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- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Best Film
Winner: All About Eve
The Asphalt Jungle
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
Sunset Blvd.
The Third Man
Foreign Film: The Walls of Malapaga (France) – Rene Clement - DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.Best Director
Winner: Carol Reed – The Third Man
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve
John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle
George Cukor – Born Yesterday
Henry Koster – Harvey
Billy Wilder – Sunset Blvd.
Sound: All About Eve
Cinderella
Destination Moon
The Gunfighter
Louisa
The Third Man
Special Effect: Destination Moon
Samson and Delilah - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsSpencer TracyJoan BennettElizabeth TaylorThe father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.Best Actor
Winner: Spencer Tracy – Father of the Bride
Marlon Brando – The Men
Louis Calhern – The Magnificent Yankee
Jose Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
William Holden – Sunset Blvd.
James Stewart – Harvey
Cinematography: The Third Man – Robert Krasker
The Asphalt Jungle
Broken Arrow
King Solomon's Mines
Samson and Delilah
Sunset Blvd. - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayWilliam HoldenBroderick CrawfordA tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.Best Actress
Winner: Bette Davis – All About Eve
Anne Baxter – All About Eve
Katharine Hepburn – Adam's Rib
Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
Eleanor Parker – Caged
Gloria Swanson – Sunset Blvd.
Production: Sunset Blvd. – Hans Dreier and John Meehan
All About Eve
Annie Get Your Gun
Destination Moon
The Red Danube
Samson and Delilah - DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean HagenA major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: George Sanders – All About Eve
Louis Calhern – The Asphalt Jungle
Jeff Chandler – Broken Arrow
Sam Jaffe – The Asphalt Jungle
Erich von Stroheim – Sunset Blvd.
Orson Welles – The Third Man
Film Editing: The Third Man – Oswald Hafenrichter
All About Eve
Annie Get Your Gun
The Asphalt Jungle
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Blvd. - DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. LynnDue to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Josephine Hull – Harvey
Hope Emerson – Caged
Celeste Holm – All About Eve
Marilyn Monroe – The Asphalt Jungle
Nancy Olson – Sunset Blvd.
Thelma Ritter – All About Eve
Costume: Samson and Delilah – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling
All About Eve
Annie Get Your Gun
The Black Rose
Born Yesterday
That Forsyte Woman - DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Best Screenplay
Original: Sunset Blvd. – Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman, Jr. and Billy Wilder
Adam's Rib
Caged
The Men
No Way Out
Panic in the Streets
Adapted: All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Asphalt Jungle
Born Yesterday
Broken Arrow
Father of the Bride
Harvey - DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" Cinderella – Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
"Be My Love" The Toast of New Orleans
"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" Cinderella
"Mona Lisa" Captain Carey, U.S.A.
