Academy Awards 1954

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The 1954 Academy Awards took place on March 25, 1954 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles and the NBC Century Theater in New York City . It was the 26th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always awarded, in this case the films from 1953.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Damn to all eternity 13 8th
A heart and a crown 10 3
Lili 6th 1
My great friend Shane 6th 1
The robe 5 2
Julius Caesar 5 1
Heavy colts in delicate hands 3 1
Stalag 17 3 1
Curtain up! 3 0
Clouds are everywhere 3 0
The sinking of the Titanic 2 1
The final decision 2 0
The Knights of the Round Table 2 0
The heir to the throne 2 0
Companion of his life 2 0
Battle of the worlds 2 0
Madame makes history (s) 2 1
Martin Luther 2 0
Mogambo 2 0

Moderation

Donald O'Connor (Los Angeles); Fredric March (New York City)

Award winners and nominees

Best movie

presented by Cecil B. DeMille

Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity) - Buddy Adler

The Robe (The Robe) - Frank Ross
A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday) - William Wyler
Julius Caesar - John Houseman
My great friend Shane (Shane) - George Stevens

Best director

presented by Irene Dunne

Fred Zinnemann - Damn In All Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

George Stevens - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)
Charles Walters - Lili
Billy Wilder - Stalag 17
William Wyler - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)

Best Actor

presented by Shirley Booth

William Holden - Stalag 17

Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
Richard Burton - The Robe (The Robe)
Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)
Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Best main actress

presented by Gary Cooper

Audrey Hepburn - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)

Leslie Caron - Lili
Ava Gardner - Mogambo
Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)
Maggie McNamara - Clouds Are Everywhere (The Moon is Blue)

Best supporting actor

presented by Mercedes McCambridge

Frank Sinatra - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Eddie Albert - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Brandon De Wilde - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)
Jack Palance - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)
Robert Strauss - Stalag 17

The best supporting actress

presented by Walter Brennan

Donna Reed - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Grace Kelly - Mogambo
Geraldine Page - They call me Hondo (Hondo)
Marjorie Rambeau - Hearts in Fever (Torch Song)
Thelma Ritter - Police Intervene (Pickup on South Street)

Best adapted script

presented by Kirk Douglas

Daniel Taradash - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Eric Ambler - The Cruel Sea (The Cruel Sea)
Helen German - Lili
John Dighton , Ian McLellan Hunter - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
AB Guthrie Junior - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)

Best original script

presented by Kirk Douglas

Charles Brackett , Richard L. Breen , Walter Reisch - The sinking of the Titanic (Titanic)

Harold Jack Bloom , Sam Rolfe - Naked Violence (The Naked track)
Betty Comden , Adolph Green - Curtain up! (The Band Wagon)
Millard Kaufman - jump up, march, march! (Take the High Ground!)
Richard Murphy - The Desert Rats (The Desert Rats)

Best original story

presented by Kirk Douglas

Dalton Trumbo - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday) The Oscar originally went to Ian McLellan Hunter . In December 1992 the Academy decided to remove Ian McLellan Hunter from the credits and posthumously award the award to Dalton Trumbo.

Ray Ashley , Morris Engel , Ruth Orkin - Little Fugitive (Little Fugitive)
Alec Coppel - The Key to Paradise (The Captain's Paradise)
Beirne Lay junior - The Final Decision (Above and Beyond)

Originally Louis L'Amour was also nominated for Man Call Me Hondo ( Hondo ) in the category, but the script was based on the short story L`Amours The Gift of Cochise and was therefore not allowed in this category. After L`Amour informed the Academy about this, the film was taken out of the rating.

Best camera (black and white film)

presented by Lex Barker and Lana Turner

Burnett Guffey - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Henri Alekan , Franz Planer - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Joseph C. Brun - Martin Luther
Hal Mohr - Das Himmelbett (The Four Poster)
Joseph Ruttenberg - Julius Caesar

Best camera (color film)

presented by Lex Barker and Lana Turner

Loyal Griggs - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)

George J. Folsey - The Black Pearl (All the Brothers were valiant)
Edward Cronjager - The Höllenriff (Beneath the 12-Mile Reef)
Robert H. Planck - Lili
Leon Shamroy - The Robe (The Robe)

Best production design (black and white film)

presented by Gower Champion and Marge Champion

Edward C. Carfagno , Cedric Gibbons , Hugh Hunt , Edwin B. Willis - Julius Caesar

Paul S. Fox , Leland Fuller , Lyle R. Wheeler - companion of his life (The President's Lady)
Paul Markwitz , Fritz Maurischat - Martin Luther
Hal Pereira , Walter H. Tyler - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Maurice Ransford , Stuart A. Reiss , Lyle R. Wheeler - The sinking of the Titanic (Titanic)

Best production design (color film)

presented by Gower Champion and Marge Champion

Paul S. Fox , George W. Davis , Walter M. Scott , Lyle R. Wheeler - Das Gewand (The Robe)

E. Preston Ames , Edward C. Carfagno , Cedric Gibbons , F. Keogh Gleason , Arthur Krams , Jack D. Moore , Gabriel Scognamillo , Edwin B. Willis - Was it love? (The Story of Three Loves)
Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Arthur Krams , Edwin B. Willis - Lili
Cedric Gibbons , Urie McCleary , Jack D. Moore , Edwin B. Willis - The Heir apparent (Young Bass)
John Jarvis , Alfred Junge , Hans O. Peters - The Knights of the Round Table

