List of Paramount Pictures films (1950–1959) explained
The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1950s.
1950
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 5, 1950 | The File on Thelma Jordon | produced by Wallis-Hazen |
| February 2, 1950 | Captain China | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| February 15, 1950 | Paid in Full | |
| February 21, 1950 | No Man of Her Own | |
| February 21, 1950 | Captain Carey, U.S.A. | |
| April 12, 1950 | Riding High | |
| May 30, 1950 | The Eagle and the Hawk | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| June 9, 1950 | The Lawless |
| July 4, 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | |
| July 19, 1950 | Fancy Pants | |
| July 21, 1950 | The Furies | |
| August 10, 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Starring Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.[1] Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[2] |
| September 8, 1950 | Union Station | |
| October 3, 1950 | Cassino to Korea | produced by CNI Cinema |
| October 6, 1950 | Dark City | produced by Hal Wallis Productions |
| October 10, 1950 | Trio | |
| October 18, 1950 | September Affair | |
| November 9, 1950 | Tripoli | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| November 15, 1950 | Copper Canyon | |
| November 29, 1950 | Let's Dance | |
| December 8, 1950 | Mr. Music | |
| December 23, 1950 | Branded | |
| December 23, 1950 | The Goldbergs | |
|
1951
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 12, 1951 | The Mating Season | |
| January 17, 1951 | At War with the Army | distribution only; produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe Productions, Screen Associates Inc. & York Pictures Corporation[3] |
| March 15, 1951 | The Redhead and the Cowboy | |
| March 15, 1951 | Quebec | |
| April 2, 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises[4] |
| April 4, 1951 | The Last Outpost | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| April 7, 1951 | The Great Missouri Raid | |
| May 9, 1951 | Appointment with Danger | |
| May 30, 1951 | Dear Brat | |
| May 31, 1951 | That's My Boy | |
| June 29, 1951 | Ace in the Hole | |
| July 18, 1951 | Peking Express | |
| August 8, 1951 | Darling, How Could You! | |
| August 14, 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture[5] |
| August 30, 1951 | Passage West | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| August 1951 | Warpath | |
| September 20, 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | |
| September 27, 1951 | Rhubarb | |
| November 6, 1951 | Detective Story | |
| November 15, 1951 | When Worlds Collide | |
| November 1951 | Red Mountain | |
| Submarine Command | |
| December 1, 1951 | Silver City | |
| December 6, 1951 | Crosswinds | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| December 25, 1951 | My Favorite Spy | |
|
1952
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 10, 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| January 12, 1952 | Hong Kong | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| February 9, 1952 | Sailor Beware | |
| February 1952 | Flaming Feather | |
| March 7, 1952 | Something to Live For | |
| April 1, 1952 | Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | |
| April 2, 1952 | Encore | |
| April 3, 1952 | Anything Can Happen | |
| April 8, 1952 | My Son John | |
| May 1, 1952 | The Atomic City | |
| May 16, 1952 | Denver and Rio Grande | |
| June 11, 1952 | Jumping Jacks | |
| July 14, 1952 | Son of Paleface | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises |
| July 17, 1952 | Carrie | |
| August 21, 1952 | Just for You | |
| September 24, 1952 | Somebody Loves Me | |
| September 1952 | The Savage | |
| Caribbean Gold | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| October 3, 1952 | Hurricane Smith | |
| November 14, 1952 | The Turning Point | |
| December 24, 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | |
| December 25, 1952 | Road to Bali | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises; The sixth of the Road films |
| December 31, 1952 | The Stooge | |
| December 1952 | The Blazing Forest | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
|
1953
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 1953 | Tropic Zone |
| February 3, 1953 | Thunder in the East | |
| March 11, 1953 | The Stars Are Singing | |
| March 26, 1953 | Off Limits | |
| April 1, 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island | |
| April 22, 1953 | Jamaica Run | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| April 23, 1953 | Shane | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| April 27, 1953 | Scared Stiff | |
| May 27, 1953 | Sangaree | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| June 3, 1953 | The Vanquished | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| June 5, 1953 | Pony Express | |
| June 6, 1953 | Stalag 17 | |
| July 2, 1953 | Houdini | |
| August 3, 1953 | Arrowhead | |
| August 10, 1953 | The Caddy | |
| August 26, 1953 | The War of the Worlds | |
| September 2, 1953 | Roman Holiday | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| October 7, 1953 | Botany Bay | |
| October 16, 1953 | Those Redheads from Seattle | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| October 22, 1953 | Here Come the Girls | |
| October 1953 | Little Boy Lost | |
| November 21, 1953 | Flight to Tangier | |
| November 24, 1953 | Cease Fire | |
| November 28, 1953 | Forever Female | |
| December 31, 1953 | Money from Home | |
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1954
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 27, 1954 | Alaska Seas | |
| February 12, 1954 | Jivaro | |
| March 3, 1954 | The Naked Jungle | |
| March 26, 1954 | Red Garters | |
| April 7, 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | |
| April 14, 1954 | Knock on Wood | |
| April 21, 1954 | Elephant Walk | |
| June 6, 1954 | Secret of the Incas | |
| July 23, 1954 | Living It Up | |
| August 3, 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | |
| September 1, 1954 | Rear Window | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions[6] |
| October 14, 1954 | White Christmas | |
| October 15, 1954 | Sabrina | |
| December 22, 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | |
|
1955
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 20, 1955 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | |
| March 25, 1955 | Strategic Air Command | |
| March 30, 1955 | Mambo | |
| April 20, 1955 | Conquest of Space | |
| May 14, 1955 | Run for Cover | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| May 17, 1955 | The Country Girl | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| May 20, 1955 | The Far Horizons | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| June 23, 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises |
| June 27, 1955 | Hell's Island | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| July 7, 1955 | We're No Angels | |
| July 20, 1955 | You're Never Too Young | |
| August 3, 1955 | To Catch a Thief | directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
| September 1955 | The Girl Rush | |
| October 3, 1955 | The Trouble with Harry | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions |
| October 5, 1955 | The Desperate Hours | |
| October 20, 1955 | Lucy Gallant | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions |
| October 1955 | Ulysses | distribution only; produced by Lux Film, Producciones Ponti-de Laurentiis and Zénith Films |
| November 7, 1955 | Artists and Models | |
| December 12, 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
|
1956
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 27, 1956 | The Court Jester | |
| April 22, 1956 | The Birds and the Bees | |
| April 1956 | Anything Goes | |
| The Scarlet Hour | |
| June 1, 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | distribution only; produced by Filwite Productions |
| June 4, 1956 | That Certain Feeling | |
| June 6, 1956 | The Leather Saint | |
| June 13, 1956 | The Proud and Profane | |
| July 17, 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Released in Spain |
| August 1, 1956 | Pardners | |
| August 21, 1956 | War and Peace | |
| August 29, 1956 | The Vagabond King | |
| October 1, 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy | |
| October 5, 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture. A remake of the 1923 film, in VistaVision. Annually broadcast by the ABC television network in the United States since 1973, traditionally the evening before Easter Sunday. |
| November 14, 1956 | The Mountain | |
| December 6, 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | 16th and final Martin and Lewis comedy film. |
| December 13, 1956 | The Rainmaker | |
|
1957
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| February 9, 1957 | Three Violent People | |
| February 13, 1957 | Funny Face | |
| March 20, 1957 | Fear Strikes Out | |
| May 30, 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | |
| May 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story | |
| June 6, 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | |
| June 7, 1957 | Beau James | |
| July 9, 1957 | Loving You | distribution only[7] |
| August 23, 1957 | Omar Khayyam | |
| September 26, 1957 | The Joker Is Wild | |
| September 1957 | Short Cut to Hell | |
| October 4, 1957 | The Devil's Hairpin | |
| October 16, 1957 | Mister Rock and Roll | |
| October 23, 1957 | The Tin Star | |
| October 25, 1957 | Spanish Affair | |
| October 1957 | Hear Me Good | |
| November 5, 1957 | Stowaway Girl | |
| November 10, 1957 | The Lonely Man | |
| November 13, 1957 | Zero Hour! | Theatrical distribution, co-production with Bartlett-Champion Productions, Carmel Productions and Delta Enterprises Inc.[8] |
| November 27, 1957 | The Sad Sack | |
| December 11, 1957 | Wild Is the Wind | |
|
1958
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 1958 | High Hell | |
| March 12, 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | |
| March 1958 | Country Music Holiday | |
| April 1, 1958 | Teacher's Pet | |
| April 7, 1958 | St. Louis Blues | |
| May 2, 1958 | Another Time, Another Place | |
| May 9, 1958 | Vertigo | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions |
| May 21, 1958 | Maracaibo | |
| June 1958 | The Space Children | |
| Hot Spell | |
| July 2, 1958 | King Creole | |
| July 23, 1958 | Rock-A-Bye Baby | |
| August 12, 1958 | The Matchmaker | |
| September 12, 1958 | The Blob | theatrical distribution only; produced by Fairview Productions, Tonylyn Productions and Valley Forge Films |
| September 1958 | As Young as We Are | |
| The Party Crashers | |
| October 1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space | |
| November 1, 1958 | When Hell Broke Loose | |
| November 2, 1958 | The Geisha Boy | |
| November 19, 1958 | Houseboat | |
| The Colossus of New York | |
| December 1, 1958 | The Buccaneer | A remake of the 1936 version; filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision. |
| December 1958 | The Hot Angel | |
|
1959
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|
| January 28, 1959 | The Trap | |
| February 12, 1959 | The Black Orchid | |
| February 1959 | The Young Captives | |
| Tokyo After Dark | |
| March 26, 1959 | Tempest | |
| April 8, 1959 | Thunder in the Sun | |
| June 16, 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship | |
| June 17, 1959 | The Hangman | |
| June 18, 1959 | The Five Pennies | |
| June 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | |
| July 8, 1959 | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | distribution only; produced by Solar Film Productions |
| July 29, 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | |
| August 19, 1959 | But Not for Me | |
| September 11, 1959 | That Kind of Woman | |
| October 8, 1959 | Career | |
| October 15, 1959 | The Jayhawkers! | |
| December 11, 1959 | Li'l Abner | Based on the comic strip of the same name | |
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Phillips, Gene D. . Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder . 2010-02-05 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-7367-2 . 112 . en.
- http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1122101262237 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, award nominations for Sunset Boulevard
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