1957 in film - 1 reference result
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bridge on the River Kwai | Columbia | $17,195,000 |
| 2. | Peyton Place | 20th Century Fox | $11,500,000 |
| 3. | Sayonara | Warner Brothers | $10,500,000 |
| 4. | Old Yeller* | Disney | $10,050,000 |
| 5. | Raintree County | MGM | $5,963,000 |
| 6. | A Farewell to Arms | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 6. | Island in the Sun | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 8. | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Paramount | $4,700,000 |
| 8. | Pal Joey | Columbia | $4,700,000 |
| 10. | Don't Go Near the Water | MGM | $4,474,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1957.shtml
Awards
Academy 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 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 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
Films released in 1957
- The Abominable Snowman, starring Peter Cushing
- 12 Angry Men
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
- A King in New York
- The Abominable Snowman
- An Affair to Remember
- Amazing Colossal Man, The
- Aparajito
- April Love, a romance musical starring Shirley Jones
- The Astounding She-Monster
- Attack of the Crab Monsters
- The Bachelor Party
- Barnacle Bill
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street
- The Blood of Dracula
- Boy on a Dolphin
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Blue Murder at St Trinian's
- Brothers in Law
- Carib Gold
- The Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull)
- The Cranes are Flying
- Crime of Passion
- The Curse of Frankenstein
- ''The Delicate Delinquent, Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin
- The Delinquents
- Designing Woman
- Desk Set, starring Joan Blondell
- The Enemy Below, produced and directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchum
- A Face in the Crowd
- A Farewell to Arms
- The Enemy Below
- Fear Strikes Out
- Flesh and the Spur
- Funny Face
- Les Girls
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- A Hatful of Rain
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- Island in the Sun
- Jailhouse Rock
- Jamboree
- Jeanne Eagels
- Jet Pilot
- Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty, a Walt Disney production
- The Joker Is Wild
- A King in New York
- La Grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road)
- Man of a Thousand Faces
- Mayabazar
- The Land Unknown
- The Little Hut
- Love in the Afternoon
- Loving You, Elvis Presley's second feature
- The Monolith Monsters
- The Monster That Challenged the World
- Night of the Demon, (Curse of the Demon)
- Night Passage, starring Jimmy Stewart
- Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)
- Old Yeller
- Pal Joey (film mentioned in article)
- Perri
- Peyton Place
- The Pride and the Passion
- Raintree County, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lee Marvin
- Quatermass 2
- The Sad Sack, starring Jerry Lewis
- Sayonara
- The Search for Paradise
- The Seventh Seal
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
- The Smallest Show on Earth
- The Snow Queen
- Something Of Value
- The Spanish Gardener
- The Spirit of St. Louis
- The Strange World of Planet X
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Tammy and the Bachelor
- The Three Faces of Eve
- The Tin Star
- Tizoc
- What's Opera, Doc?
- Wild Is the Wind
- Wild Strawberries
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Woman In a Dressing Gown
- Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu)
- Young and Dangerous
- Zero Hour!, starring Dana Andrews
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
Births
- January 4 - Julian Sands, actor
- January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
- March 20 - Spike Lee, director, writer, actor, producer
- March 20 - Theresa Russell, actress
- April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
- August 24 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
- September 12 - Rachel Ward, actress
- September 10 - Rick Rosengrant, character
Deaths
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor
- 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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