1953
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- 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 PICTURE]*
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Frank Sinatra
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Donna Reed
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Burnett Guffey
FILM EDITING -- William Lyon
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Buddy Adler, Producer
*SOUND RECORDING -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Daniel Taradash - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Audrey Hepburn
*COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Edith Head
*WRITING (Motion Picture Story) -- Dalton Trumbo - 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 PICTURE]
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
*COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago - 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 PICTURE]
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinAn ex-gunfighter defends homesteaders in 1889 Wyoming.[BEST PICTURE]
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Loyal Griggs - DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerDepicts the everyday home life of the families in a typical Eskimo village. The building and hunting activities of the summer, the winter activities underground when the blizzards come, and the celebration of spring with the "mask dance" are all shown.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerKjeld JacobsenThe lives of black bears in Yellowstone National Park.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayHoward KeelAllyn Ann McLerieThe story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.*MUSIC (Song) -- "Secret Love," Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
- DirectorWalter LangStarsEthel MermanDonald O'ConnorVera-EllenWashington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Alfred Newman
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMel FerrerJean-Pierre AumontAn orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Bronislau Kaper
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerAlthough first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- StarsJohnny GreenThe MGM Symphony OrchestraJohnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the title work.*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Johnny Green, Producer
- 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.*ACTOR -- William Holden
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsClifton WebbBarbara StanwyckRobert WagnerAn unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic.*WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
- DirectorWard KimballCharles NicholsStarsThe Mellowmen QuartetLoulie Jean NormanCharlie ParlotaA crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes TremayneA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Paramount Studio
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseOscar LevantA pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsWilliam HoldenDavid NivenMaggie McNamaraTwo aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsDon ForbesTheodore von EltzOscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Irwin Allen, Producer
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsHans ConriedTom attempts to catch Jerry by playing music he dances to.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Fred Quimby, Producer
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao YamagataA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.*COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Sanzo Wada
*HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD -- Japan
To Gate of Hell - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.
Genevieve - DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorAva GardnerMel FerrerKing Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsJon WhiteleyVincent WinterAdrienne CorriA Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons, Harry and Davy, following the death of their father in the Boer War. His son's death has developed antagonism by MacKenzie toward all Dutchmen, which leads to Harry brawling at school with the son of a Dutchman. Harry falls down a cliff and is helped home by the community doctor, Willem Bloem, a Dutchman in love with MacKenzie's daughter, Kirsty. Due to the old man's feelings, they must carry on a clandestine romance. Forbidden by their grandfather to have a dog, Harry and Davy "kidnap" an unattended baby and care for the child in a lean-to shack. When found, the baby proves to be the child of MacKenzie's most-bitter Dutch enemy.*HONORARY AWARD
To Jon Whiteley for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.
*HONORARY AWARD
To Vincent Winter for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers. - DirectorIrving PichelStarsNiall MacGinnisJohn RuddockPierre LefevreBiopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsClark GableGrace KellyAva GardnerOn a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.Nominated for 2 Oscars.