The year 1954 in film involved some significant events. [edit] Events [edit] Top grossing films (U.S.) | Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross | | 1. | White Christmas | Paramount | Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye | $12,000,000 | | 2. | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* | Disney/RKO | Kirk Douglas and James Mason | $11,267,000 | | 3. | Rear Window | Paramount/Universal | James Stewart and Grace Kelly | $9,812,000 | | 4. | The Caine Mutiny
Carmen Jones | Columbia
20th Century Fox | Humphrey Bogart
Dorothy Dandridge | $8,700,000 | | 5. | The Country Girl | Paramount | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden | $6,500,000 | | 6. | The Barefoot Contessa | MGM | Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner | $6,298,000 | | 7. | A Star is Born
The High and the Mighty | Warner Brothers | Judy Garland
John Wayne | $6,100,000 | | 8. | Magnificent Obsession | Universal | Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson | $5,200,000 | | 9. | There's No Business Like Show Business
| 20th Century Fox | Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe | $5,000,000 | | 10. | On the Waterfront | Columbia | Marlon Brando | $4,500,000 | (*) After theatrical re-issue(s) [edit] Awards Academy Awards: - Best Picture: On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - On The Waterfront
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
- Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa
- Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint - On The Waterfront
Golden Globe Awards: - Drama:
- Best Picture: On the Waterfront
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Carmen Jones
- Best Actor: James Mason - A Star Is Born
- Best Actress: Judy Garland - A Star Is Born
- Other
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront
- Best Foreign Film: Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi), Japan
- Best Foreign Film: No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr), West Germany
- Best Foreign Film: The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias), Argentina
- Best Foreign Film: Genevieve, United Kingdom
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): - Jigokumon 地獄門, (Gate of Hell), directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo e Giulietta), directed by Renato Castellani, Italy / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): - Hobson's Choice, directed by David Lean, United Kingdom
[edit] Films released in 1954 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 3 Ring Circus, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Alaska Seas
- Animal Farm
- The Atomic Kid
- The Barefoot Contessa, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. Many consider this Gardner's signature role.
- Beau Brummell
- The Belles of St Trinian's
- Betrayed, the fourth and final film starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
- The Black Knight
- The Black Shield of Falworth
- Black Tuesday
- Black Widow
- Bread, Love and Dreams (U.S. release)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri, starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March and Mickey Rooney
- Brigadoon, starring Gene Kelly
- Broken Lance, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado
- The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Carmen Jones, starring Dorothy Dandridge. Dandridge received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress making her the first African-American to be nominated in that category.
- Casanova's Big Night starring Bob Hope
- The Country Girl, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden
- Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Crime Wave, starring Sterling Hayden
- Dangerous Mission
- Demetrius and the Gladiators
- Désirée, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons
- Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly
- Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde in the first of the "Doctor" series
- Dragnet-(film mentioned in series article)
- Elephant Walk, starring Elizabeth Taylor
- The Egyptian, starring Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney
- Executive Suite, starring William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
- Female Jungle, a film noir which marked the film debut of Jayne Mansfield
- The Flame and the Flesh, starring Lana Turner
- Gate of Hell (U.S. release)
- Genevieve
- Godzilla
- The Good Die Young
- Hell and High Water
- The High and the Mighty, starring John Wayne
- Hobson's Choice
- Human Desire, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford
- Indiscretion of an American Wife (U.S. release), starring Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift
- An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play (film mentioned in article)
- It Should Happen to You
- Johnny Guitar, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden and Mercedes McCambridge
- King Richard and the Crusaders
- Knights of the Round Table, starring Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner
- Knock on Wood
- The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias)
- Living It Up, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- The Long, Long Trailer, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
- The Maggie
- Magnificent Obsession, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
- Monster from the Ocean Floor
- Naked Alibi, starring Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame
- The Naked Jungle
- Night People
- No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr)
- On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb and Rod Steiger
- The Outcast
- Phffft!, starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak
- Prince Valiant, an adventure starring Robert Wagner, James Mason, and Janet Leigh
- Pushover, starring Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak in her film debut.
- Robinson Crusoe
- Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly
- River of No Return, starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe
- Rogue Cop, starring Robert Taylor and Janet Leigh
- Romeo and Juliet
- La Ronde (U.S. release)
- Sabrina, starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Saskatchewan
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel
- Seven Samurai
- The Silver Chalice, starring Paul Newman in his film debut.
- Sira` Fi al-Wadi
- A Star Is Born, A musical remake of the 1937 film. Starring Judy Garland and James Mason
- La strada
- Susan Slept Here
- Tanganyika
- Taza, Son of Cochise
- Them!
- There's No Business Like Show Business, starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey and Marilyn Monroe
- They Who Dare
- Three Coins in the Fountain, starring Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire and Maggie McNamara
- Top Banana
- Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi)
- White Christmas
- Wyoming Renegades
- Young at Heart
[edit] Serials [edit] Short film series [edit] Births - January 1 - Helen Wellington-Lloyd, actress
- January 6 - Anthony Minghella, director
- February 17 - Rene Russo, actress
- February 18 - John Travolta, American actor & dancer
- March 1 - Ron Howard, American director & actor
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress
- April 9 - Dennis Quaid, American actor
- April 16 - Ellen Barkin, actress
- June 19 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
- August 16 - James Cameron, Canadian director
- October 23 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese director
- November 7 - Kamal Haasan, actor/director/script-writer/producer/singer
- November 29 - Joel Coen, American director, producer & screenwriter
- December 7 - Jackie Chan, actor
- December 28 - Denzel Washington, American actor
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