1950 in film

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The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.

Events

February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.
July 19 - Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film Treasure Island debuts.

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	King Solomon's Mines	MGM	$9,955,000
2.	All About Eve	Fox	$8,400,000
3.	Walt Disney's Cinderella	Disney	$8,000,000
4.	Annie Get Your Gun	MGM	$7,756,000
5.	Father of the Bride	MGM	$6,084,000
6.	Sunset Boulevard	Paramount	$5,000,000
7.	Born Yesterday	Columbia	$4,150,000
8.	Wabash Avenue	Fox	$4,054,000
9.	At War with the Army	Paramount	$3,100,000
10.	My Blue Heaven	Fox	$3,000,000

Best Picture: All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox

Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve

Best Actor: José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac

Best Actress: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday

Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders - All About Eve

Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard

Best Actor: José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac

Best Actress: Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard

Musical or comedy:

Best Actor: Fred Astaire - Three Little Words

Best Actress: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday

Best Director: Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): not held

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Justice Is Done (Justice est faite), directed by André Cayatte, France

U.S.A. unless stated

El último caballo (The Last Horse) - (Spain)
The Underworld Story, starring Dan Duryea
Union Station, starring William Holden
Until We Meet Again (Mata au hi made) - (Japan)
Variety Lights (Luci del varietà), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
Vendetta, starring Faith Domergue (filmed in 1946 but not released until 1950 due to delays from Howard Hughes)

January 24 - Daniel Auteuil, French actor
January 30 - Trinidad Silva, actor (died 1988)
February 12 - Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
February 18
- Cybill Shepherd, actress
- John Hughes, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2009)
February 22 - Julie Walters, English actress
February 25 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
March 11 - Jerry Zucker, director and producer
March 13 - William H. Macy, actor
March 18 - Brad Dourif, actor
March 20 - William Hurt, actor
March 26
- Alan Silvestri, American film composer and conductor
- Martin Short, Canadian comedian and actor
March 30 - Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor
April 4 - Christine Lahti, actress
April 13 - Ron Perlman, actor
April 16 - David Graf, actor (died 2001)
April 22 - Thierry Zéno, Belgian director
April 29 - Phillip Noyce, Australian director
May 8 - Robert Mugge, American director and producer
May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
May 22 - Peter Wildman, Canadian actor
June 6 - Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
June 8 - Kathy Baker, actress
June 13 - Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
June 24 - Nancy Allen, actress
September 7 - Julie Kavner, film and television actress, voice actress and comedian
September 21 - Bill Murray, actor and comedian
September 28 - John Sayles, director and screenwriter
October 1 - Randy Quaid, actor
October 17 - Howard Rollins, actor (died 1996)
October 18 - Om Puri, Indian actor (died 2016)
October 31 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (died 1994)
November 28 - Ed Harris, actor

January 2 - Emil Jannings, 65, Swiss-born German actor, The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh
January 12 - John M. Stahl, 63, American film director and producer, Leave Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life
January 22 - Corinne Luchaire, 28, French actress, Prison Without Bars, Conflict
March 10 - Marguerite De La Motte, 47, American actress, The Mark of Zorro, The Iron Mask
March 25 - Frank Buck, 66, American actor and animal expert, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Africa Screams
April 7 - Walter Huston, 67, American Academy Award-winning actor, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dodsworth
May 1 - Ernst Laemmle, 49, German director and screenwriter, The Phantom of the Opera, The Palm Beach Story
June 22 - Jane Cowl, 66, American actress, No Man of Her Own, Payment on Demand
July 17 - Antonie Nedošinská, 65, Czech actress, Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní, Capek's Tales
September 13 - Sara Allgood, 69, Irish actress, How Green Was My Valley, The Lodger
October 23 - Al Jolson, 64, Lithuanian-born American actor, singer, entertainer, The Jazz Singer, Rhapsody in Blue, The Singing Fool
October 29 - Maurice Costello, 73, American actor, Du Barry Was a Lady, Tin Pan Alley
December 4 - James Kevin McGuinness, 56, Irish producer and screenwriter, Madame X, Rio Grande
December 28 - William Garwood, 66, American silent-film actor and director, The Cowboy Millionaire, Proxy Husband