1951 in film
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The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati
Top grossing films
- North America
- David and Bathsheba
- Show Boat
- tie The Great Caruso and An American in Paris
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Born Yesterday
- Alice in Wonderland
- On the Riviera
- Place in the Sun
- No Highway
- Penny Points to Paradise
- Quo Vadis
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
- 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)
- Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
Films released in 1951
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Ace in the Hole
- The African Queen
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American in Paris
- Angels in the Outfield
- Bedtime for Bonzo
- The Blue Veil
- Captain Horatio Hornblower, starring Gregory Peck and directed by Raoul Walsh
- Comin' Round The Mountain, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- David and Bathsheba
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Death of a Salesman (see also play Death of a Salesman)
- Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- The Great Caruso
- He Ran All the Way
- His Kind of Woman
- Laughter in Paradise
- The Lavender Hill Mob
- Let's Go Crazy
- The Man in the White Suit
- Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- Miss Julie -(only mention of 1951 film) (see also play Miss Julie)
- No Highway
- On the Riviera with Danny Kaye
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
- Penny Points to Paradise
- A Place in the Sun
- Quo Vadis
- Rawhide
- The Red Badge of Courage
- Show Boat (film only mentioned in article)
- Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- That's My Boy, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- The Thing from Another World
- Too Young to Kiss
- When Worlds Collide
Serials
- Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, starring Judd Holdren
- Don Daredevil Rides Again, starring Ken Curtis and Aline Towne
- Government Agents vs Phantom Legion, starring Walter Reed
- Mysterious Island, starring Richard Crane
- Roar of the Iron Horse, starring Buster Crabbe
Short film series
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
- Donald Duck (1936-1956)
- Pluto (1937-1951)
- Goofy (1939-1953)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
- Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
- Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
- Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
- Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
Births
- January 1 - Shelley Spurlock, actress
- March 14 - Season Hubley, actress
- July 13 - Didi Conn, 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
- June 6 - Olive Tell, actress
- June 9 - Mayo Methot, actress
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmaker
- August 28 - Robert Hudson Walker, actor
- August 30 - Konstantin Märska, cinematographer
- September 7 - Maria Montez, actress