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. On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint
2. A Star Is Born, starring Judy Garland and James Mason
3. The Egyptian
4. Casanova's Big Night
5. King Richard and the Crusaders
6. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Raymond Burr
7. Shichinin no samurai
8. Monster from the Ocean Floor
9. Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland

• 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

• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• Sabrina starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden