1955 in film

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The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)[]

The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States.

Highest-grossing films of 1955
Rank Title Studio Box-office gross rental
1 Cinerama Holiday Cinerama Releasing Corporation $10,000,000[1]
2 Mister Roberts Warner Bros. $8,500,000[1]
3 Battle Cry $8,100,000[1]
4 Oklahoma! RKO Radio Pictures $7,100,000[1]
5 Guys and Dolls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $6,801,000[2]
6 Lady and the Tramp Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution $6,500,000[1]
7 Picnic Columbia Pictures $6,300,000[1]
8 Not as a Stranger United Artists $6,200,000[1]
9 Strategic Air Command
The Seven Year Itch
The Sea Chase 		Paramount Pictures
20th Century Fox
Warner Bros. 		$6,000,000[1]
10 I'll Cry Tomorrow Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $5,873,000[2]

Top-grossing films by country[]

The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America.

Country Title Studio Gross
India Shree 420 R. K. Films $8,190,000[n 2]
Soviet Union Private Ivan Gorky Film Studio $2,520,000[n 4]

Events[]

December 1 - The Beginning Of The Civil Rights Movement

  • January 7 – U.K. release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release.[8][9]
  • February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: On The Waterfront, Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win
  • March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
  • June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City Subway grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.[10]
  • June 16 – Lady and the Tramp, the Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs.
  • June 27 – The last Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.
  • July 18 – Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
  • September 30 – American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film Rebel Without a Cause, in which he stars, is released.
  • October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film Oklahoma!, the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
  • November 3 – The musical film Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City.
  • November 22 – The death of Shemp Howard requires use of a Fake Shemp to complete The Three Stooges films which he has commenced.
  • December – United Artists quit the Motion Picture Association of America over the decision to deny The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal.
  • December 7 – The film Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak is released.

Awards[]

Category/Organization 13th Golden Globe Awards
February 23, 1956		 28th Academy Awards
March 21, 1956
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Film East of Eden Guys and Dolls Marty
Best Director Joshua Logan
Picnic		 Delbert Mann
Marty
Best Actor Ernest Borgnine
Marty		 Tom Ewell
The Seven Year Itch		 Ernest Borgnine
Marty
Best Actress Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo		 Jean Simmons
Guys and Dolls		 Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
Best Supporting Actor Arthur Kennedy
Trial		 Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Best Supporting Actress Marisa Pavan
The Rose Tattoo		 Jo Van Fleet
East of Eden
Best Foreign Language Film Children, Mother, and the General
Dangerous Curves
Eyes of Children
Ordet
Stella		 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1955 film releases[]

January–March[]

April–June[]

July–September[]

October–December[]

Top ten money making stars[]

Rank Actor/Actress
1. James Stewart
2. Grace Kelly
3. John Wayne
4. William Holden
5. Gary Cooper
6. Marilyn Monroe
7. (tie) Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
8. Marlon Brando
9. Humphrey Bogart
10. Clark Gable

Notable films released in 1955[]

United States unless stated

#[]

A[]

B[]

  • Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan
  • Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis
  • The Beast with a Million Eyes
  • Bedevilled, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest
  • The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
  • The Big Knife, starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
  • Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley
  • Blood Alley, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
  • A Bullet for Joey, starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft

C[]

D[]

  • Daddy Long Legs, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
  • The Dam Busters, starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw – (GB)
  • Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
  • Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (Spain)
  • The Deep Blue Sea, starring Vivien Leigh – (GB)
  • The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
  • Devdas, based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen – (India)
  • Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret – (France)
  • Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden)

E[]

  • East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey
  • The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (USSR)
  • Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)

F[]

G[]

  • Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway)
  • A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger – (U.S.)
  • The Girl Rush, starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven
  • Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (Japan)
  • Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack
  • The Good Soldier Schweik, animation directed by Jiří Trnka – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Guys and Dolls, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine

H[]

I[]

  • I Am a Camera, starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey – (GB)
  • I Died a Thousand Times, starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin
  • I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (Japan)
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring Susan Hayward
  • Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield
  • Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford
  • It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
  • It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki – (Austria)
  • It's Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse

J[]

  • Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel – (Australia)
  • John and Julie, starring Moira Lister and Sid James – (GB)
  • Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Jupiter's Darling, directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel

K[]

  • Kanyasulkam, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
  • The Kentuckian, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau
  • Killer's Kiss, directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • The King's Thief, starring Ann Blyth and David Niven
  • Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

