Editing 1951 in film (section)

==Top ten money making stars==

The [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]] was published by [[Quigley Publishing Company]] based on a poll of U.S. [[Film exhibitor|movie theater owners]] who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars.<ref name="1951Poll">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai70unse_0#page/n452/mode/1up|title=Exhibitors Pick Money Making Stars|magazine=Motion Picture Herald|date=December 28, 1951|page=1}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Actor/Actress
|-
|1.
|[[John Wayne]]
|-
|2.
|[[Martin and Lewis|Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis]]
|-
|3.
|[[Betty Grable]]
|-
|4.
|[[Abbott and Costello|Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]]
|-
|5.
|[[Bing Crosby]]
|-
|6.
|[[Bob Hope]]
|-
|7.
|[[Randolph Scott]]
|-
|8.
|[[Gary Cooper]]
|-
|9.
|[[Doris Day]]
|-
|10.
|[[Spencer Tracy]]
|}

They also published a Western stars poll which Roy Rogers topped for the ninth year running.<ref name="1951Poll"/>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Actor/Actress
|-
|1.
|[[Roy Rogers]]
|-
|2.
|[[Gene Autry]]
|-
|3.
|[[Tim Holt]]
|-
|4.
|[[Charles Starrett]]
|-
|5.
|[[Rex Allen]]
|-
|6.
|[[Wild Bill Elliott]]
|-
|7.
|[[Smiley Burnette]]
|-
|8.
|[[Allan Lane]]
|-
|9.
|[[Dale Evans]]
|-
|10.
|[[Gabby Hayes]]
|}