The Best of the Nighthawk Awards: The 1950′s

Sleeping Beauty: the best animated film of the 1950's

So why do this now?  Well, because I already covered the years in film, with 1950 – 1955 coming back before I started the History of Best Picture, and I have finally caught up with where I began my History.  So, since the next film year will be 1961, in which I will do both Year in Film and Best Picture, now is the time to wrap up the 1950′s.

1950  -  1959

Total Films I’ve Seen:  692

Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  40

Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  The Searchers

Film of the Decade:  Sunset Blvd.

 

The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture – 1952

Charlton Heston and Jimmy Stewart in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) - the Best Picture winner that stunned everyone

The 25th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 1952.  The nominations were announced on February 9, 1953 and the awards were held on March 19, 1953.

Best Picture:  The Greatest Show on Earth

• High Noon
• The Quiet Man
• Moulin Rouge
• Ivanhoe

Most Surprising Omission:  The Bad and the Beautiful

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Rashomon

Best Eligible English Language Film Not Nominated:  Singin in the Rain

Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years:  #68

 

The Year in Film: 1952

My Top 10:

Toshiro Mifune and Machiko Kyo in the film that made Mifune and Akira Kurosawa international stars: Rashomon (1950, US release 1952)

1. Rashomon
2. Singin in the Rain
3. The Bad and the Beautiful
4. High Noon
5. The Lavender Hill Mob
6. Miss Julie
7. The Quiet Man
8. Casque d’Or
9. Los Olvidados
10. The Sound Barrier