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1958 in film

The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * January 29 – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Le Beau Serge is credited as the first French New Wave feature.
 * February 16 – In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946.
 * February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies.
 * The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It would be the last of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible trilogy as the director died during production on Part III.
 * April – Samuel J. Briskin leaves MGM and rejoins Columbia Pictures later becoming vice president and general manager of the studio.
 * April 22 – Sol C. Siegel becomes head of studio operations at MGM.
 * May 15 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases Gigi, one of the last classic MGM musicals. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, produced by Arthur Freed, and written by Alan Jay Lerner, the film is released to considerable critical and commercial success and will become the highest-grossing musical ever made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, until That's Entertainment! in 1974.
 * May 17 – Joseph E. Levine presents a picture on his own for the first time with 1954's Attila in an all-out exploitation saturation booking in the United States earning rentals of $2 million.
 * August 31 – Carry on Sergeant, the first film in the popular British Carry On series, opens.
 * October – Universal Pictures sells the Universal lot to Music Corporation of America for $11.25 million and leases it back for $1 million a year.
 * November 15 – During production of Solomon and Sheba in Madrid, Spain, actor Tyrone Power dies of a massive heart attack. The production of the film is halted and it is finished in late 1959. Power, who was playing the role of King Solomon, is replaced in the film by Yul Brynner.
 * December 16 – MCA Inc. acquires the Universal Pictures studio lot for $11 million. It will later acquire the studio.

Notable films released in 1958
United States unless stated

A

 * Amar Deep, remake of Amara Deepam, starring Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini – (India)
 * Ambush at Cimarron Pass, starring Scott Brady and Clint Eastwood
 * And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Andy Hardy Comes Home, starring Mickey Rooney
 * Another Time, Another Place, starring Lana Turner and Sean Connery – (Britain)
 * Apache Territory, starring Rory Calhoun
 * Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
 * Arms and the Man (Helden) – (West Germany)
 * Ash Wednesday (Miércoles de ceniza), starring María Félix and Arturo de Córdova – (Mexico)
 * Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (Poland)
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, starring Allison Hayes
 * Auntie Mame, starring Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker, Roger Smith, Peggy Cass

B

 * The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) – (Japan)
 * The Barbarian and the Geisha, starring John Wayne and Eiko Ando
 * Le Beau Serge (Handsome Serge), directed by Claude Chabrol – (France)
 * Bell, Book and Candle, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
 * The Big Country, directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors
 * Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti), starring Vittorio Gassman, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
 * The Black Orchid, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
 * The Blob, starring Steve McQueen
 * Bonjour Tristesse, directed by Otto Preminger, starring David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg
 * The Bonnie Parker Story, starring Dorothy Provine
 * The Bravados, starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins
 * Brink of Life (Nära livet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck and Ingrid Thulin – (Sweden)
 * The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Lee J. Cobb, Claire Bloom
 * The Buccaneer, directed by Anthony Quinn, starring Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom
 * Buchanan Rides Alone, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott and Craig Stevens

C

 * Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid), directed by Youssef Chahine – (Egypt)
 * Carry On Sergeant, the first in the Carry On film series, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring William Hartnell, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor – (Britain)
 * Carve Her Name with Pride, starring Virginia McKenna and Paul Scofield – (Britain)
 * The Castle of the Monsters (El Castillo de los Monstruos) – (Mexico)
 * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson
 * A Certain Smile, starring Rossano Brazzi and Joan Fontaine
 * Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (That which runs is a car), starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala – (India)
 * Chase a Crooked Shadow, starring Richard Todd and Anne Baxter – (Britain)
 * China Doll, starring Victor Mature
 * The Colossus of New York, starring Ross Martin and Mala Powers
 * Cowboy, starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon
 * The Crawling Eye (The Trollenberg Terror), directed by Quentin Lawrence, starring Forrest Tucker and Janet Munro – (Britain)
 * The Cry Baby Killer, directed by Roger Corman, featuring Jack Nicholson in his film debut
 * Cry Terror!, starring James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson

D

 * Damn Yankees, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston
 * Darby's Rangers, directed by William Wellman, starring James Garner
 * The Deep Six, starring Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
 * The Defiant Ones, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier
 * Desire (Touha) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Desire Under the Elms, starring Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
 * The Doctor's Dilemma, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Dirk Bogarde (Britain)
 * Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing – (Britain)
 * Dunkirk, starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough – (Britain)

E

 * Édes Anna, directed by Zoltán Fábri – (Hungary)
 * Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau – (France)
 * Enchanted Island, starring Jane Powell
 * Endless Desire (Hateshinaki yokubo), directed by Shōhei Imamura – (Japan)
 * Equinox Flower (Higanbana), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)

F

 * The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (aka Vynález zkázy) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Fanfare – (Netherlands)
 * Flood Tide, starring George Nader and Cornell Borchers
 * A Flower in Hell (Jiokhwa) – (South Korea)
 * The Fly, starring Vincent Price
 * Fort Massacre, starring Joel McCrea
 * From Hell to Texas, starring Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Dennis Hopper
 * From the Earth to the Moon, starring Joseph Cotten

G

 * The Geisha Boy, starring Jerry Lewis
 * Giants and Toys (Kyojin to gangu) – (Japan)
 * The Gift of Love, directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack
 * Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier
 * Girl on the Run, starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
 * God's Little Acre, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Fay Spain, Tina Louise
 * The Goddess, starring Kim Stanley
 * Goha, starring Omar Sharif – (France/Tunisia)
 * Gunman's Walk, starring Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant

H

 * H8 – (Yugoslavia)
 * The H-Man, directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * Harry Black, starring Stewart Granger and Barbara Rush – (UK/US)
 * Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole), starring Steve Reeves – (Italy)
 * The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san akunin), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * High School Confidential, starring Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, Mamie Van Doren
 * The Horse's Mouth, starring Alec Guinness – (Britain)
 * Houseboat, starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
 * Howrah Bridge, starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar – (India)
 * The Hunters, starring Robert Mitchum

I

 * I Accuse!, directed by and starring José Ferrer – (Britain)
 * I Want to Live!, starring Susan Hayward (winner of Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress)
 * I Was Monty's Double, starring M. E. Clifton James and John Mills – (Britain)
 * Ice Cold in Alex, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring John Mills and Sylvia Syms – (Britain)
 * The Idiot – (USSR)
 * Imitation General, directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg
 * In Case of Adversity (En Cas de Malheur), starring Jean Gabin and Brigitte Bardot – (France)
 * In the Money, starring the Bowery Boys
 * Indiscreet, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman – (Britain)
 * The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, directed by Mark Robson, starring Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat
 * Intent to Kill, starring Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom
 * Iron Flower (Vasvirág) – (Hungary)
 * It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) – (West Germany)
 * It! The Terror from Beyond Space, directed by Edward L. Cahn, starring Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton and Ray Corrigan as the monster of the title
 * Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (Ivan Grozniy), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Nikolay Cherkasov – (U.S.S.R.)

