1958 in film

The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1958
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 South Pacific 20th Century Fox $16,300,000[1]
2 Auntie Mame Warner Bros. $9,100,000[1]
3 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof MGM $7,660,000[2]
4 No Time for Sergeants Warner Bros. $7,500,000[1]
5 Gigi MGM $6,500,000[2]
6 The Vikings United Artists $6,000,000[1]
7 The Young Lions 20th Century Fox $4,480,000[3]
8 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness $4,400,000[3]
9 Some Came Running MGM $4,245,000[2]
10 Indiscreet Warner Bros. $3,600,000[4]

Events

  • January 29 – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Le Beau Serge is credited as the first French New Wave feature.
  • February 16 – In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946.
  • February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies.
  • The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It would be the last of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible trilogy as the director died during production on Part III.
  • April – Samuel J. Briskin leaves MGM and rejoins Columbia Pictures later becoming vice president and general manager of the studio.
  • April 22 – Sol C. Siegel becomes head of studio operations at MGM.
  • May 15 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases Gigi, one of the last classic MGM musicals. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, produced by Arthur Freed, and written by Alan Jay Lerner, the film is released to considerable critical and commercial success and will become the highest-grossing musical ever made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, until That's Entertainment! in 1974.
  • May 17 – Joseph E. Levine presents a picture on his own for the first time with 1954's Attila in an all-out exploitation saturation booking in the United States earning rentals of $2 million.
  • August 31 – Carry on Sergeant, the first film in the popular British Carry On series, opens.
  • October – Universal Pictures sells the Universal lot to Music Corporation of America for $11.25 million and leases it back for $1 million a year.
  • November 15 – During production of Solomon and Sheba in Madrid, Spain, actor Tyrone Power dies of a massive heart attack. The production of the film is halted and it is finished in late 1959. Power, who was playing the role of King Solomon, is replaced in the film by Yul Brynner.
  • December 16 – MCA Inc. acquires the Universal Pictures studio lot for $11 million. It will later acquire the studio.

Awards

Category/Organization16th Golden Globe Awards
March 5, 1959
31st Academy Awards
April 6, 1959
DramaComedy or Musical
Best FilmThe Defiant OnesAuntie Mame (Comedy)
Gigi (Musical)
Gigi
Best DirectorVincente Minnelli
Gigi
Best ActorDavid Niven
Separate Tables
Danny Kaye
Me and the Colonel
David Niven
Separate Tables
Best ActressSusan Hayward
I Want to Live!
Rosalind Russell
Auntie Mame
Susan Hayward
I Want to Live!
Best Supporting ActorBurl Ives
The Big Country
Best Supporting ActressHermione Gingold
Gigi
Wendy Hiller
Separate Tables
Best Foreign Language FilmGirl and the River
The Road a Year Long
Rosemary
Mon Oncle

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Film series

Carry On series (1958–1992)

