1953 in film
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The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1953.shtml

Awards

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

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Robe

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - The Actress

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: No award

Best Actor: David Niven - The Moon Is Blue

Best Actress: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam

Other

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

Films released in 1953

• List of 1953 films

• The Actress
• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• All the Brothers Were Valiant
• Arrowhead, a western starring Charlton Heston and Jack Palance
• The Band Wagon
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
• The Beggar's Opera
• Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
• Bread, Love and Dreams
• The Caddy
• Calamity Jane
• Call Me Madam
• The Captain's Paradise
• The Clown
• Confidentially Connie
• The Conquest of Everest
• The Cruel Sea
• Dangerous Crossing, a film noir starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie
• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
• The Desert Rats
• Dream Wife
• The Earrings of Madame de...
• The Four Poster, a light comedy starring Rex Harrison
• From Here to Eternity
• Genevieve
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• The Glenn Miller Story
• The Golden Coach
• Hondo
• Houdini
• House of Wax
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• I Vitelloni
• Island in the Sky
• It Came from Outer Space
• Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)
• Julius Caesar
• Kiss Me, Kate, released in 2-D and 3-D
• Law and Order, a western starring Ronald Reagan
• Lili
• A Lion Is in the Streets
• Little Fugitive
• Malta Story, starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel and Muriel Pavlow
• Martin Luther
• Miss Sadie Thompson
• The Mississippi Gambler, a western starring Tyrone Power
• Mogambo
• Money from Home
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
• The Moon Is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and "virgin"
• The Naked Spur
• Niagara
• Peter Pan (Walt Disney animation)
• Pickup on South Street
• Plunder of the Sun
• The President's Lady (Chalton Heston's first turn at Andrew Jackson before The Buccaneer)
• Ride, Vaquero!
• The Robe
• Robot Monster
• Roman Holiday
• The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
• Salome
• Scared Stiff, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Shane
• Siamo Donne
• Stalag 17
• Take the High Ground!
• The Story of Three Loves
• Titanic
• Tokyo Story
• Torch Song
• Trouble Along the Way, a light comedy starring John Wayne
• Twice Upon a Time, directed by Emeric Pressburger
• Ugetsu
• The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur)
• The War of the Worlds
• Young Bess

Serials

• Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders, starring Bill Henry
• The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd, starring Richard Crane
• Jungle Drums of Africa, starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates
• The Lost Planet, starring Judd Holdren

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928)-(1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Donald Duck (1934)-(1956)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
• Goofy (1939)-(1953)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940)-(1962)
• Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
• Droopy (1943-1958)
• Sylvester the Cat (1944-1966)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
• Ranger Don (1953-1956)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

Births

• January 30-Steven Zaillian, director
• February 8–Mary Steenburgen, actress
• February 11–Philip Anglim, actor
• February 19–Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
• May 24–Alfred Molina, actor
• September 10–Amy Irving, actress
• October 9–Tony Shalhoub, actor
• October 22–Jeff Goldblum, actor
• October 26–Maureen Teefy,actress
• October 31–Michael J. Anderson, actor
• November 3–Kate Capshaw, actress
• November 6–Ron Underwood, director
• December 6–Tom Hulce, actor
• December 8–Kim Basinger, actress
• December 9–John Malkovich, actor
• December 17–Bill Pullman, actor

Deaths

• November 29–Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor