1953 in film

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The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
  is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters.
• J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership with RKO Pictures
  , becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959.
• Les Vacances de M. Hulot is released in France, introducing the gauche character of Monsieur Hulot.^[4]
• Prisoner of War films ever made. Holden wins the Academy Award for Best Actor
  for his performance in the film.
• August 5 – Fred Zinnemann's romantic and war masterpiece From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed, premieres.
• August 27 – William Wyler's romantic comedy Roman Holiday, starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, is premièred and propels Hepburn to super stardom.
• September 16 – Religious epic The Robe, starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons, debuts as the first widescreen anamorphic film in cinema history, filmed in CinemaScope grossing a record $36,000 for a single theatre in its first day. It went on to gross a record (for a single theater) $264,428 in its first week.
• Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
  .

• 99 River Street, starring John Payne and Evelyn Keyes
• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, starring Tommy Rettig, screenplay by Dr. Seuss

• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• France
  )
• The Actress, starring Spencer Tracy and Jean Simmons
• GB
  )
• The All-American, starring Tony Curtis
• All I Desire, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• All the Brothers Were Valiant, starring Ann Blyth
• India
  )
• Appointment in Honduras, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Ann Sheridan and Glenn Ford
• Arrowhead, starring Charlton Heston and Jack Palance

B

• India
  )
• The Band Wagon, starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant
• Brazil
  )
• Barabbas, directed by Alf Sjöberg – (Sweden)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, starring Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway
• US
  )
• GB
  )
• U.S.S.R.
  )
• Charles Ruggles
• Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, starring Robert Wagner
• Spain
  )
• The Big Heat, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin
• Big Leaguer, starring Edward G. Robinson
• The Bigamist, directed by and starring Ida Lupino, with Joan Fontaine, Edmond O'Brien
• Black Ermine – (Argentina)
• Blowing Wild, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
• The Blue Gardenia, starring Anne Baxter and Raymond Burr
• A Blueprint for Murder, starring Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters
• Italy
  )
• Bright Road, the first feature-film appearance of Harry Belafonte (US)
• Mexico
  )
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon, starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae

C

• The Caddy, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Calamity Jane, starring Doris Day
• Call Me Madam, starring Ethel Merman
• GB
  )
• Cease Fire
• The Charge at Feather River, starring Guy Madison
• City Beneath the Sea, starring Robert Ryan, Anthony Quinn, Mala Powers
• City That Never Sleeps, starring Gig Young, William Talman, Paula Raymond, Mala Powers
• The Clown, starring Red Skelton
• Confidentially Connie, starring Van Johnson and Janet Leigh
• The Conquest of Everest – (documentary) – (GB)
• GB
  )
• Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen

D

• Dangerous Crossing, starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie
• Dangerous When Wet, starring Esther Williams
• Decameron Nights, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan
• The Desert Rats, starring Richard Burton and James Mason
• GB
  )
• India
  )
• India
  )
• Donovan's Brain, starring Lew Ayres and Nancy Davis
• Down Among the Sheltering Palms, starring Mitzi Gaynor, Gloria DeHaven, Jane Greer
• Dream Wife, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr

E

• Italy
  )
• Jeff Chandler
• Easy to Love, starring Esther Williams
• Italy
  )
• The Eddie Cantor Story, starring Keefe Brasselle
• Mexico
  )
• Japan
  )
• Spain
  )
• GB
  )
• Escape from Fort Bravo, directed by John Sturges, starring William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe

F

• Fair Wind to Java, starring Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston
• The Farmer Takes a Wife, starring Betty Grable
• Fast Company, starring Howard Keel and Polly Bergen
• Fear and Desire, directed by Stanley Kubrick
• The Final Test, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Jack Warner (GB)
• GB
  )
• India
  )
• From Here to Eternity, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed – winner of 8 Oscars

G

• Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) – (Japan)
• Japan
  )
• GB
  )
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
• The Girl Next Door, starring June Haver and Dan Dailey
• The Girl Who Had Everything, starring Elizabeth Taylor, William Powell, Fernando Lamas, Gig Young
• Give a Girl a Break, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
• The Glass Wall, starring Vittorio Gassman and Gloria Grahame
• The Golden Blade, starring Rock Hudson and Piper Laurie
• Sweden
  )
• Jeff Chandler
• Gun Fury, starring Rock Hudson and Donna Reed

