Appendix 2.1: UK and US Awards
Kinematograph weekly annual top sellers
|
YEAR |
BIGGEST BOX
OFFICE
ATTRACTION_____ |
MOST POPULAR
STARS |
BEST INDIVIDUAL
PERFORMANCES |
|
1956 |
1: Reach For
The Sky
(JARFID, UK)
2: Trapeze
(U-A, US)
3 : Privates
Progress
(British Lion,
UK)
+ 14 titles
•'other money
makers of the
year" |
Kenneth More
(Reach for the
Sky; + re-
issues
Genevieve ;
Doctor in the
House; Raising
a Riot)
Doris Day
(The Man Who
Knew Too Much +
re-issue
Calamity Jane)
John Mills
(The Baby and
the Battleship;
It's Great to
be Young)
Danny Kaye
(The Court
Jester)
Brigitte Bardot
(The Light
Across the
Street ;
Mamzelle
Pigalle)
Alan Ladd
(Tiger in the
Sky; Hell on
Frisco; The Gun
Runner)
John Wayne
(The Searchers) |
Kenneth More
(Reach for the
Sky)
Yul Brynner
(The King and
I)
Deborah Kerr
(The King and
I)
James Mason
(Bigger than
Life)
Patty McCormack
The Bad Seed)
Frank Sinatra
(The Man With
the Golden Arm)
Anna Magnani
(The Rose
Tattoo)
Kim Novak
(Picnic)
James Dean
(Rebel Without
a Cause)
Katie Johnson
(The
Ladykillers) |
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