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The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
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Events
- November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.
- June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lady and the Tramp* | Disney | $40,249,000 |
| 2. | Cinerama Holiday | Cinerama | $12,000,000 |
| 3. | Mister Roberts | Warner Brothers | $8,500,000 |
| 4. | Battle Cry | Warner Brothers | $8,100,000 |
| 5. | Oklahoma! | Magna/RKO | $7,100,000 |
| 6. | Guys and Dolls | MGM | $6,875,000 |
| 7. | Picnic | Columbia | $6,350,000 |
| 8. | Not As a Stranger | United Artists | $6,176,000 |
| 9. | I'll Cry Tomorrow | MGM | $6,004,000 |
| 10. | The Sea Chase The Seven Year Itch Strategic Air Command |
Warner Brothers 20th Century Fox Paramount |
$6,000,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1955.shtml
Awards
- Best Picture: Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists
- Best Director: Delbert Mann - Marty
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon - Mister Roberts
- Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet - East of Eden
- Drama:
- Best Picture: East of Eden
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Guys and Dolls
- Best Actor: Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch
- Best Actress: Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls
- Other
- Best Director: Joshua Logan - Picnic
- Best Foreign Film: Ordet (The Word), Denmark
- Best Foreign Film: Stella, Greece
- Best Foreign Film: Sons, Mothers, and a General, West Germany
- Best Foreign Film: Eyes of Children, Japan
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Die Ratten (The Rats), directed by Robert Siodmak, West Germany
Films released in 1955
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- All That Heaven Allows
- Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Bad Day at Black Rock
- Battle Cry
- Blackboard Jungle
- Bob le flambeur
- Carrington V.C.
- Cinerama Holiday
- The Colditz Story
- Continente Perduto (aka The Lost Continent)
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
- Daddy Long Legs
- The Dam Busters
- East of Eden
- The Far Country
- Galapagos
- Godzilla Raids Again
- Guys and Dolls
- I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson
- Interrupted Melody
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- It's Always Fair Weather
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Lady and the Tramp
- The Ladykillers
- Land of the Pharaohs
- The Left Hand of God
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- The Man from Laramie
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- Marty
- Mister Roberts
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday
- Night and Fog
- The Night of the Hunter
- Not as a Stranger
- Oklahoma! (the first film shot in the widescreen process known as Todd-AO) (suggested disambiguation split of article)
- Ordet
- Pather Panchali
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Picnic
- The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
- The Quatermass Xperiment, which probably qualifies as the first Hammer horror film
- Queen Bee
- The Rains of Ranchipur
- Die Ratten (The Rats), Golden Bear award
- Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
- Rage at Dawn
- Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood
- Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes)
- The Rose Tattoo
- The Scarlet Coat
- The Seven Little Foys
- The Seven Year Itch
- Sissi
- Smiles of a Summer Night
- Strategic Air Command
- Summertime, directed by David Lean
- Tarantula
- The Tender Trap
- To Catch a Thief
- To Hell and Back starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, and David Janssen
- Trial
- The Trouble with Harry - directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Unknown Soldier
- Unchained
- The Virgin Queen
- Wichita
- You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Serials
Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Donald Duck (1934-1956)
- The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
- Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
- Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
- Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
- Droopy (1943-1958)
- Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
- Ranger Don (1953-1956)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
Cartoon:
- Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
- The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
- No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
- Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
One-Reel:
- Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
- Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
- Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:
- The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
- The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
- On The Twelfth Day…(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
- Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista
- 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
Births
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer
- January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor
- March 16 - Isabelle Huppert, actress
- April 1 - Annette O'Toole, actress
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, US actor
- August 27 - Diana Scarwid, US actress
Deaths
- February 12 - Tom Moore actor
- April 7 - Theda Bara, actress
- August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress
- September 30 - James Dean, actor
- October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood
- November 10 - Rene Rijff, Dutch actor
- November 22 - Shemp Howard, comedian, of The Three Stooges
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