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The 30th Academy Awards
| 1958
RKO Pantages Theatre
Wednesday, March 26, 1958
Honoring movies released in 1957
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Highlights
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sam Spiegel
Best Directing
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean, presented by Sophia Loren
Foreign Language Film
The Night of Cabiria
Accepted by Giulietta Masina for Italy, with Fred Astaire and Dana Wynter
Memorable Moments
The Pantages Theater
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Exterior of the Academy Awards
Joanne Woodward
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Best Actress winner for The Three Faces of Eve, with presenter John Wayne
Miyoshi Umeki
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Supporting Actress winner for Sayonara
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Nominees
Marlon Brando
Sayonara
Nominees
Anthony Franciosa
A Hatful of Rain
Nominees
Charles Laughton
Witness for the Prosecution
Nominees
Anthony Quinn
Wild Is the Wind
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Red Buttons
Sayonara
Nominees
Vittorio De Sica
A Farewell to Arms
Nominees
Sessue Hayakawa
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Nominees
Arthur Kennedy
Peyton Place
Nominees
Russ Tamblyn
Peyton Place
Actress
Winner
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve
Nominees
Deborah Kerr
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Nominees
Anna Magnani
Wild Is the Wind
Nominees
Elizabeth Taylor
Raintree County
Nominees
Lana Turner
Peyton Place
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Miyoshi Umeki
Sayonara
Nominees
Carolyn Jones
The Bachelor Party
Nominees
Elsa Lanchester
Witness for the Prosecution
Nominees
Hope Lange
Peyton Place
Nominees
Diane Varsi
Peyton Place
Art Direction
Winner
Sayonara
Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Nominees
Funny Face
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees
Les Girls
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Nominees
Pal Joey
Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis Diage
Nominees
Raintree County
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Cinematography
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Jack Hildyard
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
Milton Krasner
Nominees
Funny Face
Ray June
Nominees
Peyton Place
William Mellor
Nominees
Sayonara
Ellsworth Fredricks
Costume Design
Winner
Les Girls
Orry-Kelly
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
Charles LeMaire
Nominees
Funny Face
Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy
Nominees
Pal Joey
Jean Louis
Nominees
Raintree County
Walter Plunkett
Directing
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
Nominees
Peyton Place
Mark Robson
Nominees
Sayonara
Joshua Logan
Nominees
12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet
Nominees
Witness for the Prosecution
Billy Wilder
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Albert Schweitzer
Jerome Hill, Producer
Nominees
On the Bowery
Lionel Rogosin, Producer
Nominees
Torero!
Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peter Taylor
Nominees
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Warren Low
Nominees
Pal Joey
Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms
Nominees
Sayonara
Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
Nominees
Witness for the Prosecution
Daniel Mandell
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Nights of Cabiria
Italy
Nominees
The Devil Came at Night
West Germany
Nominees
Gates of Paris
France
Nominees
Mother India
India
Nominees
Nine Lives
Norway
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Samuel Goldwyn
Music (Scoring)
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Malcolm Arnold
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
Hugo Friedhofer
Nominees
Boy on a Dolphin
Hugo Friedhofer
Nominees
Perri
Paul Smith
Nominees
Raintree County
Johnny Green
Music (Song)
Winner
The Joker Is Wild
All The Way in "The Joker Is Wild" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
An Affair To Remember in "An Affair to Remember" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
Nominees
April Love
April Love in "April Love" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Nominees
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy in "Tammy and the Bachelor" Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Nominees
Wild Is the Wind
Wild Is The Wind in "Wild Is the Wind" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Best Motion Picture
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sam Spiegel, Producer
Nominees
Peyton Place
Jerry Wald, Producer
Nominees
Sayonara
William Goetz, Producer
Nominees
12 Angry Men
Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers
Nominees
Witness for the Prosecution
Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Birds Anonymous
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
One Droopy Knight
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
Nominees
Tabasco Road
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Nominees
The Truth about Mother Goose
Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
The Wetback Hound
Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Nominees
A Chairy Tale
Norman McLaren, Producer
Nominees
City of Gold
Tom Daly, Producer
Nominees
Foothold on Antarctica
James Carr, Producer
Nominees
Portugal
Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
Sound Recording
Winner
Sayonara
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director
Nominees
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
Nominees
Les Girls
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Nominees
Pal Joey
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
Witness for the Prosecution
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Special Effects
Winner
The Enemy Below
Audible Effects by Walter Rossi
Nominees
The Spirit of St. Louis
Visual Effects by Louis Lichtenfield
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
Nominees
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
John Lee Mahin, John Huston
Nominees
Peyton Place
John Michael Hayes
Nominees
Sayonara
Paul Osborn
Nominees
12 Angry Men
Reginald Rose
Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Winner
Designing Woman
George Wells
Nominees
Funny Face
Leonard Gershe
Nominees
Man of a Thousand Faces
Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Nominees
The Tin Star
