1950’s in Film

1950 Fims
Academy Awards:

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 Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull – Harvey

1951 Film’s
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: An American in Paris – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Director: George Stevens – A Place in the Sun

Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen

Best Actress: Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire

1952 Films
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth – DeMille, Paramount

Best Director: John Ford – The Quiet Man

Best Actor: Gary Cooper – High Noon

Best Actress: Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba

Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata!

1953 films
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity – Columbia Pictures

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity

Best Actor: William Holden – Stalag 17

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday

Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra – From Here to Eternity

Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity.

1954 Films
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: On the Waterfront – Horizon-American, Columbia

Best Director: Elia Kazan – On The Waterfront

Best Actor: Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront

Best Actress: Grace Kelly – The Country Girl

Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O’Brien – The Barefoot Contessa

Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint – On The Waterfront

1955 Films
Academy 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

1956 Films
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days – Todd, United Artists

Best Director: George Stevens – Giant

Best Actor: Yul Brynner – The King and I

Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia

Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life

Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind

1957 Films
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 Actress: Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve

Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons – Sayonara

Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki – Sayonara

1958 Films Academy Awards:
Best Picture: Gigi – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director: Vincente Minnelli – Gigi
Best Actor: David Niven – Separate Tables
Best Actress: Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives – The Big Country
Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables