Favourites From the 1950's

[JamesStewartFan95]

I wasn't sure where to put this since Bogie's thread was at 1983 by this point, so I decided to put my own topic naming my picks for the 1950's which I missed due to being busy during that time. So here's 1950.

Best Picture

All About Eve

The Asphalt Jungle

Born Yesterday

Cinderella

Rashomon

Summer Stock

Sunset Boulevard

Treasure Island

 

Best Director

George Cukor, Born Yesterday

Byron Haskin, Treasure Island

Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve

Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard

 

Best Actor

Jose Ferrer, Cyrano De Bergerac

William Holden, Sunset Boulevard

Gene Kelly, Summer Stock

Robert Newton, Treasure Island

Takashi Shimura, Rashomon

 

James Stewart, Harvey; Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride

 

Best Actress

Anne Baxter, All About Eve

Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli

Bette Davis, All About Eve

Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday

Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard

 

Judy Garland, Summer Stock

 

Best Supporting Actor

Broderick Crawford, Born Yesterday

Toshiro Mifune, Rashomon

George Sanders, All About Eve

Phil Silvers, Summer Stock

Erich Von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard

 

Best Supporting Actress

Ruby Dee, The Jackie Robinson Story

Josephine Hull, Harvey

Nancy Olson, Sunset Boulevard

Thelma Ritter, All About Eve

Elizabeth Taylor, Father of the Bride

 

Eleanor Audley, Cinderella

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Bobby Driscoll, Treasure Island

 

Best Original Song

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Cinderella

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, Cinderella

So This Is Love, Cinderella

What's Up Doc, What's Up Doc

You Wonderful You, Summer Stock

[Bogie56]

I wasn't sure where to put this since Bogie's thread was at 1983 by this point, so I decided to put my own topic naming my picks for the 1950's which I missed due to being busy during that time. So here's 1950.

 

 

 

I think this was a nice idea, JSfan.  I've made note of your 1950 choices in my tally.  What year did you drop into the other favourite performances thread?  Did you do a best of the decade list for the 50's?

[JamesStewartFan95]

I did a Best Of list for the 1950's but I first did an official list for 1960.

[JamesStewartFan95]

1951

Best Picture

Ace in the Hole

The African Queen

An American in Paris

The Man in the White Suit

A Place in the Sun

Quo Vadis

Strangers on a Train

A Streetcar Named Desire

 

Best Director

Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train

John Huston, The African Queen

Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire

Vincente Minnelli, An American in Paris

George Stevens, A Place in the Sun

 

 

Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire

Kirk Douglas, Ace in the Hole

Farley Granger, Strangers on a Train

Gene Kelly, An American in Paris

 

Alec Guinness, The Man in the White Suit; Alistair Sim, A Christmas Carol

 

Best Actress

Leslie Caron, An American in Paris

Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen

Janet Leigh, Angels in the Outfield

Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire

Elizabeth Taylor, A Place in the Sun

 

Best Supporting Actor

Peter Bull, The African Queen

Georges Guetary, An American in Paris

Sidney Poitier, Cry, The Beloved Country

Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis

Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

 

 

Mervyn Johns, A Christmas Carol; Oscar Levant, An American in Paris; Ed Wynn, Alice in Wonderland

 

Best Supporting Actress

Sarah Churchill, Royal Wedding

Nina Foch, An American in Paris

Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire

Ruth Roman, Strangers on a Train

Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun

 

Verna Felton, Alice in Wonderland

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Kathryn Beaumont, Alice in Wonderland

​John Charlesworth, A Christmas Carol

Donna Corcoran, Angels in the Outfield

 

Best Original Song

All in the Golden Afternoon, Alice in Wonderland

Silver Bells, The Lemon Drop Kid

The Unbirthday Song, Alice in Wonderland

 

Best Adapted Song

Hark the Herald Angels Sing, A Christmas Carol

I Got Rhythm, An American In Paris

S'Wonderful, An American in Paris

 

​Best Short Cartoon

Corn Chips

Drip Along Daffy

Fathers are People

Rooty Toot Toot

Tweety's SOS

[JamesStewartFan95]

1952

Best Picture

The Bad and the Beautiful

Don't Bother to Knock

High Noon

Ivanhoe

Pat and Mike

The Quiet Man

Singin' in the Rain

Viva Zapata

 

Best Director

George Cukor, Pat and Mike

John Ford, The Quiet Man

Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, Singin' in the Rain

Vincente Minnelli, The Bad and the Beautiful

Fred Zinnemann, High Noon

 

Best Actor

Gary Cooper, High Noon

Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful

Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain

Spencer Tracy, Pat and Mike

John Wayne, The Quiet Man

 

Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata; Danny Kaye, Hans Christian Anderson

 

Best Actress

Grace Kelly, High Noon

Marilyn Monroe, Don't Bother to Knock

Maureen O'Hara, The Quiet Man

Debbie Reynolds, Singin' in the Rain

Lana Turner, The Bad and the Beautiful

 

Katharine Hepburn, Pat and Mike

 

Best Supporting Actor

Charles Coburn, Monkey Business

Douglas Fowley, Singin' in the Rain

Millard Mitchell, Singin' in the Rain

Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain

Sheb Wooley, High Noon

 

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Bancroft, Don't Bother to Knock

Verna Felton, Don't Bother to Knock

Jean Hagen, Singin' in the Rain

Katy Jurado, High Noon

Lurene Tuttle, Don't Bother to Knock

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Donna Corcoran, Don't Bother To Knock

 

Best Short Cartoon

Feed the Kitty

Lambert the Sheepish Lion

The Little House

Operation: Rabbit

Rabbit Seasoning

[JamesStewartFan95]

Best Picture

The Band Wagon

From Here To Eternity

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Julius Caesar

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Roman Holiday

Shane

The Wild One

 

Best Director

Laslo Benedek, The Wild One

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Julius Caesar

George Stevens, Shane

William Wyler, Roman Holiday

Fred Zinnemman, From Here to Eternity

 

 

Best Actor

Marlon Brando, The Wild One*

Alan Ladd, Shane*

Burt Lancaster, From Here To Eternity*

James Mason, Julius Caesar*

Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday*

 

Fred Astaire, The Band Wagon; Hans Conreid, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.; Jacques Tati, Monsier Hulot's Holiday

 

Best Actress

Jean Arthur, Shane*

Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday*

Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity*

Marilyn Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*

Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*

 

Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam

 

Best Supporting Actor

Ernest Borgnine, From Here to Eternity*

Jack Buchanan, The Band Wagon*

Charles Coburn, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*

Jack Palance, Shane*

Clifton Webb, Titanic*

 

Hans Conreid, Peter Pan

 

Best Supporting Actress

Lauren Bacall, How to Marry a Millionaire

Nanette Fabray, The Band Wagon

Ann Miller, Kiss Me Kate

Mary Murphy, The Wild One

Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity

 

Juvenile Performance

Kathryn Beaumont, Peter Pan

Brandon DeWilde, Shane

Tommy Rettig, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.

 

Best Original Song

Dressing Song, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The Second Star To The Right, Peter Pan

The Villainous Captain Hook, Peter Pan

[JamesStewartFan95]

1954

 

Best Picture

A Star is Born

20000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Caine Mutiny

Dial M For Murder

Magnificent Obsession

On the Waterfront

Rear Window

The Seven Samurai

 

Best Director

Edward Dmytryk, The Caine Mutiny

Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window

Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront

Akira Kurosawa, The Seven Samurai

Douglas Sirk, Magnificent Obsession

 

Best Actor

Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront*

Rock Hudson, Magnificent Obsession*

James Mason, A Star is Born*

Ray Milland, Dial M For Murder*

James Stewart, Rear Window*

 

Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny; Bing Crosby, The Country Girl; Gene Kelly, Brigadoon; Takashi Shimura, The Seven Samurai

 

Best Actress

Cyd Charisse, Brigadoon*

Judy Garland, A Star is Born*

​Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina*

Grace Kelly, Rear Window*

Jane Wyman, Magnificent Obsession*

 

 

Rosemary Clooney, White Christmas; Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar

 

 

Best Supporting Actor

Raymond Burr, Rear Window*

Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront*

William Holden, Sabrina*

Karl Malden, On the Waterfront*

Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront*

 

Edmund Gwenn, Them; Dean Jagger, White Christmas; Paul Lukas, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea; James Mason, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

 

Best Supporting Actress

Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront*

Mercedes McCambridge, Johnny Guitar*

Thelma Ritter, Rear Window*

Barbara Rush, Magnificent Obsession*

Keiko Tsushima, The Seven Samurai*

 

Mary Wickes, White Christmas

[JamesStewartFan95]

Best Picture

Bad Day at Black Rock

The Blackboard Jungle

The Desperate Hours

The Man with the Golden Arm

Marty

The Night of the Hunter

Rebel Without a Cause

The Trouble with Harry

 

Best Director

Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter

Delbert Mann, Marty

Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause

Satiyajit Ray, Pather Panchali

John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock

 

Best Actor

James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause*

John Forsythe, The Trouble with Harry*

Alec Guinness, The Ladykillers*

Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter*

Frank Sinatra, The Man with the Golden Arm*

 

Humphrey Bogart, The Desperate Hours; Ernest Borgnine, Marty; Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock

 

Best Actress

Julie Harris, East of Eden*

Katie Johnson, The Ladykillers*

Shirley MacLaine, The Trouble with Harry*

Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls*

Shelley Winters, The Night of the Hunter*

 

 

Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow; Katharine Hepburn, Summertime; Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo; Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch; Simone Signoret, Les Diaboliques

 

 

Best Supporting Actor

Jim Backus, Rebel Without a Cause*

Herbert Lom, The Ladykillers*

Lee Marvin, Bad Day at Black Rock*

Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause*

Sidney Poitier, The Blackboard Jungle*

 

James Cagney, Mister Roberts; Danny Green, The Ladykillers; Stubby Kaye, Guys and Dolls; Vic Morrow, The Blackboard Jungle; Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls

 

Best Supporting Actress

Vivian Blaine, Guys and Dolls

Vera Clouzot, Les Diaboliques

Charlotte Greenwood, Oklahoma

Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter

Natalie Wood, Rebel without a Cause

 

Best Juvenile Performance

Subir Banerjee, Pather Panchali

Billy Chapin, The Night of the Hunter

Jerry Mathers, The Trouble with Harry

[JamesStewartFan95]

Best Picture

The Bad Seed

Friendly Persuasion

Giant

Lust for Life

The King and I

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Searchers

Tea and Sympathy

 

Best Director

Cecil B. Demille, The Ten Commandments

John Ford, The Searchers

Stanley Kubrick, The Killing

Mervyn LeRoy, The Bad Seed

George Stevens, Giant

 

 

Best Actor

Gary Cooper, Friendly Persuasion*

Sterling Hayden, The Killing*

John Kerr, Tea and Sympathy*

James Stewart, The Man Who Knew Too Much*

John Wayne, The Searchers*

 

Yul Brynner, The King and I; Bing Crosby, High Society; Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life; Rock Hudson, Giant; Kevin McCarty, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

 

Best Actress

Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much*

Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy*

Marilyn Monroe, Bus Stop*

Dorothy McGuire, Friendly Persuasion

Elizabeth Taylor, Giant*

 

 

Grace Kelly, High Society; Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed; Dana Wynter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

 

Best Supporting Actor

Yul Brynner, The Ten Commandments*

Walter Catlet, Friendly Persuasion*

James Dean, Giant*

Henry Jones, The Bad Seed*

Bernard Miles, The Man Who Knew Too Much*

 

Basil Rathbone, The Court Jester

 

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Baxter, The Ten Commandments*

Betty Field, Bus Stop*

Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed*

Evelyn Varden, The Bad Seed*

Natalie Wood, The Searchers*

 

Carolyn Jones, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Pascal Lamorisse, The Red Balloon

Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed

Rex Thompson, The King and I

[JamesStewartFan95]

Best Picture

12 Angry Men

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Designing Women

A Face in the Crowd

Funny Face

The Sweet Smell of Success

The Three Faces of Eve

Witness for the Prosecution

 

Best Director

Nunnally Johnson, The Three Faces of Eve

Elia Kazan, A Face in the Crowd

Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory

Alexander MacKendrick, The Sweet Smell of Success

Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution

 

Best Actor

Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory*

Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men*

Andy Griffith, A Face in the Crowd*

Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai*

Burt Lancaster, The Sweet Smell of Success

 

Fred Astaire, Funny Face; William Holden, The Bridge on the River Kwai; Gregory Peck, Designing Women; Tyrone Power, Witness for the Prosecution; Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey

 

Best Actress

Lauren Bacall, Designing Women*

Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution*

Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face*

Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd*

Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve*

 

Cyd Charisse, Silk Stockings; Doris Day, The Pyjama Game

 

Best Supporting Actor

Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men*

Tony Curtis, The Sweet Smell of Success*

Sessue Hayakawa,The Bridge on the River Kwai*

Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution*

Joseph Sweeney, 12 Angry Men*

 

Michel Auclair, Funny Face; John Fiedler, 12 Angry Men; Jack Hawkins, The Bridge on the River Kwai; Adolphe Menjou, Paths of Glory; Jeff York, Old Yeller

 

Best Supporting Actress

Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution*

Hope Lange, Peyton Place*

Dorothy McGuire, Old Yeller*

Lee Remick, A Face in the Crowd*

Kay Thompson, Funny Face*

 

Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Kevin Corcoran, Old Yeller

Tommy Kirk, Old Yeller

Hal Stalmaster, Johnny Tremaine

[JamesStewartFan95]

Best Picture

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Defiant Ones

The Long Hot Summer

Separate Tables

Some Came Running

South Pacific

Touch of Evil

Vertigo

 

Best Director

Richard Brooks, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo

Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones

Vincente Minnelli, Some Came Running

Martin Ritt, The Long Hot Summer

 

Best Actor

Tony Curtis, The Defiant Ones*

Paul Newman, The Long Hot Summer*

Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones*

James Stewart, Vertigo*

Orson Welles, Touch of Evil*

 

Rosanno Brazzi, South Pacific; Dean Martin, Some Came Running; Paul Newman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Frank Sinatra, Some Came Running

 

Best Actress

Leslie Caron, Gigi*

Janet Leigh, Touch of Evil*

Kim Novak, Vertigo*

Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*

Joanne Woodward, The Long Hot Summer*

 

Deborah Kerr, Separate Tables; Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running

 

Best Supporting Actor

Theodore Bikel, The Defiant Ones*

Maurice Chevalier, Gigi*

Anthony Franciosa, The Long Hot Summer*

Burl Ives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*

Orson Welles, The Long Hot Summer*

 

David Niven, Separate Tables; Ray Walston, Damn Yankees

 

Best Supporting Actress

Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo*

Hermione Gingold, Gigi*

Juanita Hall, South Pacific*

Elsa Lanchester, Bell Book and Candle*

Lee Remick, The Long Hot Summer*

 

Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables; Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Jan Handzlik, Auntie Mame

[JamesStewartFan95]

1959

Best Picture

The 400 Blows

Anatomy of a Murder

Ben-Hur

The Diary of Anne Frank

North by Northwest

On the Beach

Some Like it Hot

Suddenly Last Summer

 

Best Director

Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest

Otto Preminger, Anatomy of a Murder

George Stevens, The Diary of Anne Frank

Francois Truffaut, The 400 Blows

Billy Wilder, Some Like it Hot

 

Best Actor

Tony Curtis, Some Like it Hot*

Cary Grant, North by Northwest*

Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur*

Jack Lemmon, Some Like it Hot*

James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder*

 

Gregory Peck, On the Beach; Peter Sellers, The Mouse that Roared; Frank Sinatra, A Hole in the Head

 

Best Actress

Doris Day, Pillow Talk*

Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest*

Marilyn Monroe, Some Like it Hot*

Millie Perkins, The Diary of Anne Frank*

Lee Remick, Anatomy of a Murder*

 

 

Ava Gardner, On the Beach; Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story; Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly Last Summer; Jean Seberg, The Mouse that Roared; Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly Last Summer

 

Best Supporting Actor

Joe E. Brown, Some Like it Hot*

Jack Hawkins, Ben-Hur*

James Mason, North by Northwest*

Tony Randall, Pillow Talk*

Joseph Schildkraut, The Diary of Anne Frank*

 

Dave Barry, Some Like it Hot; Edward G. Robinson, A Hole in the Head

 

Best Supporting Actress

Eleanor Audley, Sleeping Beauty*

Sandra Dee, A Summer Place*

Jessie Royce Landis, North by Northwest*

Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk*

Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank*

 

Verna Felton, Sleeping Beauty; Joan Shawlee, Some Like it Hot

 

Best Juvenile Actor

Kevin Corcoran, The Shaggy Dog

Eddie Hodges, A Hole in the Head

Jean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 Blows

[Bogie56]

I mentioned to JSFan in a PM that once 1959 was concluded I would repost the decade tallies from the Your Favourtie Performances thread  with JSFan's choices included.  There were some new clear winners and some new ties created.  You can check JSFan's choices in this thread to see where the new votes were cast.

 

Best Juvenile Performance

 

1950 Alfonso Mejia, Los Olvidados (2)

        Dean Stockwell, The Happy Years

        Bobby Driscoll, Treasure Island

1951 John Charlesworth, A Christmas Carol

        Billy Gray, The Day the Earth Stood Still

        Tina Apicella, Bellissima

        Kathryn Beaumont, Alice In Wonderland

1952 Brigitte Fossey, Forbidden Games (5)

        Georges Poujouly, Forbidden Games (2)

        Elsbeth Sigmund, Heidi

        Donna Corcoran, Don’t Bother to Knock

1953 Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter, The Little Kidnappers

        Brandon de Wilde, Shane

        Jimmy Hunt, Invaders From Mars

        George Winslow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

        Tommy Rettig, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

1954 Sandy Descher, Them! (2)

        Masahiko Kato, Sansho the Bailiff

        Tommy Rettig, The Egyptian

1955 Umas Das Gupta, Pather Panchali (3)

        Billy Chapin, Night of the Hunter (2)

        Subir Banerjee, Pather Panchali

        Jonathan Ashmore, A Kid For Two Farthings

        Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause

1956 Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed (5)

        Eduardo Nevola, The Railroad Man

        Pascal Lamorisse, The Red Balloon

1957 Tommy Kirk, Old Yeller (3)

        Michael Chaplin, A King In New York

1958 Charles Herbert, The Fly

        David Ladd, The Proud Rebel

        Felipe Pazos, The Old Man and the Sea

        June Archer, Innocent Sinners

        Jan Handzlik, Auntie Mame

1959 Jean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 Blows (4)

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Best Supporting Actress

 

1950 Thelma Ritter, All About Eve (3)

        Hope Emerson, Caged (2)

        Giulietta Masina, Variety Lights

        Judith Anderson, The Furies

        Celeste Holm, All About Eve

        Marilyn Monroe, The Asphalt Jungle

        Josephine Hull, Harvey

        Danielle Darrieux, La Ronde

        Nancy Olson, Sunset Blvd.

1951 Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire (3)

        Shelley Winters, A Place In the Sun (3)

        Lee Grant, Detective Story

        Hildegard Knef, Decision Before Dawn

        Setsuko Hara, The Idiot

        Marion Lorne, Strangers on a Train

1952 Jean Hagen, Singin’ In the Rain (4)

        Colette Marchand, Moulin Rouge

        Jean Peters, O. Henry’s Full House

        Maria Pia Casilio, Umberto D.

        Joan Greenwood, The Importance of Being Earnest

        Edith Evans, The Importance of Being Earnest

        Katy Jurado, High Noon

1953 Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street (5) 

        Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity (2)

        Nanette Fabray, The Band Wagon

        Haruko Sugimura, Tokyo Story

        Mary Murphy, The Wild One

1954 Thelma Ritter, Rear Window (5) 

        Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront (2)

        Brenda de Banzie, Hobson’s Choice

        Kinuyo Tanaka, Sansho the Bailiff

        Kyoko Kagawa, Sansho the Bailiff

1955 Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden (2)

        Birgitte Federspiel, Ordet (2)

        Betsy Blair, Marty

        Shelley Winters, Night of the Hunter

        Evelyn Varden, Night of the Hunter

        Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause

        Rosalind Russell, Picnic

        Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter

1956 Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind (3)

        Marie Windsor, The Killing (2)

        Marjorie Main, Friendly Persuasion

        Natalie Wood, The Searchers

        Evelyn Varden, The Bad Seed

        Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed

1957 Elsa Lanchester, Witness For the Prosecution (2)

        Isuzu Yamada, Throne of Blood (2)

        Kay Thompson, Funny Face (2)

        Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara

        Bibi Andersson, The Seventh Seal

        Ruth Attaway, The Young Don’t Cry

1958 Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables (2)

        Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo (2)

        Deborah Kerr, Separate Tables

        Athene Seyler, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

        Naima Wifstrand, The Magician

        Marlene Dietrich, Touch of Evil

        Lee Remick, The Long Hot Summer

1959 Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer (2)

        Gusti Huber, The Diary of Anne Frank

        Edith Evans, The Nun’s Story

        Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank

        Haya Harareet, Ben-Hur

        Shamrila Tagore, The World of Apu

        Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk

        Eleanor Audley, Sleeping Beauty

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Best Supporting Actor

 

1950 George Sanders, All About Eve (6)

        Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Blvd. (2)

        Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle

        Jack Palance, Panic In the Streeets

        Neville Brand, D.O.A.

        Anton Walbrook, La Ronde

1951 Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire (2)

        Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis (2)

        James Gleason, Come Fill the Cup

        Ichiro Sagai, Early Summer

        Toshiro Mifune, The Idiot

        Oscar Levant, An American In Paris

        Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire

        Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

1952 Donald O’Connor, Singin’ In the Rain (3)

        Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata! (2)

        Victor McLaglen, The Quiet Man

        Joseph Wiseman, Viva Zapata!

        Dick Powell, The Bad and the Beautiful

        Robert Ryan, Clash by Night

        Alberto Sordi, The White Sheik

1953 Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar (2)

        Charles Vanel, The Wages of Fear (2)

        Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (2)

        Vittorio De Sica, The Earrings of Madame de…

        Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday

        Lee Marvin, The Wild One

        Jack Palance, Shane

1954 Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny (3)

        Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront (3)

        Toshiro Mifune, Seven Samurai

        Karl Malden, On the Waterfront

        John Williams, Dial M For Murder

        Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront

1955 Ralph Richardson, Richard III (2)

        Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts (2)

        Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause (2)

        Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter

        Akim Tamiroff, Mr. Arkadin

        Robert Ryan, Bad Day at Black Rock

        Peter Sellers, The Ladykillers

1956 Anthony Quinn, Lust For Life (3)

        Robert Stack, Written on the Wind (2)

        Henry Jones, The Bad Seed (2)

        Timothy Carey, The Killing

        Elisha Cook, Jr., The Killing

1957 Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai (2)

        Errol Flynn, The Sun Also Rises (2)

        Gunnar Bjornstrand, The Seventh Seal (2)

        David Wayne, The Three Faces of Eve

        Vladek Sheybal, Kanal

        Charles Laughton, Witness For the Prosecution

1958 Joseph Calleia, Touch of Evil

        Marcello Mastroianni, Big Deal on Madonna Street

        Burl Ives, The Big Country

        Orson Welles, Touch of Evil

        Trevor Howard, The Key

        Duncan Lamont, A Tale of Two Cities

        Gunnar Bjornstrand, The Magician

        Errol Flynn, Too Much Too Soon

        Orson Welles, The Long Hot Summer

1959 James Mason, North by Northwest (3)

        George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder (2)

        Fred Astaire, On the Beach (2)

        Peter Sellers, I’m All Right Jack

        Burl Ives, Day of the Outlaw

[Bogie56]

Best Actress

 

1950 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd. (7)

        Bette Davis, All About Eve (3)

        Barbara Stanwyck, The Furies

        Anne Baxter, All About Eve

1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire (5)

        Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen (3)

        Ida Lupino, On Dangerous Ground

        Setsuko Hara, The Idiot

1952 Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba (3)

        Jean Simmons, Angel Face

        Bette Davis, The Star

        Maureen O’Hara, The Quiet Man

        Simone Signoret, Casque d’or

        Debbie Reynolds, Singin’ In the Rain

        Joan Greenwood, The Importance of Being Earnest

        Marilyn Monroe, Don’t Bother to Knock

1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday (4)

        Jennifer Jones, Beat the Devil (2)

        Geraldine Page, Hondo

        Danielle Darrieux, The Earrings of Madame de…

        Setsuko Hara, Tokyo Story

        Marilyn Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1954 Giulietta Masina, La Strada (4)

        Judy Garland, A Star Is Born (3)

        Ingrid Bergman, Journey to Italy

        Lucille Ball, The Long, Long Trailer

        Grace Kelly, Dial M For Murder

1955 Doris Day, Love Me or Leave Me (2)

        Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo

        Simone Signoret, Les Diaboliques

        Julie Harris, East of Eden

        Umas Das Gupta, Pather Panchali

        Vera Clouzot, , Les Diaboliques

        Karuna Banerjee, Pather Panchali

        Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch

        Shirley MacLaine, The Trouble With Harry

1956 Marilyn Monroe, Bus Stop (2)

        Elizabeth Taylor, Giant

        Dorothy McGuire, Friendly Persuasion

        Jane Wyman, Miracle In the Rain

        Karuna Banerjee, Pather Panchali [1955 film]

        Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much

        Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed

        Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy

1957 Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria (5)

        Patricia Neal, A Face In the Crowd (2)

        Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve

        Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face

1958 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! (3)

        Kim Novak, Vertigo (2)

        Simone Signoret, Room at the Top

        Jean Simmons, Home Before Dark

        Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame

        Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1959 Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story (3)

        Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot (3)

        Lee Remick, Anatomy of a Murder

        Katsuko Wakasugi, The Ghost of Yotsuya

        Millie Perkins, The Diary of Anne Frank

[Bogie56]

Here is the tally of our winners of the 1950’s.

