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Overview of the events of 1958 in film
Overview of the events of 1958 in film
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals
South Pacific and
Gigi , the latter of which won nine
Academy Awards , including
Best Picture and
Best Director .
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1958
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
South Pacific
20th Century Fox
$16,300,000
[1]
2
Auntie Mame
Warner Bros.
$9,100,000
[1]
3
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
MGM
$7,660,000
[2]
4
No Time for Sergeants
Warner Bros.
$7,500,000
[1]
5
Gigi
MGM
$6,500,000
[2]
6
The Vikings
United Artists
$6,000,000
[1]
7
The Young Lions
20th Century Fox
$4,480,000
[3]
8
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
$4,400,000
[3]
9
Some Came Running
MGM
$4,245,000
[2]
10
Indiscreet
Warner Bros.
$3,600,000
[4]
Events
January 29 –
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the
French New Wave ; it is also notable for the
improvised soundtrack by
Miles Davis .
Le Beau Serge is credited as the first French New Wave feature.
February 16 –
In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of
The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946.
February 27 –
Harry Cohn , the remaining founder of
Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies.
The second installment of
Sergei Eisenstein 's
Ivan the Terrible is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It would be the last of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible trilogy as the director died during production on Part III.
April –
Samuel J. Briskin leaves
MGM and rejoins
Columbia Pictures later becoming vice president and general manager of the studio.
April 22 –
Sol C. Siegel becomes head of studio operations at
MGM .
May 15 –
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases
Gigi , one of the last classic MGM musicals. Directed by
Vincente Minnelli , produced by
Arthur Freed , and written by
Alan Jay Lerner , the film is released to considerable critical and commercial success and will become the highest-grossing musical ever made by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , until
That's Entertainment! in 1974.
May 17 –
Joseph E. Levine presents a picture on his own for the first time with 1954's
Attila in an all-out exploitation saturation booking in the United States earning rentals of $2 million.
August 31 –
Carry on Sergeant , the first film in the popular British
Carry On series, opens.
October –
Universal Pictures sells the Universal lot to
Music Corporation of America for $11.25 million and leases it back for $1 million a year.
November 15 – During production of
Solomon and Sheba in Madrid, Spain, actor
Tyrone Power dies of a massive heart attack. The production of the film is halted and it is finished in late 1959. Power, who was playing the role of King
Solomon , is replaced in the film by
Yul Brynner .
December 16 –
MCA Inc. acquires the
Universal Pictures studio lot for $11 million. It will later acquire the studio.
Awards
Notable films released in 1958
United States unless stated
A
Amar Deep , remake of
Amara Deepam , starring
Dev Anand ,
Vyjayanthimala and
Padmini – (
India )
Ambush at Cimarron Pass , starring
Scott Brady and
Clint Eastwood
And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Andy Hardy Comes Home , starring
Mickey Rooney
Another Time, Another Place , starring
Lana Turner and
Sean Connery – (
Britain )
Apache Territory , starring
Rory Calhoun
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu , starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India )
Arms and the Man (Helden) – (
West Germany )
Ash Wednesday (Miércoles de ceniza), starring
María Félix and
Arturo de Córdova – (
Mexico )
Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), directed by
Andrzej Wajda , starring
Zbigniew Cybulski – (
Poland )
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman , starring
Allison Hayes
Auntie Mame , starring
Rosalind Russell ,
Coral Browne ,
Forrest Tucker ,
Roger Smith ,
Peggy Cass
B
The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) – (
Japan )
The Barbarian and the Geisha , starring
John Wayne and
Eiko Ando
Le Beau Serge (Handsome Serge), directed by
Claude Chabrol – (
France )
Bell, Book and Candle , starring
James Stewart ,
Kim Novak ,
Jack Lemmon ,
Ernie Kovacs
The Big Country , directed by
William Wyler , starring
Gregory Peck ,
Charlton Heston ,
Jean Simmons ,
Carroll Baker ,
Burl Ives ,
Charles Bickford ,
Chuck Connors
Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti), starring
Vittorio Gassman ,
Claudia Cardinale ,
Marcello Mastroianni – (
Italy )
The Black Orchid , starring
Sophia Loren and
Anthony Quinn
The Blob , starring
Steve McQueen
Bonjour Tristesse , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
David Niven ,
Deborah Kerr ,
Jean Seberg
The Bonnie Parker Story , starring
Dorothy Provine
The Bravados , starring
Gregory Peck and
Joan Collins
Brink of Life (Nära livet), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Eva Dahlbeck and
Ingrid Thulin – (
Sweden )
The Brothers Karamazov , directed by
Richard Brooks , starring
Yul Brynner ,
Maria Schell ,
Lee J. Cobb ,
Claire Bloom
The Buccaneer , directed by
Anthony Quinn , starring
Yul Brynner and
Claire Bloom
Buchanan Rides Alone , directed by
Budd Boetticher , starring
Randolph Scott and
Craig Stevens
C
Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid ), directed by
Youssef Chahine – (
Egypt )
Carry On Sergeant , the first in the
Carry On film series, directed by
Gerald Thomas , starring
William Hartnell ,
Kenneth Williams ,
Kenneth Connor – (
Britain )
Carve Her Name with Pride , starring
Virginia McKenna and
Paul Scofield – (Britain)
The Castle of the Monsters (El Castillo de los Monstruos) – (
Mexico )
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , directed by
Richard Brooks , starring
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Paul Newman ,
Burl Ives ,
Jack Carson ,
Judith Anderson
A Certain Smile , starring
Rossano Brazzi and
Joan Fontaine
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (That which runs is a car), starring
Ashok Kumar and
Madhubala – (
India )
Chase a Crooked Shadow , starring
Richard Todd and
Anne Baxter – (
Britain )
China Doll , starring
Victor Mature
The Colossus of New York , starring
Ross Martin and
Mala Powers
Cowboy , starring
Glenn Ford and
Jack Lemmon
The Crawling Eye (
The Trollenberg Terror ) , directed by
Quentin Lawrence , starring
Forrest Tucker and
Janet Munro – (
Britain )
The Cry Baby Killer , directed by
Roger Corman , featuring
Jack Nicholson in his film debut
Cry Terror! , starring
James Mason ,
Inger Stevens ,
Rod Steiger ,
Angie Dickinson
D
Damn Yankees , directed by
George Abbott and
Stanley Donen , starring
Tab Hunter ,
Gwen Verdon ,
Ray Walston
Darby's Rangers , directed by
William Wellman , starring
James Garner
The Deep Six , starring
Alan Ladd ,
Dianne Foster ,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
The Defiant Ones , directed by
Stanley Kramer , starring
Tony Curtis and
Sidney Poitier
Desire (Touha) – (
Czechoslovakia )
Desire Under the Elms , starring
Sophia Loren ,
Anthony Perkins ,
Burl Ives
The Doctor's Dilemma , directed by
Anthony Asquith , starring
Dirk Bogarde (Britain)
Dracula , starring
Christopher Lee and
Peter Cushing – (
Britain )
Dunkirk , starring
John Mills and
Richard Attenborough – (
Britain )
E
F
G
The Geisha Boy , starring
Jerry Lewis
Giants and Toys (Kyojin to gangu) – (
Japan )
The Gift of Love , directed by
Jean Negulesco , starring
Lauren Bacall and
Robert Stack
Gigi , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Leslie Caron ,
Louis Jourdan ,
Maurice Chevalier
Girl on the Run , starring
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
God's Little Acre , directed by
Anthony Mann , starring
Robert Ryan ,
Aldo Ray ,
Fay Spain ,
Tina Louise
The Goddess , starring
Kim Stanley
Goha , starring
Omar Sharif – (
France /
Tunisia )
Gunman's Walk , starring
Van Heflin ,
Tab Hunter ,
Kathryn Grant
H
H8 – (
Yugoslavia )
The H-Man , directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
Harry Black , starring
Stewart Granger and
Barbara Rush – (
UK/US )
Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole), starring
Steve Reeves – (
Italy )
The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san akunin), directed by
Akira Kurosawa , starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan )
High School Confidential , starring
Russ Tamblyn ,
Jan Sterling ,
Mamie Van Doren
The Horse's Mouth , starring
Alec Guinness – (Britain)
