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Film timeline
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman wins international fame with his film Smiles of a Summer Night
Elia Kazan directs James Dean in East of Eden
James Dean is type-cast as the young lead in Rebel without a Cause
Indian director Satyajit Ray makes his first film, Pather Panchali
Brigitte Bardot is directed by her husband Roger Vadim in his first film, And God Created Woman
David Lean directs William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's film The Seventh Seal wins the Jury Prize at Cannes
Paul Newman stars in the film version of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Polish film director Andrzej Wajda makes Ashes and Diamonds, starring the Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski
Alfred Hitchcock directs Cary Grant in North by Northwest
Billy Wilder directs Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot
Hiroshima Mon Amour is French director Alain Resnais' first feature film, with screenplay by Marguerite Duras
US film director Jules Dassin makes Never on Sunday, starring the Greek actress Melina Mercouri
Italian firm director Michelangelo Antonioni makes L'Avventura, with Monica Vitti in the leading role
Italian film director Federico Fellini makes La Dolce Vita, an episodic study of life along the Via Veneto in Rome
Jean-Luc Godard directs his first feature film, A Bout de Souffle ('Breathless'), a classic of French New Wave cinema
Alfred Hitchcock directs Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins in Psycho
Arthur Miller writes the screenplay for The Misfits for his wife, Marilyn Monroe
French film director François Truffaut makes Jules et Jim, starring Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner
Sean Connery creates on screen the role of 007 in the first James Bond film, Dr No
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Marilyn Monroe dies in Los Angeles from an overdose of sleeping pills
David Lean directs Peter O'Toole in the title role of the film Lawrence of Arabia
Andy Warhol moves into films with Sleep, showing a man asleep for six hours
British film stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry
