1951 in film
Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati
Top grossing films
:North America David and Bathsheba Show Boat tie The Great Caruso and An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron A Streetcar named Desire Born Yesterday
Best Picture: An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-MayerBest Actor: Humphrey Bogart - The African QueenBest Actress: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
Other movies releasedThe African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn Calamity JaneFlying Leathernecks starring John WayneThe Thing From Another WorldNo HighwayAlice in WonderlandOn the Riviera with Danny KayeThe Day the Earth Stood StillWhen Worlds CollideBedtime for BonzoMiss JulieStrangers on a Train, Alfred HitchcockRashomon by Akira KurosawaMiracle in MilanThe Lavender Hill MobAn American in ParisDeath of a SalesmanGerald McBoing-Boing
BirthsMarch 14 - Season Hubley, actressJuly 24 - Lynda Carter, actressAugust 6 - Catherine Hicks, US actress
Deaths January 11 – Charles W. Goddard, playwright and screenwriter March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, pioneer African American filmmaker & author April 4 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, pioneer documentary filmmakerSeptember 7 - Maria Montez, actress
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