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Overview of the events of 1954 in film
Overview of the events of 1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.
Top-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1954
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
White Christmas
Paramount
$12,000,000
[1]
2
The Caine Mutiny
Columbia
$8,700,000
[1]
3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Buena Vista
$8,000,000
[1]
4
The Glenn Miller Story
Universal
$7,600,000
[1]
5
The Country Girl
Paramount
$6,500,000
[1]
6
The High and the Mighty
A Star Is Born
Warner Bros.
$6,100,000
[1]
7
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
MGM
$5,526,000
[2]
8
Rear Window
Paramount
$5,300,000
[1]
9
Magnificent Obsession
Universal
$5,200,000
[1]
10
There's No Business Like Show Business
20th Century Fox
$5,103,555
[3]
International
International market
Film
Studio
Revenue
Admissions
Production country
France
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Cocinor
—
6,986,788
[4]
France
Germany
From Here to Eternity
Columbia Pictures
—
13,000,000
[5]
United States
India
Nagin
Filmistan
$6,090,000
[6]
[7]
—
India
Italy
Ulysses
Lux Film
—
13,170,322
[8]
Italy
Japan
What Is Your Name? Part 3
Shochiku
¥330,150,000
[9]
—
Japan
Soviet Union
Awaara
R. K. Films
$16,970,000
[d]
100,000,000
[12]
India
Spain
Quo Vadis
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
—
3,721,532
[14]
United States
United Kingdom
Doctor in the House
Rank Organisation
—
12,200,000
[15]
United Kingdom
Events
A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio",
Thomas Edison 's
Black Maria , is constructed.
May 12 — The
Marx Brothers '
Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.
September 29 —
A Star is Born premieres and marks
Judy Garland 's comeback after her termination from her contract at
MGM . An astounding success with critics and audiences, A Star is Born not only marked the first time that legendary director
George Cukor had made a film musical and film that is in
Technicolor and in the
anamorphic widescreen format, but also it has been regarded as one of the Garland's best performances in her film career.
November 3 — The film
Godzilla premieres in Japan. It became a huge success and became the first in series of
Godzilla film , the longest running
film series in history.
[16]
Awards
Top ten money-making stars
Exhibitors selected the following as the
Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in
Quigley Publishing Company 's annual poll. John Wayne became the first actor to regain the number one spot after losing that position.
[17]
Top Western stars
The poll also revealed the top Western stars.
Notable films released in 1954
United States unless stated
#
A
Aar Paar (This or That), directed by and starring
Guru Dutt – (
India )
About Mrs. Leslie , starring
Shirley Booth
Robinson Crusoe (Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
Alaska Seas , starring
Robert Ryan and
Jan Sterling
Amar (Immortal ), starring
Madhubala ,
Nimmi and
Dilip Kumar – (India)
An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma), starring
Alberto Sordi – (
Italy )
Andha Naal (That Day) – (
India )
Animal Farm , an animated film – (
GB )
Apache , starring
Burt Lancaster
Attila , starring
Anthony Quinn and
Sophia Loren – (
France /
Italy )
B
Bahut Din Huwe , starring
Madhubala – (
India )
The Back of Beyond – (
Australia )
The Barefoot Contessa , directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz , starring
Humphrey Bogart ,
Ava Gardner ,
Edmond O'Brien ,
Rossano Brazzi
Beachhead , starring
Tony Curtis and
Mary Murphy
Beau Brummell , starring
Stewart Granger ,
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Peter Ustinov
Beautiful Stranger , aka Twist of Fate , starring
Ginger Rogers – (
GB /
U.S. )
The Belles of St. Trinian's , starring
Alastair Sim ,
Joyce Grenfell and
George Cole – (
GB )
Betrayed , fourth and final film co-starring
Clark Gable and
Lana Turner
A Big Family (Bolshaya semya) – (
USSR )
The Black Knight , starring
Alan Ladd – (GB/U.S.)
