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1954

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The 26th Academy Awards | 1954
RKO Pantages Theatre
Thursday, March 25, 1954
Honoring movies released in 1953
Highlights
Best Actor
Stalag 17

William Holden

The Opening of the Oscars

Featuring Donald O'Connor, Fredric March, Elizabeth Taylor and more

Writing Awards
Roman Holiday, From Here to Eternity and Titanic

Richard Breen, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch with presenter Kirk Douglas

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Memorable Moments
Walt Disney
Walt Disney

With presenter Elizabeth Taylor and his four Oscars for the Short Subject and Documentary categories

Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed

Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress winners for From Here to Eternity

Audrey Hepburn

Best Actress winner for Roman Holiday, with presenter Jean Hersholt

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WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
William Holden
Stalag 17
Nominees
Marlon Brando
Julius Caesar
Nominees
Richard Burton
The Robe
Nominees
Montgomery Clift
From Here to Eternity
Nominees
Burt Lancaster
From Here to Eternity
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Frank Sinatra
From Here to Eternity
Nominees
Eddie Albert
Roman Holiday
Nominees
Brandon De Wilde
Shane
Nominees
Jack Palance
Shane
Nominees
Robert Strauss
Stalag 17
Actress
Winner
Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday
Nominees
Leslie Caron
Lili
Nominees
Ava Gardner
Mogambo
Nominees
Deborah Kerr
From Here to Eternity
Nominees
Maggie McNamara
The Moon Is Blue
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Donna Reed
From Here to Eternity
Nominees
Grace Kelly
Mogambo
Nominees
Geraldine Page
Hondo
Nominees
Marjorie Rambeau
Torch Song
Nominees
Thelma Ritter
Pickup on South Street
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Julius Caesar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Nominees
Martin Luther
Art Direction: Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
Nominees
The President's Lady
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
Nominees
Roman Holiday
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
Nominees
Titanic
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
The Robe
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Nominees
Knights of the Round Table
Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
Nominees
Lili
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
Nominees
The Story of Three Loves
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
Nominees
Young Bess
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
From Here to Eternity
Burnett Guffey
Nominees
The Four Poster
Hal Mohr
Nominees
Julius Caesar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Nominees
Martin Luther
Joseph C. Brun
Nominees
Roman Holiday
Frank Planer, Henri Alekan
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Shane
Loyal Griggs
Nominees
All the Brothers Were Valiant
George Folsey
Nominees
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Edward Cronjager
Nominees
Lili
Robert Planck
Nominees
The Robe
Leon Shamroy
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
Roman Holiday
Edith Head
Nominees
The Actress
Walter Plunkett
Nominees
Dream Wife
Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy
Nominees
From Here to Eternity
Jean Louis
Nominees
The President's Lady
Charles LeMaire, Renie
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
The Robe
Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
Nominees
The Band Wagon
Mary Ann Nyberg
Nominees
Call Me Madam
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
How to Marry a Millionaire
Charles LeMaire, Travilla
Nominees
Young Bess
Walter Plunkett
Directing
Winner
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
Nominees
Lili
Charles Walters
Nominees
Roman Holiday
William Wyler
Nominees
Shane
George Stevens
Nominees
Stalag 17
Billy Wilder
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Living Desert
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The Conquest of Everest
John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers
Nominees
A Queen Is Crowned
Castleton Knight, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Alaskan Eskimo
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The Living City
John Barnes, Producer
Nominees
Operation Blue Jay
United States Army Signal Corps
Nominees
They Planted a Stone
James Carr, Producer
Nominees
The Word
John Healy and John Adams, Producers
Film Editing
Winner
From Here to Eternity
William Lyon
Nominees
Crazylegs
Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
Nominees
The Moon Is Blue
Otto Ludwig
Nominees
Roman Holiday
Robert Swink
Nominees
The War of the Worlds
Everett Douglas
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
George Stevens
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Lili
Bronislau Kaper
Nominees
From Here to Eternity
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
Nominees
Julius Caesar
Miklos Rozsa
Nominees
This Is Cinerama
Louis Forbes
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Call Me Madam
Alfred Newman
Nominees
The Band Wagon
Adolph Deutsch
Nominees
Calamity Jane
Ray Heindorf
Nominees
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
Nominees
Kiss Me Kate
Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
Music (Song)
Winner
Calamity Jane
Secret Love in "Calamity Jane" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Nominees
The Moon Is Blue
The Moon Is Blue in "The Moon Is Blue" Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine
Nominees
Small Town Girl
My Flaming Heart in "Small Town Girl" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Nominees
Miss Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues) in "Miss Sadie Thompson" Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Nominees
The Caddy
That's Amore in "The Caddy" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Best Motion Picture
Winner
From Here to Eternity
Buddy Adler, Producer
Nominees
Julius Caesar
John Houseman, Producer
Nominees
The Robe
Frank Ross, Producer
Nominees
Roman Holiday
William Wyler, Producer
Nominees
Shane
George Stevens, Producer
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Christopher Crumpet
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Nominees
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
Rugged Bear
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The Tell Tale Heart
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Johnny Green, Producer
Nominees
Christ among the Primitives
Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi, Producer
Nominees
Herring Hunt
National Film Board of Canada
Nominees
Joy of Living
Boris Vermont, Producer
Nominees
Wee Water Wonders
Jack Eaton, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
Bear Country
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Ben and Me
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Return to Glennascaul
Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
Nominees
Vesuvius Express
Otto Lang, Producer
Nominees
Winter Paradise
Cedric Francis, Producer
Sound Recording
Winner
From Here to Eternity
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
Calamity Jane
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Nominees
Knights of the Round Table
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
Nominees
The Mississippi Gambler
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
Nominees
The War of the Worlds
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Special Effects
Winner
The War of the Worlds
Paramount Studio
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Winner
Roman Holiday
Dalton Trumbo
Nominees
Above and Beyond
Beirne Lay, Jr.
Nominees
The Captain's Paradise
Alec Coppel
Nominees
Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
From Here to Eternity
Daniel Taradash
Nominees
The Cruel Sea
Eric Ambler
Nominees
Lili
Helen Deutsch
Nominees
Roman Holiday
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Nominees
Shane
A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Winner
Titanic
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
Nominees
The Band Wagon
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Nominees
The Desert Rats
Richard Murphy
Nominees
The Naked Spur
Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
Nominees
Take the High Ground
Millard Kaufman
ALL 0-9 A A-E B C D E F F-J G H I J K K-O L M N O P P-T Q R S T U U-Z V W X Y Z

