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1954 Oscars 26th Academy Awards |
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1954 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Motion Picture: From Here to Eternity – Buddy Adler for Columbia Pictures (WINNER) Julius Caesar – John Houseman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Robe – Frank Ross for 20th Century Fox Roman Holiday – William Wyler for Paramount Pictures Shane – George Stevens for Paramount Pictures |
| Best Director: Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity (WINNER) Charles Walters – Lili William Wyler – Roman Holiday George Stevens – Shane Billy Wilder – Stalag 17 |
| Best Actor: William Holden – Stalag 17 as J. J. Sefton (WINNER) Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar as Mark Antony Richard Burton – The Robe as Marcellus Gallio Montgomery Clift – From Here to Eternity as Private Robert E. Lee “Prew” Prewitt Burt Lancaster – From Here to Eternity as First Sergeant Milton Warden |
| Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday as Princess Ann (WINNER) Leslie Caron – Lili as Lili Daurier Ava Gardner – Mogambo as Eloise Kelly Deborah Kerr – From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes Maggie McNamara – The Moon Is Blue as Patty O’Neill |
| Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra – From Here to Eternity as Private Angelo Maggio (WINNER) Eddie Albert – Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich Brandon deWilde – Shane as Joey Starrett Jack Palance – Shane as Jack Wilson Robert Strauss – Stalag 17 as Stanislas “Animal” Kuzawa |
| Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity as Alma Burke/Lorene (WINNER) Grace Kelly – Mogambo as Linda Nordley Geraldine Page – Hondo as Angie Lowe Marjorie Rambeau – Torch Song as Mrs. Stewart Thelma Ritter – Pickup on South Street as Moe |
| Best Screenplay: From Here to Eternity – Daniel Taradash from From Here to Eternity by James Jones (WINNER) The Cruel Sea – Eric Ambler from The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat Lili – Helen Deutsch from “Love of Seven Dolls” by Paul Gallico Roman Holiday – Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton from a story by Dalton Trumbo Shane – A. B. Guthrie Jr. from Shane by Jack Schaefer |
| Best Story and Screenplay: Titanic – Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen (WINNER) The Band Wagon – Betty Comden and Adolph Green The Desert Rats – Richard Murphy The Naked Spur – Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom Take the High Ground! – Millard Kaufman |
| Best Story: Roman Holiday – Dalton Trumbo (WINNER) (awarded posthumously as Trumbo was on the Hollywood blacklist) Above and Beyond – Beirne Lay Jr. The Captain’s Paradise – Alec Coppel Hondo – Louis L’Amour (disqualified) Little Fugitive – Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin |
| Best Short Subject – Cartoons: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom – Walt Disney (WINNER) Christopher Crumpet From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Rugged Bear The Tell Tale Heart |
| Best Documentary Feature: The Living Desert – Walt Disney (WINNER) The Conquest of Everest A Queen Is Crowned |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney (WINNER) The Living City Operation Blue Jay They Planted a Stone The Word |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor – Johnny Green (WINNER) Christ Among the Primitives Herring Hunt Joy of Living Wee Water Wonders |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel: Bear Country – Walt Disney (WINNER) Ben and Me Return to Glennascaul Vesuvius Express Winter Paradise |
| Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Lili – Bronislaw Kaper (WINNER) Above and Beyond – Hugo Friedhofer From Here to Eternity – Morris Stoloff and George Duning Julius Caesar – Miklós Rózsa This Is Cinerama – Louis Forbes |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman (WINNER) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. – Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch Calamity Jane – Ray Heindorf Kiss Me Kate – André Previn and Saul Chaplin |
| Best Song: “Secret Love” from Calamity Jane – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster (WINNER) “The Moon Is Blue” from The Moon Is Blue – Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine “My Flaming Heart” from Small Town Girl – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin “Sadie Thompson’s Song” from Miss Sadie Thompson – Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington “That’s Amore” from The Caddy – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks |
| Best Sound Recording: From Here to Eternity – John P. Livadary (WINNER) Calamity Jane – William A. Mueller Knights of the Round Table – A. W. Watkins The Mississippi Gambler – Leslie I. Carey The War of the Worlds – Loren L. Ryder |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: Julius Caesar – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt (WINNER) Martin Luther – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz The President’s Lady – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox Roman Holiday – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler Titanic – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart A. Reiss |
| Best Art Direction, Color: The Robe – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox (WINNER) Knights of the Round Table – Art Direction: Alfred Junge and Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis Lili – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams The Story of Three Loves – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore Young Bess – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: From Here to Eternity – Burnett Guffey (WINNER) The Four Poster – Hal Mohr Julius Caesar – Joseph Ruttenberg Martin Luther – Joseph C. Brun Roman Holiday – Franz Planer and Henri Alekan |
| Best Cinematography, Color: Shane – Loyal Griggs (WINNER) All the Brothers Were Valiant – George Folsey Beneath the 12-Mile Reef – Edward Cronjager Lili – Robert Planck The Robe – Leon Shamroy |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Roman Holiday – Edith Head (WINNER) The Actress – Walter Plunkett Dream Wife – Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy From Here to Eternity – Jean Louis The President’s Lady – Charles LeMaire and Renié |
| Best Costume Design, Color: The Robe – Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago (WINNER) The Band Wagon – Mary Ann Nyberg Call Me Madam – Irene Sharaff How to Marry a Millionaire – Charles LeMaire and William Travilla Young Bess – Walter Plunkett |
| Best Film Editing: From Here to Eternity – William Lyon (WINNER) Crazylegs – Irvine (Cotton) Warburton The Moon Is Blue – Otto Ludwig Roman Holiday – Robert Swink The War of the Worlds – Everett Douglas |
| Academy Honorary Awards: Pete Smith – “For his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of “Pete Smith Specialties”.” Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation – “In recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope.” Joseph I. Breen – “For his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code.” Bell and Howell Company – “For their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry.” The War of the Worlds for Best Special Effects. |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: George Stevens |
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