The Black Shield of Falworth , starring
Tony Curtis and
Janet Leigh
Black Tuesday , starring
Edward G. Robinson and
Peter Graves
Black Widow , starring
Ginger Rogers ,
Gene Tierney ,
Peggy Ann Garner ,
Van Heflin ,
George Raft
Boot Polish – (
India )
Boris Godunov – (
USSR )
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters , starring
Leo Gorcey ,
Huntz Hall and
Ellen Corby
Bread, Love and Jealousy (Pane, Amore e Gelosia), starring
Vittorio De Sica and
Gina Lollobrigida – (
Italy )
The Bridges at Toko-Ri , directed by
Mark Robson , starring
William Holden ,
Grace Kelly ,
Fredric March ,
Mickey Rooney
Brigadoon , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Gene Kelly ,
Cyd Charisse ,
Van Johnson
Broken Lance , starring
Spencer Tracy ,
Robert Wagner ,
Jean Peters ,
Richard Widmark ,
Katy Jurado
C
Cadet Rousselle , directed by
André Hunebelle , starring
François Périer and
Dany Robin – (
France )
The Caine Mutiny , directed by
Edward Dmytryk , starring
Humphrey Bogart ,
Van Johnson ,
Fred MacMurray ,
José Ferrer ,
Robert Francis ,
May Wynn ,
E. G. Marshall
Canaris , directed by
Alfred Weidenmann – (
West Germany )
Carmen Jones , starring
Dorothy Dandridge (first African-American to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)
Casanova's Big Night , starring
Bob Hope
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) – (
Italy )
Circus Fandango – (
Norway )
The Country Girl , directed by
George Seaton , starring
Bing Crosby ,
Grace Kelly ,
William Holden
Creature from the Black Lagoon , directed by
Jack Arnold
Crime Wave , directed by
André de Toth , starring
Sterling Hayden and
Phyllis Kirk
Crossed Swords ([Il Maestro di Don Giovanni] ), starring
Errol Flynn and
Gina Lollobrigida – (
United States /
Italy )
The Crucified Lovers (Chikamatsu Monogatari), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi , starring
Kazuo Hasegawa – (
Japan )
D
Dangerous Mission , starring
Victor Mature and
Piper Laurie
Deep in My Heart , directed by
Stanley Donen , starring
José Ferrer and
Merle Oberon
Demetrius and the Gladiators , starring
Victor Mature and
Susan Hayward
Désirée , starring
Marlon Brando and
Jean Simmons
Dial M for Murder , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Ray Milland ,
Robert Cummings ,
Grace Kelly
Doctor in the House , starring
Dirk Bogarde , first of "Doctor" series – (
GB )
Down Three Dark Streets , starring
Broderick Crawford and
Ruth Roman
Drive a Crooked Road , starring
Mickey Rooney and
Dianne Foster
Drum Beat , directed by
Delmer Daves , starring
Alan Ladd
E
The Egyptian , starring
Jean Simmons ,
Gene Tierney ,
Victor Mature ,
Bella Darvi ,
Edmund Purdom
Eight O'Clock Walk , starring
Richard Attenborough and
Cathy O'Donnell – (
GB )
Elephant Walk , starring
Elizabeth Taylor and
Peter Finch
Executive Suite , starring
William Holden ,
Barbara Stanwyck ,
June Allyson ,
Fredric March ,
Louis Calhern ,
Walter Pidgeon ,
Nina Foch
F
The Far Country , directed by
Anthony Mann , starring
James Stewart ,
Ruth Roman ,
Walter Brennan
Father Brown , starring
Alec Guinness – (
GB )
Fear (La Paura), directed by
Roberto Rossellini , starring
Ingrid Bergman – (
West Germany /
Italy )
Five Boys from Barska Street (Piątka z ulicy Barskiej) – (
Poland )
Flame and the Flesh , starring
Lana Turner
French Cancan , starring
Jean Gabin – (
France /Italy)
The French Line , starring
Jane Russell
G
Garden of Evil , starring
Gary Cooper ,
Susan Hayward ,
Richard Widmark
The Glenn Miller Story , directed by
Anthony Mann , starring
Jimmy Stewart and
June Allyson
Godzilla (Gojira), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli), directed by
Vittorio De Sica , starring
Silvana Mangano and
Sophia Loren – (
Italy )
The Good Die Young , directed by
Lewis Gilbert , starring
Stanley Baker and
Laurence Harvey – (
GB )
H
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy , a
Stop motion animated film
Happy Ever After , starring
David Niven and
Yvonne De Carlo – (GB)
Hell and High Water , directed by
Samuel Fuller , starring
Richard Widmark
