This is a list of Canadian films that were released in the 1950s.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1950 Forbidden Journey Richard J. Jarvis Jan Rubeš, Susan Douglas, John Colicos Drama Fugitive from Montreal (L'inconnu de Montréal) Jean Devaivre René Dary, Patricia Roc, Paul Dupuis, Albert Miller Drama Lights of My City (Les Lumières de ma ville) Jean-Yves Bigras Huguette Oligny, Monique Leyrac Drama Les Lumières de ma ville http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=98&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015. Séraphin Paul Gury Hector Charland, Nicole Germain, Guy Provost Drama Séraphin http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=96&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015. 1951 Around Is Around & Now Is the Time Norman McLaren NFB experimental shorts An early experimentation in 3D by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart; CFA - Special award The Fight: Science Against Cancer Morten Parker NFB animated short Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject); Canadian Film Award - Special Award Neighbours Norman McLaren Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur NFB short made by pixilation technique Academy Award Short Subject (One-reel) nominee and Best Documentary (Short Subject) winner; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork Newfoundland Scene F. R. Crawley Frank Peddie Documentary Royal Journey David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker, Roger Blais NFB documentary 1952 The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux) Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy Drama The Immortal Scoundrel (Étienne Brûlé, gibier de potence) Melburn Turner Paul Dupuis, Jacques Auger, Ginette Letondal Drama The film was shot in both French and English, and is credited as being the first Canadian feature in colour. Little Aurore's Tragedy (La petite Aurore, l’enfant martyre) Jean-Yves Bigras Yvonne Laflamme, Lucie Mitchell Drama The Nightingale and the Bells (Le Rossignol et les cloches) René Delacroix Gérard Barbeau, Nicole Germain, Jean Coutu, Juliette Béliveau Drama Opera School Gudrun Parker Marguerite Gignac Docudrama The Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low NFB animated short The received a special BAFTA Award, the Short Film Palme d'Or for animation at Cannes Film Festival, as well as an Academy Award for Animated Short Film nomination. The Settler (L'Abatis) Bernard Devlin, Raymond Garceau Short documentary 1953 Farewell Oak Street Grant McLean Kate Reid, Eric Clavering Docudrama Canadian Film Award – Theatrical ShortFarewell Oak Street https://www.nfb.ca/film/farewell_oak_street Retrieved August 5, 2015. Herring Hunt Julian Biggs NFB short Academy Award nominee A Mother's Heart (Cœur de maman) René Delacroix Jeanne Demons, Paul Desmarteaux, Jean-Paul Dugas, Paul Guèvremont Drama Tit-Coq René Delacroix & Gratien Gélinas Gratien Gélinas, Clément Latour, Monique Miller, Denise Pelletier, Paul Dupuis Drama based on the play by Gélinas 1954 Corral Colin Low NFB short The Seasons Christopher Chapman Short documentary The Stratford Adventure Morten Parker Narrated by John Drainie NFB documentary This was named Film of the Year at the Canadian Film Awards and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 1955 Blinkity Blank Norman McLaren NFB animated short It received the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival Le Village enchanté Marcel Racicot & Réal Racicot Animated Canada's first animated feature. 1956 Gold Colin Low Documentary short Rythmetic Norman McLaren & Evelyn Lambart NFB animated short Skidrow Allan King CBC documentary Canadian Film Awards – TV InformationSkidrow http://hotdocslibrary.ca/en/detail.cfm?filmId=22523 Retrieved August 5, 2015. 1957 A Chairy Tale Norman McLaren & Claude Jutra Claude Jutra NFB short Pixilation Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action) City of Gold Colin Low & Wolf Koenig Klondike Gold Rush; Documentary Winner of the Palme d'or for best short film at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects Legend of the Raven Judith Crawley Documentary Canadian Film Awards – Arts and ExperimentalLegend of the Raven http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/node/1350 Retrieved 8/6/15. Oedipus Rex Tyrone Guthrie Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, William Hutt, Douglas Rain Classic drama from the original Stratford Festival stage version based on a translation by W. B. Yeats 1958 Les brûlés Bernard Devlin Jean Lajeunesse, J. Léo Gagnon, Félix Leclerc Drama A Dangerous Age Sidney J. Furie Ben Piazza, Anne Pearson, Kate Reid, Austin Willis, Barbara Hamilton Drama Flaming Frontier Sam Newfield Bruce Bennett, Jim Davis, Cec Linder, Larry Solway Western A low-budget B-Western shot in Los Angeles and Calgary and made with Canadian financing.Flaming Frontier http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=123&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/6/15. Ivy League Killers William Davidson Don Borisenko, Don Francks, Barbara Bricker Drama The Living Stone John Feeney NFB documentary Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Money Minters Ted De Wit Documentary Now That April's Here William Davidson, Norman Klenman Don Borisenko, Judy Welch, John Drainie, Katherine Blake, Tony Grey, Walter Massey Drama The Quest Stanley Jackson Leo Ciceri, Dennis Stanway, Norman Ettlinger Short drama The Snowshoers (Les Raquetteurs) Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx NFB documentary The Tall Country Osmond Borradaile Documentary Wolf Dog Sam Newfield Ben Piazza, Austin Willis Drama 1959 The Back-Breaking Leaf Terence Macartney-Filgate NFB documentary Part of the groundbreaking NFB Candid Eye series shown on the CBC-TV (1958–61); Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or for Television Documentary The Bloody Brood Julian Roffman Jack Betts, Barbara Lord, Peter Falk, Robert Christie Drama A Cool Sound from Hell Sidney J. Furie Anthony Ray, Carolyn D'Annibale, Madeline Kronby Drama Glenn Gould: On/Off the Record Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor NFB documentary Part of the Candid Eye seriesGlenn Gould: On the Record https://www.nfb.ca/film/glenn_gould_on_recordGlenn Gould: Off the Record https://www.nfb.ca/film/glenn_gould_off_record Retrieved 8/6/15.
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