J

 * Jalsaghar (The Music Room), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
 * Jamila, the Algerian, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Magda and Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)

K

 * Kala Pani (Life Sentence), starring Dev Anand and Madhubala – (India)
 * The Key, starring William Holden and Sophia Loren, based on Jan de Hartog novel – (Britain)
 * King Creole, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Elvis Presley, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Walter Matthau

L

 * Lafayette Escadrille, World War I film starring Tab Hunter, with an early appearance by Clint Eastwood
 * Lake of the Dead (De dødes tjern) – (Norway)
 * The Last Hurrah, starring Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone
 * The Law and Jake Wade, starring Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark
 * The Law Is the Law (La loi, c'est la loi), starring Totò and Fernandel – (France/Italy)
 * The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman
 * The Light in the Forest, starring Fess Parker
 * The Lineup, starring Eli Wallach
 * Lonelyhearts, starring Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Maureen Stapleton
 * The Long, Hot Summer, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick
 * The Lovers (Les amants), directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Alain Cuny – (France)
 * The Lovers of Montparnasse (Les Amants de Montparnasse), directed by Jacques Becker and Max Ophüls – (France)

M

 * Machine-Gun Kelly, starring Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot and Morey Amsterdam
 * Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform), starring Lilli Palmer and Romy Schneider (West Germany)
 * Madhumati, directed by Bimal Roy, starring Vyjayanthimala in triple role and Dilip Kumar – (India)
 * The Magician (Ansiktet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow – (Sweden)
 * Maigret Sets a Trap (film) (Maigret tend un piège), starring Jean Gabin – (France)
 * The Man Inside, starring Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg – (Britain)
 * A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia), directed by and starring Pietro Germi – (Italy)
 * Man of the West, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Lord, Julie London
 * Marjorie Morningstar, starring Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly
 * The Matchmaker, starring Shirley MacLaine
 * Me and the Colonel, starring Danny Kaye
 * Merry Andrew, starring Danny Kaye
 * Les Misérables, starring Jean Gabin – (France)
 * Mon Oncle, directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France)
 * Monster on the Campus, directed by Jack Arnold
 * Murder by Contract, starring Vince Edwards

N

 * The Naked Maja, starring Ava Gardner and Anthony Franciosa – (Italy/France/U.S.)
 * Next to No Time, starring Kenneth More and Betsy Drake – (Britain)
 * The Night Heaven Fell (Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune), directed by Roger Vadim, starring Brigitte Bardot – (France)
 * A Night to Remember, directed by Roy Baker, starring Kenneth More – (Britain)
 * No Time for Sergeants, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, Nick Adams

O

 * The Old Man and the Sea, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, starring Spencer Tracy
 * Onionhead, starring Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Felicia Farr, Joey Bishop
 * Orders to Kill, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Eddie Albert – (Britain)
 * The Outlaws (Oi paranomoi) – (Greece)

P

 * Paris Holiday, starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg
 * Party Girl, starring Cyd Charisse and Robert Taylor
 * The Perfect Furlough, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
 * Phagun, starring Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan – (India)
 * Police, starring Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar – (India)
 * The Proud Rebel, starring Alan Ladd and Olivia de Havilland

Q

 * A Question of Adultery, directed by Don Chaffey, starring Julie London, Anthony Steel, Basil Sydney, Donald Houston – (U.K.)
 * Queen of Outer Space, directed by Edward Bernds, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, and Laurie Mitchell.
 * The Quiet American, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave

R

 * Raj Tilak, remake of Vanjikottai Valiban, starring Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini – (India)
 * Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins
 * The Reluctant Debutante, starring Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Sandra Dee
 * The Revenge of Frankenstein, starring Peter Cushing – (Britain)
 * The Rickshaw Man (Muhomatsu no issho), starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * Ride a Crooked Trail, starring Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau
 * Rock-A-Bye Baby, starring Jerry Lewis
 * Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) – (Argentina)
 * Run Silent, Run Deep, directed by Robert Wise, starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster

S

 * Saddle the Wind, starring Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes
 * Sadhna, starring Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt – (India)
 * Screaming Mimi, starring Anita Ekberg
 * Separate Tables, starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, David Niven
 * The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, starring Kerwin Mathews
 * The Sheepman, starring Glenn Ford and Shirley MacLaine
 * The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, starring Jayne Mansfield and Kenneth More – (Britain)
 * The Sign of Zorro
 * Sing, Boy, Sing, directed by Henry Ephron, starring Tommy Sands
 * Solva Saal (Sixteenth Year), starring Dev Anand – (India)
 * Some Came Running, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
 * South Pacific, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston
 * Stage Struck, starring Henry Fonda and Susan Strasberg
 * Stakeout on Dope Street, starring Abby Dalton
 * St. Louis Blues, featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
 * St. Peter's Umbrella (Szent Péter esernyöje) – (Hungary/Czechoslovakia)
 * Summer Love, starring John Saxon and Jill St. John

T

 * A Tale of Two Cities, starring Dirk Bogarde – (Britain)
 * Tamango, starring Dorothy Dandridge
 * The Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone
 * Teacher's Pet, starring Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
 * Ten North Frederick, starring Gary Cooper and Suzy Parker
 * Terror in a Texas Town, starring Sterling Hayden
 * This Happy Feeling, starring Debbie Reynolds, John Saxon, Alexis Smith
 * Thunder Road, starring Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith
 * A Time to Love and a Time to Die, starring John Gavin
 * The Tinder Box (Das Feuerzeug) – (East Germany)
 * Tom Thumb, starring Russ Tamblyn and Terry-Thomas – (Britain/US)
 * Too Much, Too Soon, starring Dorothy Malone, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Errol Flynn
 * Torpedo Run, starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine
 * Touch of Evil, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich
 * Tread Softly Stranger, starring Diana Dors – (Britain)
 * The True Story of Lynn Stuart, starring Betsy Palmer
 * The Tunnel of Love, starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark
 * Twilight for the Gods, starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse

U

 * Underworld Beauty (Ankokugai no bijo) – (Japan)

V

 * Vanjikottai Valiban (The Youth from Vanji Fort), starring Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini – (India)
 * Varan the Unbelievable (Daikaijū Baran), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * Vengeance (La venganza), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Raf Vallone – (Spain)
 * Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
 * The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
 * The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) – (Netherlands)
 * Virgin Island, starring John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell and Sidney Poitier (UK)

W

 * White Wilderness, a Disney nature film

Y

 * The Young Lions, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin

Film series
Carry On series (1958–1992)

Short film series

 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Terrytoons (1930–1969)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
 * Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
 * Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
 * Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
 * Woody Woodpecker (1940–1972)

Ending this year
 * Droopy (1943-1958)
 * Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

