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1953 Academy Awards

The 1953 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1954 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Best Motion Picture

From Here to Eternity, Buddy Adler, producer (Columbia)

Julius Caesar, John Houseman, producer (MGM)

The Robe, Frank Ross, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Roman Holiday, William Wyler, producer (Paramount)

Shane, George Stevens, producer (Paramount)

From Here to Eternity

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Best Actor

Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar

Richard Burton, The Robe

Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity

William Holden, Stalag 17

Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity

Best Actress

Leslie Caron, Lili

Ava Gardner, Mogambo

Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday

Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity

Maggie McNamara, The Moon Is Blue

Actor in a Supporting Role

Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday

Brandon de Wilde, Shane

Jack Palance, Shane

Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity

Robert Strauss, Stalag 17

Actress in a Supporting Role

Grace Kelly, Mogambo

Geraldine Page, Hondo

Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song

Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity

Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street

Directing

George Stevens, Shane

Charles Walters, Lili

Billy Wilder, Stalag 17

William Wyler, Roman Holiday

Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity

Writing

Motion Picture Story	Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, Little Fugitive
	Alec Coppel, The Captain's Paradise
	Beirne Lay, Jr., Above and Beyond
	Dalton Trumbo, Roman Holiday
Screenplay	Eric Ambler, The Cruel Sea
	Helen Deutsch, Lili
	A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Shane
	Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton, Roman Holiday
	Daniel Taradash, From Here to Eternity
Story and Screenplay	Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen, Titanic
	Betty Comden and Adolph Green, The Band Wagon
	Millard Kaufman, Take the High Ground
	Richard Murphy, The Desert Rats
	Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, The Naked Spur

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Joseph C. Brun, Martin Luther
	Burnett Guffey, From Here to Eternity
	Hal Mohr, The Four Poster
	Frank Planer and Henry Alekan, Roman Holiday
	Joseph Ruttenberg, Julius Caesar
Color	Edward Cronjager, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
	George Folsey, All the Brothers Were Valiant
	Loyal Griggs, Shane
	Robert Planck, Lili
	Leon Shamroy, The Robe

Art Direction

Black-and-White	Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Julius Caesar
	Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz, art direction and set decoration, Martin Luther
	Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction and set decoration, Roman Holiday
	Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The President's Lady
	Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford, art direction; Stuart Reiss, set decoration, Titanic
Color	Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo, art direction; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, The Story of Three Loves
	Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Lili
	Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, Young Bess
	Alfred Junge and Hans Peters, art direction; John Jarvis, set decoration, Knights of the Round Table
	Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The Robe

Sound Recording

Columbia Studio Sound Dept., John P. Livadary, From Here to Eternity

MGM Studio Sound Dept., Knights of the Round Table

Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The War of the Worlds

Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., The Mississippi Gambler

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., William A. Mueller, Calamity Jane

Music

Song	“The Moon Is Blue,” The Moon Is Blue, Herschel Burke Gilbert, music; Sylvia Fine, lyrics
	“My Flaming Heart,” Small Town Girl, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
	“Sadie Thompson's Song” (Blue Pacific Blues), Miss Sadie Thompson, Lester Lee, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
	*“Secret Love,” Calamity Jane, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics*
	“That's Amore,” The Caddy, Harry Warren, music; Jack Brooks, lyrics
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Louis Forbes, This Is Cinerama
	Hugo Friedhofer, Above and Beyond
	Bronislau Kaper, Lili
	Miklos Rozsa, Julius Caesar
	Morris Stoloff and George Duning, From Here to Eternity
Scoring of a Musical Picture	Adolph Deutsch, The Band Wagon
	Ray Heindorf, Calamity Jane
	Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
	Alfred Newman, Call Me Madam
	André Previn and Saul Chaplin, Kiss Me Kate

Film Editing

Everett Douglas, The War of the Worlds

Otto Ludwig, The Moon Is Blue

William Lyon, From Here to Eternity

Robert Swink, Roman Holiday

Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, Crazylegs

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Edith Head, Roman Holiday
	Charles LeMaire and Renie, The President's Lady
	Jean Louis, From Here to Eternity
	Walter Plunkett, The Actress
	Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy, Dream Wife
Color	Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago, The Robe
	Charles LeMaire and Travilla, How to Marry a Millionaire
	Mary Ann Nyberg, The Band Wagon
	Walter Plunkett, Young Bess
	Irene Sharaff, Call Me Madam

Special Effects

The War of the Worlds (Paramount)

Short Subjects

Cartoon	Christopher Crumpet (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (Loony Tunes Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
	Rugged Bear (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	The Tell Tale Heart (UPA Cartoon Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Adventures in Music Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
One-Reel	Christ Among the Primitives (Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corp.)
	Herring Hunt (Canada Carries on Series) (National Film Board of Canada; RKO Pathé, Inc.)
	Joy of Living (Art Film Series) (Art Film Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (Overture Series) (Johnny Green, producer; MGM)
	Wee Water Wonders (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel	Bear Country (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	Ben and Me (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
	Return to Glennascaul (Dublin Gate Theatre Production; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.)
	Vesuvius Express (CinemaScope Shorts Series) (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	Winter Paradise (Technicolor Special Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

Short Subject	The Alaskan Eskimo (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	The Living City (John Barnes, producer; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.)
	Operation Blue Jay (U.S. Army Signal Corps.)
	They Planted a Stone (World Wide Pictures; British Information Services)
	The Word (John Healy and John Adams, producers; Twentieth Century-Fox)
Feature	The Conquest of Everest (Countryman Films, Ltd. and Group 3 Ltd.; United Artists)
	The Living Desert (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
	A Queen Is Crowned (J. Arthur Rank Organization Ltd.; Universal-International)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

George Stevens

Honorary Awards

To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialities

To Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope

To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code

To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry

1954 Academy Awards

The Academy Awards

1952 Academy Awards