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The year 1957 in film involved some significant events, with The Bridge on the River Kwai topping the year's box office and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Events[]
- October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.
- Montgomery Clift suffers partial paralysis in his face after a car wreck while working on Raintree County.
- Humphrey Bogart dies of throat cancer.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[]
Rank | Title | Leading Star | Studio | Gross |
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1. | The Bridge on the River Kwai | William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa | Columbia | $17,195,000 |
2. | Peyton Place | Lana Turner, Hope Lange | 20th Century Fox | $16,100,000 |
3. | Sayonara | Marlon Brando, Red Buttons | Warner Bros. | $10,500,000 |
4. | Old Yeller* | Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker | Walt Disney Productions | $10,050,000 |
5. | Raintree County | Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin | MGM | $5,963,000 |
6. | Island in the Sun | James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie | 20th Century Fox | $5,550,000 |
7. | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall, Joan Blondell, Mickey Hargitay | 20th Century Fox | $4,900,000 |
8. | A Farewell to Arms | Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones | 20th Century Fox | $4,865,000 |
9. | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas | Paramount | $4,700,000 |
10. | Pal Joey | Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak | Columbia | $4,500,000 |
11. | Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | MGM | $4,474,000 |
12. | The Prince and the Showgirl | Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier | Warner Bros. | $4,300,000 |
13. | Jeanne Eagels | Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler | Columbia | $4,250,000 |
14. | Fire Down Below | Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum | Columbia | $4,000,000 |
15. | Funny Face | Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire | Paramount | $3,995,000 |
16. | Loving You | Elvis Presley, Dolores Hart | Paramount | $3,990,000 |
17. | Jet Pilot | John Wayne, Janet Leigh | Universal | $3,887,000 |
18. | Witness for the Prosecution | Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester | United Artists | $3,883,000 |
19. | An Affair to Remember | Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr | 20th Century Fox | $3,800,000 |
20. | The Wayward Bus | Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins | 20th Century Fox | $3,776,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
Awards[]
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai - Horizon, Columbia
- Best Director: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actor: Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
- Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons - Sayonara
- Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actor: Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Les Girls
- Best Actor: Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey
- Best Actress: Kay Kendall - Les Girls
- Other
- Best Director: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Best Foreign Film: Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull), W.Germany
- Best Foreign Film: Tizoc, Mexico
- Best Foreign Film: Woman in a Dressing Gown, United Kingdom
- Best Foreign Film: Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu), Japan
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Friendly Persuasion, directed by William Wyler, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Aparajito (aka The Unvanquished), directed by Satyajit Ray, India
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, United States
Top ten money making stars[]
Rank | Actor/Actress |
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1. | Rock Hudson |
2. | John Wayne |
3. | Pat Boone |
4. | Elvis Presley |
5. | Frank Sinatra |
6. | Kim Novak |
7. | Gary Cooper |
8. | William Holden |
9. | James Stewart |
10. | Jerry Lewis |