1950 in film

Events

• February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Cinderella (Disney) (#6 in year of release)
2. Samson and Delilah
3. Battleground
4. King Solomon's Mines
5. Cheaper by the Dozen
6. Annie Get Your Gun
7. Father of the Bride

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: All About Eve – 20th Century-Fox
• Best Actor: José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
• Best Actress: Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday

Movies released

Movies released in 1950 include:

• Sunset Boulevard
• John Ford's Rio Grande starring John Wayne
• Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart
• Destination Moon
• Fancy Pants
• All About Eve, starring Bette Davis and George Sanders
• Justice is Done
• The Asphalt Jungle
• Cyrano de Bergerac starring Jose Ferrer
• Born Yesterday

Births

• January 16 – Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer
• January 24 – Daniel Auteuil, actor
• February 18 – Cybill Shepherd,actress
• March 16 – Kate Nelligan, actress
• March 18 – Brad Dourif, actor
• March 30 – Robbie Coltrane, actor
• April 4 – Christine Lahti, actress
• April 20 – Veronica Cartwright, actress
• April 29 – Phillip Noyce, director
• May 12 – Gabriel Byrne, actor
• September 28 – John Sayles, director, screenwriter
• October 31 – John Candy, comedian and actor

Deaths

• January 3 – Emil Jannings, actor
• January 12 – John M. Stahl
• April 7 – Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor