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Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Cinerama, as well as gimmicks like 3-D film.
A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox 's All About Eve .
Four films from this decade, Destination Moon (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), The War of the Worlds (1953) and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) won Academy Awards, while Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Forbidden Planet (1956), On the Beach (1959) and Them! (1954) received nominations.
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Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film [3] [4] directed and produced by Robert Redford.Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio [5] adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. [6]
The decade of the 1990s in film involved many significant developments in the industry of cinema. [1] Numerous feature-length movies were specifically filmed and/or edited to be displayed not only on theater screens but also the smaller TV screens, like showing more close-ups and less wide shots during dialogue scenes .
The Garden of Evening Mists (film) Germany, Pale Mother; Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story; A Girl Called Rosemary; Girls in Prison (1994 film) The Go-Between (1971 film) The Godfather; The Godfather Part II; Gods and Monsters (film) Going All the Way; Golden Gate (film) The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery; The Goldsmith's Secret
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1951. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Picture category was split into Musical or Comedy , or Drama . A Place in the Sun won Best Motion Picture - Drama, while An American in Paris won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.