1958 in film
overview of the events of 1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events. Le Beau Serge is credited as the first feature film of the Nouvelle Vague, one of the most famous productions of the genre, also released this year, was Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, notable for its improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Releases in the United States included the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter winning nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. In India, M. G. Ramachandran made his debut as a director with Nadodi Mannan.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Events
February 16 – In the Money, directed 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.
April – Samuel J. Briskin leaves MGM and rejoins Columbia Pictures later becoming vice president and general manager of the studio.
April 4 – Killing of Johnny Stompanato: Actress Lana Turner's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane fatally stabs her mother's abusive partner, mobster Johnny Stompanato, at their home in Beverly Hills, California, in what is ruled to be justifiable homicide.
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.
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