1951 in film

<u>Musical or Comedy:

Best Picture: An American in Paris

Best Actor: Danny Kaye - On the Riviera

Best Actress: June Allyson - Too Young to Kiss

<u>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

[edit] 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Thing from Another World
• Too Young to Kiss
• When Worlds Collide

[edit] Short film series

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 9 - Mayo Methot, actress
• July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmaker
• August 30 - Konstantin Märska, cinematographer
• September 7 - Maria Montez, actressde:Filmjahr 1951