"Mule Train" Singing Guns
"Wilhelmina" Wabash Avenue
Score: Sunset Blvd. – Franz Waxman
All About Eve
Cinderella
The Flame and the Arrow
Samson and Delilah
The Third Man - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar LevantThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.Best Film
Winner: An American in Paris
The African Queen
Detective Story
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
Foreign Film: Rashomon (Japan) – Akira Kurosawa - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.Best Director
Winner: George Stevens – A Place in the Sun
Billy Wilder – Ace in the Hole
Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris
John Huston – The African Queen
William Wyler – Detective Story
Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire
Sound: The Great Caruso
An American in Paris
Bright Victory
Decision Before Dawn
A Streetcar Named Desire
Two Tickets to Broadway
Special Effect: When Worlds Collide
The Day the Earth Stood Still - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMontgomery CliftElizabeth TaylorShelley WintersA poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.Best Actor
Winner: Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun
Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire
Kirk Douglas – Detective Story
Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
Alastair Sim – A Christmas Carol
Cinematography: An American in Paris – Alfred Gilks
Death of a Salesman
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
Strangers on a Train
A Streetcar Named Desire - DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Best Actress
Winner: Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
Pier Angeli – Teresa
Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen
Thelma Ritter – The Mating Season
Elizabeth Taylor – A Place in the Sun
Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil
Production: An American in Paris – E. Preston Ames and Cedric Gibbons
David and Bathsheba
Quo Vadis
La Ronde
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Tales of Hoffmann - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsRichard BasehartGary MerrillOskar WernerAs the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners of war to spy behind German lines.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire
William Bendix – Detective Story
Leo Genn – Quo Vadis
Kevin McCarthy – Death of a Salesman
Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis
Gig Young – Come Fill the Cup
Film Editing: A Place in the Sun – William Hornbeck
An American in Paris
Decision Before Dawn
Quo Vadis
Strangers on a Train
The Well - DirectorMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo GennAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire
Mildred Dunnock – Death of a Salesman
Lee Grant – Detective Story
Eleanor Parker – Detective Story
Jan Sterling – Ace in the Hole
Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun
Costume: An American in Paris – Orry-Kelly
David and Bathsheba
The Model and the Marriage Broker
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
The Tales of Hoffmann - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam BendixOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.Best Screenplay
Original: An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner
Ace in the Hole
David and Bathsheba
Here Comes the Groom
Teresa
The Well
Adapted: A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
The African Queen
Detective Story
A Place in the Sun
La Ronde
Strangers on a Train - DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyJane WymanAlexis SmithForeign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.Best Soundtrack
Song: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Here Comes the Groom – Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" The Strip
"Never" Golden Girl
"Too Late Now" Royal Wedding
"The Unbirthday Song" Alice in Wonderland
"Wonder Why" Rich, Young and Pretty
Score: An American in Paris – Saul Chaplin and Johnny Green
Alice in Wonderland
Death of a Salesman
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.Best Film
Winner: High Noon
The Bad and the Beautiful
Come Back, Little Sheba
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
Singin’ in the Rain
Foreign Film: Forbidden Games (France) – Rene Clement - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.Best Director
Winner: Fred Zinnemann – High Noon
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Five Fingers
John Huston – Moulin Rouge
John Ford – The Quiet Man
Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly – Singin’ in the Rain
Sound: Breaking the Sound Barrier
The Card
Hans Christian Andersen
The Quiet Man
With a Song in My Heart
Special Effect: Plymouth Adventure - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.Best Actor
Winner: Gary Cooper – High Noon
Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata!
Richard Burton – My Cousin Rachel
Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful
Jose Ferrer – Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob
Cinematography: The Quiet Man – Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout
The Bad and the Beautiful
Ivanhoe
My Cousin Rachel
The Snows of Kilimanjaro - DirectorDaniel MannStarsBurt LancasterShirley BoothTerry MooreAn emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.Best Actress
Winner: Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
Joan Crawford – Sudden Fear
Bette Davis – The Star
Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward – With a Song in My Heart
Debbie Reynolds – Singin' in the Rain
Production: Moulin Rouge – Paul Sheriff
The Bad and the Beautiful
Hans Christian Andersen
The Quiet Man
Singin’ in the Rain - DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoJean PetersAnthony QuinnThe story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata!
Barry Fitzgerald – The Quiet Man
Arthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky
Victor McLaglen – The Quiet Man
Donald O'Connor – Singin' in the Rain
Jack Palance – Sudden Fear
Film Editing: High Noon – Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad
Come Back, Little Sheba
Flat Top
Moulin Rouge
Singin’ in the Rain - DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordJack PalanceGloria GrahameAfter an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Gloria Grahame – Sudden Fear
Jean Hagen – Singin' in the Rain
Katy Jurado – High Noon
Colette Marchand – Moulin Rouge
Terry Moore – Come Back, Little Sheba
Thelma Ritter – With a Song in My Heart
Costume: Moulin Rouge – Julia Squire
The Bad and the Beautiful
Hans Christian Andersen
The Merry Widow
With a Song in My Heart - DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Best Screenplay
Original: Singin' in the Rain – Adolph Green and Betty Comden
Breaking the Sound Barrier
The Lavender Hill Mob
Pat and Mike
Viva Zapata!
Adapted: The Bad and the Beautiful – Charles Schnee
Five Fingers
High Noon
The Man in the White Suit
The Quiet Man - DirectorJohn HustonStarsJosé FerrerZsa Zsa GaborSuzanne FlonFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin" High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington
"Am I in Love?" Son of Paleface
"Because You're Mine" Because You're Mine
"Thumbelina" Hans Christian Andersen
"Zing a Little Zong" Just for You
Score: High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin
Ivanhoe
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
The Thief
Viva Zapata! - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.Best Film
Winner: From Here To Eternity
Julius Caesar
Lili
Roman Holiday
Shane
Stalag 17 - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLouis CalhernMarlon BrandoJames MasonThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.Best Director
Winner: Fred Zinnemann – From Here To Eternity
Charles Walters – Lili
William Wyler – Roman Holiday
George Stevens – Shane
Billy Wilder – Stalag 17
Sound: From Here to Eternity
Calamity Jane
Knights of the Round Table
The Mississippi Gambler
The War of the Worlds
Special Effect: The War of the Worlds - DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto PremingerAfter two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.Best Actor
Winner: William Holden – Stalag 17
Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar
Richard Burton – The Robe
Montgomery Clift – From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster – From Here to Eternity
James Mason – Julius Caesar
Cinematography: Shane – Loyal Griggs
From Here to Eternity
Lili
The Robe
Roman Holiday - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.Best Actress
Winner: Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
Leslie Caron – Lili
Ava Gardner – Mogambo
Deborah Kerr – From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara – The Moon Is Blue
Jean Peters – Pickup on South Street
Production: The Robe – Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis
Julius Caesar
Lili
Roman Holiday
Titanic - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Frank Sinatra – From Here to Eternity
Eddie Albert – Roman Holiday
Brandon deWilde – Shane
John Gielgud – Julius Caesar
Jack Palance – Shane
Robert Strauss – Stalag 17
Film Editing: From Here to Eternity – William Lyon
Crazylegs
The Moon Is Blue
Roman Holiday
The War of the Worlds - DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard BurtonJean SimmonsVictor MatureIn the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity
Gloria Grahame – The Big Heat
Grace Kelly – Mogambo
Geraldine Page – Hondo
Morjorie Rambeau – Torch Song
Thelma Ritter – Pickup on South Street
Costume: The Robe – Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago
The Band Wagon
How to Marry a Millionaire
Roman Holiday
Young Bess - DirectorCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMel FerrerJean-Pierre AumontAn orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.Best Screenplay
Original: Roman Holiday – Dalton Trombo, Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton
The Band Wagon
The Naked Spur
Take the High Ground!
Titanic
Adapted: From Here to Eternity – Daniel Taradash
The Cruel Sea
Hondo
Lili
Shane - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayHoward KeelAllyn Ann McLerieThe story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Secret Love" Calamity Jane – Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
"The Moon Is Blue" The Moon Is Blue
"My Flaming Heart" Small Town Girl
"Sadie Thompson's Song" Miss Sadie Thompson
"That's Amore" The Caddy
Score: Lili – Bronislaw Kaper
The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.
Above and Beyond
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar - DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.Best Film
Winner: On the Waterfront
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Rear Window
Sabrina
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Foreign Film: Gate of Hell (Japan) – Teinosuke Kinugasa - DirectorBilly WilderStarsHumphrey BogartAudrey HepburnWilliam HoldenA playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.Best Director
Winner: Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront
Edward Dmytryk – The Caine Mutiny
George Seaton – The Country Girl
Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window
Billy Wilder – Sabrina
Sound: The Glenn Miller Story
Brigadoon
The Caine Mutiny
Rear Window
Susan Slept Here
Special Effect: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hell and High Water
Them! - DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartJosé FerrerVan JohnsonWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.Best Actor
Winner: Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
Humphrey Bogart – The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby – The Country Girl
Charles Laughton – Hobson's Choice
James Mason – A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy – Robinson Crusoe
Cinematography: On the Waterfront – Boris Kaufman
Rear Window
Sabrina
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain - DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsBing CrosbyGrace KellyWilliam HoldenA director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.Best Actress
Winner: Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
Judy Garland – A Star Is Born
Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina
Gina Lollobrigida – Bread, Love and Dreams
Jane Wyman – Magnificent Obsession
Production: On the Waterfront – Richard Day
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Brigadoon
Red Garters
A Star Is Born - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsHumphrey BogartAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienThis is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Edmond O'Brien – The Barefoot Contessa
Lee J. Cobb – On the Waterfront
Van Johnson – The Caine Mutiny
Fred MacMurray – The Caine Mutiny
Karl Malden – On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger – On the Waterfront
Film Editing: On the Waterfront – Gene Milford
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Caine Mutiny
Executive Suite
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Eva Marie Saint – On the Waterfront
Nina Foch – Executive Suite
Katy Jurado – Broken Lance
Barbara Stanwyck – Executive Suite
Jan Sterling – The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor – The High and the Mighty
Costume: Gate of Hell – Sanzo Wada
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Sabrina
A Star Is Born
There's No Business Like Show Business - DirectorStanley DonenStarsJane PowellHoward KeelJeff RichardsWhen a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.Best Screenplay
Original: On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg
The Barefoot Contessa
Genevieve
The Glenn Miller Story
Knock on Wood
Adapted: The Country Girl – George Seaton
The Caine Mutiny
Rear Window
Sabrina
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy GarlandJames MasonJack CarsonA film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.Best Soundtrack
Song: "The Man that Got Away" A Star Is Born – Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin
"Count Your Blessings" White Christmas
"The High and the Mighty" The High and the Mighty
"Hold My Hand" Susan Slept Here
"Three Coins in the Fountain" Three Coins in the Fountain
Score: On the Waterfront – Leonard Bernstein
The Caine Mutiny
Genevieve
The High and the Mighty
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.Best Film
Winner: Marty
Bad Day at Black Rock
East of Eden
Mister Roberts
Picnic
Rebel Without a Cause
Foreign Film: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan) – Hiroshi Inagaki - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.Best Director
Winner: Delbert Mann – Marty
John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock
Elia Kazan – East of Eden
Joshua Logan – Picnic
Nicholas Ray – Rebel Without a Cause
Sound: Oklahoma!
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Me or Leave Me
Mister Roberts
Not as a Stranger
Special Effect: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Dam Busters
The Rains of Ranchipur - DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.Best Actor
Winner: Ernest Borgnine – Marty
James Cagney – Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean – East of Eden
Henry Fonda – Mister Roberts
Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy – Bad Day at Black Rock
Cinematography: To Catch a Thief – Robert Burks
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
A Man Called Peter
Marty
Oklahoma! - DirectorDaniel MannStarsAnna MagnaniBurt LancasterMarisa PavanA Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.Best Actress
Winner: Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
Doris Day – Love Me or Leave Me
Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker – Interrupted Melody
Production: Picnic – William Flannery and Jo Mielziner
Guys and Dolls
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Marty
To Catch a Thief - DirectorJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam PowellIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts
James Cagney – Mister Roberts
Joe Mantell – Marty
Sal Mineo – Rebel Without a Cause
Arthur O'Connell – Picnic
William Powell – Mister Roberts
Film Editing: Blackboard Jungle – Ferris Webster
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Marty
Oklahoma!