Houseboat , starring
Cary Grant and
Sophia Loren
Howrah Bridge , starring
Madhubala and
Ashok Kumar – (
India )
The Hunters , starring
Robert Mitchum
I
I Accuse! , directed by and starring
José Ferrer – (
Britain )
I Want to Live! , starring
Susan Hayward (winner of
Academy Award and
Golden Globe for Best Actress)
I Was Monty's Double , starring
M. E. Clifton James and
John Mills – (Britain)
Ice Cold in Alex , directed by
J. Lee Thompson , starring
John Mills and
Sylvia Syms – (
Britain )
The Idiot – (
USSR )
Imitation General , directed by
George Marshall , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Red Buttons ,
Taina Elg
In Case of Adversity (En Cas de Malheur), starring
Jean Gabin and
Brigitte Bardot – (
France )
In the Money , starring the
Bowery Boys
Indiscreet , starring
Cary Grant and
Ingrid Bergman – (
Britain )
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness , directed by
Mark Robson , starring
Ingrid Bergman ,
Curd Jürgens ,
Robert Donat
Intent to Kill , starring
Richard Todd ,
Betsy Drake ,
Herbert Lom
Iron Flower (Vasvirág) – (
Hungary )
It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) – (
West Germany )
It! The Terror from Beyond Space , directed by
Edward L. Cahn , starring
Marshall Thompson ,
Paul Langton and
Ray Corrigan as the monster of the title
Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (Ivan Grozniy), directed by
Sergei Eisenstein , starring
Nikolay Cherkasov – (
U.S.S.R. )
J
K
L
Lafayette Escadrille , World War I film starring
Tab Hunter , with an early appearance by
Clint Eastwood
Lake of the Dead (De dødes tjern) – (
Norway )
The Last Hurrah , starring
Spencer Tracy ,
Jeffrey Hunter ,
Pat O'Brien ,
Basil Rathbone
The Law and Jake Wade , starring
Robert Taylor and
Richard Widmark
The Law Is the Law (La loi, c'est la loi), starring
Totò and
Fernandel – (
France /
Italy )
The Left Handed Gun , starring
Paul Newman
The Light in the Forest , starring
Fess Parker
The Lineup , starring
Eli Wallach
Lonelyhearts , starring
Montgomery Clift ,
Robert Ryan ,
Myrna Loy ,
Maureen Stapleton
The Long, Hot Summer , directed by
Martin Ritt , starring
Paul Newman ,
Joanne Woodward ,
Orson Welles ,
Tony Franciosa ,
Lee Remick
The Lovers (Les amants), directed by
Louis Malle , starring
Jeanne Moreau and
Alain Cuny – (
France )
The Lovers of Montparnasse (Les Amants de Montparnasse), directed by
Jacques Becker and
Max Ophüls – (France)
M
Machine-Gun Kelly , starring
Charles Bronson ,
Susan Cabot and
Morey Amsterdam
Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform), starring
Lilli Palmer and
Romy Schneider (
West Germany )
Madhumati , directed by
Bimal Roy , starring
Vyjayanthimala in triple role and
Dilip Kumar – (
India )
The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Max von Sydow – (
Sweden )
Maigret Sets a Trap (film) (Maigret tend un piège), starring
Jean Gabin – (
France )
The Man Inside , starring
Jack Palance and
Anita Ekberg – (
Britain )
A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia), directed by and starring
Pietro Germi – (
Italy )
Man of the West , directed by
Anthony Mann , starring
Gary Cooper ,
Lee J. Cobb ,
Jack Lord ,
Julie London
Marjorie Morningstar , starring
Natalie Wood and
Gene Kelly
The Matchmaker , starring
Shirley MacLaine
Me and the Colonel , starring
Danny Kaye
Merry Andrew , starring
Danny Kaye
Les Misérables , starring
Jean Gabin – (
France )
Mon Oncle , directed by and starring
Jacques Tati – (France)
Monster on the Campus , directed by
Jack Arnold
Murder by Contract , starring
Vince Edwards
N
The Naked Maja , starring
Ava Gardner and
Anthony Franciosa – (
Italy /France/
U.S. )
Next to No Time , starring
Kenneth More and
Betsy Drake – (
Britain )
The Night Heaven Fell (Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune), directed by
Roger Vadim , starring
Brigitte Bardot – (
France )
A Night to Remember , directed by
Roy Baker , starring
Kenneth More – (
Britain )
No Time for Sergeants , directed by
Mervyn LeRoy , starring
Andy Griffith ,
Myron McCormick ,
Murray Hamilton ,
Nick Adams
O
P
Q
A Question of Adultery , directed by
Don Chaffey , starring
Julie London ,
Anthony Steel ,
Basil Sydney ,
Donald Houston – (
U.K. )
Queen of Outer Space , directed by Edward Bernds, starring
Zsa Zsa Gabor ,
Eric Fleming , and
Laurie Mitchell .
