1954 (27th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1954. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Stanley Kramer, Producer.

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. William Perlberg, Producer.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Sam Spiegel, Producer.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jack Cummings, Producer.

Three Coins in the Fountain, 20th Century-Fox. Sol C. Siegel, Producer.

Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Bing Crosby in The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

James Mason in A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros.

Dan O’Herlihy in Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Oscar Dancigers-Henry Ehrlich; United Artists. (Mexico, USA)

Best Actress

Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros.

Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, Paramount.

Grace Kelly in The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

Jane Wyman in Magnificent Obsession, Universal-International.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Lee J. Cobb in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Karl Malden in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Edmond O’Brien in The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. (Italy, USA)

Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Tom Tully in The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nina Foch in Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Katy Jurado in Broken Lance, 20th Century-Fox.

Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Jan Sterling in The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros.

Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros.

Directing

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. George Seaton.

The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros. William Wellman.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Elia Kazan.

Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. Alfred Hitchcock.

Sabrina, Paramount. Billy Wilder.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Grace Gregory.

Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri.

Le Plaisir, Stera Film-CCFC Production; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc. (France) Max Ophuls.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Richard Day.

Sabrina, Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

(Color)

Brigadoon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason.

Desiree, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox.

Red Garters, Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen and Irene Sharaff; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Art direction by John Meehan; set decoration by Emile Kuri.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. John F. Warren.

Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Folsey.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Boris Kaufman.

Rogue Cop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Seitz.

Sabrina, Paramount. Charles Lang, Jr.

(Color)

The Egyptian, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. Robert Burks.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Folsey.

The Silver Chalice, Victor Saville Production; Warner Bros. William V. Skall.

Three Coins in the Fountain, 20th Century-Fox. Milton Krasner.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

The Earrings of Madame de . . ., Franco-London Productions; Arlan Pictures. (France, Italy) Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare.

Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Helen Rose.

Indiscretion of an American Wife, Vittorio DeSica Productions; Columbia. (Italy, USA) Christian Dior.

It Should Happen to You, Columbia. Jean Louis.

Sabrina, Paramount. Edith Head.

(Color)

Brigadoon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Irene Sharaff.

Desiree, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire and Rene Hubert.

Gate of Hell, Daiei Production; Edward Harrison. (Japan) Sanzo Wada.

A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros. Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff.

There’s No Business Like Show Business, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White.

Documentary

(Feature)

The Stratford Adventure, National Film Board of Canada; Continental Distributing, Inc. (Canada) Guy Glover, Producer.

The Vanishing Prairie, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Jet Carrier, 20th Century-Fox. Otto Lang, Producer.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait, Morrie Roizman Production; Distributors Corporation of America. Morrie Roizman, Producer.

Thursday’s Children, World Wide Pictures and Morse Films; British Information Services. (UK)

Film Editing

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. William A. Lyon and Henry Batista.

The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros. Ralph Dawson.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Gene Milford.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ralph E. Winters.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Elmo Williams.

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Max Steiner.

Genevieve, J. Arthur Rank-Sirius Productions, Ltd.; Universal-International. (UK) Larry Adler. [NOTE: Because of the political climate of the times, Genevieve’s arranger and orchestra conductor Muir Mathieson was credited as composer on American prints of this British-made film, and was thus credited with the nomination. In June of 1986, the Board of Governors had Academy records updated to give Larry Adler the proper credit, which Mr. Mathieson had never claimed. Mr. Mathieson’s name was removed from the nomination and Mr. Adler’s inserted.]

The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros. Dimitri Tiomkin.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Leonard Bernstein.

The Silver Chalice, Victor Saville Production; Warner Bros. Franz Waxman.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Herschel Burke Gilbert.

The Glenn Miller Story, Universal-International. Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin.

A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.

There’s No Business Like Show Business, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman.

(Song)

Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep from White Christmas, Paramount. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

The High and the Mighty from The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Hold My Hand from Susan Slept Here, RKO Radio. Music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers.

The Man That Got Away from A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

Three Coins in the Fountain from Three Coins in the Fountain, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Crazy Mixed Up Pup, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International. [Special Series] Walter Lantz, Producer.

Pigs Is Pigs, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Special Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Sandy Claws, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Looney Tunes Series] Edward Selzer, Producer.

Touche, Pussy Cat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series] Fred Quimby, Producer.

When Magoo Flew, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Mister Magoo Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

(One-reel)

The First Piano Quartette, 20th Century-Fox. [Music Series] Otto Lang, Producer.

The Strauss Fantasy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Musical Gems Series] Johnny Green, Producer.

This Mechanical Age, Warner Bros. [Warner Variety Series] Robert Youngson, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Beauty and the Bull, Warner Bros. [Technicolor Specials Series] Cedric Francis, Producer.

Jet Carrier, 20th Century-Fox. Otto Lang, Producer.

Siam, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

A Time out of War, Carnival Productions. Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders, Producers.

Sound Recording

Brigadoon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director.

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director.

The Glenn Miller Story, Universal-International. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.

Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Susan Slept Here, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director.

Special Effects

Hell and High Water, 20th Century-Fox.

Them!, Warner Bros.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Writing

(Motion Picture Story)

Bread, Love and Dreams, Titanus Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corporation. (Italy) Ettore Margadonna.

Broken Lance, 20th Century-Fox. Philip Yordan.

Forbidden Games, Silver Films; Times Film Corporation. (France) François Boyer.

Night People, 20th Century-Fox. Jed Harris and Tom Reed.

There’s No Business Like Show Business, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.

(Screenplay)

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Stanley Roberts.

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. George Seaton.

Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. John Michael Hayes.

Sabrina, Paramount. Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley.

(Story and Screenplay)

The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. (Italy, USA) Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Genevieve, J. Arthur Rank-Sirius Productions, Ltd.; Universal-International. (UK) William Rose.

The Glenn Miller Story, Universal-International. Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney.

Knock on Wood, Dena Productions; Paramount. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Budd Schulberg.

Honorary Award

To the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]

To Kemp R. Niver for the development of the Renovare Process, which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection. [ [Statuette]]

To Greta Garbo for her unforgettable film performances. [ [Statuette]]

To Danny Kaye for his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and to the American people. [ [Statuette]]

(Foreign Language Film)

To Gate of Hell, Daiei Production; Edward Harrison. (Japan) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954. [ [Statuette]]

(Juvenile)

To Jon Whiteley for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers. [ [Miniature Statuette]]

To Vincent Winter for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers. [ [Miniature Statuette]]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

To Paramount Pictures, Inc., Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop, and all the members of the technical and engineering staff for developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.

(Class III)

To David S. Horsley and the Universal-International Studio Special Photographic Department for a portable remote control device for process projectors.

To Karl Freund and Frank Crandell of Photo Research Corporation for the design and development of a direct reading brightness meter.

To Wesley C. Miller, J. W. Stafford, K. M. Frierson and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for an electronic sound printing comparison device.

To John P. Livadary, Lloyd Russell and the Columbia Studio Sound Department for an improved limiting amplifier as applied to sound level comparison devices.

To Roland Miller and Max Goeppinger of Magnascope Corporation for the design and development of a cathode ray magnetic sound track viewer.

To Carlos Rivas, G. M. Sprague and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the design of a magnetic sound editing machine.

To Fred Wilson of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department for the design of a variable multiple-band equalizer.

To P. C. Young of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Projection Department for the practical application of a variable focal length attachment to motion picture projector lenses.

To Fred Knoth and Orien Ernest of the Universal-International Studio Technical Department for the development of a hand portable, electric, dry oil-fog machine.