Births

 * January 3 - Simon Greenall, English actor, presenter, comedian, producer and writer
 * January 4
 * Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor, singer and comedian
 * Julian Sands, English actor (d. 2023)
 * January 7 - Linda Kozlowski, American former actress
 * January 8 - George Jackson, American director and producer (d. 2000)
 * January 11 - Alyson Reed, American actress
 * January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
 * January 21 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
 * January 26 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
 * February 2 - Douglas McGrath, American screenwriter, director and actor (d. 2022)
 * February 6
 * Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (d. 2004)
 * Barry Miller, American actor
 * February 10
 * Bess Motta, American actress and singer
 * Rupert Vansittart, English character actor
 * February 13
 * Pernilla August, Swedish actress
 * Donal Gibson, American former actor
 * Tip Tipping, English stuntman and actor (d. 1993)
 * February 15 - Shaun Toub, Iranian-American actor
 * February 16
 * Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer
 * Lisa Loring, American actress (d. 2023)
 * February 19
 * Leslie David Baker, American actor
 * Pierre-Loup Rajot, French actor and director
 * February 21
 * Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor
 * Denise Dowse, American actress and director (d. 2022)
 * February 26
 * Greg Germann, American actor
 * Chris Phillips, American voice actor
 * March 3
 * Bob Nelson, American stand-up comedian and actor
 * Miranda Richardson, English actress
 * March 4 - Patricia Heaton, American actress
 * March 7 - Rik Mayall, English actor, comedian and writer (d. 2014)
 * March 10 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
 * March 14 - Russell Todd, American former actor
 * March 18 - Christian Clemenson, American actor
 * March 19
 * Robin Hurlstone, British actor
 * Fred Stoller, American actor and stand-up comedian
 * March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress
 * March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker
 * March 27 - Adrian Rawlins, English actor
 * March 29 – Anu Lamp, Estonian actress
 * March 30 - Maurice LaMarche, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
 * March 31
 * Tony Cox, American actor
 * Sylvester Groth, German actor
 * April 3
 * Alec Baldwin, American actor
 * Jaan Rekkor, Estonian actor
 * April 4 - Constance Shulman, American actress
 * April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor, writer and director
 * April 19 - Steve Antin, American actor, stunt performer, producer and director
 * April 21 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
 * April 26 - Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
 * April 29 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
 * May 7 – Mayra Alejandra, Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
 * May 9
 * Lorena Gale, Canadian actress (d. 2009)
 * Chuck Russell, American filmmaker and actor
 * May 12 – Tony Oliver, Puerto Rican voice actor
 * May 16
 * Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (d. 2007)
 * Don Fullilove, American actor
 * May 20
 * Judy Kuhn, American actress, singer and activist
 * Matt McCoy, American actor
 * May 23
 * Drew Carey, American actor, voice actor, comedian, sports executive and game show host
 * Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer
 * William Kircher, New Zealand actor
 * May 26 - Margaret Colin, American actress
 * May 29 – Annette Bening, American actress
 * May 30 - Ted McGinley, American actor
 * May 31 - Roma Maffia, American actress
 * June 2 - Mike Binder, American filmmaker, stand-up comedian and actor
 * June 8 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
 * June 17 - Kerry Shale, Canadian actor, voice-over artist and writer
 * June 20 – Paul Poom, Estonian actor
 * June 21
 * Michael Bowen, American actor
 * Eric Douglas, American actor and stand-up comedian (d. 2004)
 * Josh Pais, American actor
 * June 22 – Bruce Campbell, American actor and director
 * June 24 - Tommy Lister Jr., American character actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020)
 * June 25 - Igal Naor, Israeli actor
 * June 27 - August Schmölzer, Austrian actor and writer
 * June 28 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
 * July 4 – Tõnu Oja, Estonian actor
 * July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress
 * July 8 – Kevin Bacon, American actor
 * July 10 - Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director
 * July 14 – Eva Arnaz, Indonesian actress
 * July 27 - Vincenzo Nicoli, English-Italian actor
 * July 30 - Richard Burgi, American actor
 * August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
 * August 7
 * Shannon Cochran, American actress
 * Pete Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2022)
 * August 8 - Harry Crosby, American investment banker and former actor
 * August 9 – Arvo Kukumägi, Estonian actor (d. 2017)
 * August 10 - Don Swayze, American character actor
 * August 15
 * Nicholas Bell, English actor
 * Roger Rose, American actor
 * August 16
 * Angela Bassett, American actress
 * Madonna, American pop singer and actress
 * Toby Sedgwick, English actor and theatre director
 * August 18
 * Reg E. Cathey, American character actor (d. 2018)
 * Madeleine Stowe, American actress
 * August 20 - David O. Russell, American director, screenwriter and producer
 * August 22 – Colm Feore, Canadian actor
 * August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor and comedian
 * August 25 – Tim Burton, American director, producer and screenwriter
 * August 29
 * Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter
 * Michael Jackson, American pop singer and actor (d. 2009)
 * August 31 - Julie Brown, American actress, comedian, writer, singer and director
 * September 3 – Steve Schirripa, American actor
 * September 6
 * Jeff Foxworthy, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
 * Michael Winslow, American actor, beatboxer, and comedian
 * September 10 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer and screenwriter
 * September 15 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
 * September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian-American actress
 * September 20 - Ghassan Massoud, Syrian actor and filmmaker
 * September 23 - Pat Skipper, American actor
 * September 24 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
 * October 2 - Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
 * October 4 - Ned Luke, American actor
 * October 9 – Michael Paré, American actor
 * October 15 - Renée Jones, American former actress
 * October 16 – Tim Robbins, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
 * October 19 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
 * October 20 – Viggo Mortensen, Danish actor
 * October 25 - Phil Daniels, English actor
 * November 1
 * Will Finn, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director
 * Rachel Ticotin, American actress
 * November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor
 * November 10 - Stephen Herek, American director
 * November 11 - Scott Plank, American actor (d. 2002)
 * November 12 - Megan Mullally, American actress, comedian and singer
 * November 16 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
 * November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
 * November 18 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor
 * November 22 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
 * November 24 - Alain Chabat, French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and producer
 * November 28 - Thom Mathews, American actor
 * December 6 - Nick Park, British director, producer and animator
 * December 9 - Raja Gosnell, American filmmaker and editor
 * December 11 - Tom Shadyac, American director, screenwriter and producer
 * December 13
 * Lynn-Holly Johnson, American retired figure skater and actress
 * Amy Stoch, American actress
 * December 16 - Katie Leigh, American voice actress
 * December 22 - Lenny Von Dohlen, American actor (d. 2022)
 * December 25 - Cheryl Chase, American voice actress
 * December 29 - Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor
 * December 30 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director
 * December 31
 * Johnny Hardwick, American actor and voice actor (d. 2023)
 * Bebe Neuwirth, American Actress

