26th Academy Awards (1954) - Movies from 1953

Best Picture Year 1954

7.8 (16,978)

7.7 (3,990)

6.4 (1,873)

7.9 (24,766)

7.8 (8,095)

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Best Picture

Winner

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
The Robe
Henry Koster

Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
(5 Nominations , 2 Awards)
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Shane
George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Director

Winner

Fred Zinnemann

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Charles Walters
Lili
Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Pierre Aumont
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
William Wyler
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
George Stevens
Shane
George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17
Billy Wilder

William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Leading Actor

Winner

William Holden

Stalag 17

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

Billy Wilder

William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger

Nominees

Montgomery Clift
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)
Burt Lancaster
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)
Marlon Brando
Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Richard Burton
The Robe
Henry Koster

Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
(5 Nominations , 2 Awards)

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Best Leading Actress

Winner

Audrey Hepburn

Roman Holiday

(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert

Nominees

Deborah Kerr
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)
Leslie Caron
Lili
Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Pierre Aumont
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Ava Gardner
Mogambo
John Ford

Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden
(2 Nominations )
Maggie McNamara
The Moon Is Blue
Otto Preminger

William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
(3 Nominations )

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Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Frank Sinatra

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Eddie Albert
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Brandon De Wilde
Shane
George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Jack Palance
Shane
George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Robert Strauss
Stalag 17
Billy Wilder

William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Donna Reed

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Geraldine Page
Hondo
John Farrow

John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate
(2 Nominations )
Grace Kelly
Mogambo
John Ford

Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden
(2 Nominations )
Thelma Ritter
Pickup on South Street
Samuel Fuller

Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley
Marjorie Rambeau
Torch Song
Charles Walters

Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau

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Best Screenplay

Winner

Daniel Taradash

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Eric Ambler
The Cruel Sea
Charles Frend

Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott
Helen Deutsch
Lili
Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Pierre Aumont
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Shane
George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Story

Winner

Dalton Trumbo

Roman Holiday

(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert

Nominees

Beirne Lay Jr.
Above and Beyond
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating
(2 Nominations )
Alec Coppel
The Captain's Paradise
Anthony Kimmins

Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner
Louis L'Amour
Hondo
John Farrow

John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate
(2 Nominations )
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin

Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams

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Best Story and Screenplay

Winner

Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard L. Breen

Titanic

(2 Nominations , 1 Award)

Jean Negulesco

Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner

Nominees

Betty Comden, Adolph Green
The Band Wagon
Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray
(3 Nominations )
Richard Murphy
The Desert Rats
Robert Wise

Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas
Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
The Naked Spur
Anthony Mann

James Stewart, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell
Millard Kaufman
Take the High Ground!
Richard Brooks

Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Carleton Carpenter

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Best Film Editing

Winner

William A. Lyon

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Cotton Warburton
Crazylegs
Francis D. Lyon

Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs, James Millican
Otto Ludwig
The Moon Is Blue
Otto Preminger

William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
(3 Nominations )
Robert Swink
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Everett Douglas
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Henry Brandon
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Cinematography, Color

Winner

Loyal Griggs

Shane

(6 Nominations , 1 Award)

George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

Nominees

George J. Folsey
All the Brothers were Valiant
Richard Thorpe

Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John
Edward Cronjager
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Robert D. Webb

Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish
Robert H. Planck
Lili
Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Pierre Aumont
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Leon Shamroy
The Robe
Henry Koster

Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
(5 Nominations , 2 Awards)

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Best Cinematography, Black & White

Winner

Burnett Guffey

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Hal Mohr
The Four Poster
Irving Reis

Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer
Joseph Ruttenberg
Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Joseph C. Brun
Martin Luther
Irving Pichel

Niall MacGinnis, John Ruddock, Pierre Lefevre, Guy Verney
(2 Nominations )
Franz Planer, Henri Alekan
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)

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Best Score Drama or Comedy

Winner

Bronislau Kaper

Lili

(6 Nominations , 1 Award)

Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar

Nominees

Hugo Friedhofer
Above and Beyond
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating
(2 Nominations )
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)
Miklós Rózsa
Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Louis Forbes
This Is Cinerama
Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch

Documentary

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Best Score Musical

Winner

Alfred Newman

Call Me Madam

(2 Nominations , 1 Award)

Walter Lang

Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen

Nominees

Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Roy Rowland

Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig
Adolph Deutsch
The Band Wagon
Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray
(3 Nominations )
Ray Heindorf
Calamity Jane
David Butler

Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
André Previn, Saul Chaplin
Kiss Me Kate
George Sidney

Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn

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Best Song

Winner

Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster (Secret Love)

Calamity Jane

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

David Butler

Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie

Nominees

Harry Warren, Jack Brooks (That's Amore)
The Caddy
Norman Taurog

Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed, Barbara Bates
Lester Lee, Ned Washington (Blue Pacific Blues)
Miss Sadie Thompson
Curtis Bernhardt

Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins
Herschel Burke Gilbert, Sylvia Fine (The Moon Is Blue)
The Moon Is Blue
Otto Preminger

William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
(3 Nominations )
Nicholas Brodszky, Leo Robin (My Flaming Heart)
Small Town Girl
László Kardos

Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall

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Best Art Direction, Color

Winner

Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

The Robe

(5 Nominations , 2 Awards)

Henry Koster

Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature

Nominees

Alfred Junge, Hans Peters, John Jarvis
Knights of the Round Table
Richard Thorpe

Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford
(2 Nominations )
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
Lili
Charles Walters

Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Pierre Aumont
(6 Nominations , 1 Award)
Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edward C. Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
The Story of Three Loves
Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt

Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Young Bess
George Sidney

Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
(2 Nominations )

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Best Art Direction, Black & White

Winner

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

Julius Caesar

(5 Nominations , 1 Award)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
Martin Luther
Irving Pichel

Niall MacGinnis, John Ruddock, Pierre Lefevre, Guy Verney
(2 Nominations )
Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox
The President's Lady
Henry Levin

Susan Hayward, Charlton Heston, John McIntire, Fay Bainter
(2 Nominations )
Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler
Roman Holiday
William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Stuart A. Reiss
Titanic
Jean Negulesco

Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton
(2 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Costume Design, Color

Winner

Charles Le Maire, Emile Santiago

The Robe

(5 Nominations , 2 Awards)

Henry Koster

Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature

Nominees

Mary Ann Nyberg
The Band Wagon
Vincente Minnelli

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray
(3 Nominations )
Irene Sharaff
Call Me Madam
Walter Lang

Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders
(2 Nominations , 1 Award)
Charles Le Maire, Travilla
How to Marry a Millionaire
Jean Negulesco

Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell
Walter Plunkett
Young Bess
George Sidney

Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
(2 Nominations )

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Best Costume Design, Black & White

Winner

Edith Head

Roman Holiday

(10 Nominations , 3 Awards)

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert

Nominees

Walter Plunkett
The Actress
George Cukor

Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins
Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy
Dream Wife
Sidney Sheldon

Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John
Jean Louis
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)
Charles Le Maire, Renié
The President's Lady
Henry Levin

Susan Hayward, Charlton Heston, John McIntire, Fay Bainter
(2 Nominations )

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Best Sound Mixing

Winner

John P. Livadary

From Here to Eternity

(13 Nominations , 8 Awards)

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Nominees

William A. Mueller
Calamity Jane
David Butler

Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
A.W. Watkins
Knights of the Round Table
Richard Thorpe

Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford
(2 Nominations )
Leslie I. Carey
The Mississippi Gambler
Rudolph Maté

Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire
Loren L. Ryder
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Henry Brandon
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)