Story by Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Nominees
Vitelloni
Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano
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12 Angry Men
3 NOMINATIONS
- Directing - Sidney Lumet
- Best Motion Picture - Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Reginald Rose
A
An Affair to Remember
4 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - Milton Krasner
- Costume Design - Charles LeMaire
- Music (Scoring) - Hugo Friedhofer
- Music (Song) - An Affair To Remember in "An Affair to Remember" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
Albert Schweitzer
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Jerome Hill, Producer
April Love
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - April Love in "April Love" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
B
The Bachelor Party
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Carolyn Jones
Birds Anonymous
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
Boy on a Dolphin
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring) - Hugo Friedhofer
The Bridge on the River Kwai
8 NOMINATIONS,
7 WINS
- * Actor - Alec Guinness
- * Cinematography - Jack Hildyard
- * Directing - David Lean
- * Film Editing - Peter Taylor
- * Music (Scoring) - Malcolm Arnold
- * Best Motion Picture - Sam Spiegel, Producer
- * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Sessue Hayakawa
On the Bowery
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Lionel Rogosin, Producer
C
A Chairy Tale
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Norman McLaren, Producer
City of Gold
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Tom Daly, Producer
D
Designing Woman
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - George Wells
The Devil Came at Night
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - West Germany
E
The Enemy Below
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Special Effects - Audible Effects by Walter Rossi
F
A Farewell to Arms
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Vittorio De Sica
Foothold on Antarctica
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - James Carr, Producer
Funny Face
4 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- Cinematography - Ray June
- Costume Design - Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Leonard Gershe
G
Gates of Paris
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - France
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
2 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - Warren Low
- Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
H
A Hatful of Rain
1 NOMINATION
- Actor - Anthony Franciosa
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Deborah Kerr
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - John Lee Mahin, John Huston
J
The Joker Is Wild
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Music (Song) - All The Way in "The Joker Is Wild" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
L
Les Girls
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Costume Design - Orry-Kelly
- Art Direction - Art Direction: William A. Horning, Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
- Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
M
Man of a Thousand Faces
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Mother India
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - India
N
The Nights of Cabiria
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Italy
Nine Lives
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Norway
O
One Droopy Knight
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
P
Pal Joey
4 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis Diage
- Costume Design - Jean Louis
- Film Editing - Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms
- Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Perri
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring) - Paul Smith
Peyton Place
7 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn
- Actress - Lana Turner
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Hope Lange, Diane Varsi
- Cinematography - William Mellor
- Directing - Mark Robson
- Best Motion Picture - Jerry Wald, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - John Michael Hayes
Portugal
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
R
Raintree County
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Elizabeth Taylor
- Art Direction - Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
- Costume Design - Walter Plunkett
- Music (Scoring) - Johnny Green
S
Sayonara
10 NOMINATIONS,
4 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Red Buttons
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Miyoshi Umeki
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
- * Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director
- Actor - Marlon Brando
- Cinematography - Ellsworth Fredricks
- Directing - Joshua Logan
- Film Editing - Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
- Best Motion Picture - William Goetz, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Paul Osborn
The Spirit of St. Louis
1 NOMINATION
- Special Effects - Visual Effects by Louis Lichtenfield
T
Tabasco Road
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
Tammy and the Bachelor
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Tammy in "Tammy and the Bachelor" Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
The Three Faces of Eve
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Actress - Joanne Woodward
The Tin Star
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Torero!
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
The Truth about Mother Goose
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
V
Vitelloni
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano
W
The Wetback Hound
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Live Action) - Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Wild Is the Wind
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Anthony Quinn
- Actress - Anna Magnani
- Music (Song) - Wild Is The Wind in "Wild Is the Wind" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Witness for the Prosecution
6 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Charles Laughton
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Elsa Lanchester
- Directing - Billy Wilder
- Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
- Best Motion Picture - Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer
- Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
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