H

• GB
  )
• The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien and William Talman
• Hondo, starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page in her film debut
• Houdini, starring (husband and wife) Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
• House of Wax, starring Vincent Price
• How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall (Grable, Fox's top star of the 1940s, with Monroe, Fox's top star of the 1950s)

I

• I Confess, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter
• The I Don't Care Girl, starring Mitzi Gaynor
• I, the Jury, starring Biff Elliot and Peggie Castle
• Inferno, starring Robert Ryan
• Interim, directed by Stan Brakhage, short film (25 ½ minutes); music by James Tenney)
• GB
  )
• GB
  )
• Island in the Sky, starring John Wayne
• It Came from Outer Space, directed by Jack Arnold, starring Richard Carlson

J

• Jennifer, starring Ida Lupino and Howard Duff
• Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker
• Julius Caesar, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr

K

• GB
  )
• King of the Khyber Rifles, starring Tyrone Power
• Kiss Me Kate, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, released in 2-D and 3-D

L

• Italy
  )
• Brazil
  )
• Lagu Kenangan (L. Inata [id]), starring Titien Sumarni and AN Alcaff (Indonesia)
• Latin Lovers, starring Lana Turner
• Law and Order, a western starring Ronald Reagan
• The Lawless Breed, starring Rock Hudson
• Lili, starring Leslie Caron
• The Limping Man, starring Lloyd Bridges – (GB)
• A Lion Is in the Streets, starring James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis
• Little Boy Lost, starring Bing Crosby
• Little Fugitive
• Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
• Italy
  )
• Japan
  )

M

• GB
  )
• Man in the Attic, starring Jack Palance and Constance Smith
• GB
  )
• Man in the Dark, starring Edmond O'Brien and Audrey Totter
• Man on a Tightrope, starring Fredric March and Gloria Grahame
• West Germany
  )
• U.K.
  )
• Meet Me at the Fair, starring Dan Dailey and Diana Lynn
• Miss Sadie Thompson, starring Rita Hayworth
• The Mississippi Gambler, starring Tyrone Power and Piper Laurie
• Mogambo, starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly (remake of 1932's Red Dust which starred Gable with Jean Harlow)
• Money from Home, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• France
  )
• La montaña sin ley
• virgin", directed by Otto Preminger, starring William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara
• The Moonlighter, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

N

• The Naked Spur, starring James Stewart, Robert Ryan and Janet Leigh
• GB
  )
• Niagara, starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten
• West Germany
  )

P

• India
  )
• Peter Pan, a Walt Disney animation featuring the voice of Bobby Driscoll
• Australia
  )
• Sam Fuller, starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
• Plunder of the Sun, starring Glenn Ford
• Pony Express, starring Charlton Heston (as Buffalo Bill)
• The President's Lady (Charlton Heston's first turn at Andrew Jackson before The Buccaneer)

R

• Remains to Be Seen, starring June Allyson and Van Johnson
• Mexico
  )
• Return to Paradise, starring Gary Cooper
• Ride, Vaquero!, starring Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner
• The Robe, the first movie filmed in CinemaScope, starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons
• Rogue's March, starring Peter Lawford, Janice Rule
• Roman Holiday, directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in her Oscar-winning first leading role
• Mexico
  )

S

• Salome, starring Rita Hayworth
• Sweden
  )
• Scared Stiff, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott and Carmen Miranda
• US
  )
• Seminole, starring Rock Hudson and Anthony Quinn
• Shane, directed by George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur (in her final film role), Brandon deWilde, Ben Johnson, Jack Palance
• Italy
  )
• Small Town Girl, starring Jane Powell and Ann Miller
• So Big, directed by Robert Wise, starring Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Steve Forrest
• So This Is Love, starring Kathryn Grayson and Merv Griffin
• South Sea Woman, starring Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo
• Split Second, starring Alexis Smith and Jan Sterling
• Don Taylor, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Strauss, Otto Preminger, Peter Graves
• USSR
  )
• Hungary
  )
• The Steel Lady, starring Rod Cameron and Tab Hunter
• GB
  )
• The Story of Little Muck (Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck) – (East Germany)
• The Story of Three Loves, trilogy starring James Mason, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
• Sweden
  )
• The Sun Shines Bright, directed by John Ford, starring Charles Winninger