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Ending this year

Births

  • January 3 - Simon Greenall, English actor, presenter, comedian, producer and writer
  • January 4
  • January 7 - Linda Kozlowski, American former actress
  • January 8 - George Jackson, American director and producer (d. 2000)
  • January 11 - Alyson Reed, American actress
  • January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
  • January 21 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
  • January 26 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
  • February 2 - Douglas McGrath, American screenwriter, director and actor (d. 2022)
  • February 6
  • February 10
  • February 13
    • Pernilla August, Swedish actress
    • Donal Gibson, American former actor
    • Tip Tipping, English stuntman and actor (d. 1993)
  • February 15 - Shaun Toub, Iranian-American actor
  • February 16
    • Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer
    • Lisa Loring, American actress (d. 2023)
  • February 19
  • February 21
  • February 26
    • Greg Germann, American actor
    • Chris Phillips, American voice actor
  • March 3
  • March 7 - Rik Mayall, English actor, comedian and writer (d. 2014)
  • March 10 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
  • March 14 - Russell Todd, American former actor
  • March 18 - Christian Clemenson, American actor
  • March 19
    • Robin Hurlstone, British actor
    • Fred Stoller, American actor and stand-up comedian
  • March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress
  • March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker
  • March 27 - Adrian Rawlins, English actor
  • March 29 – Anu Lamp, Estonian actress
  • March 30 - Maurice LaMarche, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
  • March 31
  • April 3
  • April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor, writer and director
  • April 19 - Steve Antin, American actor, stunt performer, producer and director
  • April 21 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
  • April 26 - Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
  • April 29 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
  • May 7 – Mayra Alejandra, Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
  • May 9
  • May 12 – Tony Oliver, Puerto Rican voice actor
  • May 16
    • Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (d. 2007)
    • Don Fullilove, American actor
  • May 20
  • May 23
    • Drew Carey, American actor, voice actor, comedian, sports executive and game show host
    • Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer
    • William Kircher, New Zealand actor
  • May 26 - Margaret Colin, American actress
  • May 29 – Annette Bening, American actress
  • May 30 - Ted McGinley, American actor
  • May 31 - Roma Maffia, American actress
  • June 2 - Mike Binder, American filmmaker, stand-up comedian and actor
  • June 8 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
  • June 17 - Kerry Shale, Canadian actor, voice-over artist and writer
  • June 20 – Paul Poom, Estonian actor
  • June 21
  • June 22 – Bruce Campbell, American actor and director
  • June 24 - Tommy Lister Jr., American character actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020)
  • June 25 - Igal Naor, Israeli actor
  • June 27 - August Schmölzer, Austrian actor and writer
  • June 28 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
  • July 4 – Tõnu Oja, Estonian actor
  • July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress
  • July 8 – Kevin Bacon, American actor
  • July 10 - Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director
  • July 14 – Eva Arnaz, Indonesian actress
  • July 27 - Vincenzo Nicoli, English-Italian actor
  • July 30 - Richard Burgi, American actor
  • August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
  • August 7
    • Shannon Cochran, American actress
    • Pete Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2022)
  • August 8 - Harry Crosby, American investment banker and former actor
  • August 9 – Arvo Kukumägi, Estonian actor (d. 2017)
  • August 10 - Don Swayze, American character actor
  • August 15
  • August 16
    • Angela Bassett, American actress
    • Madonna, American pop singer and actress
    • Toby Sedgwick, English actor and theatre director
  • August 18
  • August 20 - David O. Russell, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • August 22 – Colm Feore, Canadian actor
  • August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor and comedian
  • August 25 – Tim Burton, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • August 29
    • Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter
    • Michael Jackson, American pop singer and actor (d. 2009)
  • August 31 - Julie Brown, American actress, comedian, writer, singer and director
  • September 6
  • September 10 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • September 15 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
  • September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian-American actress
  • September 19 - Richard Ridings, English actor
  • September 20 - Ghassan Massoud, Syrian actor and filmmaker
  • September 23 - Pat Skipper, American actor
  • September 24 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
  • September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
  • October 2 - Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
  • October 4 - Ned Luke, American actor
  • October 9 – Michael Paré, American actor
  • October 15 - Renée Jones, American former actress
  • October 16 – Tim Robbins, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
  • October 19 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
  • October 20 – Viggo Mortensen, Danish actor
  • October 25 - Phil Daniels, English actor
  • November 1
    • Will Finn, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director
    • Rachel Ticotin, American actress
  • November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor
  • November 10 - Stephen Herek, American director
  • November 11 - Scott Plank, American actor (d. 2002)
  • November 12 - Megan Mullally, American actress, comedian and singer
  • November 16 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
  • November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
  • November 18 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor
  • November 22 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
  • November 24 - Alain Chabat, French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and producer
  • November 28 - Thom Mathews, American actor
  • December 6 - Nick Park, British director, producer and animator
  • December 9 - Raja Gosnell, American filmmaker and editor
  • December 11 - Tom Shadyac, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • December 13
    • Lynn-Holly Johnson, American retired figure skater and actress
    • Amy Stoch, American actress
  • December 16 - Katie Leigh, American voice actress
  • December 22 - Lenny Von Dohlen, American actor (d. 2022)
  • December 25 - Cheryl Chase, American voice actress
  • December 29 - Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor
  • December 30 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director
  • December 31

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  4. Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M140-M196.
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