Picnic - DirectorJoshua LoganStarsWilliam HoldenKim NovakBetty FieldEmotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Rosalind Russell – Picnic
Betsy Blair – Marty
Peggy Lee – Pete Kelly's Blues
Jo Van Fleet – I'll Cry Tomorrow
Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo
Natalie Wood – Rebel Without a Cause
Costume: I'll Cry Tomorrow – Helen Rose
Guys and Dolls
Interrupted Melody
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
To Catch a Thief - DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal MineoA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.Best Screenplay
Original: Rebel Without a Cause – Nicholas Ray, Stewart Stern and Irving Shulman
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
It's Always Fair Weather
Interrupted Melody
The Seven Little Foys
Adapted: Marty – Paddy Chayefsky
Bad Day at Black Rock
Blackboard Jungle
East of Eden
The Seven Year Itch - DirectorHenry KingOtto LangStarsWilliam HoldenJennifer JonesTorin ThatcherA widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
"I'll Never Stop Loving You" Love Me or Leave Me
"Something's Gotta Give" Daddy Long Legs
"The Tender Trap" The Tender Trap
"Unchained Melody" Unchained
Score: Picnic – George Duning
It's Always Fair Weather
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Rose Tattoo - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsElizabeth TaylorRock HudsonJames DeanSprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.Best Film
Winner: Giant
Around the World in 80 Days
Friendly Persuasion
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Best Director
Winner: Cecil B. DeMille – The Ten Commandments
William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion
George Stevens – Giant
Walter Lang – The King and I
King Vidor – War and Peace
Sound: The Ten Commandments
The Brave One
The Eddy Duchin Story
Friendly Persuasion
The King and I - DirectorWalter LangStarsYul BrynnerDeborah KerrRita MorenoA widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.Best Actor
Winner: Yul Brynner – The King and I
Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
Rock Hudson – Giant
Burt Lancaster – The Rainmaker
Don Murray – Bus Stop
Laurence Olivier – Richard III
Cinematography: Around the World in 80 Days – Lionel Lindon
The King and I
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsIngrid BergmanYul BrynnerHelen HayesAn opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.Best Actress
Winner: Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr – The King and I
Elizabeth Taylor – Giant
Production: Giant – Boris Leven
Around the World in 80 Days
The King and I
Lust for Life
The Ten Commandments - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperDorothy McGuireAnthony PerkinsThe pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: James Dean – Giant
Earl Holliman – The Rainmaker
Anthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion
Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life
Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave
Robert Stack – Written on the Wind
Film Editing: The Ten Commandments – Anne Bauchens
Around the World in 80 Days
The Brave One
Giant
Somebody Up There Likes Me - DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonLauren BacallRobert StackAlcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock – Baby Doll
Helen Hayes – Anastasia
Eileen Heckart – The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge – Giant
Patty McCormack – The Bad Seed
Costume: The King and I – Irene Sharaff
Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace - DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessPeter SellersCecil ParkerFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.Best Screenplay
Original: The Ladykillers – William Rose
The Bold and the Brave
The Eddy Duchin Story
Julie
La Strada
Adapted: Giant – Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol
Around the World in 80 Days
Baby Doll
Friendly Persuasion
Lust for Life - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard BasehartA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.Best Foreign Film
Winner: La Strada (Italy) – Federico Fellini
The Burmese Harp (Japan)
The Captain from Kopenick (West Germany)
Gervaise (France)
Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker (Denmark)
Special Effect: The Ten Commandments
Forbidden Planet
War and Peace - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de BanzieAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" The Man Who Knew Too Much – Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" Friendly Persuasion
"Julie" Julie
"True Love" High Society
"Written on the Wind" Written on the Wind
Score: Giant – Dimitri Tiomkin
Anastasia
Around the World in 80 Days
The Rainmaker
The Ten Commandments - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.Best Film
Winner: The Bridge on the River Kwai
12 Angry Men
Funny Face
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Best Director
Winner: David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men
Mark Robson – Peyton Place
Joshua Logan – Sayonara
Billy Wilder – Witness for the Prosecution
Sound: Sayonara
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Les Girls
Pal Joey
Witness for the Prosecution - DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.Best Actor
Winner: Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando – Sayonara
Henry Fonda – 12 Angry Men
Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton – Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn – Wild Is the Wind
Cinematography: The Bridge on the River Kwai – Jack Hildyard
An Affair to Remember
Funny Face
Peyton Place
Sayonara - DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsJoanne WoodwardDavid WayneLee J. CobbA doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.Best Actress
Winner: Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
Marlene Dietrich – Witness for the Prosecution
Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face
Deborah Kerr – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
Eva Marie Saint – A Hatful of Rain
Production: Sayonara – Ted Haworth
Desk Set
Funny Face
Les Girls
Pal Joeyl - DirectorJoshua LoganStarsMarlon BrandoRicardo MontalbanPatricia OwensA US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Red Buttons – Sayonara
Lee J. Cobb – 12 Angry Men
Arthur Kennedy – Peyton Place
Russ Tamblyn – Peyton Place
Jack Warden – 12 Angry Men
Film Editing: The Bridge on the River Kwai – Peter Taylor
3:10 to Yuma
12 Angry Men
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution - DirectorMark RobsonStarsLana TurnerLee PhilipsLloyd NolanA peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Hope Lange – Peyton Place
Carolyn Jones – The Bachelor Party
Elsa Lanchester – Witness for the Prosecution
Kay Thompson – Funny Face
Miyoshi Umeki – Sayonara
Diane Varsi – Peyton Place
Costume: Les Girls – Orry-Kelly
An Affair to Remember
Desk Set
Funny Face
Pal Joey - DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.Best Screenplay
Original: Funny Face – Leonard Gershe
Designing Woman
Les Girls
Man of a Thousand Faces
The Tin Star
Adapted: The Bridge on the River Kwai – Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman and Pierre Boulle
12 Angry Men
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.Best Foreign Film
Winner: The Seventh Seal (Sweden) – Ingmar Bergman
The Devil Strikes at Night (West Germany)
Gates of Paris (France)
Mother India (India)
Nights of Cabiria (Italy)
Special Effect: The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Enemy Below
The Spirit of St. Louis - DirectorCharles VidorStarsFrank SinatraMitzi GaynorJeanne CrainFrank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt, though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his buddy's failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems, though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they also work to wreak havoc in his personal life.Best Soundtrack
Song: "All the Way" The Joker Is Wild – Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
"An Affair to Remember" An Affair to Remember
"April Love" April Love
"Tammy" Tammy and the Bachelor
"Wild is the Wind" Wild Is the Wind
Score: The Bridge on the River Kwai – Malcolm Arnold
3:10 to Yuma
An Affair to Remember
Boy on a Dolphin
Perri - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinShirley MacLaineA veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.Best Film
Winner: Some Came Running
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Gigi
Separate Tables - DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl IvesBrick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.Best Director
Winner: Vincente Minnelli – Some Came Running
Richard Brooks – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stanley Kramer – The Defiant Ones
Vincente Minnelli – Gigi
Robert Wise – I Want to Live!
Sound: A Time to Love and a Time to Die
I Want to Live!
South Pacific
Vertigo
The Young Lions - DirectorDelbert MannStarsRita HayworthDeborah KerrDavid NivenThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."Best Actor
Winner: David Niven – Separate Tables
Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones
Alec Guinness – The Horse's Mouth
Paul Newman – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea
Cinematography: The Defiant Ones – Sam Leavitt
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gigi
The Old Man and the Sea
The Young Lions - DirectorRobert WiseStarsSusan HaywardSimon OaklandVirginia VincentA prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.Best Actress
Winner: Susan Hayward – I Want To Live!
