1957 (30th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1957. 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 Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Sam Spiegel, Producer.

Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Jerry Wald, Producer.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. William Goetz, Producer.

12 Angry Men, Orion-Nova Production; United Artists. Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers.

Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists. Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer.

Best Actor

Marlon Brando in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.

Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful of Rain, 20th Century-Fox.

Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)

Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists.

Anthony Quinn in Wild Is the Wind, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Best Actress

Deborah Kerr in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, 20th Century-Fox.

Anna Magnani in Wild Is the Wind, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Elizabeth Taylor in Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Lana Turner in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Red Buttons in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.

Vittorio De Sica in A Farewell to Arms, The Selznick Company, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)

Arthur Kennedy in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Russ Tamblyn in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party, Norma Production; United Artists.

Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists.

Hope Lange in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.

Diane Varsi in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Directing

The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) David Lean.

Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Mark Robson.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Joshua Logan.

12 Angry Men, Orion-Nova Production; United Artists. Sidney Lumet.

Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists. Billy Wilder.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Funny Face, Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and George W. Davis; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Les Girls, Sol C. Siegel Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by William A. Horning and Gene Allen; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle.

Pal Joey, Essex-George Sidney Production; Columbia. Art direction by Walter Holscher; set decoration by William Kiernan and Louis Diage.

Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by William A. Horning and Urie McCleary; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Ted Haworth; set decoration by Robert Priestley.

Cinematography

An Affair to Remember, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Milton Krasner.

The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Jack Hildyard.

Funny Face, Paramount. Ray June.

Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. William Mellor.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Ellsworth Fredericks.

Costume Design

An Affair to Remember, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire.

Funny Face, Paramount. Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy.

Les Girls, Sol C. Siegel Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Orry-Kelly.

Pal Joey, Essex-George Sidney Production; Columbia. Jean Louis.

Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Walter Plunkett.

Documentary

(Feature)

Albert Schweitzer, Hill and Anderson Production; Louis de Rochemont Associates. (USA, France) Jerome Hill, Producer.

On the Bowery, Lionel Rogosin Productions; Film Representations, Inc. Lionel Rogosin, Producer.

Torero!, Producciones Barbachano Ponce; Columbia. (Mexico) Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer.

Film Editing

The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Peter Taylor.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Warren Low.

Pal Joey, Essex-George Sidney Production; Columbia. Viola Lawrence and Jerome Thoms.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Arthur P. Schmidt and Philip W. Anderson.

Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists. Daniel Mandell.

Foreign Language Film

The Devil Came at Night, Gloria Film. (West Germany)

Gates of Paris, Filmsonor S.A. Production. (France, Italy)

Mother India, Mehboob Productions. (India)

The Nights of Cabiria, Dino De Laurentiis Production. (Italy, France)

Nine Lives, A/S Nordsjo/film. (Norway)

Music

(Scoring)

An Affair to Remember, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Hugo Friedhofer.

Boy on a Dolphin, 20th Century-Fox. Hugo Friedhofer.

The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Malcolm Arnold.

Perri, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Paul Smith.

Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Johnny Green.

(Song)

An Affair to Remember from An Affair to Remember, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey.

All the Way from The Joker Is Wild, A.M.B.L. Production; Paramount. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

April Love from April Love, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Tammy from Tammy and the Bachelor, Universal-International. Music and lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston.

Wild Is the Wind from Wild Is the Wind, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Birds Anonymous, Warner Bros. [Tweety and Sylvester Series] Edward Selzer, Producer.

One Droopy Knight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Droopy Series] William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers.

Tabasco Road, Warner Bros. [Speedy Gonzales Series] Edward Selzer, Producer.

Trees and Jamaica Daddy, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Ham and Hattie Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

The Truth About Mother Goose, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Walt Disney, Producer.

(Live Action)

A Chairy Tale, National Film Board of Canada; Kingsley International Pictures. (Canada) Norman McLaren, Producer.

City of Gold, National Film Board of Canada; Kingsley International Pictures. (Canada) Tom Daly, Producer.

Foothold on Antarctica, World Wide Pictures; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK) James Carr, Producer.

Portugal, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Ben Sharpsteen, Producer.

The Wetback Hound, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Larry Lansburgh, Producer.

Sound Recording

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director.

Les Girls, Sol C. Siegel Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director.

Pal Joey, Essex-George Sidney Production; Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director.

Witness for the Prosecution, Edward Small-Arthur Hornblow Production; United Artists. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director.

Special Effects

The Enemy Below, 20th Century-Fox. Audible effects by Walter Rossi.

The Spirit of St. Louis, Leland Hayward-Billy Wilder; Warner Bros. Visual effects by Louis Lichtenfield.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman. [NOTE: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle’s novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Messers. Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.]

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, 20th Century-Fox. John Lee Mahin and John Huston.

Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. John Michael Hayes.

Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Paul Osborn.

12 Angry Men, Orion-Nova Production; United Artists. Reginald Rose.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Designing Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Wells.

Funny Face, Paramount. Leonard Gershe.

Man of a Thousand Faces, Universal-International. Story by Ralph Wheelwright; screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts.

The Tin Star, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. Story by Barney Slater and Joel Kane; screenplay by Dudley Nichols.

Vitelloni, Peg Films/Cite Films; API-Janus Films. (Italy, France) Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli; screenplay by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano.

Honorary Award

To Charles Brackett for outstanding service to the Academy. [ [Statuette]]

To B. B. Kahane for distinguished service to the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]

To Gilbert M. (“Broncho Billy”) Anderson, motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment. [ [Statuette]]

To the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Samuel Goldwyn

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

To Todd-AO Corp. and Westrex Sound Services, Inc. for developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as the Todd-AO System.

To the Motion Picture Research Council for the design and development of a high efficiency projection screen for drive-in theaters.

(Class II)

To the Société D’Optique et de Mécanique de Haute Précision for the development of a high speed vari-focal photographic lens.

To Harlan L. Baumbach, Lorand Wargo, Howard M. Little, and the Unicorn Engineering Corp. for the development of an automatic printer light selector.

(Class III)

To Charles E. Sutter, William B. Smith, Paramount Pictures Corp. and General Cable Corp. for the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors.