The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. [edit] Events [edit] Top grossing films (U.S.) | Rank | Title | Studio | Gross | | 1. | Quo Vadis | MGM | $11,902,000 | | 2. | Alice in Wonderland* | Disney/RKO | $7,196,000 | | 3. | Show Boat | MGM | $5,533,000 | | 4. | A Streetcar Named Desire | Warner Brothers | $4,800,000 | | 5. | David and Bathsheba | 20th Century Fox | $4,720,000 | | 6. | The Great Caruso | MGM | $4,531,000 | | 7. | The African Queen | United Artists | $4,300,000 | | 8. | An American in Paris | MGM | $4,213,000 | | 9. | That's My Boy | Paramount | $3,800,000 | | 10. | A Place in the Sun
Strangers on a Train | Paramount
Warner Brothers | $3,500,000 | (*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml [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) - Rashômon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
[edit] Films released in 1951 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
- Ace in the Hole
- The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
- Angels in the Outfield
- Bedtime for Bonzo
- The Blue Veil, starring Jane Wyman
- Bright Victory, starring Arthur Kennedy
- The Browning Version
- Bullfighter and the Lady
- Call Me Mister, starring Betty Grable
- Captain Horatio Hornblower
- Cattle Drive
- Cause for Alarm!, starring Loretta Young
- China Corsair
- A Christmas Carol
- Come Fill the Cup
- Comin' Round The Mountain
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- David and Bathsheba
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Decision Before Dawn
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
- Detective Story, starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker
- Diary of a Country Priest
- Early Summer
- Flying Leathernecks
- Fort Worth
- Fourteen Hours
- The Frogmen, starring Richard Widmark and Dana Andrews
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Go for Broke!
- The Golden Horde
- Goodbye My Fancy
- The Great Caruso
- He Ran All the Way
- Here Comes the Groom
- His Kind of Woman, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
- The House on Telegraph Hill
- The Idiot
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- Laughter in Paradise
- The Lavender Hill Mob
- Let's Go Crazy
- The Magic Box
- The Man in the White Suit
- The Mating Season, starring Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and Thelma Ritter
- Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- Miss Julie (Fröken Julie)
- Mr. Imperium, starring Lana Turner
- No Highway in the Sky, starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich
- Olivia
- On the Riviera
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, starring Ava Gardner and James Mason
- Penny Points to Paradise
- People Will Talk
- A Place in the Sun, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters
- The Racket, starring Robert Mitchum
- Quo Vadis, starring Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr
- Rawhide
- The Red Badge of Courage
- Rich, Young and Pretty
- The River (Le Fleuve)
- Royal Wedding
- Santa Fe
- Show Boat, starring Ava Gardner
- Starlift
- The Steel Helmet
- Strangers on a Train, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger
- A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
- The Tales of Hoffmann
- That's My Boy
- The Thing from Another World
- The 13th Letter
- Tomahawk
- Vengeance Valley
- The Well
- When Worlds Collide
- Young Wives' Tale
- You're in the Navy Now
[edit] Serials [edit] Short film series [edit] Births - January 8 - John McTiernan, American director
- March 13 - Charo, Spanish-American singer & actress
- March 14 - Season Hubley, American actress
- March 17 - Kurt Russell, American actor
- July 8 - Anjelica Huston, American actress
- July 9 - Chris Cooper, American actor
- July 13 - Didi Conn, American actress
- July 21 - Robin Williams, American actor & comedian
- July 24 - Lynda Carter, American actress
- August 6 - Catherine Hicks, American actress
- September 5 - Michael Keaton, American actor
- September 25 - Pedro Almodovar, Spanish director
[edit] Deaths - January 11 – Charles W. Goddard, American playwright & screenwriter (b. 1879)
- March 6 - Ivor Novello, British actor, singer & composer (b. 1893)
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, African American pioneer filmmaker & author (b. 1884)
- April 4 - Al Christie, Canadian-born early Hollywood director/producer (b. 1881)
- June 6 - Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
- June 9 - Mayo Methot, American actress (b. 1904)
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, American pioneer documentary filmmaker (b. 1884)
- August 28 - Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1918)
- August 30 - Konstantin Märska, Estonian cinematographer (b. 1896)
- September 7 - Maria Montez, Dominican-born actress (b. 1912)
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