L[]

  • Lady and the Tramp, an animated Disney musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee
  • Lady Godiva of Coventry, starring Maureen O'Hara
  • The Ladykillers, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers – (GB)
  • Land of the Pharaohs, starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins
  • The Last Frontier, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft
  • The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst – (Austria/West Germany)
  • The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
  • Little Red Monkey, directed by Ken Hughes – (Britain)
  • Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls – (France)
  • The Long Gray Line, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
  • Love Me or Leave Me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney
  • Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (Argentina)
  • Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman

M[]

  • Magic Fire, starring Alan Badel
  • Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters – (U.S./Italy)
  • A Man Alone, directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy
  • The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart
  • The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring Moira Shearer – (GB)
  • The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang
  • Man with the Gun, starring Robert Mitchum
  • Man Without a Star, starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell
  • Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris
  • The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson
  • The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (Romania)
  • Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (Spain)
  • Missamma, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
  • Mister Roberts, co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
  • Moonfleet, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood
  • Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala – (India)
  • Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/Spain/Switzerland)
  • My Sister Eileen, starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett

N[]

  • New York Confidential, starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft
  • Night and Fog, a documentary directed by Alain Resnais – (France)
  • The Night My Number Came Up, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
  • The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves
  • Not as a Stranger, starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney, Jr.

O[]

  • Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih – (Indonesia)
  • Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame
  • Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Denmark)
  • Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif – (Egypt)
  • Out of the Clouds, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty – (U.K.)

P[]

  • Passage Home, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento – (U.K.)
  • Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
  • Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee
  • The Phenix City Story, starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews
  • Picnic, directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
  • Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton
  • Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (Japan)
  • The Prisoner, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins – (GB)
  • The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
  • The Prodigal, starring Lana Turner

Q[]

  • The Quatermass Xperiment – (GB)
  • Queen Bee, starring Joan Crawford

R[]

  • The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi
  • Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (Spain)
  • Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award
  • Rage at Dawn, starring Randolph Scott
  • The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
  • Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood
  • Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova – (Spain)
  • Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud – (GB)
  • Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin – (France)
  • A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (Greece)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova – (USSR)
  • Roots (Raíces) – (Mexico)
  • The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster
  • Run for Cover, starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine

S[]

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (Japan)
  • Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren – (Italy)
  • The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis
  • The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
  • Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (Belgium)
  • Seema, starring Nutan – (India)
  • Seven Angry Men, starring Raymond Massey
  • The Seven Little Foys, starring Bob Hope, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
  • Shree 420, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis – (India)
  • The Shrike, directed by and starring José Ferrer
  • The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
  • Simba, starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
  • Sissi, starring Romy Schneider – (Austria)
  • Six Bridges to Cross, starring Tony Curtis
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
  • Son of Sinbad
  • So This Is Paris, starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven
  • The Spoilers, starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler
  • Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart
  • Stella, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri – (Greece)
  • Storm Over the Nile, starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
  • Summertime, directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin – (Britain/U.S.)
  • The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford – (Italy)

T[]

  • Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • Tall Man Riding, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
  • The Tall Men, starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
  • Tarantula, directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with Clint Eastwood in a bit part
  • The Tender Trap, starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
  • That Lady, starring Olivia de Havilland – (GB/Spain)
  • This Island Earth, directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson
  • Three for the Show, starring Betty Grable
  • Tight Spot, starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene
  • To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
  • To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen
  • The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
  • The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring Rory Calhoun and Shelley Winters
  • Trial, starring Glenn Ford
  • The Trouble with Harry, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine

U[]

  • Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland)
  • Unchained, starring Barbara Hale
  • Underwater!, starring Jane Russell
  • Untamed, starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward

V[]

W[]

  • We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone
  • White Feather, starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget
  • Wichita, starring Joel McCrea
  • The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) – (Italy)
  • Women's Prison, starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter

Y[]

Serials[]

