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The History of American Cinema: 1957

January - June

2/1 -

Princess Grace of Monaco, Audrey Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich are voted amongst the best dressed women of the year by the fashion press. [ADD]

14/1 -

After a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking, movie tough guy Humphrey Bogart dies of throat cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 57. [ADD]

13/2 -

Funny Face, Audrey Hepburn’s first musical, is released by MGM.   Directed by Stanley Donen, the film also stars Fred Astaire as a photographer who transform Hepburn from a prim miss into a top fashion model. [ADD]

18/2 -

Orson Welles begins filming his noir classic, A Touch of Evil, starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich and Welles himself as a corpulent and corrupt police detective. [ADD]

26/2 -

James Stewart is promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force by President Eisenhower. [ADD]

Mar -

The first San Francisco International Film Festival takes place. [ADD]

10/4 -

Producer Harold Hecht, director Delbert Mann and writer Paddy Chayefsky reunite after Marty to make The Bachelor Party.   Don Murray, E. G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Philip Abbott and Larry Blyden star as the members of the party who each hide emotional problems. [ADD]

13/4 -

Sidney Lumet’s compelling adaptation of his TV play 12 Angry Men (scripted by Reginald Rose) is released.   Henry Fonda stars as the lone juror arguing the innocence of the youth in the dock.   Other jurors include E. G. Marshall, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Ed Begley and Robert Webber. [ADD]

8/5 -

Saint Joan, Otto Preminger’s tale about the Maid of Orleans is released.   French actress Jean Seberg stars in the title role. [ADD]

28/5 -

After their award-winning collaboration on On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg join forces once again for A Face in the Crowd.   Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa and Walter Matthau star, while Andy Griffiths and Lee Remick make their debuts. [ADD]

1/6 -

Writer Arthur Miller is found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to name members of a literary circle suspected of having Communist affiliations to the HUAC. [ADD]

12/6 -

Robert Rossen’s Island in the Sun, starring Harry Belafonte and Joan Fontaine as an inter-racial couple, is released despite protests from a citizen's council chapter and an American Legion committee. [ADD]

27/6 -

Burt Lancaster stars as J J Hunsecker in The Sweet Smell of Success, Alexander Mackendrick’s scathing expose of the machinations of press agents and newspaper columnists.   Tony Curtis co-stars as Sidney Falco, his obsequious sidekick. [ADD]

The History of Cinema: 1957