Deborah Kerr – Separate Tables
Shirley MacLaine – Some Came Running
Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
Kim Stanley – The Goddess
Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Production: Gigi – William A. Horning and E. Preston Ames
Auntie Mame
Bell, Book and Candle
Some Came Running
Vertigo - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckJean SimmonsCarroll BakerA New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Burl Ives – The Big Country
Theodore Bikel – The Defiant Ones
Lee J. Cobb – The Brothers Karamazov
Arthur Kennedy – Some Came Running
Robert Ryan – Lonelyhearts
Gig Young – Teacher's Pet
Film Editing: Some Came Running – Adrienne Fazan
Auntie Mame
Cowboy
The Defiant Ones
I Want to Live! - DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRosalind RussellForrest TuckerCoral BrowneAn orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables
Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame
Martha Hyer – Some Came Running
Maureen Stapleton – Lonelyhearts
Kay Walsh – The Horse's Mouth
Cara Williams – The Defiant Ones
Costume: Gigi – Cecil Beaton
Auntie Mame
Bell, Book and Candle
A Certain Smile
Some Came Running - DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara WilliamsTwo chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.Best Screenplay
Original: The Defiant Ones – Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith
The Goddess
Houseboat
The Sheepman
Teacher's Pet
Adapted: Some Came Running – John Patrick and Arthur Sheekman
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Horse's Mouth
I Want to Live!
Separate Tables - DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiJean-Pierre ZolaAdrienne ServantieMonsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.Best Foreign Film
Winner: My Uncle (France) – Jacques Tati
Arms and the Man (West Germany)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italy)
The Road a Year Long (Yugoslavia)
La venganza (Spain)
Special Effect: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
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Torpedo Run - DirectorVincente MinnelliCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis JourdanWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Gigi" from Gigi – Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
"Almost In Your Arms" Houseboat
"A Certain Smile" A Certain Smile
"To Love and Be Loved" Some Came Running
"A Very Precious Love" Marjorie Morningstar
Score: The Old Man and the Sea – Dimitri Tiomkin
The Big Country
Gigi
Separate Tables
The Young Lions - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Film
Winner: Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
Some Like It Hot - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAudrey HepburnPeter FinchEdith EvansAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.Best Director
Winner: William Wyler – Ben-Hur
Otto Preminger – Anatomy of a Murder
George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank
Jack Clayton – Room at the Top
Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot
Sound: Ben-Hur
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Libel
The Nun's Story
Porgy and Bess - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Actor
Winner: Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
Cary Grant – North by Northwest
Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man
James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
Cinematography: Ben-Hur – Robert L. Surtees
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Some Like It Hot - DirectorJack ClaytonStarsLaurence HarveySimone SignoretHeather SearsAn ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.Best Actress
Winner: Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
Doris Day – Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly Last Summer
Lana Turner – Imitation of Life
Production: Ben-Hur – William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno
The Diary of Anne Frank
Journey to the Center of the Earth
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk - DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen GazzaraAn upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Stephen Boyd – Ben-Hur
Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians
Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank
Film Editing: Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest
On the Beach
Some Like it Hot - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph SchildkrautDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life
Lee Remick – Anatomy of a Murder
Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk
Costume: Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden
The Best of Everything
The Big Fisherman
Porgy and Bess
Some Like it Hot - DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.Best Screenplay
Original: Pillow Talk – Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
The 400 Blows
North by Northwest
Operation Petticoat
Wild Strawberries
Adapted: Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
Anatomy of a Murder
Ben-Hur
The Diary of Anne Frank
Room at the Top - DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.Best Foreign Film
Winner: Black Orpheus (France) – Marcel Camus
The Bridge (West Germany)
The Great War (Italy)
Paw (Denmark)
The Village on the River (Netherlands)
Special Effect: Ben-Hur
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Journey to the Center of the Earth - DirectorFrank CapraStarsFrank SinatraEdward G. RobinsonEleanor ParkerWidower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible woman.Best Soundtrack
Song: "High Hopes" A Hole in the Head – Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
"The Best of Everything" The Best of Everything
"The Five Pennies" The Five Pennies
"The Hanging Tree" The Hanging Tree
"Pillow Talk" Pillow Talk
Score: Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
On the Beach
Pillow Talk