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Academy Awards, USA: 1954

Oscar

Date:	25 March
Host:	Donald O'Connor; Fredric March (New York City)
Location:	RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA
Notes:	The second national telecast draws an estimated 43,000,000 viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in Philadelphia, presents the Best Actor award through a live broadcast cut-in, and privately receives the winner's name over the telephone from host Donald O'Connor. Gary Cooper (I) filmed his presentation of the Best Actress award in advance on a set in Mexico, with O'Connor announcing the winner's name.

Best Picture


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Buddy Adler
Other Nominees:
	Julius Caesar (1953) - John Houseman (I) Roman Holiday (1953) - William Wyler Shane (1953) - George Stevens (I) The Robe (1953) - Frank Ross (I)

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Stalag 17 (1953) - William Holden (I)
Other Nominees:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Montgomery Clift From Here to Eternity (1953) - Burt Lancaster Julius Caesar (1953) - Marlon Brando The Robe (1953) - Richard Burton (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Roman Holiday (1953) - Audrey Hepburn
Other Nominees:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Deborah Kerr Lili (1953) - Leslie Caron Mogambo (1953) - Ava Gardner The Moon Is Blue (1953) - Maggie McNamara

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Frank Sinatra
Other Nominees:
	Roman Holiday (1953) - Eddie Albert Shane (1953) - Brandon De Wilde Shane (1953) - Jack Palance Stalag 17 (1953) - Robert Strauss (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Donna Reed
Other Nominees:
	Hondo (1953) - Geraldine Page Mogambo (1953) - Grace Kelly (I) Pickup on South Street (1953) - Thelma Ritter Torch Song (1953) - Marjorie Rambeau

Best Director


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Fred Zinnemann
Other Nominees:
	Lili (1953) - Charles Walters (I) Roman Holiday (1953) - William Wyler Shane (1953) - George Stevens (I) Stalag 17 (1953) - Billy Wilder

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Daniel Taradash (I)
Other Nominees:
	Lili (1953) - Helen Deutsch Roman Holiday (1953) - Ian McLellan Hunter; John Dighton Shane (1953) - A.B. Guthrie Jr. The Cruel Sea (1953) - Eric Ambler

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story


Winner:
	Roman Holiday (1953) - Dalton Trumbo - The screen credit and award were originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter who fronted for Dalton Trumbo. In December 1992 the Academy decided to change the records and to credit Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter was removed from the Motion Picture Story category and the Oscar was posthumously presented to Trumbo's widow on May 10th, 1993.
Other Nominees:
	Above and Beyond (1952) - Beirne Lay Jr. Hondo (1953) - Louis L'Amour - Although the film had originally been nominated the producer and the nominee questioned its inclusion into the Motion Picture Story category since the film is based on the short story "The Gift of Cochise" published in Collier's magazine in July 1952, a fact not represented in the film's credits. The nomination was withdrawn and only four films were included on the final ballot. Little Fugitive (1953) - Ray Ashley; Morris Engel (I); Ruth Orkin (I) The Captain's Paradise (1953) - Alec Coppel

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay


Winner:
	Titanic (1953) - Charles Brackett; Walter Reisch; Richard L. Breen
Other Nominees:
	Take the High Ground! (1953) - Millard Kaufman The Band Wagon (1953) - Betty Comden; Adolph Green The Desert Rats (1953) - Richard Murphy (I) The Naked Spur (1953) - Sam Rolfe; Harold Jack Bloom

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Shane (1953) - Loyal Griggs
Other Nominees:
	All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) - George J. Folsey Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) - Edward Cronjager Lili (1953) - Robert H. Planck The Robe (1953) - Leon Shamroy

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Burnett Guffey
Other Nominees:
	Julius Caesar (1953) - Joseph Ruttenberg Martin Luther (1953) - Joseph C. Brun Roman Holiday (1953) - Franz Planer; Henri Alekan The Four Poster (1952) - Hal Mohr

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Julius Caesar (1953) - Cedric Gibbons; Edward C. Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis; Hugh Hunt (I)
Other Nominees:
	Martin Luther (1953) - Fritz Maurischat; Paul Markwitz Roman Holiday (1953) - Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler The President's Lady (1953) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Paul S. Fox Titanic (1953) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Maurice Ransford; Stuart A. Reiss

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	The Robe (1953) - Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott; Paul S. Fox
Other Nominees:
	Knights of the Round Table (1953) - Alfred Junge; Hans Peters (I); John Jarvis (I) Lili (1953) - Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis; Arthur Krams The Story of Three Loves (1953) - Cedric Gibbons; E. Preston Ames; Edward C. Carfagno; Gabriel Scognamillo; Edwin B. Willis; F. Keogh Gleason; Arthur Krams; Jack D. Moore Young Bess (1953) - Cedric Gibbons; Urie McCleary; Edwin B. Willis; Jack D. Moore

