1953 in film

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The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

Events

January 16 — A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters.
February 5 — Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films as well as the most definitive Peter Pan film adaptation ever. It was an impressive achievement by Disney's animation department after the initial financial and critical disappointment of Alice in Wonderland.
July 1 — Stalag 17, directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the critics and audiences to be one of the greatest WWII Prisoner of War films ever made.
August 5 — Fred Zinnemann's romantic and war masterpiece From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed, premieres.
August 27 — William Wyler's immortal romantic tale of Roman Holiday, starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, premieres and propels Hepburn to super stardom.
September 16 — Religious epic The Robe, starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons, debuts as the first widescreen anamorphic film in cinema history, filmed in CinemaScope.
November 21 - Monogram Pictures, which had stopped releasing pictures under that banner from the start of the year, changes its name to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Rank	Title	Studio	Rental ^[1]
1.	The Robe	Twentieth Century Fox	$17,500,000
2.	From Here to Eternity	Columbia Pictures	$12,500,000
3.	Shane	Paramount Pictures	$8,000,000
4.	How to Marry a Millionaire	Twentieth Century Fox	$7,500,000
5.	Peter Pan	RKO / Walt Disney Productions / Walt Disney Feature Animation	$7,000,000
6.	Hans Christian Andersen	RKO Radio Pictures	$6,000,000
7.	House of Wax	Warner Bros.	$5,500,000
8.	Mogambo	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$5,200,000
9.	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Twentieth Century Fox	$5,100,000
10.	Roman Holiday	Paramount Pictures	$5,000,000

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity - Columbia Pictures

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity

Best Actor: William Holden - Stalag 17

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday

Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra - From Here to Eternity

Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed - From Here to Eternity

Best Picture: The Robe

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - The Actress

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: No award

Best Actor: David Niven - The Moon Is Blue

Best Actress: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy

U.S.A. unless stated

The Heart of the Matter, starring Trevor Howard - (GB)
The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien and William Talman
Hondo, starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page in her film debut
Houdini, starring (husband and wife) Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
House of Wax, starring Vincent Price
How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall (Grable, Fox's top star of the 1940s, with Monroe, Fox's top star of the 1950s)

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