Best Motion Picture
Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Todd, producer (United Artists)
Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, producer (Allied Artists)
Giant, George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, producers (Warner Bros.)
The King and I, Charles Brackett, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)
The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille, producer (Paramount)
Best Actor
Yul Brynner, The King and I
James Dean, Giant
Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
Rock Hudson, Giant
Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard III
Best Actress
Carroll Baker, Baby Doll
Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr, The King and I
Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Murray, Bus Stop
Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion
Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave
Robert Stack, Written on the Wind
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge, Giant
Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed
Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
Directing
Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days
Walter Lang, The King and I
George Stevens, Giant
King Vidor, War and Peace
William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion
Writing
Motion Picture Story |
Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story |
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Jean Paul Sartre, The Proud and the Beautiful |
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Dalton Trumbo, The Brave One |
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Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D. |
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Screenplay, Adapted |
Norman Corwin, Lust for Life |
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Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, Giant |
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James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman, Around the World in 80 Days |
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Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll |
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Screenplay, Original |
Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, La Strada |
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Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon |
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Robert Lewin, The Bold and the Brave |
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William Rose, The Lady Killers |
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Andrew L. Stone, Julie |
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Cinematography
Black-and-White |
Burnett Guffey, The Harder They Fall |
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Boris Kaufman, Baby Doll |
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Hal Rosson, The Bad Seed |
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Joseph Ruttenberg, Somebody Up There Likes Me |
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Walter Strenge, Stagecoach to Fury |
Color |
Jack Cardiff, War and Peace |
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Loyal Griggs, The Ten Commandments |
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Lionel Lindon, Around the World in 80 Days |
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Leon Shamroy, The King and I |
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Harry Stradling, The Eddy Duchin Story |
Art Direction
Black-and-White |
Ross Bellah, art direction; William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage, set decoration, The Solid Gold Cadillac |
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Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Somebody Up There Likes Me |
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Takashi Matsuyama, art direction and set decoration, The Magnificent Seven |
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Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick, art direction; Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Proud and the Profane |
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Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss, set decoration, Teenage Rebel |
Color |
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Lust for Life |
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Boris Leven, art direction; Ralph S. Hurst, set decoration, Giant |
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Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki, art direction; Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, The Ten Commandments |
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James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam, art direction; Ross J. Dowd, set decoration, Around the World in 80 Days |
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Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The King and I |
Sound Recording
Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Eddy Duchin Story
Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Ten Commandments
RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Brave One
Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The King and I
Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Friendly Persuasion
Music
Song |
"Friendly Persuasion" (Thee I Love), Friendly Persuasion, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics |
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"Julie" Julie, Leith Stevens, music; Tom Adair, lyrics |
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"True Love" High Society; Cole Porter, music and lyrics |
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"Whatever Will Be, Will Be" (Que Sera, Sera), The Man Who Knew Too Much, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music and lyrics |
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"Written on the Wind" Written on the Wind, Victor Young, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Hugo Friedhofer, Between Heaven and Hell |
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Alfred Newman, Anastasia |
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Alex North, The Rainmaker |
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Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant |
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Victor Young, Around the World in 80 Days |
Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, High Society |
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Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, The King and I |
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Lionel Newman, The Best Things in Life Are Free |
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George Stoll and Johnny Green, Meet Me in Las Vegas |
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Morris Stoloff and George Duning, The Eddy Duchin Story |
Film Editing
Albert Akst, Somebody Up There Likes Me
Anne Bauchens, The Ten Commandments
William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan, Giant
Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax, Around the World in 80 Days
Merrill G. White, The Brave One
Costume Design
Black-and-White |
Kohei Ezaki, The Magnificent Seven |
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Edith Head, The Proud and the Profane |
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Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, Teenage Rebel |
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Jean Louis, The Solid Gold Cadillac |
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Helen Rose, The Power and the Prize |
Color |
Marie De Matteis, War and Peace |
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Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg, The Ten Commandments |
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Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best, Giant |
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Irene Sharaff, The King and I |
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Miles White, Around the World in 80 Days |
Special Effects
John Fulton, The Ten Commandments
A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller, Forbidden Planet
Short Subjects
Cartoon |
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) |
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The Jay Walker (UPA Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) |
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Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Mr. Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) |
One-Reel |
Crashing the Water Barrier (The Sports Parade Series) (Konstantin Kalser, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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I Never Forget a Face (Warner Specials Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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Time Stood Still (Scope Gems Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.) |
Two-Reel |
The Bespoke Overcoat (Go Pictures, Inc.; Romulus Films) |
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Cow Dog (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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Samoa (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
Documentary
Short Subject |
A City Decides (Charles Guggenheim and Associates, Inc.) |
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The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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The House Without a Name (Valentine Davies, producer; Universal-International) |
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Man in Space (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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The True Story of the Civil War (Louis Clyde Stoumen, producer; Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.) |
Feature |
The Naked Eye (Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.; Film Representatives, Inc.) |
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The Silent World (Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C. Production; Columbia) |
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Where Mountains Float (Arno/Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc.) |
Foreign Language Film
The Captain of Kopenick, Federal Republic of Germany, West
Gervaise, France
Harp of Burma, Japan
Qivitoq, Denmark
La Strada, Italy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Buddy Adler
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Not necessarily given each year )
Y. Frank Freeman
Honorary Award
To Eddie Cantor for distinguished service to the film industry
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