 

 

Best Actor

 

1950 William Holden, Sunset Blvd. (4)

        James Stewart, Harvey (2)

        Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place (2)

        Toshiro Mifune, Rashomon

        Gregory Peck, The Gunfighter

        George Sanders, All About Eve

        Walter Huston, The Furies

1951 Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train (2)

        Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire (2)

        Alastair Sim, A Christmas Carol

        Robert Ryan, On Dangerous Ground

        Montgomery Clift, A Place In the Sun

        Masayuki Mori, The Idiot

        Farley Granger, Strangers on a Train

        Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

1952 Takeshi Shimura, Ikiru (3)

        Gene Kelly, Singin’ In the Rain (3)

        John Wayne, The Quiet Man

        Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata!

        Clifton Webb, Dreamboat

        Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful

1953 Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity (4)

        Charles Vanel, The Wages of Fear

        William Holden, Stalag 17

        Jacques Tati, Mr. Hulot’s Holiday

        Yves Montand, The Wages of Fear

        Ake Gronberg, Sawdust and Tinsel

        James Mason, Julius Caesar

1954 Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront (5)

        James Stewart, Rear Window (2)

        Takashi Shimura, Seven Samurai

        Desi Arnaz, The Long, Long Trailer

        Toshiro Mifune, Seven Samurai

1955 Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter (6)

        James Dean, East of Eden (2)

        Laurence Olivier, Richard III

        James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause

1956 John Wayne, The Searchers (3)

        James Stewart, The Man Who Knew Too Much (2)

        James Mason, Bigger Than Life (2)

        Kirk Douglas, Lust For Life

        David Niven, Around the World in Eighty Days

1957 Alec Guinness, Bridge on the River Kwai (3)

        Andy Griffith, A Face In the Crowd (2)

        Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men (2)

        Charles Laughton, Witness For the Prosecution

        Max von Sydow, The Seventh Seal

1958 James Stewart, Vertigo (5)

        Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top

        Zbigniew Cybulski, Ashes and Diamonds

        Youssef Chahine, Cairo Station

        Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones

1959 Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot (5)

        James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder (2)

        Cary Grant, North by Northwest (2)

[JamesStewartFan95]

Here's my Best of Decade picks for the 1950's

Best Picture-High Noon

Best Director-Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard

Best Actor-Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter

Best Actress-Anne Baxter-All About Eve

Best Supporting Actor-Charles Laughton-Witness for the Prosecution

Best Supporting Actress-Katy Jurado-High Noon

Best Juvenile Actor-Jean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 Blows

[Bogie56]

I have added JSfan's best of the decade choices to the tally that we had in the Your Favourite Performances' thread and here are the new totals ...

 

Best Actor

1954 Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront (2)

1955 Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter (2)

1958 James Stewart, Vertigo (2)

1954 Desi Arnaz, The Long, Long Trailer

1955 Laurence Olivier, Richard III

1955 James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause

1958 Zbigniew Cybulski, Ashes and Diamonds

 

Best Actress

1950 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd. (3)

1950 Bette Davis, All About Eve

1950 Anne Baxter, All About Eve

1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday

1954 Lucille Ball, The Long, Long Trailer

1954 Ingrid Bergman, Journey to Italy

1957 Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria

1959 Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story

 

Best Supporting Actor

1950 George Sanders, All About Eve (2)

1955 Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause

1956 Gunnar Bjornstrand, The Seventh Seal

1956 Timothy Carey, The Killing

1956 Henry Jones, The Bad Seed

1957 Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution

1958 Orson Welles, Touch of Evil

1959 Burl Ives, Day of the Outlaw

 

Best Supporting Actress

1953 Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street (2)

1951 Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 Shelley Winters, A Place In the Sun

1952 Jean Hagen, Singin’ In the Rain

1952 Katy Jurado, High Noon

1955 Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden

1955 Evelyn Varden, The Night of the Hunter

1956 Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed

1958 Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo

 

Best Juvenile Performance

1952 Brigitte Fossey, Forbidden Games (3)

1956 Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed (3)

1953 Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter, The Little Kidnappers

1955 Uma Das Gupta, Pather Panchali

1959 Jean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 Blows