1956 in film

Events

• November 15 - The film Love Me Tender staring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. The Ten Commandments
2. Seven Wonders of the World
3. War and Peace
4. Moby Dick
5. Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring James Stewart
6. The Eddy Duchin Story
7. The Conqueror
8. Love Me Tender
9. Rock Around the Clock
10. Forbidden Planet

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Around the World in Eighty Days - Todd, United Artists
• Best Actor: Yul Brynner - The King and I
• Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia

Births

• January 3 - Mel Gibson, actor and director
• January 7 - David Caruso, actor
• February 11 - Kathleen Beller, actress.
• July 9 - Tom Hanks, actor

Deaths

• December 12 - Ewald André Dupont, German director
• December 16 - Nina Hamnett, artist

Other Movies Released

• Around the World in Eighty Days
• The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The King and I

Referenced By