1954 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.

1. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre
2. The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray and Lee Marvin
3. The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson
4. Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr
5. White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney

• Best Picture: On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia
• Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
• Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl

• January 6 - Anthony Minghella, director
• June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
• October 3 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, songwriter

• January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor
• February 12 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
• November 15 - Lionel Barrymore, actor

• A Star Is Born
• Casanova's Big Night
• Dial M for Murder
• King Richard and the Crusaders
• Monster from the Ocean Floor
• On the Waterfront
• Sabrina
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• Shichinin no samurai
• The Egyptian