The year 1950 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* January 13 – Three weeks after its world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City,

Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...

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'' opens in Los Angeles. The film is a massive commercial success and wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards. * February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film ''

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'' debuts. The film is the most successful the studio has made since ''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, ...

'', and saves the studio from four million dollars in debt. * July 19 – Walt Disney Studios' first completely

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Awards

Top ten money making stars

Notable films released in 1950

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*'' 47 morto che parla'', starring

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

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711 Ocean Drive ''711 Ocean Drive'' is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru and Otto Kruger. Plot Telephone technician Mal Granger, with knowledge of telephones and electronics, is hired by gangster ...

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Edmond O'Brien Eamon Joseph O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. O'Brien w ...

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Joanne Dru Joanne Dru (born Joan Letitia LaCock;Known as Joan Lacock in th1930 United States census/ref> January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American film and television actress, known for such films as '' Red River'', ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbo ...

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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' is a black and white 1950 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is set in the French Sahara with the heroes having joined the Frenc ...

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Bud Abbott William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man half of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. Early life Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New J ...

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Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), professionally known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with straight man Bud Abbott and their routine " Who's on First? ...

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The Admiral Was a Lady ''The Admiral Was a Lady'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Edmond O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix. The working title of the film was ''Once Over Lightly'', taken from one of the film's songs. Plot After the ...

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Wanda Hendrix Dixie Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress. Early life Hendrix's father was a logging foreman, and she was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She was performing in a school play in Ja ...

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All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit ...

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best A ...

, starring

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...

, Anne Baxter,

George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous chara ...

Celeste Holm Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's '' Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ''Come to ...

Hugh Marlowe Hugh Marlowe (born Hugh Herbert Hipple; January 30, 1911May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor. Early life Marlowe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born Hugh Herbert Hipple. He was of primarily Engli ...

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

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Arlene Dahl Arlene Carol Dahl (August 11, 1925 – November 29, 2021) was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. She was one of the last surviving stars from the Classical Hollywood cinema era. She was also an author and entrepreneur. Sh ...

*'' Annie Get Your Gun'', starring

Betty Hutton Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. Early life and education Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 2 ...

Howard Keel Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS te ...

Louis Calhern Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. Well known to film noir fans for his role as the pivotal villain in 1950's '' The Asphalt Jungle'', he was ...

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Armored Car Robbery ''Armored Car Robbery'' is a 1950 American film noir starring Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, and William Talman. Directed by Richard Fleischer, ''Armored Car Robbery'' is a heist movie, a subgenre of crime-based films. It tells the story of a ...

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Charles McGraw Charles McGraw (born Charles Crisp Butters; May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980) was an American stage, film and television actor whose career spanned more than three decades. Early life McGraw was born to Beatrice (née Crisp) and Francis P. B ...

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The Asphalt Jungle ''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden and L ...

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John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...

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Sterling Hayden Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor and decorated Marine Corps officer and an Office of Strategic Services' agent during World War II. A leading man for mos ...

Sam Jaffe Shalom "Sam" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950) and ap ...

James Whitmore James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor. He received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award, plus two Ac ...

Jean Hagen Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen; August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Lina Lamont in ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting ...

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*'' The Astonished Heart'', starring Celia Johnson and

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...

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At War with the Army ''At War with the Army'' is a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker, released by Paramount, starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen. Filmed from July through August 1949, the film premiered i ...

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Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...

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Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...

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Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from ...

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Nargis Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she made her screen debut in a minor role ...

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Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. ...

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Gordon MacRae Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer and radio/television host who appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ''Oklahoma!'' (1955) and '' Carousel'' (1956) and who p ...

*'' The Bandit Queen'', starring Barbara Britton and

Phillip Reed Phillip Reed (born Milton LeRoy; March 25, 1908 – December 7, 1996) was an American actor. He played Steve Wilson in a series of four films (1947–1948) based on the '' Big Town'' radio series. Early years Reed was a star athlete at Er ...

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The Baron of Arizona ''The Baron of Arizona'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Vincent Price and Ellen Drew. The film concerns a master forger's attempted use of false documents to lay claim to the territory of Arizona late in ...

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Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...

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Beauty and the Devil ''La Beauté du diable'' (literally "the beauty of the devil"; originally released in the UK and USA as ''Beauty and the Devil'') is a 1950 Franco-Italian fantasy film drama directed by René Clair. A tragicomedy set in the early 19th century, it ...

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René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

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Michel Simon Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The He ...

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Beqasoor ''Beqasoor'' () is a 1950 social drama film, directed by K. Amarnath, produced by M. R. Navalkar and starring Madhubala, Ajit and Durga Khote in lead roles. The film is a family drama and revolves around an inspector who is framed for doing b ...

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Madhubala Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress and producer who worked in Hindi-language films. She ranked as one of the highest-paid entertainers in India in the post-independence era, ...

