1954 in film

Years in film:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

Events

• May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.
• A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed

Top grossing films

North America

1. White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney
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. The Egyptian, in CinemaScope
5. Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr

Academy Awards

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

Films released in 1954

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• 3 Ring Circus
• Beau Brummell
• The Belles of St Trinian's
• Broken Lance
• Brigadoon -(film mentioned in article)
• The Caine Mutiny
• Casanova's Big Night, starring Bob Hope
• The Country Girl (sugg. split of dab/stub article)
• The Dam Busters
• Demetrius and the Gladiators
• Désirée
• Dial M for Murder
• Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde in the first of the "Doctor" series
• Dragnet -(film mentioned in series article)
• The Egyptian
• Godzilla
• The High and the Mighty
• Hobson's Choice, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills, and directed by David Lean
• An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play
• Johnny Guitar
• King Richard and the Crusaders
• Living It Up
• The Long, Long Trailer
• Monster from the Ocean Floor
• On the Waterfront
• Rear Window
• Sabrina
• Sansho the Bailiff
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
• A Star Is Born
• La Strada
• Three Coins in the Fountain
• Top Banana
• White Christmas

Short film series

• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

Births

• January 1 - Helen Wellington-Lloyd,actress
• January 6 - Anthony Minghella, director
• February 17 - Rene Russo, actress
• March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress
• June 19 - Kathleen Turner, actress
• June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
• December 7 - Jackie Chan, actor

Deaths

• January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor
• February 12 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
• November 15 - Lionel Barrymore, actor
• December 8 - Gladys George, actress