List of American films of 1950
A list of American films released in 1950.
Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox's All About Eve.
The other four nominated pictures were Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines and Sunset Boulevard.
All About Eve was nominated for 14 Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind (13).
Newcomer Judy Holliday won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of showgirl mistress Billie Dawn in the film version of the play Born Yesterday, a role which she had originated on Broadway. Other Best Actress nominees for that year were Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for All About Eve, Eleanor Parker for Caged and Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard.
José Ferrer won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as the title character in the film version of the 1946 Broadway play, Cyrano de Bergerac, a role which he had played on Broadway. Other nominees that year were Louis Calhern for The Magnificent Yankee, William Holden for Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart for Harvey and Spencer Tracy for Father of the Bride.
The 8th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1950. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Actor and Actress categories were split into Musical or Comedy or Drama. However, Best Picture remained a single category until the 9th Golden Globe Awards, when it too was split into two categories. Ferrer won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, for Cyrano de Bergerac, while Fred Astaire won Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Three Little Words. Swanson won Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama for Sunset Boulevard, while Holliday won for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Born Yesterday. Sunset Boulevard won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.
1950 also saw the film debut of several future stars, such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Piper Laurie and Debbie Reynolds.
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Jackie Robinson Story | Alfred E. Green | Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee | Biography | Eagle-Lion. |
The Jackpot | Walter Lang | James Stewart, Barbara Hale | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Features a young Natalie Wood |
Jiggs and Maggie Out West | William Beaudine | Joe Yule, Renie Riano | Comedy | Monogram |
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Jean Yarbrough | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Lois Collier | Comedy | Monogram |
Joe Palooka in The Squared Circle | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood, James Gleason, Lois Hall | Comedy | Monogram |
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Jean Yarbrough | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Comedy | Monogram |
Johnny One-Eye | Robert Florey | Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran | Film noir | United Artists |
Julius Caesar | David Bradley | Harold Tasker, Charlton Heston | Drama | Shot in Chicago |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Nancy Goes to Rio | Robert Z. Leonard | Ann Sothern, Jane Powell | Musical | MGM; remake of It's a Date (1940) |
The Nevadan | Gordon Douglas | Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone | Western | Columbia |
Never a Dull Moment | George Marshall | Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray | Comedy | RKO; based on a 1943 novel |
The Next Voice You Hear... | William A. Wellman | James Whitmore, Nancy Davis | Drama | MGM |
Night and the City | Jules Dassin | Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Googie Withers | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
No Man of Her Own | Mitchell Leisen | Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund | Film noir | Paramount; remade in 1996 as Mrs. Winterbourne |
North of the Great Divide | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
No Sad Songs for Me | Rudolph Maté | Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey | Drama | Columbia; Sullavan's final film |
No Way Out | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell | Film noir | 20th Century Fox; film debut of Sidney Poitier; Remake of 1987 film |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Under Mexicali Stars | George Blair | Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen | Western | Republic |
Under My Skin | Jean Negulesco | John Garfield, Micheline Presle | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on Hemingway short story |
Undercover Girl | Joseph Pevney | Alexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan | Film noir | Universal |
The Underworld Story | Cy Endfield | Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm | Film noir | United Artists |
Union Station | Rudolph Maté | William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson | Film noir | Paramount. Based on novel Nightmare in Manhattan |
Unmasked | George Blair | Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller | Crime | Republic |
The Vanishing Westerner | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Aline Towne | Western | Republic |
Vendetta | Mel Ferrer | Faith Domergue, George Dolenz | Crime | RKO. Based on 1840 novella Colomba |
Vigilante Hideout | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Crime of Korea | War | Korean War propaganda | ||
The Hollywood Ten | John Berry | Documentary | ||
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Robert J. Flaherty | Fredric March | Documentary | Oscar winner |
Why Korea? | Edmund Reek | Joe King (narrator) | Documentary | Oscar winner |
With These Hands | Jack Arnold | Sam Levene | Documentary | |
Serials
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Atom Man vs. Superman | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Lyle Talbot, Noel Neill | Serial | Columbia |
Cody of the Pony Express | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock O'Mahoney, Dickie Moore | Serial | |
Desperadoes of the West | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Powers, Judy Clark | Serial | |
Flying Disc Man from Mars | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed, Lois Collier | Adventure | Serial |
The Invisible Monster | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Webb, Aline Towne | Adventure | Republic Serial |
Pirates of the High Seas | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall | Serial | Universal |
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