The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati

Top grossing films (U.S.)

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml

Awards

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

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: A Place in the Sun

Best Actor: Fredric March - Death of a Salesman

Best Actress: Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: An American in Paris

Best Actor: Danny Kaye - On the Riviera

Best Actress: June Allyson - Too Young to Kiss

Other

Best Director: Laslo Benedek - Death of a Salesman

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

Miss Julie (Fröken Julie), directed by Alf Sjöberg, Sweden

Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Rashômon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

Films released in 1951

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
• Ace in the Hole
• The African Queen
• Alice in Wonderland
• An American in Paris
• Angels in the Outfield
• Bedtime for Bonzo
• The Blue Veil
• Bright Victory
• The Browning Version
• Bullfighter and the Lady
• Captain Horatio Hornblower
• Cause for Alarm!
• A Christmas Carol
• Come Fill the Cup
• Comin' Round The Mountain
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• David and Bathsheba
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Decision Before Dawn
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
• Detective Story
• Diary of a Country Priest
• Early Summer
• Flying Leathernecks
• Fourteen Hours
• The Frogmen
• Gerald McBoing-Boing
• Go for Broke!
• The Great Caruso
• He Ran All the Way
• Here Comes the Groom
• His Kind of Woman
• The House on Telegraph Hill
• The Idiot
• Lambert the Sheepish Lion
• Laughter in Paradise
• The Lavender Hill Mob
• Let's Go Crazy
• The Magic Box
• The Man in the White Suit
• The Mating Season
• Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
• Miss Julie (Fröken Julie)
• No Highway in the Sky
• Olivia
• On the Riviera
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
• Penny Points to Paradise
• People Will Talk
• A Place in the Sun
• The Racket
• Quo Vadis
• Rawhide
• The Red Badge of Courage
• Rich, Young and Pretty
• The River (Le Fleuve)
• Royal Wedding
• Show Boat
• The Steel Helmet
• Strangers on a Train
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• The Tales of Hoffmann
• That's My Boy
• The Thing from Another World
• The 13th Letter
• Vengeance Valley
• The Well
• When Worlds Collide
• Young Wives' Tale
• You're in the Navy Now

Serials

• Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, starring Judd Holdren
• Don Daredevil Rides Again, starring Ken Curtis and Aline Towne
• Government Agents vs Phantom Legion, starring Walter Reed
• Mysterious Island, starring Richard Crane
• Roar of the Iron Horse, starring Buster Crabbe

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Donald Duck (1936-1956)
• Pluto (1937-1951)
• Goofy (1939-1953)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
• Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
• Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)

Births

• March 13 - Charo, Spanish-American singer & actress
• March 14 - Season Hubley, American actress
• July 13 - Didi Conn, American actress
• July 24 - Lynda Carter, American actress
• August 6 - Catherine Hicks, American actress

Deaths

• January 11 ? Charles W. Goddard, American playwright & screenwriter (b. 1879)
• March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, African American pioneer filmmaker & author (b. 1884)
• April 4 - Al Christie, Canadian-born early Hollywood director/producer (b. 1881)
• June 6 - Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• June 9 - Mayo Methot, American actress (b. 1904)
• July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, American pioneer documentary filmmaker (b. 1884)
• August 28 - Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1918)
• August 30 - Konstantin Märska, Estonian cinematographer (b. 1896)
• September 7 - Maria Montez, Dominican-born actress (b. 1912)

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