Deaths

 * January 3 – Charles Williams, 59, American actor, writer, It's a Wonderful Life, Parole, Inc.
 * January 11 – Edna Purviance, 62, American actress, The Kid, A Woman of Paris
 * January 13 – Jesse L. Lasky, 77, American producer, Wings, The Cocoanuts
 * February 13 – Helen Twelvetrees, 49, American actress, A Bedtime Story, Now I'll Tell
 * February 15 – William Berke, 54, American director, Dick Tracy, FBI Girl
 * February 17 – Tala Birell, 50, Romanian actress, Women in the Night, Dangerous Millions
 * February 20 – Thurston Hall, 75, American actor, We Have Our Moments, Chain Gang
 * February 27 – Harry Cohn, 66, American film executive, co-founder of CBC Sales Association (Columbia Pictures), Platinum Blonde, American Madness
 * March 22
 * Mike Todd, 48, American producer, Around the World in 80 Days, This Is Cinerama
 * Art Cohn, 48, American screenwriter, The Set-Up, Ten Thousand Bedrooms
 * March 31 – Nicholas Nayfack, 49, American producer, Escape from Fort Bravo, Forbidden Planet
 * April 9 – Sol M. Wurtzel, 67, American producer, Charlie Chan in Rio, Bright Eyes
 * April 15 – Estelle Taylor, 63, American actress, Cimarron, The Ten Commandments
 * May 2 – Henry Cornelius, 44, South African director, Genevieve, I Am a Camera
 * May 9 – Bill Goodwin, 47, American actor, announcer Mickey, The Atomic Kid
 * May 19 – Ronald Colman, 67, British actor, Lost Horizon, Random Harvest
 * June 6 – Virginia Pearson, 72, American actress, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz
 * June 9 – Robert Donat, 53, British actor, The 39 Steps, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
 * June 27 – Robert Greig, 78, Australian actor, They Just Had to Get Married, Love, Honor and Goodbye
 * July 11 – Evelyn Varden, 65, American actress, The Night of the Hunter, Ten Thousand Bedrooms
 * July 20 – Franklin Pangborn, 69, American actor, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, The Bank Dick
 * August 1 – Albert E. Smith, 83, English director and producer, co-founder of Vitagraph Studios
 * August 8 – Barbara Bennett, 51, American actress, Black Jack, Syncopation
 * August 18 – Bonar Colleano, 34, British actor, Eight Iron Men, Joe MacBeth
 * August 21 – Kurt Neumann, 50, German director, The Fly, Mohawk
 * August 27 – Priscilla Lawson, 44, American actress, Flash Gordon, Rose Bowl
 * October 4 – Ida Wüst, 74, German actress, Chamber Music
 * November 15 – Tyrone Power, 44, American actor, Witness for the Prosecution, The Mark of Zorro
 * December 1 – Boots Mallory, 45, American actress, Sing Sing Nights, Here's Flash Casey
 * December 20 – Elisabeth Risdon, 71, British actress, Florence Nightingale, Five Came Back
 * December 21 – H. B. Warner, 83, British actor, Lost Horizon, It's a Wonderful Life

Film debuts

 * Claudine Auger – Christine
 * Steven Berkoff – I Was Monty's Double
 * Richard Briers – Girls at Sea
 * Claudia Cardinale – Goha
 * Veronica Cartwright – In Love and War
 * Bradford Dillman – A Certain Smile
 * Peter Falk – Wind Across the Everglades
 * Steve Franken – Cop Hater
 * Jerry Hardin – Thunder Road
 * Nigel Hawthorne – Carve Her Name with Pride
 * Ian Holm – Girls at Sea
 * Lincoln Kilpatrick – Cop Hater
 * Don Knotts – No Time for Sergeants
 * Tina Louise – God's Little Acre
 * Carol Lynley – The Light in the Forest
 * Anna Massey – Gideon's Day
 * Christopher Mitchum – Thunder Road
 * Jack Nicholson – The Cry Baby Killer
 * Suzanne Pleshette – The Geisha Boy
 * Christopher Plummer – Stage Struck
 * Vanessa Redgrave – Behind the Mask
 * Don Rickles – Run Silent, Run Deep
 * Gena Rowlands – The High Cost of Loving
 * Mitchell Ryan – Thunder Road
 * Victor Spinetti – Behind the Mask
 * Dudley Sutton – A Night to Remember
 * Vic Tayback – The Power of the Resurrection
 * Renée Taylor – The Mugger
 * Jack Weston – Stage Struck
 * John Williams (film composer) – Daddy-O

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1957 in film

The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.

Events

 * January 14 – Legendary actor Humphrey Bogart dies at the age of 56 in Los Angeles from esophageal cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as Dead End, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Sabrina, and for To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep co-starring with his wife Lauren Bacall; Bogart was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The African Queen. In addition, he was named as 1 of the greatest actors of all-time.
 * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures.
 * May – Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
 * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in The Delicate Delinquent.
 * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to quit the MPAA.
 * October 2 – Raintree County is the first film shot in MGM Camera 65.
 * October 16 – First London Film Festival held at the newly opened National Film Theatre.
 * December 6 – Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries is released in Sweden. It goes on to win the Golden Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1959.

1957 film releases

 * February 14 - Cinderella (re-release)
 * July 3 - Bambi (re-release)

Notable films released in 1957
United States unless stated

#

 * 3:10 to Yuma, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin
 * 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements, directed by Jean Cocteau
 * 10th of May (Der 10. Mai) – (Switzerland)
 * 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall
 * 1918 – (Finland)
 * 20 Million Miles to Earth, starring William Hopper, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen

A

 * Aasha, starring Kishore Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Asha Parekh – (India)
 * The Abominable Snowman, starring Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker – (GB)
 * Across the Bridge, starring Rod Steiger – (GB)
 * The Admirable Crichton, starring Kenneth More and Diane Cilento – (GB)
 * An Affair to Remember, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
 * All Mine to Give, starring Glynis Johns and Cameron Mitchell
 * And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * April Love, starring Shirley Jones and Pat Boone
 * The Auntie from Chicago (I theia ap' to Chicago) – (Greece)

B

 * Baby Face Nelson, starring Mickey Rooney
 * Back Again, directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, written by Yusuf Sibai, starring Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)
 * The Bachelor Party, directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky, starring Don Murray
 * Band of Angels
 * Barnacle Bill, starring Alec Guinness – (GB)
 * The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring John Gielgud and Jennifer Jones – (GB)
 * Beau James, a biopic starring Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith
 * La Bestia humana (The Human Beast) – (Argentina)
 * The Big Land, starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo
 * Bitter Victory, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Richard Burton – (France/US)
 * The Black Scorpion, starring Mara Corday, with special effects by Willis O'Brien
 * Blue Murder at St Trinian's, starring Terry-Thomas and Joyce Grenfell – (GB)
 * Bombers B-52, starring Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt
 * Boy on a Dolphin, starring Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren
 * The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean, starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa – winner of 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAS and 3 Golden Globes – (GB)
 * Brothers in Law, starring Richard Attenborough and Ian Carmichael – (GB)
 * The Brothers Rico, starring Richard Conte
 * The Burglar, starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield (filmed in 1955 but released in 1957 due to sudden popularity of Mansfield)

C

 * The Careless Years, starring Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, Barbara Billingsley
 * City of Gold – (Canada)
 * Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) – (West Germany)
 * Country Hotel (Rong Raem Narok) – (Thailand)
 * The Cranes Are Flying (Letyat zhuravli), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov – winner of the Palme d'Or – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Crime of Passion, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
 * The Crucible (Les Sorcières de Salem), starring Simone Signoret and Yves Montand – (France/East Germany)
 * The Curse of Frankenstein, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee – (GB)

D

 * The D.I., directed by and starring Jack Webb
 * Decision at Sundown, starring Randolph Scott
 * The Delicate Delinquent, starring Jerry Lewis (his first film without Dean Martin) and Darren McGavin
 * The Delinquents, directed by Robert Altman
 * Designing Woman, starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall
 * Desk Set, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
 * The Devil's Hairpin, starring Cornel Wilde
 * Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) – (India)
 * Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Don't Go Near the Water, starring Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Anne Francis
 * Drango, starring Jeff Chandler
 * Duped Till Doomsday (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) – (East Germany)