The Quiet American , directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz , starring
Audie Murphy and
Michael Redgrave
R
Raj Tilak , remake of
Vanjikottai Valiban , starring
Gemini Ganesan ,
Vyjayanthimala and
Padmini – (
India )
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! , starring
Paul Newman ,
Joanne Woodward ,
Joan Collins
The Reluctant Debutante , starring
Rex Harrison ,
Kay Kendall ,
Sandra Dee
The Revenge of Frankenstein , starring
Peter Cushing – (
Britain )
The Rickshaw Man (Muhomatsu no issho ), starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan )
Ride a Crooked Trail , starring
Audie Murphy ,
Gia Scala ,
Walter Matthau
Rock-A-Bye Baby , starring
Jerry Lewis
Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) – (
Argentina )
Run Silent, Run Deep , directed by
Robert Wise , starring
Clark Gable and
Burt Lancaster
S
Saddle the Wind , starring
Robert Taylor ,
Julie London ,
John Cassavetes
Sadhna , starring
Vyjayanthimala and
Sunil Dutt – (
India )
Screaming Mimi , starring
Anita Ekberg
Separate Tables , starring
Rita Hayworth ,
Deborah Kerr ,
Burt Lancaster ,
David Niven
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad , starring
Kerwin Mathews
The Sheepman , starring
Glenn Ford and
Shirley MacLaine
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw , starring
Jayne Mansfield and
Kenneth More – (
Britain )
The Sign of Zorro
Sing, Boy, Sing , directed by
Henry Ephron , starring
Tommy Sands
Solva Saal (Sixteenth Year), starring
Dev Anand – (
India )
Some Came Running , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin ,
Shirley MacLaine
South Pacific , directed by
Joshua Logan , starring
Mitzi Gaynor ,
Rossano Brazzi ,
John Kerr ,
Ray Walston
Stage Struck , starring
Henry Fonda and
Susan Strasberg
Stakeout on Dope Street , starring
Abby Dalton
St. Louis Blues , featuring
Nat King Cole ,
Eartha Kitt ,
Cab Calloway ,
Ella Fitzgerald
St. Peter's Umbrella (Szent Péter esernyöje) – (
Hungary /
Czechoslovakia )
Summer Love , starring
John Saxon and
Jill St. John
T
A Tale of Two Cities , starring
Dirk Bogarde – (
Britain )
Tamango , starring
Dorothy Dandridge
The Tarnished Angels , starring
Rock Hudson and
Dorothy Malone
Teacher's Pet , starring
Clark Gable ,
Doris Day ,
Gig Young ,
Mamie Van Doren
Ten North Frederick , starring
Gary Cooper and
Suzy Parker
Terror in a Texas Town , starring
Sterling Hayden
This Happy Feeling , starring
Debbie Reynolds ,
John Saxon ,
Alexis Smith
Thunder Road , starring
Robert Mitchum ,
Gene Barry ,
Keely Smith
A Time to Love and a Time to Die , starring
John Gavin
The Tinder Box (Das Feuerzeug) – (
East Germany )
Tom Thumb , starring
Russ Tamblyn and
Terry-Thomas – (
Britain /
US )
Too Much, Too Soon , starring
Dorothy Malone ,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ,
Errol Flynn
Torpedo Run , starring
Glenn Ford and
Ernest Borgnine
Touch of Evil , directed by and starring
Orson Welles , with
Charlton Heston ,
Janet Leigh ,
Marlene Dietrich
Tread Softly Stranger , starring
Diana Dors – (
Britain )
The True Story of Lynn Stuart , starring
Betsy Palmer
The Tunnel of Love , starring
Doris Day and
Richard Widmark
Twilight for the Gods , starring
Rock Hudson and
Cyd Charisse
U
V
Vanjikottai Valiban (The Youth from Vanji Fort), starring
Gemini Ganesan ,
Vyjayanthimala and
Padmini – (
India )
Varan the Unbelievable (Daikaijū Baran), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
Vengeance (La venganza), directed by
Juan Antonio Bardem , starring
Raf Vallone – (
Spain )
Vertigo , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
James Stewart and
Kim Novak
The Vikings , starring
Kirk Douglas ,
Tony Curtis ,
Janet Leigh
The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) – (
Netherlands )
Virgin Island , starring
John Cassavetes ,
Virginia Maskell and
Sidney Poitier (
UK )
W
Y
Film series
Carry On series (1958–
1992 )
Short film series
Ending this year
Births
January 3 -
Simon Greenall , English actor, presenter, comedian, producer and writer
January 4
January 7 -
Linda Kozlowski , American former actress
January 8 -
George Jackson , American director and producer (d. 2000)
January 11 -
Alyson Reed , American actress
January 20 –
Lorenzo Lamas , American actor
January 21 -
Michael Wincott , Canadian actor
January 26 –
Ellen DeGeneres , American actress and comedian
February 2 -
Douglas McGrath , American screenwriter, director and actor (d. 2022)
February 6
February 10
February 13
February 15 -
Shaun Toub , Iranian-American actor
February 16
Ice-T , American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer
Lisa Loring , American actress (d. 2023)
February 19
February 21
February 26
March 3
March 7 -
Rik Mayall , English actor, comedian and writer (d. 2014)
March 10 –
