1957 in film
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The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.
- Montgomery Clift suffers partial paralyzation in his face after a car wreck while working on Raintree County (film).
- Humphrey Bogart dies of throat cancer.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai - Horizon, Columbia
- Best Director: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actor: Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
- Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons - Sayonara
- Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actor: Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Les Girls
- Best Actor: Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey
- Best Actress: Kay Kendall - Les Girls
- Other
- Best Director: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Foreign Film: The Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull), W.Germany
- Best Foreign Film: Tizoc, Mexico
- Best Foreign Film: Woman in a Dressing Gown, United Kingdom
- Best Foreign Film: Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu), Japan
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Friendly Persuasion, directed by William Wyler, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Aparajito (aka The Unvanquished), directed by Satyajit Ray, India
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, United States
[edit] Films released in 1957
U.S.A. unless stated
- 3:10 to Yuma, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin
- 5 Steps to Danger, starring Sterling Hayden and Ruth Roman
- 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
A
- The Abominable Snowman, starring Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
- Across the Bridge, starring Rod Steiger - (U.K.)
- The Admirable Crichton, starring Kenneth More and Diane Cilento - (U.K.)
- An Affair to Remember, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
- After the Ball - (U.K.)
- Amazing Colossal Man, The
- And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) - (U.S.S.R.)
- April Love, starring Shirley Jones and Pat Boone
- The Astounding She-Monster
- Attack of the Crab Monsters, directed by Roger Corman
- At the Stroke of Nine, directed by Lance Comfort (U.K.)
B
- Baby Face Nelson, starring Mickey Rooney
- The Bachelor Party, starring Don Murray
- Barnacle Bill, starring Alec Guinness - (U.K.)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring John Gielgud - (U.K.)
- Bitter Victory, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Richard Burton - (France/U.S.)
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's - (U.K.)
- Boy on a Dolphin, starring Alan Ladd and Sophia Loren
- The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean, starring William Holden and Alec Guinness - winner of 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAS and 3 Golden Globes - (U.K.)
- Brothers in Law - (U.K.)
- The Brothers Rico starring Richard Conte
- The Burglar, starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield (filmed in 1955 but released in 1957 due to sudden popularity of Mansfield)
C
- Carib Gold
- The Careless Years
- The Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) - (West Germany)
- The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov - winner of the Palme d'Or - (U.S.S.R.)
- Crime of Passion
- The Crucible (Les Sorcières de Salem), starring Simone Signoret and Yves Montand - (France/East Germany)
- The Curse of Frankenstein - (U.K.)
D
- The D.I., directed by and starring Jack Webb
- Decision at Sundown, starring Randolph Scott
- The Delicate Delinquent, starring Jerry Lewis (his first film without Dean Martin)
- The Delinquents, directed by Robert Altman
- Designing Woman, starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall
- Desk Set, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell
- Do Aankhen Barah Haath - (India)
- Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Don't Go Near the Water, starring Glenn Ford
- Drango, starring Jeff Chandler
E-F
- Edge of the City, starring Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes
- The Enemy Below, produced and directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchum
- A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau
- A Farewell to Arms, starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones
- Fear Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden
- Fire Down Below, starring Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum
- Flesh and the Spur
- Forty Guns, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry
- Funny Face, starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire
G-H
- The Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas), directed by René Clair - (France/Italy)
- The Girl in Black Stockings, starring Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren
- Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly with Kay Kendall and Mitzi Gaynor
- La grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) - (Italy)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
- The Halliday Brand, starring Joseph Cotten and Viveca Lindfors
- A Hatful of Rain, starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa
- He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir), directed by Jules Dassin - (France)
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum
- Hell Drivers, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Herbert Lom, Patrick McGoohan and William Hartnell - (U.K.)
I-J
- I Am Waiting (Ore wa matteru ze) - (Japan)
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold
- Island in the Sun, starring Dorothy Dandridge, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Harry Belafonte
- Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
- Jamboree
- Jeanne Eagels, starring Kim Novak
- Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh
- Johnny Tremain, a Walt Disney production
- The Joker Is Wild, starring Frank Sinatra
K-L
- Kabuliwala - (India)
- A King in New York, directed by and starring Charles Chaplin - (U.K.)
- Kiss Them for Me, starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield
- The Land Unknown
- The Little Hut, starring Ava Gardner - (U.K./U.S.)