Hell Below Zero , starring
Alan Ladd
Hell's Half Acre , starring
Evelyn Keyes and
Wendell Corey
The High and the Mighty , starring
John Wayne ,
Robert Stack ,
Laraine Day ,
Claire Trevor ,
Phil Harris
Highway Dragnet , starring
Richard Conte and
Joan Bennett
Hobson's Choice , directed by
David Lean , starring
Charles Laughton and
John Mills – (
GB )
The House Across the Lake , aka Heat Wave , starring
Alex Nicol and
Hillary Brooke – (GB)
Human Desire , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Gloria Grahame ,
Broderick Crawford
I
J
K
L
The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias ) – (
Argentina )
The Last Bridge (Die Letzte Brücke), starring
Maria Schell and
Bernhard Wicki – (
Austria )
Late Chrysanthemums (bangiku), directed by
Mikio Naruse – (
Japan )
A Lesson in Love (En lektion i kärlek), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Eva Dahlbeck and
Gunnar Björnstrand – (
Sweden )
A Life at Stake , starring
Angela Lansbury
Liliomfi – (
Hungary )
Living It Up , starring
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
The Long, Long Trailer , starring
Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz
The Long Wait , starring
Anthony Quinn
Loophole , starring
Barry Sullivan and
Dorothy Malone
M
N
O
P
Phantom of the Rue Morgue , starring
Karl Malden ,
Patricia Medina ,
Merv Griffin
Phffft , starring
Judy Holliday ,
Jack Lemmon ,
Kim Novak
Pride of the Blue Grass , starring
Lloyd Bridges and
Vera Miles
Prince Valiant , starring
Robert Wagner ,
James Mason ,
Janet Leigh
Prisoner of War , starring
Ronald Reagan
Private Hell 36 , directed by
Don Siegel , starring
Ida Lupino
Pushover , starring
Fred MacMurray and
Kim Novak (in her film debut)
R
Radio Cab Murder , directed by
Vernon Sewell , starring
Jimmy Hanley and
Lana Morris – (
GB )
The Raid , starring
Van Heflin ,
Anne Bancroft ,
Lee Marvin
Rear Window , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
James Stewart ,
Grace Kelly ,
Thelma Ritter ,
Wendell Corey ,
Raymond Burr
Red Garters , directed by
George Marshall , starring
Rosemary Clooney
Return to Treasure Island , starring
Tab Hunter
Riot in Cell Block 11 , directed by
Don Siegel , starring
Neville Brand
River of No Return , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Marilyn Monroe
Robinson Crusoe , starring
Dan O'Herlihy
Rogue Cop , starring
Robert Taylor and
Janet Leigh
Romeo and Juliet , starring
Laurence Harvey – (
Italy /
GB )
S
Sabrina , directed by
Billy Wilder , starring
Humphrey Bogart ,
Audrey Hepburn ,
William Holden
Salt of the Earth , starring
Rosaura Revueltas and
Will Geer
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi), directed by
Hiroshi Inagaki , starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan )
Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi , starring
Kinuyo Tanaka – (Japan)
Saskatchewan , starring
Alan Ladd
The Sea Shall Not Have Them , directed by
Lewis Gilbert , starring
Michael Redgrave ,
Dirk Bogarde ,
Anthony Steel ,
Nigel Patrick – (
GB )
Secret of the Incas , starring
Charlton Heston
The Seekers , starring
Jack Hawkins and
Glynis Johns – (GB)
Senso , directed by
Luchino Visconti , starring
Alida Valli and
Farley Granger – (
Italy )
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , directed by
Stanley Donen , starring
Jane Powell and
Howard Keel
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai), directed by
Akira Kurosawa , starring
Toshiro Mifune and
Takashi Shimura – (
Japan )
She Couldn't Say No , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Jean Simmons
Shield for Murder , starring
Edmond O'Brien
The Silver Chalice , starring
Paul Newman (in his film debut)
Silver Lode , starring
Dan Duryea
Sira` Fi al-Wadi (Struggle in the Valley), directed by
Youssef Chahine – (
Egypt )
Sitting Bull , starring
Dale Robertson and
J. Carrol Naish
Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto), directed by
Mikio Naruse – (
Japan )
A Star Is Born , directed by
George Cukor , starring
Judy Garland and
James Mason , musical remake of 1937 film
Star of India , starring
Cornel Wilde and
Herbert Lom – (
GB )
La strada (The Road), directed by
Federico Fellini , starring
Anthony Quinn – (
Italy )
Stranger from Venus , directed by
Burt Balaban , starring
Patricia Neal and
Derek Bond
Suddenly , starring
Frank Sinatra and
Sterling Hayden
Supir Istimewa , directed by
Rempo Urip and starring MS Priyadi and
Ermina Zaenah (Indonesia)
Susan Slept Here , starring
Debbie Reynolds and
Dick Powell
T
Tanganyika , starring
Van Heflin and
Ruth Roman
Taza, Son of Cochise , starring
Rock Hudson
Them! , starring
James Whitmore ,
Edmund Gwenn ,
Joan Weldon ,
James Arness
There's No Business Like Show Business , starring
Ethel Merman ,
Dan Dailey ,
Donald O'Connor ,
Mitzi Gaynor ,
Marilyn Monroe
They Who Dare , starring
Dirk Bogarde – (
GB )
Three Coins in the Fountain , starring
Jean Peters ,
Dorothy McGuire ,
Maggie McNamara
Three Young Texans , starring
Jeffrey Hunter ,
Mitzi Gaynor ,
Keefe Brasselle
Too Bad She's Bad (Peccato che sia una canaglia), starring
Marcello Mastroianni ,
Sophia Loren ,
Vittorio De Sica – (
Italy )
Top Banana , starring
Phil Silvers
Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot), starring
Jean Gabin – (
France /
Italy )
Track of the Cat , directed by
William A. Wellman , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Teresa Wright
Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijū-shi no Hitomi) – (
Japan )
Twist of Fate , starring
Ginger Rogers
V
W
The Weak and the Wicked , directed by
J. Lee Thompson , starring
Glynis Johns and
Diana Dors – (
GB )
West of Zanzibar (1954 film) , directed by
Harry Watt , starring
Anthony Steel ,
Sheila Sim ,
Edric Connor &
Orlando Martins – (
U.K. )
White Christmas , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Bing Crosby ,
Danny Kaye ,
Rosemary Clooney ,
Vera-Ellen ,
Dean Jagger
Windfall in Athens (Kyriakatiko xypnima), directed by
Michael Cacoyannis – (
Greece )
Witness to Murder , directed by
Roy Rowland , starring
Barbara Stanwyck ,
Gary Merrill ,
George Sanders
Woman's World , starring
June Allyson ,
Clifton Webb ,
Fred MacMurray ,
Van Heflin ,
Lauren Bacall ,
Arlene Dahl
Wyoming Renegades , starring
Phil Carey
Y
Serials
Short film series
Births
January 1
January 6 –
Anthony Minghella , English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
January 6 -
John Sparkes , Welsh actor and comedian
January 19 -
Katey Sagal , American actress and singer-songwriter
January 20 -
Ken Page , American actor and singer
January 25 -
Sean Lawlor , Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009)
January 28 -
Kaneto Shiozawa , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (d. 2000)
January 29
February 2 –
Christie Brinkley , American model and actress
February 6 –
Aare Laanemets , Estonian actor (d. 2000)
February 8 -
Alistair Browning , New Zealand actor (d. 2019)
February 9 -
Leslie Bevis , retired American model and actress
February 12 -
Zach Grenier , American character actor
February 15 –
Matt Groening , American animator, writer, producer, voice actor and creator of
The Simpsons and
Futurama
February 17 –
Rene Russo , American actress
February 18 –
John Travolta , American actor
February 20 -
Anthony Head , English actor and singer
February 21 -
Christopher Mayer , American actor (d. 2011)
March 1
March 2 -
Olwen Fouéré , Irish actress
March 4 –
Catherine O'Hara , Canadian actress
March 8
March 9 -
Martin P. Robinson , American puppeteer
March 13 -
Robin Duke , Canadian actress and comedian
March 15 –
Craig Wasson , American actor
March 17 –
Lesley-Anne Down , English actress
March 22 -
Tommy Hollis , American actor (d. 2001)
March 24 –
Robert Carradine , American actor
April 7 –
Jackie Chan , Hong Kong-born actor
April 9 –
Dennis Quaid , American actor
April 10 –
Peter MacNicol , American actor
April 16 –
Ellen Barkin , American actress
April 21 -
James Morrison , American actor
April 23 -
Lucinda Jenney , American actress
April 25 -
George Spartels , Australian actor, presenter, director and musician
April 27 –