Best costume design (black and white film)

presented by Gene Tierney

Edith Head - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)

Charles Le Maire , Renié - Companion of his Life (The President's Lady)
Jean Louis - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)
Herschel McCoy , Helen Rose - You and No Other (Dream Wife)
Walter Plunkett - Theaterfieber (The Actress)

Best costume design (color film)

presented by Gene Tierney

Charles Lemaire , Emile Santiago - The Robe (The Robe)

Charles Le Maire , Travilla - How do you get a millionaire? (How to Marry a Millionaire)
Mary Ann Nyberg - Curtain up! (The Band Wagon)
Walter Plunkett - The Heir apparent (Young Bess)
Irene Sharaff - Madame makes history (s) (Call Me Madam)

Best Score (Drama / Comedy)

presented by Arthur Freed

Bronislau Kaper - Lili

George Duning , Morris Stoloff - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)
Louis Forbes - This is Cinerama
Hugo Friedhofer - The Final Decision (Above and Beyond)
Miklós Rózsa - Julius Caesar

Best Score (Musical)

presented by Arthur Freed

Alfred Newman - Madame makes history (s) (Call Me Madam)

Saul Chaplin , André Previn - kiss me, Katchen! (Kiss Me Kate)
Adolph Deutsch - Curtain up! (The Band Wagon)
Ray Heindorf - Heavy Colts in Tender Hand (Calamity Jane)
Frederick Hollander , Morris Stoloff - The 5000 fingers of Dr. T.

Best song

presented by Arthur Freed

" Secret Love " from Schwere Colts in Tender Hand (Calamity Jane) - Sammy Fain , Paul Francis Webster

" Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song)" from Purgatory (Miss Sadie Thompson) - Lester Lee , Ned Washington
" My Flaming Heart " from Small Town Girl - Nikolaus Brodszky , Leo Robin
" That's Amore " from The Dub (The caddy) - Jack Brooks , Harry Warren
" The Moon Is Blue " made of clouds are everywhere (The Moon Is Blue) - Sylvia Fine , Herschel Burke Gilbert

Best cut

presented by Esther Williams

William A. Lyon - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Everett Douglas - War of the Worlds (The War of the Worlds)
Otto Ludwig - Clouds are everywhere (The Moon is Blue)
Robert Swink - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Cotton Warburton - Crazylegs

Best tone

presented by Jack Webb

John P. Livadary - From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternity)

Leslie I. Carey - The World Is His (The Mississippi Gambler)
William A. Mueller - Heavy Colts in Tender Hand (Calamity Jane)
Loren L. Ryder - War of the Worlds (The War of the Worlds)
AW Watkins - The Knights of the Round Table (Knights of the Round Table)

Best visual effects

presented by Merle Oberon

Gordon Jennings - War of the Worlds (The War of the Worlds)

Best Animated Short Film (Cartoon)

presented by Keefe Brasselle and Marilyn Erskine

The Music Lesson (Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom) - Walt Disney

Christopher Crumpet - Stephen Bosustow
From A to ZZZZ - Edward Selzer
Rugged Bear - Walt Disney
The Tell-Tale Heart - Stephen Bosustow

Best short film (2 film roles)

presented by Keefe Brasselle and Marilyn Erskine

In the land of the bears (Bear Country) - Walt Disney

Ben and Me - Walt Disney
Return to Glennascaul (Return to Glennascaul) - Dublin Gate Theater Prod.
Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis

Best short film (1 film roll)

presented by Keefe Brasselle and Marilyn Erskine

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor - Johnny Green

Christ Among the Primitives - Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
Herring Hunt - National Film Board of Canada
Joy of Living; The Art of Renoir - Boris Vermont
Wee Water Wonders - Jack Eaton

Documentary (short film)

presented by Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding

The Alaskan Eskimo - Walt Disney

Operation Blue Jay - United States Army Signal Corps
The Living City - John Barnes
The Word - John Adams , John Healy
They Planted a Stone - James Carr

Documentary (long form)

presented by Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding

The Living Desert (The Living Desert) - James Algar , Walt Disney

The conquest of Everest (The Conquest of Everest) - John Taylor , Leon Clore , Grahame Tharp
A queen is crowned (A Queen Is Crowned) - Castleton Knight

Prizes of honor

Honorary Oscar

presented by Charles Brackett

Pete Smith for his Pete Smith Specialties range
20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the introduction of CinemaScope
Joseph Breen for exemplary management in producing films
Bell and Howell Co. for contributions to the motion picture industry

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

presented by David O. Selznick

George Stevens

Academy Award of Merit

Henri Chretien , Earl Sponable , Sol Halperin , Lorin Grignon , Herbert E. Bragg , Carlton W. Faulkner
Fred Waller

Scientific and Engineering Award

Reeves Soundcraft Corp.

Technical Achievement Award

Westrex Corp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alan Gevinson: Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960 (= Volume 7 of the American Film Institute Catalog), University of California Press 1997, ISBN 0520209648 , pp. 464f.