Sharon Stone , American actress and producer
March 14 -
Russell Todd , American former actor
March 18 -
Christian Clemenson , American actor
March 19
March 20 –
Holly Hunter , American actress
March 21 –
Gary Oldman , English actor and filmmaker
March 27 -
Adrian Rawlins , English actor
March 29 –
Anu Lamp , Estonian actress
March 30 -
Maurice LaMarche , Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
March 31
April 3
April 14 –
Peter Capaldi , Scottish actor, writer and director
April 19 -
Steve Antin , American actor, stunt performer, producer and director
April 21 –
Andie MacDowell , American actress
April 26 -
Giancarlo Esposito , American actor
April 29 –
Michelle Pfeiffer , American actress
May 7 –
Mayra Alejandra , Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
May 9
May 12 –
Tony Oliver , Puerto Rican voice actor
May 16
May 20
May 23
May 26 -
Margaret Colin , American actress
May 29 –
Annette Bening , American actress
May 30 -
Ted McGinley , American actor
May 31 -
Roma Maffia , American actress
June 2 -
Mike Binder , American filmmaker, stand-up comedian and actor
June 8 -
Keenen Ivory Wayans , American actor, comedian and filmmaker
June 17 -
Kerry Shale , Canadian actor, voice-over artist and writer
June 20 –
Paul Poom , Estonian actor
June 21
June 22 –
Bruce Campbell , American actor and director
June 24 -
Tommy Lister Jr. , American character actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020)
June 25 -
Igal Naor , Israeli actor
June 27 -
August Schmölzer , Austrian actor and writer
June 28 -
Jeff Coopwood , American actor and singer
July 4 –
Tõnu Oja , Estonian actor
July 6 –
Jennifer Saunders , English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress
July 8 –
Kevin Bacon , American actor
July 10 -
Fiona Shaw , Irish actress and theatre and opera director
July 14 –
Eva Arnaz , Indonesian actress
July 27 -
Vincenzo Nicoli , English-Italian actor
July 30 -
Richard Burgi , American actor
August 3 –
Lambert Wilson , French actor
August 7
August 8 -
Harry Crosby , American investment banker and former actor
August 9 –
Arvo Kukumägi , Estonian actor (d. 2017)
August 10 -
Don Swayze , American character actor
August 15
August 16
August 18
August 20 -
David O. Russell , American director, screenwriter and producer
August 22 –
Colm Feore , Canadian actor
August 24 –
Steve Guttenberg , American actor and comedian
August 25 –
Tim Burton , American director, producer and screenwriter
August 29
Lenny Henry , British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter
Michael Jackson , American pop singer and actor (d. 2009)
August 31 -
Julie Brown , American actress, comedian, writer, singer and director
September 6
September 10 –
Chris Columbus , American director, producer and screenwriter
September 15 -
Wendie Jo Sperber , American actress (d. 2005)
September 16 –
Jennifer Tilly , Canadian-American actress
September 19 -
Richard Ridings , English actor
September 20 -
Ghassan Massoud , Syrian actor and filmmaker
September 23 -
Pat Skipper , American actor
September 24 -
Kevin Sorbo , American actor
September 25 –
Michael Madsen , American actor
October 2 -
Jeffrey Weissman , American actor
October 4 -
Ned Luke , American actor
October 9 –
Michael Paré , American actor
October 15 -
Renée Jones , American former actress
October 16 –
Tim Robbins , American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
October 19 -
Tiriel Mora , Australian actor
October 20 –
Viggo Mortensen , Danish actor
October 25 -
Phil Daniels , English actor
November 1 -
Rachel Ticotin , American actress
November 5 –
Robert Patrick , American actor
November 10 -
Stephen Herek , American director
November 11 -
Scott Plank , American actor (d. 2002)
November 12 -
Megan Mullally , American actress, comedian and singer
November 16 –
Marg Helgenberger , American actress
November 17 –
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , American actress and singer
November 18 -
Oscar Nunez , Cuban-American actor
November 22 –
Jamie Lee Curtis , American actress
November 24 -
Alain Chabat , French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and producer
November 28 -
Thom Mathews , American actor
December 6 -
Nick Park , British director, producer and animator
December 9 -
Raja Gosnell , American filmmaker and editor
December 11 -
Tom Shadyac , American director, screenwriter and producer
December 13
December 16 -
Katie Leigh , American voice actress
December 22 -
Lenny Von Dohlen , American actor (d. 2022)
December 25 -
Cheryl Chase , American voice actress
December 29 -
Tyrone Benskin , English-Canadian actor
December 30 –
Pedro Costa , Portuguese director
December 31
Deaths
January 3 –
Charles Williams , 59, American actor, writer,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
Parole, Inc.
