Chum's Decade Awards: The 50's

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  • Best Picture

  • Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1956)
  • The Searchers(1956)
  • Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • North By Northwest(1959)
  • Best Director

  • Orson Welles- Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • John Ford- The Searchers(1956)
  • Alfred Hitchcock- Rear Window(1954)
  • David Lean- The Bridge On The River Kwai(1957)
  • Don Siegel- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1956)
  • Stanley Kubrick- Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • Best Actor

  • Alastair Sim- Scrooge(1951)
  • Max Von Sydow- The Seventh Seal(1957)
  • John Wayne- The Quiet Man(1952)
  • Kirk Douglas- Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • Henry Fonda- 12 Angry Men(1957)
  • Gary Cooper- High Noon(1952)
  • Best Actress

  • Grace Kelly- Rear Window(1954)
  • Dana Wynter- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1956)
  • Maureen O'Hara- The Quiet Man(1952)
  • Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
  • Best Supporting Actor

  • Van Heflin- 3:10 To Yuma(1957)
  • Ralph Meeker- Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • Victor McLaglen- The Quiet Man(1952)
  • Russ Tamblyn- The Fastest Gun Alive(1957)
  • Jack Palance- Shane(1953)
  • Orson Welles- Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • Best Supporting Actress

  • Vera Miles- The Searchers(1956)
  • Kim Novak- Vertigo(1958)
  • Janet Leigh- Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • Best Screenplay

  • Jack Finney- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1956)
  • Whit Masterson- Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • Humphry Cobb- Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • The Seventh Seal- Igmar Bergman(1957)
  • Reginald Rose- 12 Angry Men(1957)
  • Charles Dickens- Scrooge(1951)
  • Best Cinematography

  • Ellsworth Fredericks- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1956)
  • Jack Hildyard- The Bridge On The River Kwai(1957)
  • George Krause- Paths Of Glory(1957)
  • Russell Metty- Touch Of Evil(1958)
  • C. Pennington-Richards- Scrooge(1951)
  • Best Original Score/Music

  • Dmitri Tiomkin- High Noon(1952)
  • Bernard Herrman- Vertigo(1958)
  • Bernard Herrman- The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
  • Victor Young- The Quiet Man(1952)
  • Malcolm Arnold- The Bridge On The River Kwai(1957)
Author Comments: 

Winners In Bold.

On the strength of this list I'll definitely have to get hold of Scrooge.

i would definitely reccomend it... after becoming content with musicals and muppets it's quite refreshing as it's dark and creepy for most of it and sim is amazing throughout.