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The year '1957 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1957

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ October 21 - The movie ''Jailhouse Rock'', starring Elvis Presley, opens.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''The Ten Commandments''
# ''Around the World in Eighty Days''
# ''Giant'' with James Dean
# ''Oklahoma!''
# ''Pal Joey''
# ''7 Wonders of the World''
# ''The Teahouse of the August Moon'', starring Marlon Brando

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

★ ''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''

★ ''The Astounding She-Monster''

★ ''Attack of the Crab Monsters''

★ ''Barnacle Bill''

★ ''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''

★ ''The Delicate Delinquent, Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin

★ ''The Delinquents''

★ ''A Face in the Crowd''

★ ''A Farewell to Arms'' -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''Funny Face''

★ ''Les Girls''

★ ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf''

★ ''Island in the Sun''

★ ''Jailhouse Rock''

★ ''Jamboree''

★ ''Jeanne Eagels''

★ ''A King in New York''

★ ''La Grande strada azzurra'' (''The Wide Blue Road'')

★ ''The Little Hut''

★ ''Loving You''

★ ''Nights of Cabiria'' (''Le Notti di Cabiria'')

★ ''Old Yeller''

★ ''Pal Joey'' -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''Peyton Place''

★ ''The Pride and the Passion''

★ ''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''

★ ''Sweet Smell of Success''

★ ''The Three Faces of Eve''

★ ''Tizoc''

★ ''What's Opera, Doc?''

★ ''Wild Strawberries''

★ ''Woman In a Dressing Gown''

★ ''Yellow Crow'' (''Kiiroi karasu'')

★ ''Young and Dangerous''

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 Pathé