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Roman Holiday (1953) - Edith Head
Other Nominees:
	Dream Wife (1953) - Helen Rose (I); Herschel McCoy (I) From Here to Eternity (1953) - Jean Louis (I) The Actress (1953) - Walter Plunkett The President's Lady (1953) - Charles Le Maire; Reni�

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	The Robe (1953) - Charles Le Maire; Emile Santiago
Other Nominees:
	Call Me Madam (1953) - Irene Sharaff How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) - Charles Le Maire; Travilla The Band Wagon (1953) - Mary Ann Nyberg Young Bess (1953) - Walter Plunkett

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Calamity Jane (1953) - William A. Mueller (Warner Bros. Sound Department) Knights of the Round Table (1953) - A.W. Watkins (M-G-M Sound Department) The Mississippi Gambler (1953) - Leslie I. Carey (Universal-International Sound Dept.) The War of the Worlds (1953) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount Sound Department)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - William A. Lyon
Other Nominees:
	Crazylegs (1953) - Cotton Warburton Roman Holiday (1953) - Robert Swink The Moon Is Blue (1953) - Otto Ludwig (I) The War of the Worlds (1953) - Everett Douglas (I)

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	The War of the Worlds (1953) - Paramount Studio

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Calamity Jane (1953) - Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Secret Love".
Other Nominees:
	Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) - Lester Lee (I) (music); Ned Washington (lyrics) - For the song "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)". Small Town Girl (1953) - Nicholas Brodszky (music); Leo Robin (I) (lyrics) - For the song "My Flaming Heart". The Caddy (1953) - Harry Warren (I) (music); Jack Brooks (I) (lyrics) - For the song "That's Amore". The Moon Is Blue (1953) - Herschel Burke Gilbert (music); Sylvia Fine (lyrics) - For the song "The Moon Is Blue".

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Call Me Madam (1953) - Alfred Newman
Other Nominees:
	Calamity Jane (1953) - Ray Heindorf Kiss Me Kate (1953) - Andr� Previn; Saul Chaplin The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) - Friedrich Hollaender; Morris Stoloff The Band Wagon (1953) - Adolph Deutsch

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Lili (1953) - Bronislau Kaper
Other Nominees:
	Above and Beyond (1952) - Hugo Friedhofer From Here to Eternity (1953) - Morris Stoloff; George Duning Julius Caesar (1953) - Mikl�s R�zsa This Is Cinerama (1952) - Louis Forbes

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	Bear Country (1953) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	Ben and Me (1953) - Walt Disney Return to Glennascaul (1951) - Dublin Gate Theatre Prod. Vesuvius Express (1953) - Otto Lang (I) Winter Paradise (1953) - Cedric Francis

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953) - Johnny Green (I)
Other Nominees:
	Christ Among the Primitives (1953) - Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi Herring Hunt (1953) - National Film Board of Canada Joy of Living (1952) - Boris Vermont Wee Water Wonders (1953) - Jack Eaton

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	Christopher Crumpet (1953) - Stephen Bosustow From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953) - Edward Selzer Rugged Bear (1953) - Walt Disney The Tell-Tale Heart (1953/I) - Stephen Bosustow

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	The Alaskan Eskimo (1953) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	Operation Blue Jay (1953) - U.S. Army Signal Corps The Living City (1953) - John Barnes (I) The Word (1953) - John Healy (III); John Adams (III) They Planted a Stone (1953) - James Carr (I)

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Living Desert (1953) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	A Queen Is Crowned (1953) - Castleton Knight The Conquest of Everest (1953) - John Taylor (XII); Leon Clore; Grahame Tharp

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	20th Century-Fox Film Corp. - In recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope. Bell and Howell Co. - For their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry. Joseph I. Breen - For his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code. Pete Smith (I) - For his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of "Pete Smith Specialties".

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	George Stevens (I)

Academy Award of Merit


Winners:
	Henri Chretien; Earl Sponable; Sol Halperin (20th Century-Fox Studios); Lorin Grignon (20th Century-Fox Studios); Herbert Gragg (20th Century-Fox Studios); Carlton W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studios) - For creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope. Fred Waller - For designing and developing the multiple photographic and projection systems which culminated in Cinerama.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	Reeves Soundcraft Corp. - For their development of a process of applying stripes of magnetic oxide to motion picture film

Technical Achievement Award


Winner:
	Westrex Corp. - For the design and construction of a new film editing machine.