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26th Academy Awards

March 25, 1954 · Honoring films from 1953

BEST PICTURE
Poster for From Here to Eternity
Buddy Adler
From Here to Eternity
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity
BEST ACTOR
Photo of William Holden
William Holden
Stalag 17
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for From Here to Eternity
Daniel Taradash
From Here to Eternity
Category:
1953 (26th)
Best Actor
William Holden
Sefton, Stalag 17
Marlon Brando
Marc Antony, Julius Caesar
Richard Burton
Marcellus Gallio, The Robe
Montgomery Clift
Robert E. Lee Prewitt, From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster
Sgt. Milton Warden, From Here to Eternity
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Frank Sinatra
Angelo Maggio, From Here to Eternity
Eddie Albert
Irving Radovich, Roman Holiday
Brandon De Wilde
Joey Starrett, Shane
Jack Palance
Wilson, Shane
Robert Strauss
Stosh/'Animal', Stalag 17
Best Actress
Audrey Hepburn
Princess Anne, Roman Holiday
Leslie Caron
Lili Daurier, Lili
Ava Gardner
Eloise 'Honey Bear' Kelly, Mogambo
Deborah Kerr
Karen Holmes, From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara
Patty O'Neill, The Moon Is Blue
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Donna Reed
Lorene/Alma, From Here to Eternity
Grace Kelly
Linda Nordley, Mogambo
Geraldine Page
Angie Lowe, Hondo
Marjorie Rambeau
Mrs. Stewart, Torch Song
Thelma Ritter
Moe, Pickup on South Street
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Julius Caesar
Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
Martin Luther
Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox
The President's Lady
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
Roman Holiday
Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Stuart Reiss
Titanic
Best Art Direction (Color)
Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
The Robe
Alfred Junge, Hans Peters, John Jarvis
Knights of the Round Table
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
Lili
Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
The Story of Three Loves
Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Young Bess
Best Motion Picture
Buddy Adler
From Here to Eternity
John Houseman
Julius Caesar
Frank Ross
The Robe
William Wyler
Roman Holiday
George Stevens
Shane
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Burnett Guffey
From Here to Eternity
Hal Mohr
The Four Poster
Joseph Ruttenberg
Julius Caesar
Joseph C. Brun
Martin Luther
Frank Planer, Henri Alekan
Roman Holiday
Best Cinematography (Color)
Loyal Griggs
Shane
George Folsey
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Edward Cronjager
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Robert Planck
Lili
Leon Shamroy
The Robe
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Edith Head
Roman Holiday
Walter Plunkett
The Actress
Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy
Dream Wife
Jean Louis
From Here to Eternity
Charles LeMaire, Renie
The President's Lady
Best Costume Design (Color)
Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
The Robe
Mary Ann Nyberg
The Band Wagon
Irene Sharaff
Call Me Madam
Charles LeMaire, Travilla
How to Marry a Millionaire
Walter Plunkett
Young Bess
Best Director
Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity
Charles Walters
Lili
William Wyler
Roman Holiday
George Stevens
Shane
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17
Best Documentary (Feature)
Walt Disney
The Living Desert
John Taylor, Leon Clore, Grahame Tharp
The Conquest of Everest
Castleton Knight
A Queen Is Crowned
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Walt Disney
The Alaskan Eskimo
John Barnes
The Living City
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay
James Carr
They Planted a Stone
John Healy, John Adams
The Word
Best Film Editing
William Lyon
From Here to Eternity
Irvine Warburton
Crazylegs
Otto Ludwig
The Moon Is Blue
Robert Swink
Roman Holiday
Everett Douglas
The War of the Worlds
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Bronislau Kaper
Lili
Hugo Friedhofer
Above and Beyond
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
From Here to Eternity
Miklos Rozsa
Julius Caesar
Louis Forbes
This Is Cinerama
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman
Call Me Madam
Adolph Deutsch
The Band Wagon
Ray Heindorf
Calamity Jane
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
Kiss Me Kate
Best Song
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
“Secret Love”, Calamity Jane
Herschel Burke Gilbert, Sylvia Fine
“The Moon Is Blue”, The Moon Is Blue
Nicholas Brodszky, Leo Robin
“My Flaming Heart”, Small Town Girl
Lester Lee, Ned Washington
“Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)”, Miss Sadie Thompson
Harry Warren, Jack Brooks
“That's Amore”, The Caddy
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
Walt Disney
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Stephen Bosustow
Christopher Crumpet
Edward Selzer
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Walt Disney
Rugged Bear
Stephen Bosustow
The Tell Tale Heart
Short Subject (One-reel)
Johnny Green
The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
Christ among the Primitives
National Film Board of Canada
Herring Hunt
Boris Vermont
Joy of Living
Jack Eaton
Wee Water Wonders
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
Walt Disney
Bear Country
Walt Disney
Ben and Me
Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
Return to Glennascaul
Otto Lang
Vesuvius Express
Cedric Francis
Winter Paradise
Best Sound Recording
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary
From Here to Eternity
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller
Calamity Jane
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins
Knights of the Round Table
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey
The Mississippi Gambler
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder
The War of the Worlds
Best Special Effects
Paramount Studio
The War of the Worlds
Best Motion Picture Story
Dalton Trumbo
Roman Holiday N
Beirne Lay Jr.
Above and Beyond
Alec Coppel
The Captain's Paradise
Louis L'Amour
Hondo N
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
Little Fugitive
Best Screenplay
Daniel Taradash
From Here to Eternity
Eric Ambler
The Cruel Sea
Helen Deutsch
Lili
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Roman Holiday
A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Shane
Best Story and Screenplay
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
Titanic
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
The Band Wagon
Richard Murphy
The Desert Rats
Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
The Naked Spur
Millard Kaufman
Take the High Ground