1951 in film

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Other films released 5 Short film series 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati

Top grossing films

North America

1. David and Bathsheba
2. Show Boat
3. tie The Great Caruso and An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
4. A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Born Yesterday

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
• Best Actress: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire

Other films released

• Ace in the Hole
• Alice in Wonderland
• An American in Paris
• Angels in the Outfield
• Bedtime for Bonzo
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Death of a Salesman
• Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne
• Gerald McBoing-Boing
• The Lavender Hill Mob
• Laughter in Paradise
• The Man in the White Suit
• Miracle in Milan
• Miss Julie
• No Highway
• On the Riviera with Danny Kaye
• Rashōmon, directed by Akira Kurosawa
• Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock
• The Thing from Another World
• When Worlds Collide

Short film series

• Popeye (1933-1957)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

Births

• March 14 - Season Hubley, actress
• July 24 - Lynda Carter, actress
• August 6 - Catherine Hicks, US actress

Deaths

• January 11 – Charles W. Goddard, playwright and screenwriter
• March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, pioneer African American filmmaker & author
• April 4 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer
• July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmaker
• September 7 - Maria Montez, actressde:Filmjahr 1951

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