- Love in the Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
- Loving You, starring Elvis Presley
- The Lower Depths (Donzoko), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
M-N
- Man of a Thousand Faces, biographical film about Lon Chaney, starring James Cagney and Dorothy Malone
- Mayabazar - (India)
- Mayerling, a TV film starring Audrey Hepburn
- Men in War
- The Monolith Monsters
- The Monster That Challenged the World
- Mother India - (India)
- The Mysterians - (Japan)
- The Naked Truth, starring Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers - (U.K.)
- Naya Daur, starring Dilip Kumar - (India)
- Night of the Demon, (Curse of the Demon), directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews - (U.K.)
- Night Passage, starring James Stewart
- Nightfall
- Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
O-P
- Old Yeller
- The One That Got Away - (U.K.)
- Operation Mad Ball, starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs
- The Pajama Game, starring Doris Day
- Pal Joey, starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak
- Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas
- Perri
- Peyton Place, starring Lana Turner and Hope Lange
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
- The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier (who also directed)
- Pyaasa, directed by and starring Guru Dutt - (India)
Q-R
- Quatermass 2 - (U.K.)
- Raintree County, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
S
- The Sad Sack, starring Jerry Lewis
- Saint Joan, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jean Seberg - (U.K./U.S.)
- Sayonara, starring Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
- The Search for Paradise
- The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow - (Sweden)
- Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
- Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse
- The Singing Ringing Tree (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) - (East Germany)
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
- The Smallest Show on Earth, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna and Peter Sellers - (U.K.)
- The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) a Russian animated film
- Something Of Value
- The Spirit of St. Louis, starring James Stewart
- The Story of Esther Costello, starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi and Heather Sears - (U.K.)
- The Strange One, starring Ben Gazzara and George Peppard
- The Strange World of Planet X
- Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander MacKendrick, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis
T-V
- The Tall T, starring Randolph Scott and Richard Boone
- Tammy and the Bachelor
- The Three Faces of Eve, starring Joanne Woodward
- Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
- Time Limit, directed by Karl Malden and starring Richard Widmark
- The Tin Star starring Anthony Perkins
- Tizoc - (Mexico)
- Tumsa Nahin Dekha - (India)
- The Unholy Wife, starring Diana Dors and Rod Steiger
- Untamed Youth, starring Mamie Van Doren
W-Z
- The Wayward Bus, starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey
- White Nights (Le Notti Bianche), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Maria Schell and Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
- Whom God Forgives - (Spain)
- Wild Is the Wind
- Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson and Victor Sjostrom - (Sweden)
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, starring Jayne Mansfield (in her signature film reprising her Broadway role)
- The Wings of Eagles, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (their 4th film together)
- Witness for the Prosecution, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
- Woman in a Dressing Gown, directed by J. Lee Thompson - (U.K.)
- Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) - (Japan)
- Young and Dangerous
- Zero Hour!, starring Dana Andrews
[edit] Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
- Daffy Duck (1937–1966)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
- Droopy (1943–1958)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Ending this year
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, actor & director
- February 19 - Ray Winstone, English actor
- February 28 - John Turturro, actor, writer & director
- March 20 - Vanessa Bell Calloway, actress
- Spike Lee, director, producer, writer & actor
- Theresa Russell, actress
- March 29 - Christopher Lambert, French actor
- March 30 - Paul Reiser, actor & comedian
- April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
- May 5 - Richard E. Grant, English actor
- May 21 - Judge Reinhold, actor
- June 23 - Frances McDormand, actress
- July 9 - Kelly McGillis, actress
- July 13 - Cameron Crowe, director & screenwriter
- August 9 - Melanie Griffith, actress
- August 18 - Denis Leary, actor, comedian & writer
- August 24 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author & actor
- August 28 - Rick Rossovich, actor
- Daniel Stern, actor
- September 12 - Rachel Ward, English actress
- September 21 - Ethan Coen, director, producer, screenwriter & editor
- October 5 - Bernie Mac, actor & stand-up comedian (d. 2008)
- December 10 - Michael Clarke Duncan, actor
- December 13 - Steve Buscemi, actor
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor
- March 25 - Max Ophuls, German director, (b. 1902)
- May 12 - Erich von Stroheim, German director
- July 4 – Judy Tyler, American actress
- July 24 - Sacha Guitry, French playwright, actor and director
- August 7 - Oliver Hardy, American actor
- October 29 - Louis B. Mayer, American producer
- December 11 - Musidora, French actress, director
- December 25 - Charles Pathé
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