The year involved some significant events.
- January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille 's circus epic, '' The Greatest Show On Earth '', premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City .
- February 20 - The film '' The African Queen '' opens (Capitol Theater in New York City ).
- September 30 - The Cinerama widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller , debuts with the film '' This Is Cinerama ''.
- November 27 - '' Bwana Devil '', the first American, feature-length, color 3-D Movie , is released, and begins the demand for 3-D films that lasts for the next two years.
- May Britt debuts in '' Jolanda La Figlia Del Corsaro Nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair)''
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# '' The Greatest Show On Earth '', starring Betty Hutton , Cornel Wilde , James Stewart , Charlton Heston , Dorothy Lamour , Lawrence Tierney , and Gloria Grahame
# '' Quo Vadis ''
# '' Ivanhoe '', starring Robert Taylor , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Fontaine , and George Sanders
# '' The Snows Of Kilimanjaro '', starring Gregory Peck , Susan Hayward , and Ava Gardner
# '' Sailor Beware ''
# tie '' The African Queen '' and '' Jumping Jacks ''
# tie '' High Noon '' and '' Son Of Paleface ''
# '' Singin' In The Rain ''
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: Best Picture : ''
: Best Actor : - ''High Noon''
: Best Actress : - ''Come Back, Little Sheba''
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:'''', directed by Orson Welles , United States
:'' (''Due soldi di speranza''), directed by Renato Castellani , Italy
:'' (''Jeux interdits''), directed by René Clément , France
:'' (''One Summer of Happiness''), directed by Arne Mattsson , Sweden
- '' 5 Fingers '', directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- '' Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' Alraune ''
- '' Androcles And The Lion ''
- '' April 1, 2000
- '' Bend Of The River ''
- '' Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla '' starring Bela Lugosi
- '' The Black Castle '' starring Stephen McNally , Boris Karloff , and Lon Chaney Jr.
- '' Captive Women ''
- '' The Card ''
- '' Come Back, Little Sheba ''
- '' Down Among The Z Men ''
- '' The Greatest Show On Earth ''
- '' Hans Christian Andersen '', starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
- '' High Noon ''
- '' Ikiru ''
- '' The Importance Of Being Earnest ''
- '' Invasion U.S.A. ''
- '' Ivanhoe ''
- '' The Jazz Singer ''
- '' Forbidden Games '' (''Jeux interdits'')
- '' Jack And The Beanstalk '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' Jolanda La Figlia Del Corsaro Nero ''
- '' Jumping Jacks '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' The Life Of Oharu '' (''Saikaku ichidai onna'')
- '' Limelight '', starring Charlie Chaplin
- '' Lost In Alaska '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima ''
- '' Moulin Rouge ''
- '' My Six Convicts ''
- ''
- '' Pat And Mike ''
- '' The Quiet Man '', directed by John Ford
- '' Red Planet Mars ''
- '' Sailor Beware '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' Singin' In The Rain ''
- '' The Snows Of Kilimanjaro '' -(film only mentioned in article)
- '' Son Of Paleface ''
- '' The Sound Barrier '', directed by David Lean
- '' The Stooge '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' This Is Cinerama ''
- '' The Titfield Thunderbolt ''
- '' Two Cents Worth Of Hope '' (''Due soldi di speranza'')
- '' Umberto D. ''
- '' La Villa Santo-Sospir '', short film directed by Jean Cocteau
- '' Viva Zapata! ''
- '' With A Song In My Heart ''
- '' The World In His Arms ''
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