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The Big Lift ''The Big Lift'' is a 1950 American drama war film on location in the city of Berlin, Germany, that tells the story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants (played by Montgome ...

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Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (; October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''The New York Times''. He is best remembered ...

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Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senat ...

*'' Bitter Springs'', starring Tommy Trinder and

Chips Rafferty John William Pilbean Goffage MBE (26 March 190927 May 1971), known professionally as Chips Rafferty, was an Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the late 1930s until his death ...

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Sonja Ziemann Sonja Alice Selma Toni Ziemann (; 8 February 1926 – 17 February 2020) was a German film and television actress. In the 1950s, she was among Germany's most prominent actresses, awarded the 1950 Bambi for appearing, together with Rudolf Prack, ...

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Rudolf Prack Rudolf Prack (2 August 1905 – 2 December 1981) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Florentine'' (1937) * ''Prinzessin Sissy'' (1939) - Prince Luitpold * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Felix Pirlinger - 1922 * ''Krambambuli'' ( ...

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The Black Rose ''The Black Rose'' is a 1950 American-British adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. Talbot Jennings' screenplay was loosely based on a 1945 novel of the same name by Canadian author Thomas B. Co ...

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Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James'', ' ...

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Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...

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The Blue Lamp ''The Blue Lamp'' is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that t ...

'', starring Jack Warner and Dirk Bogarde – ( GB) *'' Born to Be Bad'', starring

Joan Fontaine Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared ...

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Robert Ryan Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor and activist. Known for his portrayals of hardened cops and ruthless villains, Ryan performed for over three decades. He was nominated for the Academy Award for ...

*'' Born Yesterday'', directed by

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head ...

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Judy Holliday Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer.Obituary '' Variety'', June 9, 1965, p. 71. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and mus ...

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William Holden William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Stalag 17'' (1953) ...

*'' The Breaking Point'', directed by

Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz ( ; born Manó Kaminer; since 1905 Mihály Kertész; hu, Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed cla ...

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John Garfield John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of ...

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Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal, January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. A major star of the 1950s and 1960s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two ...

*'' Bright Leaf'', starring

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...

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*'' Broken Arrow'', starring James Stewart and

Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; yi, יראַ גראָססעל; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor, film producer, and singer, best remembered for playing Cochise in '' Broken Arrow'' (1950), for which he was no ...

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Café Paradis ''Café Paradis'' (English Title: ''Paradise Cafe'') is a 1950 Danish film, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by . The film received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his fines ...

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Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films ''Caged'' (1950), ''Detective Story'' (1951), and ''Interrupted Melody'' (1955), the first ...

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Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian ...

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Captain China ''Captain China'' is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Lewis R. Foster and Gwen Bagni. The film stars John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Bergen, Michael O'Shea and Ellen Corb ...

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Gail Russell Gail Russell (born Betty Gale Russell; September 21, 1924 – August 26, 1961) was an American film and television actress. Early years Gail Russell was born to George and Gladys (Barnet) Russell in Chicago and then moved to the Los Angeles ...

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Champagne for Caesar ''Champagne for Caesar'' is a 1950 American comedy film about a quiz show contestant. It was directed by Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and ...

'', starring Ronald Colman,

Art Linkletter Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly; sources differ; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of ''House Party'', which ran on CBS radio a ...

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Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestsel ...

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Clifton Webb Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He worked extensively and was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, i ...

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Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. ...

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Clyde Geronimi Clito "Clyde" Geronimi (June 12, 1901 – April 24, 1989), known as Gerry, was an American animation director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions. Biography Geronimi was born in Chiavenna, Italy, immigrating to the United S ...

Hamilton Luske Hamilton Somers Luske (October 16, 1903 – February 19, 1968) was an American animator and film director. Career He joined the Walt Disney Productions animation studio in 1931 and he was soon trusted enough by Walt Disney to be made supervising ...

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Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the ''Mickey Mouse'' and '' Silly Symphonies'' series of cartoons and the ''Night on Bald Mountain''/''Ave ...

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Ilene Woods Jacqueline Ruth Woods (May 5, 1929 – July 1, 2010) better known as Ilene Woods, was an American actress and singer. Woods was the original voice of the title character of the Walt Disney animated feature ''Cinderella'', for which she was nam ...

Eleanor Audley Eleanor Audley ( Zellman; November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991) was an American actress with a distinctive voice and a diverse body of work. She played Oliver Douglas's mother, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom ''Green Acres'' (1965–1969) ...

Verna Felton Verna Arline Felton (July 20, 1890December 14, 1966) was an American actress, best known for providing many voices in numerous Disney animated films. She also provided the voice for Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law, Pearl Slaghoople in Hanna-Bar ...

Rhoda Williams Rhoda Elaine Williams (July 19, 1930 – March 8, 2006) was an American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's ''Cinderella''. Early life Williams learned to read at age three, and performing on radio came naturally to her. She ...

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Luis van Rooten Luis d'Antin van Rooten (November 29, 1906 – June 17, 1973) was a Mexican-born American actor. He was sometimes credited as Louis Van Rooten. Van Rooten was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and emigrated to the United States with his parents when ...

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Lucille Bliss Lucille Theresa Bliss (March 31, 1916 – November 8, 2012) was an American actress, known in the Bay Area and in Hollywood as the "Girl With a Thousand Voices". A New York City native, Bliss lent her voice to numerous television characters, in ...

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The Damned Don't Cry ''The Damned Don't Cry'' is a 1950 American film noir crime-drama directed by Vincent Sherman and featuring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Steve Cochran. It tells of a woman's involvement with an organized crime boss and his subordinates. The s ...

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Diana Dors Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 19314 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was p ...

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Petula Clark Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer. She has one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. Clark's professional career began during the ...

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Darah dan Doa ''Darah dan Doa'' (; Indonesian for ''Blood and Prayer'', released internationally as ''The Long March'') is a 1950 Indonesian war film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail, telling the story of the Siliwangi Division and its leader Captain Sud ...

'', directed and produced by

Usmar Ismail Usmar Ismail (20 March 1921 – 2 January 1971) was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He was widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia. Biography ...

– (

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

), first native-produced Indonesian film *'' Dark City'', directed by

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

, starring Charlton Heston (in his first studio film),

Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1921 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, known for her "smoky voice" and being "the most beautiful face of film noir durin ...

Viveca Lindfors Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress. Biography Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the d ...

Dean Jagger Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's ''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949). Early life Dean Jeffrie ...

Mike Mazurki Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990) was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. His 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence and face had him typecast as often brainless athletes ...

Ed Begley Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1962) and ...

*'' The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady'', starring

June Haver June Haver (born Beverly June Stovenour, June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005) was an American film actress, singer, and dancer. Once groomed by 20th Century Fox to be "the next Betty Grable", Haver appeared in a string of musicals, but she never achie ...

and

*''

Death is a Caress ''Death is a Caress'' ( no, Døden er et kjærtegn) is a 1949 Norwegian film noir starring Claus Wiese, Bjørg Riiser-Larsen and Ingolf Rogde. Based on a 1948 novel by Arve Moen, it was Edith Carlmar Edith Carlmar (born Edith Mary Johanne Mat ...

'' (Døden er et kjærtegn) – (

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) *''

Deported Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term ''expulsion'' is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportation ...

'', starring

*'' Destination Moon'', starring John Archer *'' The Devil Is a Woman'' (Doña Diabla) – (

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

) *''

Devil's Doorway ''Devil's Doorway'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Taylor as an Indian who returns home from the American Civil War a hero awarded the Medal of Honor. However, his hopes for a peaceful life are sha ...

'', starring Robert Taylor,

Paula Raymond Paula Raymond (born Paula Ramona Wright; November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003) was an American model and actress who played the leading lady in numerous movies and television series including ''Crisis'' (1950) with Cary Grant. She was th ...

*''

Dial 1119 ''Dial 1119'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, nephew of Louis B. Mayer. The film stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding the customers of a bar hostage. The telephone number "1119" is the police emergency number ...

'', starring

Marshall Thompson James Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. Early years Thompson was born in Peoria, Illinois. He and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Laurence B. Thompson, moved to California when he was a ...

Virginia Field Virginia Field (born Margaret Cynthia Field; 4 November 1917 – 2 January 1992) was a British-born film actress. Early years An only child, born in London, her father was Sir John Field. He was the judge of Leicester County Court Circuit. H ...

, William Conrad *'' Dieu a besoin des hommes'' (God Needs Man), directed by

Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a P ...

– (

)

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*'' The Eagle and the Hawk'', starring

Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro ...

and John Payne *''

Edge of Doom ''Edge of Doom'' is a 1950 black-and-white film noir directed by Mark Robson and starring Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, and Joan Evans. Plot The story concerns a young mentally disturbed man, Martin Lynn (Farley Granger), who goes on a rampage ...

'', starring

Farley Granger Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his two collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock: ''Rope'' in 1948 and '' Strangers on a Train'' in 1951. Granger was first noticed in a small ...

and

Mala Powers Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American actress. Early life Powers was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Los Angeles. Her father was a United Press International, United Press executive, whil ...

*'' Les Enfants Terribles'', directed by

Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), '' Le Samouraï'' (19 ...

– (

) *''

Escape at Dawn Escape or Escaping may refer to: Computing * Escape character, in computing and telecommunication, a character which signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation ** Escape sequence, a series of characters used to trigger some s ...

'' (Akatsuki no dasso) – (

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

)

F

*'' The Fall of Berlin'' (Padeniye Berlina) – (

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

) *'' Fancy Pants'', starring

Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in Bob Hope filmography, more than 70 short and ...

and

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golde ...

*''

Father Is a Bachelor ''Father Is a Bachelor'' is a 1950 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Abby Berlin and Norman Foster. It stars William Holden and Coleen Gray. Plot Carefree vagabond Johnny Rutledge is stuck in a small town when his medicine show ...

'', starring

and

Colleen Gray Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ...

*''

Father of the Bride The Father of the Bride is commonly one of the wedding ceremony participants. Father of the Bride may also refer to: * ''Father of the Bride'' (novel), 1949, by Edward Streeter ** ''Father of the Bride'' (franchise), media franchise based on the 1 ...

'', directed by

Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (1944), ''An American in Paris'' (1951), ''Th ...

, starring

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two cons ...

Joan Bennett Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a show-business family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more t ...

and

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

*''

The File on Thelma Jordon ''The File on Thelma Jordon'' is a 1950 American film noir drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. The screenplay by Ketti Frings, based on an unpublished short story by Marty Holland, concerns a wo ...

'', starring Barbara Stanwyck *''

The Fireball ''The Fireball'' is a 1950 American drama film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien, and directed by Tay Garnett. The cast also includes Beverly Tyler and the eighth screen appearance of Marilyn Monroe. The film, released by 20th Century Fox ...

'', starring Mickey Rooney and

Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien may refer to: Politicians * Pat O'Brien (Canadian politician) (born 1948), member of the Canadian House of Commons *Pat O'Brien (Irish politician) (c. 1847–1917), Irish Nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament Others *Pat O'Br ...

*''

The Flame and the Arrow ''The Flame and the Arrow'' is a 1950 American Technicolor swashbuckler film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from ...

'', starring

Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-yea ...

and

*''

The Flowers of St. Francis ''The Flowers of St. Francis'' (in Italian, ''Francesco, giullare di Dio'', or "Francis, God's Jester") is a 1950 film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film is based on two books, the 14th-century novel ''Fi ...

'' (Francesco, giullare di Dio), directed by

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...

– (

) *'' For Heaven's Sake'', starring

and

*'' Frenchie'', starring

Joel McCrea Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...

and

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ''A Patch o ...

*''

The Fuller Brush Girl ''The Fuller Brush Girl'' is a 1950 slapstick comedy starring Lucille Ball and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Animator Frank Tashlin wrote the script. Ball plays a quirky door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman for the Fuller Brush Company. The film also sta ...

'', starring

and

Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in ''Roman Holiday'', ...

*''

The Furies The Erinyes ( ; sing. Erinys ; grc, Ἐρινύες, pl. of ), also known as the Furies, and the Eumenides, were female chthonic deities of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology. A formulaic oath in the ''Iliad'' invokes ...

'', directed by Anthony Mann, starring Barbara Stanwyck and

Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, C ...

G

*''

Gabriela Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

'', directed by

Géza von Cziffra Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungar ...

, starring

Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record ...

– (

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

) *''

Gerald McBoing-Boing ''Gerald McBoing-Boing'' is an animated short film about a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. It was produced by United Productions of America (UPA) and given wide release by Columbia Pictures on November 2, 1950. ...

'' *''

The Glass Menagerie ''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic persona ...

'', based on the play by

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thr ...

, starring

Jane Wyman Jane Wyman ( ; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)"Actress, P ...

, Kirk Douglas,

Gertrude Lawrence Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York. Early life Lawrence was born Gertr ...

and Arthur Kennedy *'' Gone to Earth'', starring

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

– ( GB) * ''

Guilty of Treason ''Guilty of Treason'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and starring Charles Bickford, Bonita Granville and Paul Kelly. Also known by the alternative title ''Treason'', it is an anti-communist and anti-Soviet film about th ...

'', starring

Charles Bickford Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), '' The F ...

and Bonita Granville *''

Gun Crazy ''Gun Crazy'' (also known as ''Deadly Is the Female'') is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced ...

'' (aka ''Deadly is the Female''), starring

John Dall John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles: the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rope'' (1948), an ...

and Peggy Cummins *''

The Gunfighter ''The Gunfighter'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewr ...

'', starring Gregory Peck *''Gunman in the Streets'', starring Simone Signoret – (

)

H

*''The Happiest Days of Your Life (film), The Happiest Days of Your Life'', starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford – ( GB) *''Harriet Craig'', starring

and Wendell Corey *''Harvey (1950 film), Harvey'', starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull *'' The High and the Mighty (film), The High and the Mighty'', starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor *''Highly Dangerous'', starring Margaret Lockwood and Dane Clark – ( GB) *''Highway 301 (film), Highway 301'', starring Steve Cochran and Virginia Grey *''The Hollywood Ten'', documentary by John Berry (film director), John Berry *''House by the River'', starring Louis Hayward and Jane Wyatt *''Hunt the Man Down'', starring Gig Young and Carla Balenda

I

*''The Iroquois Trail'', starring George Montgomery (actor), George Montgomery *''I Was a Shoplifter'', starring Scott Brady and Mona Freeman *''I'll Get By (film), I'll Get By'', starring

