1953 in film
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[edit] Events
- September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
- From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr
- Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance
- How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and William Powell
- Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried
- tie Mogambo and House of Wax, the first 3-d movie to ever make the box office top ten, with Vincent Price
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: From Here to Eternity - Columbia Pictures
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here To Eternity
- Best Actor: William Holden - Stalag 17
- Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
- Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra - From Here To Eternity
- Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed - From Here To Eternity
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Robe
- Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - The Actress
- Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: No award
- Best Actor: David Niven - The Moon Is Blue
- Best Actress: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam
- Other
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity
GRAND PRIX (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy
[edit] Films released in 1953
- The Actress
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- The Beggar's Opera
- The Caddy
- Calamity Jane
- Call Me Madam
- The Cruel Sea, with Jack Hawkins
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
- From Here to Eternity
- Genevieve
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- The Glenn Miller Story
- The Golden Coach
- House of Wax
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- I Vitelloni
- Island in the Sky
- It Came from Outer Space
- Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)
- Julius Caesar
- Kiss Me, Kate, released in 2-d and 3-d
- Knights of the Round Table
- Mogambo
- Money From Home
- Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
- The Moon Is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and "virgin"
- Peter Pan -(Walt Disney animation)
- Pickup on South Street
- Ride, Vaquero!
- The Robe
- Robot Monster
- Roman Holiday
- Salome
- Scared Stiff
- Shane
- Stalag 17
- The Stooge
- The Story of Three Loves
- Tokyo Story
- Torch Song
- Twice Upon a Time, directed by Emeric Pressburger
- Ugetsu
- The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur)
- The War of the Worlds
[edit] Short film series
- Bugs Bunny (1940)-(1962)
- Donald Duck (1936)-(1956)
- Goofy (1939)-(1953)
- Mickey Mouse (1928)-(1953)
- Popeye (1933–1957)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
[edit] Births
- February 8–Mary Steenburgen, actress
- February 11–Philip Anglim, actor
- February 19–Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
- May 24–Alfred Molina, actor
- September 10–Amy Irving, actress
- October 9–Tony Shalhoub, actor
- October 22–Jeff Goldblum, actor
- October 26–Maureen Teefy,actress
- October 31–Michael J. Anderson, actor
- November 3–Kate Capshaw, actress
- November 6–Ron Underwood, director
- December 6–Tom Hulce, actor
- December 8–Kim Basinger, actress
- December 9–John Malkovich, actor
- December 17–Bill Pullman, actor
[edit] Deaths
- November 29–Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor
