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Fredric March won Best Actor, Drama, for Death of a Salesman, while Danny Kaye won Best Actor, Musical or Comedy, for On the Riviera. Jane Wyman won Best Actress, Drama, for her role in The Blue Veil, while June Allyson won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy, for Too Young to Kiss. 1951 also saw the film debut of Grace Kelly and Carroll Baker.
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man".
Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy [1] [2] film noir [3] directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett and D. M. Marshman Jr. It is named after a major street that runs through Hollywood.
Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969) was an American character actress who, known for her strong New York City accent, diminutive size, and plain look, favored working-class roles. She earned a Tony Award and six Academy Award nominations, more than any other actress in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Saturday's Hero is a 1951 American film noir drama sports film directed by David Miller.It is also known as Idols in the Dust, and stars John Derek and Donna Reed. [2] [3] [4] Saturday's Hero was the first film for Aldo Ray, who was still going by Aldo DaRe, but it was released after his second acting job in My True Story (1951).
January 18 – Jack Holt, American actor (born 1888), Flight, San Francisco March 6 – Ivor Novello , Welsh actor, singer, composer (born 1893), The Lodger , I Lived with You March 14 – Val Lewton , Russian-American director (born 1904), Cat People , The Body Snatcher
Distant Drums is a 1951 American Florida Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper.It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an American Army captain who successfully destroys a fort held by Spanish gunrunners and is pursued into the Everglades by a large group of Seminoles.
Just before the film was about to be released, Arthur Miller threatened to sue Columbia Studios over the short that was to appear before Death of a Salesman. [5] This short film, Career of a Salesman, showed what the producers believed was a more typical American salesman, and was an attempt to defuse possible accusations that Death of a Salesman was an anti-American film. [5]