, Gloria DeHaven, Steve Allen, Dennis Day *''In a Lonely Place'', directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame

J

*''The Jackie Robinson Story'', starring Robinson as himself, with Ruby Dee *''Jogan (1950 film), Jogan'', starring

and

– (

) *''Johnny One-Eye'', starring

*''Julius Caesar (1950 film), Julius Caesar'', starring Charlton Heston *''Justice is Done'' (Justice est faite) – (

)

K

*''Key to the City (film), Key to the City'', starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young *''The Kid (1950 film), The Kid'' (Xi lu xiang), starring 10-year-old Bruce Lee – (Hong Kong films of 1950, Hong Kong) *''Kill the Umpire'', starring William Bendix, William Frawley, Una Merkel *''The Killer That Stalked New York'', starring Evelyn Keyes *''Kim (1950 film), Kim'', starring Errol Flynn *''King Solomon's Mines (1950 film), King Solomon's Mines'', starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger *''Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (film), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'', starring James Cagney

L

*''A Lady Without Passport'', starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak *''Last Holiday (1950 film), Last Holiday'', starring Alec Guinness – ( GB) *''The Lawless'', directed by Joseph Losey, starring Macdonald Carey *''Let's Dance (1950 film), Let's Dance'', starring Fred Astaire and

*''Jeevitham (1950 film), Life'' (Jeevitham), directed by A. V. Meiyappan, starring Vyjayanthimala in her Telugu film debut – (Telugu films of 1950, India) *''A Life of Her Own'', starring Lana Turner and Ray Milland *''The Life of Wu Xun'' (Wu Xun zhuan) – (Chinese films of the 1950s, China) *''Louisa (film), Louisa'', starring Ronald Reagan *''Love Happy'', starring the Marx Brothers and, in a non-speaking role,

M

*''The Magnificent Yankee (1950 film), The Magnificent Yankee'', starring

*''The Man Who Cheated Himself'', starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt *''The Men (1950 film), The Men'', starring Marlon Brando in his film debut, with Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb and, in a bit part, DeForest Kelley *''The Miniver Story'', starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon and John Hodiak *''Mirror of Holland'' (Spiegel van Holland) – (Dutch films of the 1950s, Netherlands) winner of Short Film Palme d'Or *''Mister 880'', starring

and Edmund Gwenn *''Montana (1950 film), Montana'', starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith *''Morning Departure'' (aka Operation Disaster), starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough – (GB) *''Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone'', starring Marjorie Main and

*''The Mudlark'', starring Irene Dunne and Alec Guinness – ( GB/ US) *''Mussorgsky (film), Mussorgsky'' – (Soviet films of 1950, USSR) *''My Blue Heaven (1950 film), My Blue Heaven'', starring Betty Grable *''My Friend Irma Goes West'', starring

and

*''Mystery Street'', starring Ricardo Montalbán

N

*''Nancy Goes to Rio'', starring Ann Sothern, Jane Powell, Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda,

, and Scotty Beckett *''The Nevadan'', starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone *''Night and the City'', directed by Jules Dassin, starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney – ( GB) *''No Man of Her Own (1950 film), No Man of Her Own'', starring Barbara Stanwyck *''No Peace Under the Olive Tree'' (Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi), starring Raf Vallone – (

) *''No Way Out (1950 film), No Way Out'', starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally and Sidney Poitier

O

*''Odette (1950 film), Odette'', starring Anna Neagle and Trevor Howard – ( GB) *''The Young and the Damned, Los Olvidados'', directed by Luis Buñuel – photograph of Gabriel Figueroa – (

) *''Once a Thief (1950 film), Once a Thief'', starring Cesar Romero and Lon Chaney, Jr. *''One Way Street'', starring James Mason *''Orpheus (film), Orphée'', directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais – (

) *''Outrage (1950 film), Outrage'', directed by Ida Lupino, starring

*''Outside the Wall (film), Outside the Wall'', starring Richard Basehart and Marilyn Maxwell

P

*''Panic in the Streets (film), Panic in the Streets'', directed by Elia Kazan, starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel and Barbara Bel Geddes *''Path of Hope'' (Il Cammino della speranza), directed by Pietro Germi, starring Raf Vallone – (

) *''Perfect Strangers (1950 film), Perfect Strangers'', starring Ginger Rogers *''Please Believe Me'', starring Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford and Robert Walker (actor, born 1918), Robert Walker *''Apartado de correos 1001, Post Office Box 1001'' (Apartado de correos 1001) – (Spanish films of 1950, Spain) *''Prehistoric Women (1950 film), Prehistoric Women'', directed by Gregg C. Tallas *''Prima comunione'' (aka Father's Dilemma), starring Aldo Fabrizi – (

)

Q

*''Quicksand (1950 film), Quicksand'', starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre

R

*''Rashomon (film), Rashomon'', directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Masayuki Mori (actor), Masayuki Mori – (

