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The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Studio Gross
1. Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia $17,195,000
2. Peyton Place 20th Century Fox $11,500,000
3. Sayonara Warner Brothers $10,500,000
4. Old Yeller* Disney $10,050,000
5. Raintree County MGM $5,963,000
6. A Farewell to Arms 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
6. Island in the Sun 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
8. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Paramount $4,700,000
8. Pal Joey Columbia $4,700,000
10. Don't Go Near the Water MGM $4,474,000
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1957.shtml

Awards

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 » Best Foreign Language Film: Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Globe Awards: » Drama:


   Best Picture: 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 » Musical or comedy:


   Best Picture: Les Girls » Best Actor: Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey


   Best Actress: Kay Kendall - Les Girls » Other


   Best Director: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai » Best Foreign Film: The Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull), W.Germany


   Best Foreign Film: Tizoc, Mexico » Best Foreign Film: Woman In a Dressing Gown, United Kingdom


   Best Foreign Film: Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu), Japan Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): » Friendly Persuasion, directed by William Wyler, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): » Aparajito (aka The Unvanquished), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): » 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, United States

Films released in 1957

  • The Abominable Snowman, starring Peter Cushing
  • 12 Angry Men
  • 20 Million Miles to Earth
  • A King in New York
  • The Abominable Snowman
  • An Affair to Remember
  • Amazing Colossal Man, The
  • Aparajito
  • April Love, a romance musical starring Shirley Jones
  • The Astounding She-Monster
  • Attack of the Crab Monsters
  • The Bachelor Party
  • Barnacle Bill
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • The Blood of Dracula
  • Boy on a Dolphin
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Blue Murder at St Trinian's
  • Brothers in Law
  • The Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull)
  • The Cranes are Flying
  • Crime of Passion
  • The Curse of Frankenstein
  • The Delicate Delinquent, Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin
  • The Delinquents
  • Designing Woman
  • Desk Set, starring Joan Blondell
  • The Enemy Below, produced and directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchum
  • A Face in the Crowd
  • A Farewell to Arms (film mentioned in article)
  • The Enemy Below
  • Fear Strikes Out
  • Funny Face
  • Les Girls
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • A Hatful of Rain
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • I Was a Teenage Werewolf
  • Island in the Sun
  • Jailhouse Rock
  • Jamboree
  • Jeanne Eagels
  • Jet Pilot
  • Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty, a Walt Disney production
  • The Joker Is Wild
  • A King in New York
  • La Grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road)
  • Man of a Thousand Faces
  • Mayabazar
  • The Land Unknown
  • The Little Hut
  • Loving You, Elvis Presley's second feature
  • The Monolith Monsters
  • The Monster That Challenged the World
  • Night of the Demon, (Curse of the Demon)
  • Night Passage, starring Jimmy Stewart
  • Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)
  • Old Yeller
  • Pal Joey (film mentioned in article)
  • Perri
  • Peyton Place
  • The Pride and the Passion
  • Raintree County, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lee Marvin
  • Quatermass 2
  • The Sad Sack, starring Jerry Lewis
  • Sayonara
  • The Search for Paradise
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
  • The Smallest Show on Earth
  • Something Of Value
  • The Spanish Gardener
  • The Spirit of St. Louis
  • The Strange World of Planet X
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Tammy and the Bachelor
  • The Three Faces of Eve
  • The Tin Star
  • Tizoc
  • What's Opera, Doc?
  • Wild Is the Wind
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Woman In a Dressing Gown
  • Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu)
  • Young and Dangerous
  • Zero Hour!, starring Dana Andrews

    Short film series

  • Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
  • Terrytoons (1930-1964)
  • Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
  • The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
  • Daffy Duck (1937-1966)
  • Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
  • Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
  • Droopy (1943-1958)
  • Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
  • Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968) Ending this year
  • Popeye (1933-1957)

    Births

  • January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
  • January 15 - Julian Sands, actor
  • March 20 - Spike Lee, director, writer, actor, producer
  • March 20 - Theresa Russell, actress
  • April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
  • August 24 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
  • September 12 - Rachel Ward, actress
  • September 10 - Rick Rosengrant, character

    Deaths

  • January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor
  • May 12 - Erich von Stroheim, German director
  • July 4 – Judy Tyler, American actress
  • July 24 - Sacha Guitry, French playwright, actor and director
  • August 7 - Oliver Hardy, American actor
  • October 29 - Louis B. Mayer, American producer
  • December 11 - Musidora, French actress, director
  • December 25 - Charles PathéFurther Information

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