Editing 1950s (section)

===Film===
{{Further|1950s in film}}
[[File:North by Northwest movie trailer screenshot (6).jpg|thumb|[[Cary Grant]] as Roger O. Thornhill in ''[[North by Northwest]]'' (1959)]]

[[European cinema]] experienced a renaissance in the 1950s following the deprivations of World War II. Italian director [[Federico Fellini]] won the first [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|foreign language film]] [[Academy Award]] with ''[[La Strada]]'' and garnered another Academy Award with ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]''. [[Sidney Poitier]] became the first Black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination [[Academy Award for Best Actor|for Best Actor]] for the 1958 film ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (an award he later won in the 1960s).

Similarly with the mid-1950s rush of [[Rock and roll|Rock and Roll]] and teenage rebellion, the films of [[Marlon Brando]] and [[James Dean]] had a profound effect on American culture.

In [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], the epic ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' grabbed a record 11 [[Academy Awards]] in 1959 and its success gave a new lease of life to [[motion picture]] studio [[MGM]].

Beginning in 1953, with ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' and ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'', [[widescreen]] motion pictures became the norm.

The "Golden Era" of [[3D film|3D cinematography]] transpired during the 1950s.

Animated films in the 1950s presented by Walt Disney included ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' and ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', followed by ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. [[Duck Dogers]] first appeared in 1953.