) *''Riding High (1950 film), Riding High'', directed by Frank Capra, starring Bing Crosby *''Right Cross'', starring June Allyson and Dick Powell *''Rio Grande (1950 film), Rio Grande'', directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara *''Rocketship X-M'', starring Lloyd Bridges, Hugh O'Brian and Noah Beery, Jr. *''Rocky Mountain (film), Rocky Mountain'', starring Errol Flynn and Patrice Wymore *''Rogues of Sherwood Forest'', starring John Derek *''La Ronde (1950 film), La Ronde'' (The Merry-Go-Round), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Simone Signoret and Anton Walbrook – (

) *''Room to Let (1950 film), Room to Let'', directed by Godfrey Grayson

S

*''Scandal (1950 film), Scandal'' (Sukyandaru), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (

) *''The Second Face'', starring Ella Raines *''The Secret Fury'', starring Claudette Colbert and

*''September Affair'', starring

and Joseph Cotten *''Seven Days to Noon'', directed by the Boulting Brothers, starring Barry Jones (actor), Barry Jones – ( GB) *''Shadow on the Wall (1950 film), Shadow on the Wall'', starring Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Nancy Reagan, Nancy Davis *''Side Street (1950 film), Side Street'', starring

and Cathy O'Donnell *''Sierra (film), Sierra'', starring

and Audie Murphy *''The Sleeping City'', starring Richard Conte *''So Long at the Fair'', starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde – ( GB) *''The Sound of Fury (film), The Sound of Fury'', starring Frank Lovejoy and Lloyd Bridges *''Stage Fright (1950 film), Stage Fright'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring

Jane Wyman Jane Wyman ( ; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)"Actress, P ...

, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding (actor), Michael Wilding and Richard Todd – ( GB) *''Stars in My Crown (film), Stars in My Crown'', starring

*''State Secret (1950 film), State Secret'', starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Jack Hawkins – ( GB) *''Story of a Love Affair'' (Cronaca di un amore), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy) *''Stromboli (film), Stromboli'', directed by

, starring Ingrid Bergman – (

/ US) *''Summer Stock'', starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, with Phil Silvers *''Sunday in August'' (Domenica d'agosto) – (

) *''Sunset Boulevard (1950 film), Sunset Boulevard'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring

, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson *

T

*''También de Dolor se Canta'' (They Also Sing from Sadness), starring Pedro Infante – (

) *''Tea for Two (film), Tea for Two'', starring Doris Day and

*''Tension (film), Tension'', starring Richard Basehart and Audrey Totter *''This Life of Mine'' (Wo zhe yi bei zi) – (Chinese films of the 1950s, China) *''Three Came Home'', starring Claudette Colbert *''Three Little Words (film), Three Little Words'', starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton *''Three Secrets'', starring

, Ruth Roman *''A Ticket to Tomahawk'', starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey *''The Titan: Story of Michelangelo'', award-winning documentary by Robert J. Flaherty *''To Joy (film), To Joy'' (Till glädje), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Swedish films of the 1950s, Sweden) *''To Please a Lady'', starring Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck *''The Toast of New Orleans'', starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza *''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (Domani è troppo tardi), starring Pier Angeli and Vittorio De Sica – (

) *''The Trap (1950 film), The Trap'' (Past), directed by Martin Frič – (Czech films of the 1950s, Czechoslovakia) *''

'', starring Robert Newton – (GB/US) *''Trio (1950 film), Trio'', starring Nigel Patrick, Wilfred Hyde-White, Jean Simmons – ( GB) *''Tripoli (film), Tripoli'', starring Maureen O'Hara and John Payne *''Two Flags West'', starring Joseph Cotten and Linda Darnell *''Two Weeks with Love'', starring Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban

U

*''El último caballo'' (The Last Horse) – (Spanish films of 1950, Spain) *''The Underworld Story'', starring Dan Duryea *''Union Station (film), Union Station'', starring

*''Until We Meet Again (1950 film), Until We Meet Again'' (Mata au hi made) – (

)

V

*''Variety Lights'' (Luci del varietà), directed by Federico Fellini – (

) *''Vendetta (1950 film), Vendetta'', starring Faith Domergue (filmed in 1946 but not released until 1950 due to delays from Howard Hughes)

W

*''Wabash Avenue (film), Wabash Avenue'', starring Betty Grable (a remake of Grable's 1943 film ''Coney Island (1943 film), Coney Island'') *''Wagon Master'', directed by John Ford, starring Ben Johnson (actor), Ben Johnson,

and Ward Bond *''Watch the Birdie (1950 film), Watch the Birdie'', starring Red Skelton,

and Ann Miller *''The West Point Story (film), The West Point Story'', starring James Cagney and Doris Day *''When Willie Comes Marching Home'', starring Dan Dailey *''Where Danger Lives'', starring Robert Mitchum and Faith Domergue in her film debut *''Where the Sidewalk Ends (film), Where the Sidewalk Ends'', directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney *''Winchester '73 (1950 film), Winchester '73'', starring James Stewart,

, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea, and with early appearances by Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis *''The Woman in Question'', directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Jean Kent and Dirk Bogarde – ( GB) *''Woman in Hiding'', starring Ida Lupino, Howard Duff and Stephen McNally *''Woman on the Run'', starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe *''The Wooden Horse'', starring Leo Genn and Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel – ( GB)

Y

*''The Yellow Cab Man'', starring Red Skelton and Gloria DeHaven *''The Young and the Damned'' (Los Olvidados), directed by Luis Buñuel – (

) *''Young Man with a Horn (film), Young Man with a Horn'', directed by

, starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day

Z

*''Zhukovsky (film), Zhukovsky'' – (Soviet films of 1950, USSR)

Serials

*''Atom Man vs. Superman'', starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Lyle Talbot *''Cody of the Pony Express'' *''Desperadoes of the West'', starring Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene *''Flying Disc Man from Mars'', starring Walter Reed (actor), Walter Reed and Lois Collier *''The Invisible Monster'', starring Richard Webb (actor), Richard Webb and Aline Towne * *''Pirates of the High Seas'', starring Buster Crabbe

Short film series

*''Mickey Mouse'' (1928 in film, 1928–1952 in film, 1952) *''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) *''Popeye'' (1933 in film, 1933–1957 in film, 1957) *''The Three Stooges'' (1934 in film, 1934–1959 in film, 1959) *''Donald Duck'' (1936 in film, 1936–1956 in film, 1956) *''Pluto (Disney), Pluto'' (1937 in film, 1937–1951 in film, 1951) *''Goofy'' (1939 in film, 1939–1953 in film, 1953) *''Tom and Jerry'' (1940 in film, 1940–1958 in film, 1958) *''Bugs Bunny'' (1940 in film, 1940–1962 in film, 1962) *''The Fox and the Crow (animated characters), The Fox and the Crow'' (1941 in film, 1941–1950) *''Mighty Mouse'' (1942 in film, 1942–1955 in film, 1955) *''Chip and Dale'' (1943 in film, 1943–1956 in film, 1956) *''Yosemite Sam'' (1945 in film, 1945–1963 in film, 1963) *''Noveltoons'' (1943 in film, 1943–1967 in film, 1967)

Births

*January 1 – Gerard McSorley, Irish actor *January 7 – Erin Gray, American model and actress *January 22 – Pamela Salem, British actress *January 24 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor *January 30 – Trinidad Silva, American comedian and character actor (d. 1988) *February 5 – Jonathan Freeman (actor), Jonathan Freeman, American actor, voice actor, singer and puppeteer *February 12 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor *February 17 – Prunella Gee, English actress *February 18 **John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2009) **Cybill Shepherd, American actress *February 21 – Larry Drake, American actor and comedian (d. 2016) *February 22 – Julie Walters, English actress *February 23 – Mary Pat Gleason, American actress (d. 2020) *February 25 – Neil Jordan, Irish director *March 2 – Matthew Laurance, American actor and comedian *March 3 – Laura Ziskin, American producer (d. 2011) *March 11 – Jerry Zucker, American director and producer *March 13 – William H. Macy, American actor *March 18 – Brad Dourif, American actor *March 20 **William Hurt, American actor (d. 2022) **Tom Towles, American character actor (d. 2015) *March 23 – Corinne Cléry, French actress *March 26 **Martin Short, Canadian comedian and actor **Alan Silvestri, American film composer and conductor *March 29 – Barry Pearl, American actor *March 30 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor (d. 2022) *April 4 – Christine Lahti, American actress *April 12 – David Cassidy, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2017) *April 13 **Ron Perlman, American actor **William Sadler (actor), William Sadler, American actor *April 15 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, writer and director *April 16 – David Graf, American actor *April 22 – Thierry Zéno, Belgian director (d. 2017) *April 20 – Jay Leno, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and late-night television host *April 23 - Henry Goodman, British actor *April 29 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director *May 1 – John Diehl, American character actor *May 8 – Robert Mugge, American director and producer *May 9 – Marcheline Bertrand, American actress (d. 2007) *May 12 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor *May 13 – Joe Johnston, American director, writer and visual effects artist *May 15 – Nicholas Hammond, American-born Australian actor and writer *May 18 **Gerry Mendicino, Canadian actor **Nick Wyman, American actor *May 22 – Peter Wildman, Canadian actor *June 1 – John M. Jackson, American film and television actor *June 5 – Daniel von Bargen, American character actor (d. 2015) *June 6 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian director (d. 2015) *June 8 – Kathy Baker, American actress *June 13 – Belinda Bauer (actress), Belinda Bauer, Australian actress *June 14 - Jeremy Sinden, English actor (d. 1996) *June 17 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand filmmaker *June 19 – Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and screenwriter (d. 2020) *June 24 – Nancy Allen (actress), Nancy Allen, American actress *June 25 – Thomas Jefferson Byrd, American actor (d. 2020) *June 26 – Michael Paul Chan, American actor *July 17 – Barbara Rosenblat, British actress *July 20 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress *July 28 - Lani Minella, American voice actress, voice director and producer *July 29 – Mike Starr (actor), Mike Starr, American character actor *August 5 – Holly Palance, American actress *August 6 – Dorian Harewood, American actor *August 11 – Adam LeFevre, American character actor *August 12 – Jim Beaver, American actor *August 13 – Jane Carr, English actress *August 14 – Peter Guinness (actor), English actor *August 20 – Skip O'Brien, American actor (d. 2011) *August 27 – Charles Fleischer, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician *September 7 – Julie Kavner, American film and television actress, voice actress and comedian *September 11 – Amy Madigan, American actress *September 12 – Bruce Mahler, American actor, producer and writer *September 14 – Howard Deutch, American director *September 21 – Bill Murray, American actor and comedian *September 24 **Harriet Walter, British actress **Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress *September 28 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter *September 30 – Vondie Curtis-Hall, American actor, screenwriter and director *October 1 – Randy Quaid, American actor *October 2 – Ian McNeice, English actor *October 4 – Alan Rosenberg, American actor *October 5 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011) *October 17 – Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996) *October 18 – Om Puri, Indian actor (d. 2017) *October 31 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994) *November 13 – Jules Sylvester, British wild animal trainer, actor and television presenter *November 16 – David Leisure, American actor *November 18 – Eric Pierpoint, American actor *November 28 – Ed Harris, American actor *December 10 – Gregg Berger, American voice actor *December 12 – Duane Chase, American actor *December 13 – Wendie Malick, American-Canadian actress, previously fashion model *December 21 – Jane How, English actress *December 22 – Jeris Lee Poindexter, American actor, comedian and musician