T

• Take Me to Town, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Ann Sheridan and Sterling Hayden
• Take the High Ground!, starring Richard Widmark and Karl Malden
• France
  )
• Mexico
  )
• Thunder Over the Plains, starring Randolph Scott
• Titanic, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Thelma Ritter, Brian Aherne, Robert Wagner
• GB
  )
• Japan
  )
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
• Torch Song, starring Joan Crawford
• Treasure of the Golden Condor, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Cornel Wilde
• Tropic Zone, starring Ronald Reagan
• Trouble Along the Way, starring John Wayne
• Trouble in Store, starring Norman Wisdom – (GB)
• Tumbleweed, starring Audie Murphy
• GB
  )

U

• Ugetsu Monogatari, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
  – (Japan)

V

• Italy
  )
• Italy
  )

W

• France
  )
• Walking My Baby Back Home, starring Janet Leigh and Donald O'Connor
• Jeff Chandler
• The War of the Worlds, starring Gene Barry
• White Lightning, starring Stanley Clements and Steve Brodie
• France
  )
• White Witch Doctor, starring Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward
• The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando

Y

• Young Bess, starring Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton

1953 wide release films

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Serials

• Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders, starring Bill Henry
• The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd, starring Richard Crane
• Jungle Drums of Africa, starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates
• The Lost Planet, starring Judd Holdren

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928)-(1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Donald Duck (1934)-(1956)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
• Goofy (1939)-(1953)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940)-(1964)
• Chip and Dale (1943–1956
  )
• Droopy (1943–1958)
• Sylvester the Cat (1944–1966)
• Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)

