1956 with the cinema

Events

February 8th, Jacques-Yves Cousteau presents his documentary medium-length film Le Monde of silence realized in collaboration with Louis Malle.
April 19th in Monaco, the American actress Grace Patricia Kelly becomes princess of Monaco.
May 14th: Marilyn Monroe makes the cover of the magazine “Times”.
June 29th: Marriage of Marilyn Monroe and the writer Arthur Miller.
July 5th in the United States, Marilyn Monroe after being itself separate of James Dougherty, then Joe Di Maggio, wife Arthur Miller in White Lime pits in the State of New York.
July 24th: Separation of the duet of comedy Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
August 22nd: Elvis Presley begins the turning of its first film, Love Me Tender .
November 28th: Roger Vadim begins his film And God… created the woman (with Brigitte Bardot)

Left to France the Fury of living, with James Dean, film of Nicholas Ray, the man who knew of it too , of Alfred Hitchcock, Guerre and Paix , King Vidor (December).

Principal films of the year

Stop bus (Drunk stop) of Joshua Logan.
Assassins and robbers dramatic comedy of Sacha Guitry with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault and Magali Christmas Clement Duhour.
Baby Fraud drama of Elia Kazan with Karl Malden, Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach.
Elena and the men realized by Jean Renoir with Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marsh, leaves the September 12th to Paris.
And God… created the woman Roger Vadim with Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant (left November 27th).
Funny Face realized by Stanley Donen with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire.
Giant of George Stevens with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock'n'roll Hudson and James Dean.
War and Paix realized by King Vidor with Audrey Hepburn and Mel To shoe.
I' L Cry Tomorrow realized by Daniel Mann.
Invitation with the dance realized by Gene Kelly.
5 {{E}} Victim ( While the City Sleeps ) of Fritz Lang with George Sanders and Dana Andrews.
Last hunting (The Last hunt) of Richard Brooks with Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger and Debra Paget.
the Captive one of the desert of John Ford with John Wayne (left the May 30th in the United States) (exit May 30th with the the United States).
the Crossing of Paris of Claude Autant-Lara according to Marcel Aymé with Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès (left October 26th).
the Singer of Mexico City realized by Richard Pottier with Shine Mariano and Bourvil.
the Life is beautiful , French film carried out by Roger Pierre
the Mystery Picasso , documentary of Henri-Georges Clouzot.
the Ten Commands , péplum American of Cecil B. Of Thousand with Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek.
the Sacrifice of the new year ( Zhu Fu ) drama of Hu Sang (China) with Yang Bai, Heling Wei and Jingbo Li.
the Time of anger ( Between Heaven and Hell ) of Richard Fleischer with Robert Wagner and Terry Moore.
Gold and the Love ( Great Day in the Morning ) western of Jacques Tourneur with Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack and Romance Ruth.
Marie-Antoinette queen of France of Jean Delannoy.
Nightfall police film of Jacques Tourneur with Aldo Ray, Brian Keith and Anne Bancroft.
Moby Dick : British film of adventures of John Huston with Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Léo Genn, Frederick Ledebur.
Notre-Dame de Paris of Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn (left December 20th).
Pather Panchali realized by Satyajit Ray.
Plus hard will be the fall ( The Harder They Fall ) of Mark Robson with Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger.
Rodan ( Sora No Daikaiaju Radon ) science fiction film of Inoshiro Honda (Japan) with Kenji the Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata.
Sissi empress ( Sissi die junge Kaiserin ): Austrian drama of Ernst Marischka with Romy Schneider, Magda Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Gustav Knuth.
Smiles one night of summer ( Sommarnattens leende ) realized by Ingmar Bergman.
Trapezoid : American drama of Carol Reed with Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida, Tony Curtis, Katy Jurado.
One condemned to dead is escaped of Robert Bresson (left November 11th).

Festivals

May 9th: Cannes

the gold Palm is decreed with documentary film of Louis Malle and Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Le Monde of silence .
Special price of the Jury: the Mystery Picasso of Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Other festivals

Rewards

Oscars

Decreed the March 27th 1957:
the Round the world tour in eighty days realized by Michael Anderson gains the Oscar of the best film.
Strada of Fellini, better foreign film.
Ingrid Bergman, better actress in Anastasia of Anatole Litvak.

Other rewards

January 30th: Night and fog , film of Alain Resnais, receives the Prix Jean-Vigo.

Boxoffice

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the United States:

Principal births

January 3rd: Mel Gibson, American actor.
January 21st: Geena Davis, American actress.
January 27th: Mimi Rogers, American actress.
February 26th: Kevin Dunn, American actor.
April 30th: Lars von Trier, Danish realizer.
July 9th: Tom Hanks, American actor.
July 9th: Bernie Bonvoisin, French realizer.
July 11th: Robin Renucci, French actor.
September 16th: Mickey Rourke, American actor.
September 26th: Linda Hamilton, American actress.
October 20th: Danny Boyle, British realizer.
October 21st: Carrie Fisher, American actress.
December 22nd: Philippe Harel, French realizer.

Principal deaths

January 23rd: Sir Alexander Korda, British scenario writer of Hungarian origin (° September 16th 1893)
February 6th: Christian Henri, inventive French of the Cinemascope (° 1879)
November 25th, Moscow: Alexandre Dovjenko, Russian realizer.

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