E

 * Early Morning Chill (五更寒), directed by Yan Jizhou – (China)
 * Edge of the City, directed by Martin Ritt, starring John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee
 * The Enemy Below, produced and directed by Dick Powell, and starring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison

F

 * A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, written by Budd Schulberg, starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau
 * Les Fanatiques (The Fanatics), starring Pierre Fresnay and Michel Auclair – (France)
 * A Farewell to Arms, starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones
 * A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen) – (Japan)
 * Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
 * Fear Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden
 * Fire Down Below, starring Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum
 * The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga), directed by Arne Sucksdorff – (Sweden)
 * Forty Guns, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry
 * Funny Face, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson

G

 * The Garment Jungle, starring Lee J. Cobb and Gia Scala
 * The Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas), directed by René Clair – (France/Italy)
 * Gateway of India, starring Madhubala – (India)
 * The Girl in Black Stockings, starring Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren
 * The Girl in the Kremlin, starring Lex Barker and Zsa Zsa Gabor
 * The Girl Most Likely, starring Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson
 * Les Girls, aka Cole Porter's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor
 * La grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) – (Italy)
 * Gun for a Coward, starring Fred MacMurray
 * Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming

H

 * The Halliday Brand, starring Joseph Cotten and Viveca Lindfors
 * A Hatful of Rain, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa
 * He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir), directed by Jules Dassin – (France)
 * Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, directed by John Huston, starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum
 * The Helen Morgan Story, starring Paul Newman and Ann Blyth
 * Hell Drivers, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan – (GB)
 * Hour of Decision, starring Jeff Morrow and Hazel Court – (GB)
 * The House of the Angel (La Casa del ángel) – (Argentina)

I

 * I Am Waiting (Ore wa matteru ze) – (Japan)
 * The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold, starring Grant Williams
 * Interlude, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring June Allyson
 * Island in the Sun, starring Dorothy Dandridge, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Harry Belafonte
 * Istanbul, starring Errol Flynn

J

 * Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
 * Jamboree, featuring Dick Clark, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino
 * Jeanne Eagels, starring Kim Novak
 * Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh
 * Joe Butterfly, starring Audie Murphy and Burgess Meredith
 * Johnny Tremain, starring Hal Stalmaster and Sebastian Cabot
 * The Joker Is Wild, starring Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Mitzi Gaynor

K

 * Kabuliwala (aka The Man) – (India)
 * Kathputli (Puppet), directed by Amiya Chakravarty and Nitin Bose, starring Vyjayanthimala and Balraj Sahni – (India)
 * A King in New York, directed by and starring Charles Chaplin – (GB)
 * Kiss Them for Me, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker

L

 * The Land Unknown, starring Jock Mahoney
 * Legend of the Lost, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar
 * Let's Be Happy, starring Vera-Ellen and Tony Martin – (GB)
 * The Little Hut, starring Ava Gardner – (GB/US)
 * Love in the Afternoon, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder with I. A. L. Diamond, starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
 * Loving You, starring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey
 * The Lower Depths (Donzoko), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)

M

 * Man of a Thousand Faces, biopic of Lon Chaney, starring James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Roger Smith, Robert Evans (as Irving Thalberg)
 * A Matter of Dignity (To teleftaio psema), directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (Greece)
 * Mayabazar (Fantasy Bazaar), starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
 * Mayerling, a TV film starring Audrey Hepburn
 * Men in War, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray
 * Miracles of Thursday (Los jueves, milagro), directed by Luis García Berlanga, starring Richard Basehart – (Spain)
 * Mister Cory, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Kathryn Grant
 * The Monolith Monsters, starring Grant Williams and Lola Albright
 * The Monster That Challenged the World, starring Tim Holt
 * Mother India, starring Nargis – (India)
 * My Gun Is Quick, starring Robert Bray (as Mike Hammer)
 * The Mysterians (Chikyū Bōeigun), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)

N

 * N.Y., N.Y., a documentary film by Francis Thompson
 * The Naked Truth, starring Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers – (GB)
 * Naya Daur (New Era), directed by B. R. Chopra, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (India)
 * Night of the Demon, (Curse of the Demon), directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews – (GB)
 * Night Passage, starring James Stewart
 * Nightfall, starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft
 * Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
 * Nine Lives (Ni Liv) – (Norway)

O

 * Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven
 * The Oklahoman, starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Hale
 * Old Yeller, Walt Disney film, starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
 * Omar Khayyam, starring Cornel Wilde, John Derek, Debra Paget, Yma Sumac
 * The One That Got Away, starring Hardy Krüger – (GB)
 * Operation Mad Ball, starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs
 * An Osaka Story (Osaka Monogatari) – (Japan)
 * The Outcry (Il Grido), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Steve Cochran and Alida Valli – (Italy)

P

 * The Pajama Game, starring Doris Day
 * Pal Joey, directed by George Sidney, starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak
 * Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
 * Paying Guest, starring Dev Anand – (India)
 * Perri, a Disney animated film
 * Peyton Place, based on novel by Grace Metalious, starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi
 * The Pied Piper of Hamelin, starring Van Johnson and Claude Rains
 * The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
 * The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier (who also directed)
 * Public Pigeon No. 1, starring Red Skelton
 * Pyaasa (Thirsty), directed by and starring Guru Dutt – (India)

Q

 * Quatermass 2, starring Brian Donlevy – (GB)

R

 * Raintree County, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
 * The Real End of the Great War (Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny) – (Poland)
 * Rock All Night, directed by Roger Corman, starring Abby Dalton
 * Rose Bernd, starring Maria Schell and Raf Vallone – (West Germany)
 * Run of the Arrow, starring Rod Steiger

S

 * The Sad Sack, starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre
 * Saint Joan, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jean Seberg – (GB/U.S.)
 * Sayonara, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Marlon Brando, James Garner, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
 * The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow – (Sweden)
 * The Shiralee, starring Peter Finch – (GB)
 * Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend, starring Randolph Scott and Angie Dickinson
 * Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse
 * The Singing Ringing Tree (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) – (East Germany)
 * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, starring Richard Egan and Walter Matthau (see also ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
 * Sleepless (la anam), starring Faten Hamama, Yehia Chehine and Omar Sharif – (Egypt)
 * The Smallest Show on Earth, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers – (GB)
 * The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) an animated film – (USSR)
 * Something of Value, starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier
 * The Spirit of St. Louis, starring James Stewart in a biopic of Charles Lindbergh
 * Spring Reunion, starring Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews
 * Stopover Tokyo, starring Robert Wagner and Joan Collins
 * The Story of Esther Costello, starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears – (GB)
 * The Strange One, starring Ben Gazzara and George Peppard
 * The Strange World of Planet X (The Cosmic Monsters), starring Forrest Tucker – (Britain)
 * Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, written by Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis

T

 * The Tall T, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott and Richard Boone
 * The Deadly Mantis, starring Craig Stevens and William Hopper
 * The Giant Claw, starring Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday
 * Tammy and the Bachelor, starring Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen
 * The Tattered Dress, starring Jeanne Crain, Jeff Chandler, Jack Carson
 * Ten Thousand Bedrooms, starring Dean Martin
 * The Three Faces of Eve, starring Joanne Woodward and Lee J. Cobb
 * Three Violent People, starring Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Forrest Tucker
 * Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * Time Limit, directed by Karl Malden, starring Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, June Lockhart
 * The Tin Star, starring Anthony Perkins, Henry Fonda, Betsy Palmer
 * Tip on a Dead Jockey, starring Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Jack Lord
 * Tizoc, starring Pedro Infante and María Félix – (Mexico)
 * Top Secret Affair, starring Kirk Douglas and Susan Hayward
 * The Tough (Al-Fetewa) – (Egypt)
 * Tumsa Nahin Dekha, starring Shammi Kapoor – (India)

U

 * The Undead
 * The Unholy Wife, starring Diana Dors and Rod Steiger
 * Untamed Youth, starring Mamie Van Doren
 * Until They Sail, starring Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Jean Simmons

V

 * Valerie, directed by Gerd Oswald, starring Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel
 * El vampiro (The Vampire) – (Mexico)
 * Voodoo Island, starring Boris Karloff and Jean Engstrom

W

 * The Way to the Gold, starring Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North
 * The Wayward Bus, starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey
 * White Nights (Le Notti Bianche), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Maria Schell and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
 * Whom God Forgives (Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) – (Spain)
 * Wild Is the Wind, starring Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn
 * Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson and Victor Sjöström – (Sweden)
 * Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, starring Jayne Mansfield (reprising her Broadway role) and Tony Randall
 * The Wings of Eagles, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara (their 4th film together)
 * Witness for the Prosecution, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
 * Woman in a Dressing Gown, directed by J. Lee Thompson – (GB)

Y

 * Yagyu Secret Scrolls (Yagyu Bugeicho), starring Toshiro Mifune – Japan
 * Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) – (Japan)
 * Young and Dangerous, starring Mark Damon

Z

 * Zero Hour!, starring Dana Andrews, Sterling Hayden, Linda Darnell, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, dramatic basis for later spoof Airplane!

Short film series
Ending this year
 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Terrytoons (1930–1964)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
 * Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
 * Woody Woodpecker (1941–1972)
 * Droopy (1943–1958)
 * Noveltoons (1943–1967)
 * The Nearsighted Mister Magoo (1950–1959)
 * Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950–1959)
 * Herman and Katnip (1952–1959)
 * Chilly Willy (1953–1972)
 * Popeye the Sailor (1933-1957)
 * Maggie and Sam (1955-1957)
 * Spike and Tyke (1957)

Births

 * January 5 - Jeep Swenson, South African-American professional wrestler, stuntman, and actor (d. 1997)
 * January 8 - Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (d. 2023)
 * January 12 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, producer, and writer
 * January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director
 * January 16 - Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
 * January 17
 * Keith Chegwin, English television presenter and actor (d. 2017)
 * Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, and author
 * January 19 - Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English character actor, screenwriter and director
 * January 24 - Adrian Edmondson, English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter
 * January 25 – Jenifer Lewis, American actress, comedian, singer and activist
 * January 27 - Danny Aiello III, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor (d. 2010)
 * February 6
 * Kathy Najimy, American actress
 * Robert Townsend, American actor, director and writer
 * February 14 - Ken Wahl, American actor
 * February 16 – LeVar Burton, American actor, director, producer, and author
 * February 19 – Ray Winstone, English actor
 * February 22 - Robert Bathurst, English actor
 * February 26 - C. J. Graham, American actor
 * February 27 – Timothy Spall, English actor
 * February 28 – John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
 * March 4 - Mykelti Williamson, American actor
 * March 6 – Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian
 * March 8 - Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
 * March 13 - Daniel Licht, American composer (d. 2017)
 * March 15
 * Park Overall, American actress
 * David Silverman, American animator
 * March 20
 * Amy Aquino, American actress
 * Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
 * Spike Lee, American director, producer, writer and actor
 * Theresa Russell, American actress
 * Chris Wedge, American director, producer, and voice actor
 * March 21 - Haydn Gwynne, English actress (d. 2023)
 * March 23
 * Teresa Ganzel, American actress
 * Amanda Plummer, American actress
 * March 27 - Stephen Dillane, English actor
 * March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor, voice actor, and voice instructor
 * March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French actor
 * March 30 - Tawny Moyer, American actress
 * March 31 - Marc McClure, American actor
 * April 4 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director
 * April 12 – Suzzanne Douglas, American actress (d. 2021)
 * April 13
 * Gary Kroeger, American actor and announcer
 * Saundra Santiago, American actress
 * April 14 - Richard Jeni, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
 * April 23 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
 * April 25 - Esther Scott, American actress
 * April 27 - Robert Curtis Brown, American actor
 * April 29 – Daniel Day-Lewis, English actor
 * May 4 - John Akomfrah, Ghanaian-born British filmmaker
 * May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
 * May 7 - Ned Bellamy, American actor
 * May 10 - Alex Jennings, English actor
 * May 13 - Mark Heap, English actor and comedian
 * May 17 - Whip Hubley, American actor
 * May 21 – Judge Reinhold, American actor
 * May 29
 * Ted Levine, American actor
 * Oliver Muirhead, English character actor
 * May 30 - Aire Koop, Estonian actress
 * June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
 * June 8 - Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
 * June 10 - Robert Clohessy, American actor
 * June 14 - Jay Roach, American filmmaker
 * June 17
 * Sam Douglas, British actor
 * Jon Gries, American actor
 * June 18 - Andrea Evans, American actress
 * June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
 * June 29 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
 * July 2 - Bret Hart, Canadian-American pro wrestler
 * July 5 - James Tillis, American former professional boxer and actor
 * July 9 – Kelly McGillis, American actress
 * July 12 - Christopher Quinten, British actor
 * July 13 – Cameron Crowe, American director and screenwriter
 * July 20 – Donna Dixon, American actress, wife of Dan Aykroyd
 * July 21
 * Sulev Keedus, Estonian director and screenwriter
 * Jon Lovitz, American actor, comedian and singer
 * July 26 – Nana Visitor, American actress
 * July 27 - Bill Engvall, American actor and stand-up comedian
 * July 28 - Lisa Freeman, American author and actress
 * July 30 - Victor Slezak, American actor
 * August 1 - Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian and writer (d. 2015)
 * August 2 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor (d. 2024)
 * August 5
 * Jerry Lambert, American actor
 * Joanne Samuel, Australian actress
 * August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
 * August 15 - Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
 * August 16 – Laura Innes, American actress
 * August 17 - Ken Kwapis, American film and television director
 * August 18
 * Carole Bouquet, French actress
 * Denis Leary, American actor, comedian and writer
 * August 19 - Martin Donovan, American actor
 * August 24 – Stephen Fry, English comedian, author and actor
 * August 25 - Simon McBurney, English actor
 * August 28
 * Rick Rossovich, American actor
 * Daniel Stern, American actor
 * September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
 * September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American composer
 * September 10 – Kate Burton, American actress
 * September 12
 * Rachel Ward, English actress
 * Hans Zimmer, German composer
 * September 21 – Ethan Coen, American director, producer, screenwriter and editor
 * September 23
 * Rosalind Allen, New Zealand actress
 * Rosalind Chao, American actress
 * September 24 – Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer and actor
 * September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
 * September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
 * October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and voice actor
 * October 5 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
 * October 11 – Dawn French, English actress, comedian and writer
 * October 12
 * Clémentine Célarié, French actress
 * Camilla and Carey More, English twin actresses
 * October 13 - Marc Macaulay, American actor
 * October 17 – Lawrence Bender, American film producer
 * October 23 - Elizabeth D'Onofrio, American actress
 * October 24 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian
 * October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
 * October 28
 * Betsy Aidem, American actress
 * Christian Berkel, German actor
 * October 29
 * Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter
 * Scott Thomson, American actor
 * October 30 – Kevin Pollak, American actor
 * November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and director
 * November 5 - Elizabeth Bracco, American actress
 * November 6
 * Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
 * Lori Singer, American actress and cellist
 * November 7 - Christopher Knight, American actor
 * November 19
 * Ofra Haza, Israel singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2000)
 * Tom Virtue, American actor
 * November 24 – Denise Crosby, American actress
 * November 30 - Gary Lewis, Scottish actor
 * December 3 - Valérie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989)
 * December 10 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
 * December 12 - Higgins, American dog actor (d. 1975)
 * December 13
 * Steve Buscemi, American actor
 * Billy Van Zandt, American actor
 * December 19
 * John Gulager, American actor and director
 * Michael Milhoan, American actor
 * December 21 – Ray Romano, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor
 * December 29 – Brad Grey, American television and film producer (d. 2017)