Births

• January 1:
  • Brian Pettifer, South African actor
  • Mary Sweeney, American director, writer, editor and producer
• January 4: Richard Frank, American actor (died 1995)
• January 7: John Dugan, American actor
• January 8:
  • Damián Alcázar, Mexican actor
  • Tonita Castro, Mexican-born American actress (died 2016)
• January 11: John Sessions, British actor and comedian (died 2020)
• January 12: Phil Reeves, American actor and screenwriter
• January 27:
  • Richard Bremmer, English actor
  • Joe Bob Briggs, American film critic, writer and actor
• January 28: Susan Buckner, American actress (died 2024)
• January 30: Steven Zaillian, director
• February 8: Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• February 9:
  • Vito Antuofermo, Italian-American actor
  • Ciarán Hinds, British-Irish actor
• February 11: Philip Anglim, actor
• February 12: Peter Andersson, Swedish actor
• February 14: Brian O'Connor, American actor and comedian
• February 15: Lynn Whitfield, American actress
• February 17: Evan C. Kim, American actor
• February 18: Rocco Sisto, Italian-American actor
• February 19: Massimo Troisi, actor (died 1994)
• February 21:
  • Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer
  • William Petersen, American actor
• March 2: Ezra Swerdlow, film producer (died 2018)
• March 4:
  • Scott Hicks, director
  • Kay Lenz, American actress
  • Agustí Villaronga, Spanish director (died 2023)
• March 6: Jacklyn Zeman, American actress (died 2023)
• March 15: Frances Conroy, American actress
• March 16: Isabelle Huppert, French actress
• March 24: Louie Anderson, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 2022)
• April 1: Barry Sonnenfeld, American filmmaker and television director
• April 6: Patrick Doyle, Scottish film composer
• April 13:
  • Esther Scott, American actress (died 2020)
  • Harry Waters Jr., American actor and singer
• April 16:
  • Jay O. Sanders, actor
  • Marshall Teague, American actor
• April 18: Rick Moranis, Canadian actor & comedian
• April 19: Ruby Wax, American-British actress, comedian, writer and television personality
• April 23: James Russo, American actor
• April 24: Eric Bogosian, American actor
• April 25: Ron Clements, American animator, director, screenwriter and producer
• April 26: Nancy Lenehan, American actress
• May 9: Amy Hill, American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress
• May 16: Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
• May 21: Nora Aunor, Filipino actress
• May 24: Alfred Molina, English actor
• May 29: Danny Elfman, American composer
• May 30: Colm Meaney, Irish actor
• June 3: Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-American actor (d. 1987)
• June 5: Kathleen Kennedy, American producer
• June 7:
  • Colleen Camp, American character actress and producer
  • Robert Trebor, American character actor (d. 2025)
• June 12: David Thornton, American actor
• June 13: Tim Allen, American actor
• June 15: Renée Victor, American actress
• June 16: Valerie Mahaffey, American character actress and producer
• June 19: Ken Davitian, American character actor and comedian
• June 21: Michael Bowen, American actor
• June 22: Cyndi Lauper, American singer, songwriter, actress and activist
• June 26: Peng Xiaolian, director (died 2019)
• July 1: David Gulpilil, Indigenous-Australian actor (died 2021)
• July 5: Harish Patel, Indian actor
• July 6: Stanley DeSantis, American actor (died 2005)
• July 11:
  • Angélica Aragón, Mexican actress and singer
  • Mindy Sterling, American actress
• July 13: Gil Birmingham, American actor
• July 20: Lee Garlington, American actress
• July 26: Lesli Linka Glatter, American director
• August 7: Lesley Nicol, English actress
• August 8: Don Most, American actor and singer
• August 9: Alf Humphreys, Canadian actor (died 2018)
• August 11: Hulk Hogan, wrestler
• August 12: Selina Cadell, English actress
• August 13: Victor Colicchio, American actor, screenwriter, musician and songwriter
• August 14: James Horner, American composer (died 2015)
• August 18: Sergio Castellitto, Italian actor, director and screenwriter
• August 27: Peter Stormare, Swedish actor
• August 28: Dee Dee Rescher, American actress
• August 30: Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (died 1990)
• September 2: Keith Allen, British actor
• September 6:
  • Anne Lockhart, American actress
  • Patti Yasutake, American actress (died 2024)
• September 10: Amy Irving, American actress
• September 14: Robert Wisdom, American actor
• September 16:
  • Lenny Clarke, American comedian and actor
  • Kurt Fuller, American character actor
• September 18: Anna Thomson, American actress
• October 4:
  • Christopher Fairbank, English actor
  • Tchéky Karyo, French actor
  • Kerry Sherman, American actress
• October 9:
  • Barbara March, Canadian actress (died 2019)
  • Tony Shalhoub, American actor
• October 11:
  • David Morse, American actor, singer, director and writer
  • Bill Randolph, American actor
• October 12: David Threlfall, English actor and director
• October 15: Larry Miller, American comedian, actor, news podcaster and columnist
• October 20: Bill Nunn, American actor (died 2016)
• October 26:
  • Roger Allam, British actor
  • Maureen Teefy, actress
• October 27:
  • Peter Firth, English actor
  • Robert Picardo, American actor
• October 30: Charles Martin Smith, American actor, writer and director
• October 31: Michael J. Anderson, actor
• November 3:
  • Kate Capshaw, American actress
  • Dennis Miller, American comedian and television host
• November 6: Ron Underwood, American director
• November 8: John Musker, American animator, director, screenwriter and producer
• November 13: Tom Villard, American actor (died 1993)
• November 18
  • Kevin Nealon, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • Kath Soucie, American voice actress
• November 19: Robert Beltran, American actor
• November 20: Bembol Roco, Filipino actor
• November 23: George DelHoyo, Uruguayan-born American actor
• November 24: Glenn Withrow, American actor, director, producer and writer
• November 27: Curtis Armstrong, American actor and singer
• November 28: Pamela Hayden, American actress and voice actress
• December 6
  • Gina Hecht, American actress
  • Tom Hulce, American actor
  • Wil Shriner, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
• December 8
  • Kim Basinger, American actress
  • Sam Kinison, American stand-up comedian (died 1992)
• December 9: John Malkovich, American actor
• December 11: Richard Carter, Australian actor and voice-over artist (died 2019)
• December 14: Vijay Amritraj, Indian sports commentator and actor
• December 17:
  • Sally Menke, American editor (died 2010)
  • Bill Pullman, American actor
• December 18:
  • Melanie Kinnaman, American dancer and actress
  • Jeff Kober, American actor
• December 22:
  • Jay Brazeau, Canadian actor
  • Gregor Fisher, Scottish comedian and actor
• December 23: John Callahan, actor (died 2020)
• December 24: Timothy Carhart, American actor
• December 29: Charlayne Woodard, American playwright and actress
• December 31: James Remar, American actor

