1953 Oscars 25th Academy Awards |
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1953 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Motion Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth – Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures (WINNER) High Noon – Stanley Kramer for United Artists Ivanhoe – Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Moulin Rouge – John Huston for United Artists The Quiet Man – John Ford and Merian C. Cooper for Republic Pictures |
| Best Director: John Ford – The Quiet Man (WINNER) Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Five Fingers Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth Fred Zinnemann – High Noon John Huston – Moulin Rouge |
| Best Actor: Gary Cooper – High Noon as Marshall Will Kane (WINNER) Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata! as Emiliano Zapata Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful as Jonathan Shields José Ferrer – Moulin Rouge as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob as Henry “Dutch” Holland |
| Best Actress: Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba as Lola Delaney (WINNER) Joan Crawford – Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson Bette Davis – The Star as Margaret “Maggie” Elliot Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding as Frankie Addams Susan Hayward – With a Song in My Heart as Jane Froman |
| Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata! as Eufemio Zapata (WINNER) Richard Burton – My Cousin Rachel as Philip Ashley Arthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky as Zeb Calloway Victor McLaglen – The Quiet Man as Squire “Red” Will Danaher Jack Palance – Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine |
| Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Grahame – The Bad and the Beautiful as Rosemary Bartlow (WINNER) Jean Hagen – Singin’ in the Rain as Lina Lamont Colette Marchand – Moulin Rouge as Marie Charlet Terry Moore – Come Back, Little Sheba as Marie Burkholder Thelma Ritter – With a Song in My Heart as Clancy |
| Best Story and Screenplay: The Bad and the Beautiful – Charles Schnee from “Tribute to a Badman” by George Bradshaw (WINNER) Five Fingers – Michael Wilson from Operation Cicero by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch High Noon – Carl Foreman from “The Tin Star” by John W. Cunningham The Man in the White Suit – Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick from The Man in the White Suit by Roger MacDougall The Quiet Man – Frank S. Nugent from “Green Rushes” by Maurice Walsh |
| Best Screenplay: The Lavender Hill Mob – T. E. B. Clarke (WINNER) The Atomic City – Sydney Boehm Breaking the Sound Barrier – Terence Rattigan Pat and Mike – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin Viva Zapata! – John Steinbeck |
| Best Story: The Greatest Show on Earth – Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett (WINNER) My Son John – Leo McCarey The Narrow Margin – Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard The Pride of St. Louis – Guy Trosper The Sniper – Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt |
| Best Short Subject – Cartoons: Johann Mouse (WINNER) Little Johnny Jet Madeline Pink and Blue Blues The Romance of Transportation in Canada |
| Best Documentary Feature: The Sea Around Us (WINNER) The Hoaxters Navajo |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Neighbours (WINNER) Devil Take Us The Garden Spider Man Alive! |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: Light in the Window (WINNER) Athletes of the Saddle Desert Killer Neighbours Royal Scotland |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel: Water Birds (WINNER) Bridge of Time Devil Take Us Thar She Blows! |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (WINNER) Ivanhoe – Miklós Rózsa The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert Viva Zapata! – Alex North |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman (WINNER) Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner The Medium – Gian Carlo Menotti Singin’ in the Rain – Lennie Hayton |
| Best Song: “The Ballad of High Noon (“Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin'”)” from High Noon – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (WINNER) “Am I in Love?” from Son of Paleface – Music and Lyrics by Jack Brooks “Because You’re Mine” from Because You’re Mine – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “Thumbelina” from Hans Christian Andersen – Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser “Zing a Little Zong” from Just for You – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo Robin |
| Best Sound Recording: Breaking the Sound Barrier – London Films Sound Department (WINNER) The Card – Pinewood Studios Sound Department Hans Christian Andersen – Gordon E. Sawyer The Quiet Man – Daniel J. Bloomberg With a Song in My Heart – Thomas T. Moulton |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: The Bad and the Beautiful – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason (WINNER) Carrie – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri My Cousin Rachel – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott Rashomon – Art Direction: So Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Matsumoto Viva Zapata! – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter |
| Best Art Direction, Color: Moulin Rouge – Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertès (WINNER) Hans Christian Andersen – Art Direction: Richard Day and Antoni Clavé; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol The Merry Widow – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams The Quiet Man – Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy Jr. and Charles Thompson The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: The Bad and the Beautiful – Robert Surtees (WINNER) The Big Sky – Russell Harlan My Cousin Rachel – Joseph LaShelle Navajo – Virgil Miller Sudden Fear – Charles Lang |
| Best Cinematography, Color: The Quiet Man – Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (WINNER) Hans Christian Andersen – Harry Stradling Ivanhoe – F. A. Young Million Dollar Mermaid – George Folsey The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Leon Shamroy |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: The Bad and the Beautiful – Helen Rose (WINNER) Affair in Trinidad – Jean Louis Carrie – Edith Head My Cousin Rachel – Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins Sudden Fear – Sheila O’Brien |
| Best Costume Design, Color: Moulin Rouge – Marcel Vertès (WINNER) The Greatest Show on Earth – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White Hans Christian Andersen – Antoni Clavé, Mary Wills and Barbara Karinska The Merry Widow – Helen Rose and Gile Steele (posthumous nomination) With a Song in My Heart – Charles LeMaire |
| Best Film Editing: High Noon – Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad (WINNER) Come Back, Little Sheba – Warren Low Flat Top – William Austin The Greatest Show on Earth – Anne Bauchens Moulin Rouge – Ralph Kemplen |
| Academy Honorary Awards: George Alfred Mitchell “for the design and development of the camera which bears his name and for his continued and dominant presence in the field of cinematography.” Joseph M. Schenck “for long and distinguished service to the motion picture industry.” Merian C. Cooper “for his many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures.” Harold Lloyd “master comedian and good citizen.” Bob Hope “for his contribution to the laughter of the world, his service to the motion picture industry, and his devotion to the American premise.” Plymouth Adventure for Best Special Effects. |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Forbidden Games (France) |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Cecil B. DeMille |
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