The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.

Contents Events Top grossing films (U.S.) Awards Films released in 1955 Serials Short film series Births Deaths

Events

• November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.
• June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1955.shtml

Awards

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

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: East of Eden

Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty

Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Guys and Dolls

Best Actor: Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch

Best Actress: Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls

Other

Best Director: Joshua Logan - Picnic

Best Foreign Film: Ordet (The Word), Denmark

Best Foreign Film: Stella, Greece

Best Foreign Film: Sons, Mothers, and a General, West Germany

Best Foreign Film: Eyes of Children, Japan

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Ratten (The Rats), directed by Robert Siodmak, West Germany

Films released in 1955

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• All That Heaven Allows
• Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Bad Day at Black Rock
• Battle Cry
• Blackboard Jungle
• Bob le flambeur
• Carrington V.C.
• Cinerama Holiday
• The Colditz Story
• Continente Perduto (aka Lost Continent)
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
• Daddy Long Legs
• The Dam Busters
• East of Eden
• The Far Country
• Galapagos
• Godzilla Raids Again
• Guys and Dolls
• I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson
• Interrupted Melody
• It Came from Beneath the Sea
• It's Always Fair Weather
• Kiss Me Deadly
• Lady and the Tramp
• The Ladykillers
• Land of the Pharaohs
• The Left Hand of God
• Love Me or Leave Me
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• The Man from Laramie
• The Man with the Golden Arm
• Marty
• Mister Roberts
• Mr. Hulot's Holiday
• Night and Fog
• The Night of the Hunter
• Not as a Stranger
• Oklahoma! (the first film shot in the widescreen process known as Todd-AO) (suggested disambiguation split of article)
• Ordet
• Pather Panchali
• Pete Kelly's Blues
• Picnic
• The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
• The Quatermass Xperiment, which probably qualifies as the first Hammer horror film
• Queen Bee
• The Rains of Ranchipur
• Die Ratten (The Rats), Golden Bear award
• Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
• Rage at Dawn
• Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood
• Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes)
• The Rose Tattoo
• The Scarlet Coat
• The Seven Little Foys
• The Seven Year Itch
• Sissi
• Smiles of a Summer Night
• Strategic Air Command
• Summertime, directed by David Lean
• Tarantula
• The Tender Trap
• To Catch a Thief
• To Hell and Back starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, and David Janssen
• Trial
• The Trouble with Harry - directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Unknown Soldier
• Unchained
• The Virgin Queen
• Wichita
• You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Serials

• The Adventures of Captain Africa
• King of the Carnival
• Panther Girl of the Kongo

Short film series

• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Donald Duck (1934-1956)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
• Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
• Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
• Droopy (1943-1958)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
• Ranger Don (1953-1956)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

Cartoon:

• Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
• The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
• No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
• Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)

One-Reel:

• Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
• 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
• Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)

Two-Reel:

• The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
• The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
• On The Twelfth Day?(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
• Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista
• 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Births

• January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, British comedian, actor
• January 12 - Kirstie Alley, American actress
• January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, American writer, producer
• January 18 - Kevin Costner, American actor
• March 16 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
• April 1 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
• June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
• August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, American actor
• August 27 - Diana Scarwid, American actress
• September 29 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor

Deaths

• February 12 - Tom Moore, American actor
• April 7 - Theda Bara, American actress
• August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress
• September 30 - James Dean, American actor
• October 1 - Charles Christie, Canadian pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood
• November 22 - Shemp Howard, American actor, comedian, of The Three Stooges

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