1951 in film

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Years in film:	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Years in television:	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1951 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. David and Bathsheba
2. Show Boat
3. tie The Great Caruso and An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
4. A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Born Yesterday
6. Alice in Wonderland

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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
• 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

[edit] Serials

• Flying Disc Man from Mars
• Don Daredevil Rides Again
• Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

[edit] Short film series

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 9 - Mayo Methot, actress
• July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmaker
• August 30 - Konstantin Märska, cinematographer
• September 7 - Maria Montez, actress