Deaths

 * January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, 57, American actor, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Caine Mutiny
 * January 19 – Sheila Terry, 46, American actress, The Sphinx, The Silk Express
 * January 26 – William Eythe, 38, American actor, The Song of Bernadette, The House on 92nd Street
 * February 19 – Märta Torén, 31, Swedish actress, Sirocco, One Way Street
 * March 25 – Max Ophüls, 54, German director, The Earrings of Madame de..., Lola Montès
 * March 31
 * Harry Depp, 74, American actor, The Love Girl, Inez from Hollywood
 * Gene Lockhart, 65, Canadian actor, Miracle on 34th Street, Algiers
 * April 3 – Ned Sparks, 73, Canadian actor, 42nd Street, Imitation of Life
 * April 8 – Dorothy Sebastian, 53, American actress, Spite Marriage, Our Dancing Daughters
 * April 27 – Paweł Owerłło, 87, Polish actor, Pan Tadeusz
 * May 7 – Charles King, 62, American actor, Outlaws of the Plains, Adventures of Sir Galahad
 * May 9 – Ezio Pinza, 64, Italian singer and actor, Tonight We Sing, Mr. Imperium
 * May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, 71, Austrian actor, director, Sunset Boulevard, La Grande Illusion
 * May 29 – James Whale, 67, British director, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man
 * June 12 – Robert Alton, 51, American choreographer and director, White Christmas, Pagan Love Song
 * July 3 – Judy Tyler, 24, American actress, Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso
 * July 15 – George Cleveland, 71, Canadian actor, Carson City, Fort Defiance
 * July 24 – Sacha Guitry, 72, French playwright, actor and director, Confessions of a Cheat, A Crime in Paradise
 * August 7 – Oliver Hardy, 65, American actor, The Flying Deuces, Sons of the Desert
 * August 9 – Konrad Tom, 70, Polish actor, screenwriter, director and singer, His Excellency, The Shop Assistant
 * August 12 – Tim Whelan, 63, American director, The Thief of Bagdad, The Divorce of Lady X
 * September 1 – Helen Haye, 83, Indian-British actress, The 39 Steps, Richard III
 * September 19 – Edvard Persson, 69, Swedish actor, South of the Highway, Kalle's Inn
 * October 20 – Jack Buchanan, 66, British actor, Auld Lang Syne, The Band Wagon
 * October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, 73, Russian-American producer and studio executive, Greed, That's Entertainment!
 * November 7 – Dina Romano, 81, Italian actress, The Materassi Sisters
 * November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, 67, American actress, The Bank Dick, Libeled Lady
 * November 25 – Raymond Griffith, 62, American actor, Hands Up!, All Quiet on the Western Front
 * November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 60, Austrian composer, Anthony Adverse, The Adventures of Robin Hood
 * November 30 – Fred F. Sears, 44, American director, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Rock Around the Clock
 * December 11 – Musidora, 58, French actress, director, Les Vampires, Judex
 * December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, 53, Mexican actor, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Big Country
 * December 24 – Norma Talmadge, 63, American actress, New York Nights, Secrets
 * December 25 – Charles Pathé, 94, French producer, writer, The Conquest of the Pole
 * December 27 – Alan Bridge, 66, American actor, The Stranger from Texas, Cross My Heart

Film debuts

 * Norman Alden – Hear Me Good
 * Alan Arkin – Calypso Heat Wave
 * Bruno Cremer – Send a Woman When the Devil Fails
 * Alain Delon – Send a Woman When the Devil Fails
 * Catherine Deneuve – The Twilight Girls
 * Ben Gazzara – The Strange One
 * William Hickey – A Hatful of Rain
 * Bill Hunter – The Shiralee
 * Clifton James – The Strange One
 * Sally Kellerman – Reform School Girl
 * George Peppard – The Strange One
 * Lee Remick – A Face in the Crowd
 * Jean Seberg – Saint Joan
 * Liv Ullmann – Fjols til fjells
 * Ray Walston – Kiss Them for Me
 * Adam West – Voodoo Island

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Machine vision

Machine vision is the technology and methods used to provide imaging-based automatic inspection and analysis for such applications as automatic inspection, process control, and robot guidance, usually in industry. Machine vision refers to many technologies, software and hardware products, integrated systems, actions, methods and expertise. Machine vision as a systems engineering discipline can be considered distinct from computer vision, a form of computer science. It attempts to integrate existing technologies in new ways and apply them to solve real world problems. The term is the prevalent one for these functions in industrial automation environments but is also used for these functions in other environment vehicle guidance.

The overall machine vision process includes planning the details of the requirements and project, and then creating a solution. During run-time, the process starts with imaging, followed by automated analysis of the image and extraction of the required information.

Definition
Definitions of the term "Machine vision" vary, but all include the technology and methods used to extract information from an image on an automated basis, as opposed to image processing, where the output is another image. The information extracted can be a simple good-part/bad-part signal, or more a complex set of data such as the identity, position and orientation of each object in an image. The information can be used for such applications as automatic inspection and robot and process guidance in industry, for security monitoring and vehicle guidance. This field encompasses a large number of technologies, software and hardware products, integrated systems, actions, methods and expertise. Machine vision is practically the only term used for these functions in industrial automation applications; the term is less universal for these functions in other environments such as security and vehicle guidance. Machine vision as a systems engineering discipline can be considered distinct from computer vision, a form of basic computer science; machine vision attempts to integrate existing technologies in new ways and apply them to solve real world problems in a way that meets the requirements of industrial automation and similar application areas. The term is also used in a broader sense by trade shows and trade groups such as the Automated Imaging Association and the European Machine Vision Association. This broader definition also encompasses products and applications most often associated with image processing. The primary uses for machine vision are automatic inspection and industrial robot/process guidance. In more recent times the terms computer vision and machine vision have converged to a greater degree. See glossary of machine vision.

Imaging based automatic inspection and sorting
The primary uses for machine vision are imaging-based automatic inspection and sorting and robot guidance.;  in this section the former is abbreviated as "automatic inspection". The overall process includes planning the details of the requirements and project, and then creating a solution. This section describes the technical process that occurs during the operation of the solution.

Methods and sequence of operation
The first step in the automatic inspection sequence of operation is acquisition of an image, typically using cameras, lenses, and lighting that has been designed to provide the differentiation required by subsequent processing. MV software packages and programs developed in them then employ various digital image processing techniques to extract the required information, and often make decisions (such as pass/fail) based on the extracted information.

Equipment
The components of an automatic inspection system usually include lighting, a camera or other imager, a processor, software, and output devices.

Imaging
The imaging device (e.g. camera) can either be separate from the main image processing unit or combined with it in which case the combination is generally called a smart camera or smart sensor. Inclusion of the full processing function into the same enclosure as the camera is often referred to as embedded processing. When separated, the connection may be made to specialized intermediate hardware, a custom processing appliance, or a frame grabber within a computer using either an analog or standardized digital interface (Camera Link, CoaXPress). MV implementations also use digital cameras capable of direct connections (without a framegrabber) to a computer via FireWire, USB or Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

While conventional (2D visible light) imaging is most commonly used in MV, alternatives include multispectral imaging, hyperspectral imaging, imaging various infrared bands, line scan imaging, 3D imaging of surfaces and X-ray imaging. Key differentiations within MV 2D visible light imaging are monochromatic vs. color, frame rate, resolution, and whether or not the imaging process is simultaneous over the entire image, making it suitable for moving processes.

Though the vast majority of machine vision applications are solved using two-dimensional imaging, machine vision applications utilizing 3D imaging are a growing niche within the industry. The most commonly used method for 3D imaging is scanning based triangulation which utilizes motion of the product or image during the imaging process. A laser is projected onto the surfaces of an object. In machine vision this is accomplished with a scanning motion, either by moving the workpiece, or by moving the camera & laser imaging system. The line is viewed by a camera from a different angle; the deviation of the line represents shape variations. Lines from multiple scans are assembled into a depth map or point cloud. Stereoscopic vision is used in special cases involving unique features present in both views of a pair of cameras. Other 3D methods used for machine vision are time of flight and grid based. One method is grid array based systems using pseudorandom structured light system as employed by the Microsoft Kinect system circa 2012.

Image processing
After an image is acquired, it is processed. Central processing functions are generally done by a CPU, a GPU, a FPGA or a combination of these. Deep learning training and inference impose higher processing performance requirements. Multiple stages of processing are generally used in a sequence that ends up as a desired result. A typical sequence might start with tools such as filters which modify the image, followed by extraction of objects, then extraction (e.g. measurements, reading of codes) of data from those objects, followed by communicating that data, or comparing it against target values to create and communicate "pass/fail" results. Machine vision image processing methods include;

 * Stitching/Registration: Combining of adjacent 2D or 3D images.
 * Filtering (e.g. morphological filtering)
 * Thresholding: Thresholding starts with setting or determining a gray value that will be useful for the following steps. The value is then used to separate portions of the image, and sometimes to transform each portion of the image to simply black and white based on whether it is below or above that grayscale value.
 * Pixel counting: counts the number of light or dark pixels
 * Segmentation: Partitioning a digital image into multiple segments to simplify and/or change the representation of an image into something that is more meaningful and easier to analyze.
 * Edge detection: finding object edges
 * Color Analysis: Identify parts, products and items using color, assess quality from color, and isolate features using color.
 * Blob detection and extraction: inspecting an image for discrete blobs of connected pixels (e.g. a black hole in a grey object) as image landmarks.
 * Neural network / deep learning / machine learning processing: weighted and self-training multi-variable decision making Circa 2019 there is a large expansion of this, using deep learning and machine learning to significantly expand machine vision capabilities. The most common result of such processing is classification. Examples of classification are object identification,"pass fail" classification of identified objects and OCR.
 * Pattern recognition including template matching. Finding, matching, and/or counting specific patterns. This may include location of an object that may be rotated, partially hidden by another object, or varying in size.
 * Barcode, Data Matrix and "2D barcode" reading
 * Optical character recognition: automated reading of text such as serial numbers
 * Gauging/Metrology: measurement of object dimensions (e.g. in pixels, inches or millimeters)
 * Comparison against target values to determine a "pass or fail" or "go/no go" result. For example, with code or bar code verification, the read value is compared to the stored target value.  For gauging, a measurement is compared against the proper value and tolerances. For verification of alpha-numberic codes, the OCR'd value is compared to the proper or target value. For inspection for blemishes, the measured size of the blemishes may be compared to the maximums allowed by quality standards.

Outputs
A common output from automatic inspection systems is pass/fail decisions. These decisions may in turn trigger mechanisms that reject failed items or sound an alarm. Other common outputs include object position and orientation information for robot guidance systems. Additionally, output types include numerical measurement data, data read from codes and characters, counts and classification of objects, displays of the process or results, stored images, alarms from automated space monitoring MV systems, and process control signals. This also includes user interfaces, interfaces for the integration of multi-component systems and automated data interchange.

Deep Learning
The term "Deep Learning" has variable meanings, most of which can be applied to techniques used in machine vision for over 20 years. However the usage of the term in Machine Vision began in the later 2010s with the advent of the capability to successfully apply such techniques to entire images in the industrial machine vision space. Conventional machine vision usually requires the "physics" phase of a machine vision automatic inspection solution to create reliable simple differentiation of defects. An example of "simple" differentiation is that the defects are dark and the good parts of the product are light. A common reason why some applications were not doable was when it was impossible to achieve the "simple"; deep learning removes this requirement, in essence "seeing" the object more as a human does, making it now possible to accomplish those automatic applications. The system learns from a large amount of images during a training phase and then executes the inspection during run-time use which is called "inference".

Imaging based robot guidance
Machine vision commonly provides location and orientation information to a robot to allow the robot to properly grasp the product. This capability is also used to guide motion that is simpler than robots, such as a 1 or 2 axis motion controller. The overall process includes planning the details of the requirements and project, and then creating a solution. This section describes the technical process that occurs during the operation of the solution. Many of the process steps are the same as with automatic inspection except with a focus on providing position and orientation information as the result.

Market
As recently as 2006, one industry consultant reported that MV represented a $1.5 billion market in North America. However, the editor-in-chief of an MV trade magazine asserted that "machine vision is not an industry per se" but rather "the integration of technologies and products that provide services or applications that benefit true industries such as automotive or consumer goods manufacturing, agriculture, and defense."

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