Deaths

• January 19: Arthur Hoyt, 78, American actor, Her Private Affair, Goldie Gets Along
• February 2: Alan Curtis, 43, American actor, High Sierra, Buck Privates
• February 27: Jessie Coles Grayson, 66, African-American contralto and actress, Cass Timberlane
• March 5: Herman J. Mankiewicz, 55, American screenwriter, Citizen Kane, The Pride of the Yankees, Dinner at Eight, Man of the World
• March 19:
  Irene Bordoni, 68, Corsican-American actress and singer, Paris, Louisiana Purchase
• April 26: Rian James, 53, American screenwriter, 42nd Street, The Housekeeper's Daughter
• May 30: Dooley Wilson, 67, American actor, Casablanca, Stormy Weather
• June 5: Roland Young, 65, British actor, Topper, Ruggles of Red Gap, The Philadelphia Story, And Then There Were None
• June 27: Chris-Pin Martin, 59, American actor, The Gay Caballero, Ride on Vaquero, Robin Hood of Monterey, King of the Bandits
• June 30: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director (born 1893)
• July 3: Irving Reis, 47, American director, The Big Street, All My Sons
• August 6
  • John Reinhardt, Austrian director, Sofia, Chicago Calling
  • Houseley Stevenson, American actor, Dark Passage, Kidnapped
• August 9: Henri Étiévant, French actor, director (born 1870)
• August 13: Paul Kemp, German actor (born 1896), Charley's Aunt
• August 17: Albert Austin, British actor and director (born 1882), Suds, A Prince of a King
• September 12: Lewis Stone, American actor (born 1879), Andy Hardy film series, The Prisoner of Zenda, Grand Hotel
• October 6: Porter Hall, American actor (born 1888), Double Indemnity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Going My Way, Miracle on 34th Street
• October 8: Nigel Bruce, British actor (born 1895), Sherlock Holmes film series, Suspicion, Rebecca, The Rains Came, Treasure Island
• October 13: Millard Mitchell, American character actor (born 1903), Singin' in the Rain, Winchester '73, The Gunfighter, The Naked Spur, Twelve O'Clock High
• November 29:
  Robin Hood, Blind Husbands
• December 29: Violet MacMillan, American actress (born 1887), The Magic Cloak of Oz, Violet's Dreams

Debuts

• Claude Akins – From Here to Eternity
• Harry Andrews – The Red Beret
• Carroll Baker – Easy to Love
• Harry Belafonte – Bright Road
• Jeanne Cooper – The Redhead from Wyoming
• Kathryn Crosby – So This Is Love
• Shirley Eaton – Personal Affair
• Anita Ekberg – The Mississippi Gambler
• Götz George – When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
• Leo Gordon – China Venture
• Lola Herrera – The Portico of Glory
• Lou Jacobi – Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
• Stanley Kubrick (director) – Fear and Desire
• Jan Malmsjö – Marianne
• Paul Mazursky – Fear and Desire
• Steve McQueen – Girl on the Run
• Nanette Newman – Personal Affair
• Geraldine Page – Hondo
• Anthony Perkins – The Actress
• Marion Ross – Forever Female
• Romy Schneider – When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
• Harry Shearer – Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
• Maureen Stapleton – Main Street to Broadway
• Mel Welles – Appointment in Honduras
• Billie Whitelaw – The Fake

Notes

1. ^
   ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6
   .
2. ^ ^{a b} "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
3. ^ ^{a b} The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
4. ^ Jean-Charles Sabria (1987). Cinéma français: les années 50 : les longs métrages réalisés de 1950 à 1959 (in French). Éd. du Centre Pompidou. p. 1977.

External links

• List of 1953 films at IMDb
• List of 1953 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1953 births at IMDb