Academy Awards 1958
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1958 Academy Awards took place on March 26, 1958 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles . It was the 30th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1957.
The 1958 Academy Awards were the first to be seen entirely live on television.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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Movie | N | S. |
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Sayonara | 10 | 4th |
The bridge on the Kwai | 8th | 7th |
Embers under the ashes | 8th | 0 |
Witness for the prosecution | 6th | 0 |
The land of the rain tree | 4th | 0 |
The great love of my life | 4th | 0 |
A sweet face | 4th | 0 |
Pal Joey | 4th | 0 |
The girls | 3 | 1 |
The twelve jurors | 3 | 0 |
The wind is wild | 3 | 0 |
The sailor and the nun | 2 | 0 |
Two do the math | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
James Stewart , David Niven , Jack Lemmon , Rosalind Russell and Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards.
Winners and nominations
Best movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) - Sam Spiegel
- The Twelve Jurors ( 12 Angry Men ) - Henry Fonda , Reginald Rose
- Embers under the Ashes ( Peyton Place ) - Jerry Wald
- Sayonara - William Goetz
- Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution ) - Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Director
David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai )
- Sidney Lumet - The Twelve Jurors ( 12 Angry Men )
- Mark Robson - Embers ( Peyton Place )
- Joshua Logan - Sayonara
- Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution )
main actor
Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) received by Jean Simmons
- Anthony Franciosa - Poisonous Snow ( A Hatful of Rain )
- Marlon Brando - Sayonara
- Anthony Quinn - Wild is the Wind ( Wild Is the Wind )
- Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution )
Leading actress
Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve ( The Three Faces of Eve )
- Deborah Kerr - The Sailor and the Nun ( Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison )
- Lana Turner - Embers Among The Ashes ( Peyton Place )
- Elizabeth Taylor - The Land of the Rain Tree ( Raintree County )
- Anna Magnani - Wild is the Wind ( Wild Is the Wind )
supporting cast
- Sessue Hayakawa - The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai )
- Vittorio De Sica - In Another Land ( A Farewell to Arms )
- Arthur Kennedy - Embers Among the Ashes ( Peyton Place )
- Russ Tamblyn - Embers Among the Ashes ( Peyton Place )
Supporting actress
- Carolyn Jones - The bachelor party ( The Bachelor Party )
- Hope Lange - Embers under the Ashes ( Peyton Place )
- Diane Varsi - Embers Among The Ashes ( Peyton Place )
- Elsa Lanchester - Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution )
Production design
Sayonara - Ted Haworth , Robert Priestley
- Funny Face ( Funny Face ) - Hal Pereira , George W. Davis , Sam Comer , Ray Moyer
- The Girls ( Les Girls ) - William A. Horning , Gene Allen , Edwin B. Willis , Richard Pefferle
- Pal Joey - Walter Holscher , William Kiernan , Louis Diage
- The Land of the Rain Tree ( Raintree County ) - William A. Horning , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis , Hugh Hunt
camera
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) - Jack Hildyard
- The great love of my life ( An Affair to Remember ) - Milton R. Krasner
- A cute face ( Funny Face ) - Ray June
- Embers under the Ashes ( Peyton Place ) - William C. Mellor
- Sayonara - Ellsworth Fredericks
Costume design
The Girls ( Les Girls ) - Orry-Kelly
- The great love of my life ( An Affair to Remember ) - Charles Le Maire
- A cute face ( Funny Face ) - Edith Head , Hubert de Givenchy
- Pal Joey - Jean Louis
- The Land of the Rain Tree ( Raintree County ) - Walter Plunkett
Documentary (long form)
Albert Schweitzer - Jerome Hill
cut
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) - Peter Taylor
- Two settle accounts ( Gunfight at the OK Corral ) - Warren Low
- Pal Joey - Viola Lawrence , Jerome Thoms
- Sayonara - Arthur P. Schmidt , Philip William Anderson
- Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution ) - Daniel Mandell
Foreign language film
The nights of Cabiria ( Le Notti di Cabiria ) - Italy
- Mother India - India
- At night when the devil came - Germany
- As far as you can ( Ni liv ) - Norway
- The Mousetrap ( Porte des Lilas ) - France
Music (scoring)
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) - Malcolm Arnold
- The great love of my life ( An Affair to Remember ) - Hugo Friedhofer
- Boy on a Dolphin ( Boy on a Dolphin ) - Hugo Friedhofer
- Perri's Adventure ( Perri ) - Paul J. Smith
- The Land of the Rain Tree ( Raintree County ) - Johnny Green
Music (original song)
" All the Way " from Destiny Melody ( The Joker Is Wild ) - Jimmy Van Heusen , Sammy Cahn
- " An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) " from An Affair to Remember ( An Affair to Remember ) - Harry Warren , Harold Adamson , Leo McCarey
- " April Love (song) " from Young Luck in April ( April Love ) - Sammy Fain , Paul Francis Webster
- " Tammy (Song) " from Tammy ( Tammy and the Bachelor ) - Ray Evans , Jay Livingston
- " Wild Is the Wind " from Wild is the Wind ( Wild Is the Wind ) - Dimitri Tiomkin , Ned Washington
Short film (cartoons)
Birds Anonymous - Edward Selzer
- One Droopy Knight - William Hanna , Joseph Barbera
- Tabasco Road - Edward Selzer
- Trees and Jamaica Daddy - Stephen Bosustow
- The Truth About Mother Goose - Walt Disney
Short film (live action)
The Wetback Hound - Larry Lansburgh
- The story of the chair (A Chairy Tale) - Norman McLaren
- City of Gold - Tom Daly
- Foothold on Antarctica - James Carr
- Portugal - Ben Sharpsteen
volume
Sayonara - George Groves (Warner Bros. SSD)
- Two do the math ( Gunfight at the OK Corral ) - George Dutton (Paramount SSD)
- The Girls ( Les Girls ) - Wesley C. Miller (MGM SSD)
- Pal Joey - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
- Witness for the Prosecution ( Witness for the Prosecution ) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Special effects
Duel in the Atlantic ( The Enemy Below ) - Walter Rossi
- Lindbergh - My flight over the ocean ( The Spirit of St. Louis ) - Louis Lichtenfield
Adapted script
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) - Pierre Boulle , Carl Foreman , Michael Wilson
- The Twelve Jurors ( 12 Angry Men ) - Reginald Rose
- The Sailor and the Nun ( Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison ) - John Lee Mahin , John Huston
- Embers under the Ashes ( Peyton Place ) - John Michael Hayes
- Sayonara - Paul Osborn
Original script
Why did I say yes? ( Designing Woman ) - George Wells
- A cute face ( Funny Face ) - Leonard Gershe
- The man with 1000 faces ( Man of a Thousand Faces ) - Ralph Wheelwright , R. Wright Campbell , Ivan Goff , Ben Roberts
- Star of the Law ( The Tin Star ) - Barney Slater , Joel Kane , Dudley Nichols
- The idlers ( I Vitelloni ) - Federico Fellini , Ennio Flaiano , Tullio Pinelli
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
- Societe d'Optique et de Mecanique de Haute Precision
- Harlan L. Baumbach , Lorand Wargo , Howard M. Little
Technical Achievement Award
Web links
- Oscars 1958 in theInternet Movie Database(English)