January 11 –
Edna Purviance , 62, American actress,
The Kid ,
A Woman of Paris
January 13 –
Jesse L. Lasky , 77, American producer,
Wings ,
The Cocoanuts
February 13 –
Helen Twelvetrees , 49, American actress,
A Bedtime Story ,
Now I'll Tell
February 15 –
William Berke , 54, American director,
Dick Tracy ,
FBI Girl
February 17 –
Tala Birell , 50, Romanian actress,
Women in the Night ,
Dangerous Millions
February 20 –
Thurston Hall , 75, American actor,
We Have Our Moments ,
Chain Gang
February 27 –
Harry Cohn , 66, American film executive, co-founder of CBC Sales Association (
Columbia Pictures ),
Platinum Blonde ,
American Madness
March 22
March 31 –
Nicholas Nayfack , 49, American producer,
Escape from Fort Bravo ,
Forbidden Planet
April 9 –
Sol M. Wurtzel , 67, American producer,
Charlie Chan in Rio ,
Bright Eyes
April 15 –
Estelle Taylor , 63, American actress,
Cimarron ,
The Ten Commandments
May 2 –
Henry Cornelius , 44, South African director,
Genevieve ,
I Am a Camera
May 9 –
Bill Goodwin , 47, American actor, announcer
Mickey ,
The Atomic Kid
May 19 –
Ronald Colman , 67, British actor,
Lost Horizon ,
Random Harvest
June 6 –
Virginia Pearson , 72, American actress,
The Phantom of the Opera ,
The Wizard of Oz
June 9 –
Robert Donat , 53, British actor,
The 39 Steps ,
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
June 27 –
Robert Greig , 78, Australian actor,
They Just Had to Get Married ,
Love, Honor and Goodbye
July 11 –
Evelyn Varden , 65, American actress,
The Night of the Hunter ,
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
July 20 –
Franklin Pangborn , 69, American actor,
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break ,
The Bank Dick
August 1 –
Albert E. Smith , 83, English director and producer, co-founder of
Vitagraph Studios
August 8 –
Barbara Bennett , 51, American actress,
Black Jack ,
Syncopation
August 18 –
Bonar Colleano , 34, British actor,
Eight Iron Men ,
Joe MacBeth
August 21 –
Kurt Neumann , 50, German director,
The Fly ,
Mohawk
August 27 –
Priscilla Lawson , 44, American actress,
Flash Gordon ,
Rose Bowl
October 4 –
Ida Wüst , 74, German actress,
Chamber Music
November 15 –
Tyrone Power , 44, American actor,
Witness for the Prosecution ,
The Mark of Zorro
December 1 –
Boots Mallory , 45, American actress,
Sing Sing Nights ,
Here's Flash Casey
December 20 –
Elisabeth Risdon , 71, British actress,
Florence Nightingale ,
Five Came Back
December 21 –
H. B. Warner , 83, British actor,
Lost Horizon ,
It's a Wonderful Life
Film debuts
References
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d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press. pp.
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ISBN
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c The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
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"All-Time Top Grosses" .
Variety . January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs".
Variety . p. M140-M196.
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