1953 in film

Events

• September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
2. From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr
3. Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance
4. How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and William Powell
5. Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried
6. tie Mogambo and House of Wax, the first 3-d movie to ever make the box office top ten, with Vincent Price

Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS:

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity - Columbia Pictures

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here To Eternity

Best Actor: William Holden - Stalag 17

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday

Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra - From Here To Eternity

Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed - From Here To Eternity

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Robe

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - The Actress

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday

<u>Musical or Comedy:

Best Picture: No award

Best Actor: David Niven - The Moon Is Blue

Best Actress: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam

<u>Other

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity

GRAND PRIX (Cannes Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded

GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

Films released in 1953

• The Actress
• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
• The Beggar's Opera
• The Caddy
• Calamity Jane
• Call Me Madam
• The Cruel Sea, with Jack Hawkins
• Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
• From Here to Eternity
• Genevieve
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• The Glenn Miller Story
• The Golden Coach
• House of Wax
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• I Vitelloni
• Island in the Sky
• It Came from Outer Space
• Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)
• Julius Caesar
• Kiss Me, Kate, released in 2-d and 3-d
• Knights of the Round Table
• Mogambo
• Money From Home
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
• The Moon Is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and "virgin"
• Peter Pan -(Walt Disney animation)
• Pickup on South Street
• Ride, Vaquero!
• The Robe
• Robot Monster
• Roman Holiday
• Salome
• Scared Stiff
• Shane
• Stalag 17
• The Stooge
• The Story of Three Loves
• Tokyo Story
• Torch Song
• Twice Upon a Time, directed by Emeric Pressburger
• Ugetsu
• The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur)
• The War of the Worlds

Short film series

• Bugs Bunny (1940)-(1962)
• Donald Duck (1936)-(1956)
• Goofy (1939)-(1953)
• Mickey Mouse (1928)-(1953)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)

Births

• February 8–Mary Steenburgen, actress
• February 11–Philip Anglim, actor
• February 19–Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
• May 24–Alfred Molina, actor
• September 10–Amy Irving, actress
• October 9–Tony Shalhoub, actor
• October 22–Jeff Goldblum, actor
• October 26–Maureen Teefy,actress
• October 31–Michael J. Anderson, actor
• November 3–Kate Capshaw, actress
• November 6–Ron Underwood, director
• December 6–Tom Hulce, actor
• December 8–Kim Basinger, actress
• December 9–John Malkovich, actor
• December 17–Bill Pullman, actor

Deaths

• November 29–Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor

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