0-9

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff

A

Above and Beyond
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Beirne Lay, Jr.
The Actress
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Walter Plunkett
The Alaskan Eskimo
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Walt Disney, Producer
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Color) - George Folsey

B

The Band Wagon
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Costume Design (Color) - Mary Ann Nyberg
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Adolph Deutsch
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Bear Country
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Two-reel) - Walt Disney, Producer
Ben and Me
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Walt Disney, Producer
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Color) - Edward Cronjager

C

The Caddy
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - That's Amore in "The Caddy" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Calamity Jane
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Song) - Secret Love in "Calamity Jane" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf
  • Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Call Me Madam
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman
  • Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
The Captain's Paradise
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Alec Coppel
Christ among the Primitives
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi, Producer
Christopher Crumpet
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
The Conquest of Everest
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers
Crazylegs
1 NOMINATION
  • Film Editing - Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
The Cruel Sea
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Eric Ambler

D

The Desert Rats
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Richard Murphy
Dream Wife
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy

F

The Four Poster
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Hal Mohr
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
From Here to Eternity
12 NOMINATIONS, 8 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Frank Sinatra
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Donna Reed
  • * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Burnett Guffey
  • * Directing - Fred Zinnemann
  • * Film Editing - William Lyon
  • * Best Motion Picture - Buddy Adler, Producer
  • * Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
  • * Writing (Screenplay) - Daniel Taradash
  • Actor - Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster
  • Actress - Deborah Kerr
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Morris Stoloff, George Duning

H

Herring Hunt
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - National Film Board of Canada
Hondo
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Geraldine Page
How to Marry a Millionaire
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design (Color) - Charles LeMaire, Travilla

J

Joy of Living
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Boris Vermont, Producer
Julius Caesar
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
  • Actor - Marlon Brando
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Ruttenberg
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
  • Best Motion Picture - John Houseman, Producer

K

Kiss Me Kate
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
Knights of the Round Table
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
  • Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director

L

Lili
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Bronislau Kaper
  • Actress - Leslie Caron
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
  • Cinematography (Color) - Robert Planck
  • Directing - Charles Walters
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Helen Deutsch
Little Fugitive
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
The Living City
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - John Barnes, Producer
The Living Desert
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Walt Disney, Producer

M

Martin Luther
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph C. Brun
The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (One-reel) - Johnny Green, Producer
Miss Sadie Thompson
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues) in "Miss Sadie Thompson" Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington
The Mississippi Gambler
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
Mogambo
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Ava Gardner
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Grace Kelly
The Moon Is Blue
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Maggie McNamara
  • Film Editing - Otto Ludwig
  • Music (Song) - The Moon Is Blue in "The Moon Is Blue" Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine

N

The Naked Spur
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom

O

Operation Blue Jay
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - United States Army Signal Corps

P

Pickup on South Street
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Thelma Ritter
The President's Lady
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Charles LeMaire, Renie

Q

A Queen Is Crowned
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Castleton Knight, Producer

R

Return to Glennascaul
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
The Robe
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
  • * Costume Design (Color) - Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
  • Actor - Richard Burton
  • Cinematography (Color) - Leon Shamroy
  • Best Motion Picture - Frank Ross, Producer
Roman Holiday
10 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Actress - Audrey Hepburn
  • * Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head
  • * Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Dalton Trumbo
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Eddie Albert
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Frank Planer, Henri Alekan
  • Directing - William Wyler
  • Film Editing - Robert Swink
  • Best Motion Picture - William Wyler, Producer
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Rugged Bear
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer

S

Shane
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Cinematography (Color) - Loyal Griggs
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance
  • Directing - George Stevens
  • Best Motion Picture - George Stevens, Producer
  • Writing (Screenplay) - A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Small Town Girl
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - My Flaming Heart in "Small Town Girl" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Stalag 17
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor - William Holden
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Strauss
  • Directing - Billy Wilder
The Story of Three Loves
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore

T

Take the High Ground
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Millard Kaufman
The Tell Tale Heart
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
They Planted a Stone
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - James Carr, Producer
This Is Cinerama
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Louis Forbes
Titanic
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Torch Song
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Marjorie Rambeau

V

Vesuvius Express
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Otto Lang, Producer

W

The War of the Worlds
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Special Effects - Paramount Studio
  • Film Editing - Everett Douglas
  • Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Wee Water Wonders
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Jack Eaton, Producer
Winter Paradise
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Cedric Francis, Producer
The Word
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - John Healy and John Adams, Producers

Y

Young Bess
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
  • Costume Design (Color) - Walter Plunkett
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