John Cygan , American actor, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
April 29 –
Jerry Seinfeld , American stand-up comedian and actor
May 7 –
Amy Heckerling , American director
May 8
May 10 -
Mike Hagerty , American actor (d. 2022)
May 18 -
Patrick St. Esprit , American character actor
May 21 -
Jean Kasem , American former actress
June 2
June 5 -
Haluk Bilginer , Turkish actor
June 6
June 14
June 15 –
Jim Belushi , American actor
June 19 –
Kathleen Turner , American actress
June 21 -
Robert Pastorelli , American actor (d. 2004)
June 22 –
Chris Lemmon , American actor and author
June 26 -
David Steen , American playwright, actor and writer
June 28 –
Alice Krige , South African actress
July 2 -
Eddie Rouse , American character actor (d. 2014)
July 31 -
Rainer Bock , German actor
August 10 -
Rick Overton , American actor, comedian and screenwriter
August 12 –
Sam J. Jones , American actor
August 13 –
Tõnu Kilgas , Estonian actor and singer
August 15 -
Sean Bury , British actor
August 16 –
James Cameron , Canadian-born director
August 20
Al Roker , American weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor and author
Theresa Saldana , American actress and writer (d. 2016)
August 22 -
Jay Patterson , American actor
August 30 -
David Paymer , American actor
September 4 -
James Martin Kelly , American character actor
September 13 -
Isiah Whitlock Jr. , American actor
September 15
September 19
September 23 -
Giovanni Lombardo Radice , Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2023)
September 29
October 2 –
Lorraine Bracco , American actress
October 9
Scott Bakula , American actor
John O'Hurley , American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality
October 10
October 11 -
Tim Choate , American actor (d. 2004)
October 14 -
Elizabeth Sung , Chinese-American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
October 15 -
Jere Burns , American actor
October 18
October 19 -
Ken Stott , Scottish actor
October 23 –
Ang Lee , Taiwanese director
October 26
November 3 -
Kathy Kinney , American actress and comedian
November 7 –
Kamal Haasan , Indian actor, director, script-writer, producer and singer
November 13 -
Chris Noth , American actor
November 19 –
Kathleen Quinlan , American actress
November 20 -
Richard Brooker , British actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
November 21 -
Timothy Stack , American actor, producer and screenwriter
November 29 –
Joel Coen , American director, producer and screenwriter
November 30 -
Simonetta Stefanelli , Italian retired actress
December 2 -
Dan Butler , American actor
December 4 –
Tony Todd , American actor and producer
December 7 -
Pascal Renwick [
fr ] , French voice actor (d.
2006 )
December 9 -
Ken Cheeseman , American actor
December 18 –
Ray Liotta , American actor (d.
2022 )
December 26 –
Tony Rosato , Canadian actor and comedian (d.
2017 )
December 28 –
Denzel Washington , American actor
Deaths
January 5 –
Lillian Rich , 54, English actress,
The Golden Bed ,
On the Front Page
January 11 –
Oscar Straus , 83, Viennese composer,
La Ronde
January 16 –
Baburao Painter , 63, Indian film director,
Savkari Pash
January 18 –
Sydney Greenstreet , 74, English actor,
Casablanca ,
The Maltese Falcon ,
Christmas in Connecticut ,
The Mask of Dimitrios
January 30 –
John Murray Anderson , 67, Canadian director,
King of Jazz
January 31 –
Florence Bates , 65, American actress,
Rebecca
February 1 –
Yvonne de Bray , 64, French actress,
Les Parents terribles
February 9 –
Mabel Paige , 73, American actress,
Lucky Jordan ,
Murder, He Says
February 12 –
Dziga Vertov , 58, Russian filmmaker,
Man with a Movie Camera
February 13 –
Stephen Auer , 53, American producer,
Trail of Kit Carson
February 21 –
William K. Howard , 54, American director,
The Power and the Glory ,
Johnny Come Lately
March 5 –
John Eberson , 78, American
movie palace architect
March 7 –
Will H. Hays , 74, American movie censor, first chairman of the
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
March 8 –
John L. Balderston , 64, American screenwriter,
The Prisoner of Zenda ,
Gaslight
March 14 –
Otto Gebühr , 76, German actor,
The Great King
March 18 –
Louis Lipstone , 61, American conductor, head of
Paramount Pictures music department
March 24 –
Alberto Colombo , 65, American film composer and music director,
Portia on Trial
March 30 –
Pauline Brunius , 73, Swedish actress, director and screenwriter,
Charles XII
April 1 –
Jack Lait , 71, American author,
New York Confidential
April 3 –
Ernest Vajda , 67, Hungarian actor and screenwriter,
Smilin' Through
April 4 –
Frederick Lonsdale , 73, English playwright and screenwriter,
The Private Life of Don Juan
April 10 –
Auguste Lumiere , 91, French film pioneer
April 29 –
Joe May , 73, Austrian director,
The House of Fear ,
The Invisible Man Returns
May 1 –
Arthur Johnston , 56, Composer,
Pennies from Heaven
May 3 –
Tom Tyler , 50, American actor,
Adventures of Captain Marvel ,
The Phantom
May 15 –
Herbert I. Leeds , 54, American director,
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
May 17 –
Ethel Hill , 56, American screenwriter,
The Little Princess ,
In Old Oklahoma
May 18 –
Fred Waller , 67, American film pioneer, inventor of
Cinerama
May 20 –
Hans von Wolzogen , 65, German film producer and director,
Sprengbagger 1010
May 25 –
Hans Janowitz , 63, German writer,
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
May 31 –
Guglielmo Barnabò , 66, Italian actor,
Miracle in Milan
June 27 –
Theodor Loos , 71, German actor,
Die Nibelungen
June 28 –
Ludwig Schmitz , 70, German actor,
The Heath is Green
July 1 –
Thea von Harbou , 65, German screenwriter, novelist, director and actress,
Metropolis
July 6 –
Gabriel Pascal , 60, Hungarian film producer and director,
Pygmalion
July 8 –
Gerald Geraghty , 47, American screenwriter,
The Jungle Princess
July 12 –
Lord Grantley , 62, British film executive
July 13 –
Irving Pichel , 63, American director and actor,
The Most Dangerous Game ,
Santa Fe ,
Oliver Twist ,
How Green Was My Valley
July 14 –
Al Hill , 62, American actor,
The Payoff ,
The Border Patrolman
July 23 –
Leonard Goldstein , 51, American producer,
Ma and Pa Kettle
July 24 –
Effie Shannon , 87, American actress,
Sally of the Sawdust
August 4 –
Harald Paulsen , 58, German actor and director,
Ave Maria
August 11 –
Murray Kinnell , 65, English-born American actor,
The Public Enemy
August 19 –
Terry Ramsaye , 68, American producer and movie historian, author of A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture
August 24 –
Lewis D. Collins , 55, American director,
The Desert Trail
September 3 –
Eugene Pallette , 65, American actor,
My Man Godfrey ,
The Adventures of Robin Hood
September 28 –
Bert Lytell , 69, American actor,
The Lone Wolf
October 22 –
Charles Skouras , 65, American movie executive and president of
Fox West Coast
October 22 –
George McManus , 70, American cartoonist,
Bringing Up Father
November 11 –
Reinhold Schünzel , 68, German director and actor,
The Ice Follies of 1939 ,
Notorious
November 15 –
Lionel Barrymore , 76, American actor,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
You Can't Take It with You ,
Key Largo ,
Treasure Island ,
Grand Hotel
November 22 –
Moroni Olsen , 65, American actor,
The Three Musketeers
November 22 –
Roy Rene , 63, Australian comedian,
Strike Me Lucky
November 29 –
Eero Kilpi , 77, Finnish actor,
Anna Liisa
December 6 –
Truly Shattuck , 79, American actress,
A Wise Fool
December 8 –
Gladys George , 50, American actress,
The Maltese Falcon ,
The Best Years of Our Lives ,
The Roaring Twenties ,
Detective Story
December 18 –
Maria Eis , 58, Austrian actress,
The Eternal Waltz
Film debuts
Notes
^ 4
Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960
[11]
^ 35 million re-run admissions up until 1964-1966,
[12] average Soviet ticket price of 25
kopecks in the mid-1960s
[13]
^ 0.9 Rbl per US$ from 1961 to 1971
[11]
^ Awaara in the
Soviet Union :
Initial run – 29 million
Rbls
[10] ($7.25 million )
[a] in 1954
Re-runs – 8.75 million Rbls
[b] – $9.72 million
[c]
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