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 'n' 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 Rockabye 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, English comedian and actor
  • January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
  • January 18 – Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
  • January 20 – Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
  • February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
  • February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
  • February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
  • February 21 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
  • February 28 – Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
  • March 3 – Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter
  • March 6 – James Saito, Japanese-American actor
  • March 9 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress
  • March 17
    • Mark Boone Junior, American character actor
    • Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director
  • March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor
  • March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
  • March 28 - Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer
  • March 29 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and film director
  • April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
  • April 8 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
  • April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
  • April 24 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
  • April 29 - Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer and singer
  • April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter
  • May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress
  • May 17 – Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
  • May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
  • May 31 – Susie Essman, American actress
  • June 2 – Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
  • June 6 - Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician
  • June 7 – William Forsythe, American actor
  • June 8 – Griffin Dunne, American actor and director
  • June 8 – Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer
  • June 15 – Julie Hagerty, American actress
  • June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
  • June 25 - Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian
  • June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
  • July 9 – Jimmy Smits, American actor
  • July 21 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director
  • July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
  • August 3 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
  • August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
  • August 7 – Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
  • August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor
  • August 27 – Diana Scarwid, American actress
  • September 17 - Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor
  • September 26 - Mark Nelson (actor), American actor and director
  • October 15 – Tanya Roberts, American actress (d. 2021)
  • October 20 – Thomas Newman, American composer
  • November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian
  • November 27 - Bill Nye, American television presenter
  • December 2 – Dennis Christopher, American actor
  • December 3
    • Melody Anderson, Canadian actress
    • Steven Culp, American actor
  • December 6 - Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
  • December 16 - Xander Berkeley, American actor
  • December 17 - Richard Young (actor), American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter

Deaths[]

  • February 11 – Ona Munson, 55, American actress, Five Star Final, Gone with the Wind
  • February 12
    • Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, Forever Amber, Road House
    • S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • April 7 – Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, A Fool There Was, Cleopatra
  • April 25 – Constance Collier, 77, British actress, Stage Door, Rope
  • May 13 – Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, My Old Duchess, The Man in Black
  • June 11 – Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, Sabrina, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • July 31 – Robert Francis, 25, American actor, The Caine Mutiny, The Long Gray Line, airplane accident
  • August 5 – Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, Copacabana, The Gang's All Here
  • August 6 – Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The Mark of Zorro
  • August 10 – Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Women
  • August 12 – Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, Everybody Sing, Young Dr. Kildare
  • September 20 –
  • September 30 – James Dean, 24, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, automobile accident
  • October 1 – Charles Christie, 75, Canadian pioneer film studio owner
  • October 9 – Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, The Green Goddess, White Man
  • October 19 – John Hodiak, 41, American actor, Lifeboat, A Bell for Adano, heart attack
  • November 9 – Tom Powers, 65, American actor, Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia
  • November 14 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, The Best Years of Our Lives, Rebecca
  • November 15 – Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, The Oklahoma Kid, Knute Rockne, All American
  • November 22 – Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, The Bank Dick, Pittsburgh
  • November 27 – William Nigh, 74, American director, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Gay Cavalier

Film Debuts[]

  • James Cromwell – Daddy Long Legs
  • Clint Eastwood – Revenge of the Creature
  • Dennis Hopper – Rebel Without a Cause
  • Jill Ireland – No Love for Judy
  • Shirley Jones – Oklahoma!
  • Cloris Leachman – Kiss Me Deadly
  • Shirley MacLaine – The Trouble with Harry
  • Jayne Mansfield – Female Jungle
  • Walter Matthau – The Kentuckian
  • Sal Mineo – Six Bridges to Cross
  • Elizabeth Montgomery – The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  • Vic Morrow – Blackboard Jungle
  • Jerry Orbach – Marty
  • Maximilian Schell – Children, Mother, and the General
  • Paul Scofield – That Lady
  • Joanne Woodward – Count Three and Pray

Notes[]

  1. ^ 4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1950 to 1965[4]
  2. ^ ₹3.9 crore[3] (US$8.19 million)[n 1]
  3. ^ 4 Soviet rubles per US dollar from 1950 to 1960[7]
  4. ^ 10.0925 million SUR (40.37 million Soviet tickets sold,[5] average ticket price of 25 kopecks),[6] 4 SUR per USD[n 3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022007/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=161&catName=MTk1NQ==
  4. ^ http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3
  5. ^ "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  6. ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
  7. ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
  8. ^ McFarlane, Brian, ed. (2003). The Encyclopedia of British Film. London: Methuen; BFI. p. 48. ISBN 9780413773012.
  9. ^ Leab, Daniel J. (2007). Orwell Subverted. Pennsylvania State Press. p. xiii-xiv. ISBN 978-0-271-02979-5.
  10. ^ Filmed on location September 1954. "The Seven Year Itch (1955)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
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