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Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder. Originally released by Paramount Pictures , the film stars James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Wendell Corey , Thelma Ritter , and Raymond Burr .
January 6 – Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008) January 6 - John Sparkes, Welsh actor and comedian; January 19 - Katey Sagal, American actress and singer-songwriter; January 20 - Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024) January 25 - Sean Lawlor, Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009)
On August 4, 1954, Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, was unveiled in New York at the Rivoli Theatre. The Paramount feature went on to nab four ...
Director Alfred Hitchcock was at the peak of his craft, with films such as Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), and North by Northwest (1959), with James Stewart and Grace Kelly starring in three each.
Bacon's final film Shield for Murder: Edmond O'Brien: Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar: Film noir: United Artists: Siege at Red River: Rudolph Mate: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone: Western: 20th Century Fox: Sign of the Pagan: Douglas Sirk: Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Rita Gam: Adventure: Universal: Silent Raiders: Richard Bartlett
1826 – View from the Window at Le Gras, Nicéphore Niépce takes the oldest known extant photograph. 1833 – Since 1833 onwards, 'animated films' or rather animated effects began to be made with the use of phénakisticopes, zoetropes, and praxinoscopes. 1865 – Revolving, self-portrait by French photographer Nadar.
Best Film: On the Waterfront; Best Foreign Film: Romeo and Juliet; Best Actor: Bing Crosby (The Country Girl) Best Actress: Grace Kelly (The Country Girl, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window) Best Supporting Actor: John Williams (Sabrina, Dial M for Murder) Best Supporting Actress: Nina Foch (Executive Suite) Best Director: Renato Castellani (Romeo ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1954: Adventure in the Hopfields: John Guillermin: Mandy Miller, Hilda Fenemore, Russell Waters: Family: The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp: Alan Bromly: Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento, Jerry Desmonde