Deaths

*January 2 – Emil Jannings, 65, Swiss-born German actor, ''The Blue Angel'', ''The Last Laugh (1924 film), The Last Laugh'' *January 12 – John M. Stahl, 63, American film director and producer, ''Leave Her to Heaven'', ''Imitation of Life (1934 film), Imitation of Life'' *January 22 **Alan Hale Sr., 57, American actor, director, ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Santa Fe Trail (film), Santa Fe Trail'' **Corinne Luchaire, 28, French actress, ''Prison Without Bars'', ''Conflict (1938 film), Conflict'' *March 10 – Marguerite De La Motte, 47, American actress, ''The Mark of Zorro (1920 film), The Mark of Zorro'', ''The Iron Mask'' *March 18 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, 74, American writer, creator of Tarzan *March 25 – Frank Buck (animal collector), Frank Buck, 66, American actor and animal expert, ''Bring 'Em Back Alive (film), Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Africa Screams'' *April 7 –

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, 67, American Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning actor, ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', ''Dodsworth (film), Dodsworth'' *April 26 – Hobart Cavanaugh, 63, American actor, ''I Cover the Waterfront'', ''A Letter to Three Wives'' *May 1 – Ernst Laemmle, 49, German director and screenwriter, ''The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), The Phantom of the Opera'', ''The Palm Beach Story'' *June 22 – Jane Cowl, 66, American actress, ''No Man of Her Own (1950 film), 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 (film), How Green Was My Valley'', ''The Lodger (1944 film), The Lodger'' *October 23 – Al Jolson, 64, Lithuanian-born American actor, singer, entertainer, ''The Jazz Singer'', ''Rhapsody in Blue (film), Rhapsody in Blue'', ''The Singing Fool'' *October 29 – Maurice Costello, 73, American actor, ''DuBarry Was a Lady (film), Du Barry Was a Lady'', ''Tin Pan Alley (film), Tin Pan Alley'' *December 4 – James Kevin McGuinness, 56, Irish-American producer and screenwriter, ''Madame X (1937 film), Madame X'', ''Rio Grande (1950 film), Rio Grande'' *December 28 – William Garwood, 66, American silent-film actor and director, ''The Cowboy Millionaire (1909 film), The Cowboy Millionaire'', ''Proxy Husband''

Film debuts

*Marlon Brando – ''The Men (1950 film), The Men'' *Carol Channing – ''Paid in Full (1950 film), Paid in Full'' *Richard Crenna – ''Let's Dance (1950 film), Let's Dance'' *Tippi Hedren – ''The Petty Girl'' *Piper Laurie – ''Louisa (film), Louisa'' *Sophia Loren – ''Totò Tarzan'' *Rita Moreno – ''So Young, So Bad'' *Jack Palance – ''Panic in the Streets (film), Panic in the Streets'' *Peter Sellers – ''

'' *Robert Wagner – ''The Happy Years''

References

{{1950 films 1950 in film, Film by year