Oscars Rematch: 1954
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- 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 Picture!
Winner: On the Waterfront!
Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
Rear Window
A Star Is Born
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - 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 Director!
Winner: Elia Kazan!
Nominees:
Edward Dmytryk - The Caine Mutiny
George Seaton - The Country Girl
Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
George Cukor - A Star Is Born - 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 Actor!
Winner: Marlon Brando!
Nominees:
Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby - The County Girl
James Mason - A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy - Robinson Crusoe - 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 Actress!
Winner: Judy Garland!
Nominees:
Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones
Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina
Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession - 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 Supporting Actor!
Winner: Lee J. Cobb!
Nominees:
Karl Malden - On the Waterfront
Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa
Rod Steiger - On the Waterfront
Tom Tully - The Caine Mutiny - 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 Supporting Actress!
Winner: Eva Marie Saint!
Nominees:
Nina Foch - Executive Suite
Katy Jurado - Broken Lance
Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor - The High and the Mighty - 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 Original Screenplay!
Winner: Budd Schulberg!
Nominees:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - The Barefoot Contessa
Richard Murphy - Broken Lance
Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney - The Glenn Miller Story
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni - Seven Samurai - 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 Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: John Michael Hayes!
Nominees:
Stanley Roberts - The Caine Mutiny
Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor and Ernest Lehman - Sabrina
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Moss Hart - A Star Is Born - DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsSpencer TracyRobert WagnerJean PetersThe saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.Best Story!
Winner: Broken Lance!
Nominees:
Bread, Love and Dreams
Forbidden Games
Night People
There's No Business Like Show Business - DirectorPete BurnessStarsJim BackusHenny BackusJerry HausnerMr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater. Little does Magoo know the man he is sitting next to is actually a thief and when a detective appears on the plane to track the thief down, Magoo thinks it's all part of the movie. After doing some wing walking, Magoo reenters the plane and exposes the thief to the detective. When the plane lands, Magoo remarks that they should have shown a cartoon particularly one with that "delightful near sighted fellow".Best Animated Short!
Winner: When Magoo Flew!
Nominees:
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Pigs Is Pigs
Sandy Claws
Touche, Pussy Cat! - DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerStory of the American prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed there.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: The Vanishing Prairie!
Nominees:
The Stratford Adventure - DirectorLindsay AndersonGuy BrentonStarsRichard BurtonWon the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: Thursday's Children!
Nominees:
Jet Carrier
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait - DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsWard WilsonDwight WeistBest Live Action Short - One-Reel!
Winner: This Mechanical Age!
Nominees:
The First Piano Quartette
The Strauss Fantasy - DirectorDenis SandersStarsBarry AtwaterRobert SherryCorey AllenA dramatic incident from the American Civil War when two Union soldiers and one Confederate soldier, facing each other at a battle front, agree on an hour's truce.Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!
Winner: A Time Out of War!
Nominees:
Beauty and the Bull
Jet Carrier
Siam - 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 Dramatic or Comedy Score!
Winner: On the Waterfront!
Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
Genevieve
The High and the Mighty
The Silver Chalice - 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 Musical Score!
Winner: A Star Is Born!
Nominees:
Carmen Jones
The Glenn Miller Story
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
There's No Business Like Show Business - 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 Original Song!
Winner: "The Man That Got Away", A Star Is Born!
Nominees:
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" - 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 - 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 Sound Recording!
Winner: Rear Window!
Nominees:
Brigadoon
The Caine Mutiny
The Glenn Miller Story
Susan Slept Here - 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 Art Direction - Black and White!
Winner: On the Waterfront!
Nominees:
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Le plaisir
Sabrina - DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul LukasA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.Best Art Direction - Color!
Winner: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!
Nominees:
Brigadoon
Desiree
Red Garters
A Star Is Born - 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 Cinematography - Black and White!
Winner: On the Waterfront!
Nominees:
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Rogue Cop
Sabrina - 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 Cinematography - Color!
Winner: Rear Window!
Nominees:
The Egyptian
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Silver Chalice
Three Coins in the Fountain - 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 Costume Design - Black and White!
Winner: Sabrina!
Nominees:
The Earrings of Madame de...
Executive Suite
It Should Happen to You
Indiscretion of an American Wife - DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao YamagataA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.Best Costume Design - Color!
Winner: The Gate of Hell!
Nominees:
Brigadoon
Desiree
A Star Is Born
There's No Business Like Show Business - 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 Editing!
Winner: On the Waterfront!
Nominees:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Caine Mutiny
The High and the Mighty
Rear Window