Done (Justice est faite)
• Kim, starring Errol Flynn and Dean Stockwell
• King Solomon's Mines
• Last Holiday starring Alec Guinness
• The Men, Marlon Brando's debut movie
• The Miniver Story
• My Friend Irma Goes West, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Orphée (aka Orpheus), directed by Jean Cocteau
• Rashomon (or Rashōmon), directed by Akira Kurosawa
• Rio Grande, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne
• Seven Days to Noon
• Stromboli
• Sunset Boulevard

[edit] Serials

• The James Brothers of Missouri
• Radar Patrol vs Spy King
• The Invisible Monster
• Desperadoes of the West
• Atom Man vs. Superman, starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Lyle Talbot

[edit] Short film series

• Popeye (1933-1957)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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