Academy Awards®
Awards for 1953
Picture
* Buddy Adler - Producer, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Won eight Awards.
John Houseman - Producer, JULIUS CAESAR
Frank Ross - Producer, THE ROBE
William Wyler - Producer, ROMAN HOLIDAY
George Stevens - Producer, SHANE
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
Actress
Leslie Caron, LILI
Ava Gardner, MOGAMBO
* Audrey Hepburn, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Deborah Kerr, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Maggie McNamara, THE MOON IS BLUE
Supporting Actor
Eddie Albert, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Brandon de Wilde, SHANE
Jack Palance, SHANE
* Frank Sinatra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Robert Strauss, STALAG 17
Supporting Actress
Grace Kelly, MOGAMBO
Geraldine Page, HONDO
Marjorie Rambeau, TORCH SONG
* Donna Reed, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Thelma Ritter, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET
Director
George Stevens, SHANE
Charles Walters, LILI
Billy Wilder, STALAG 17
William Wyler, ROMAN HOLIDAY
* Fred Zinnemann, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Writing - Motion Picture Story
Beirne Lay, Jr., ABOVE AND BEYOND
Alec Coppel, THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, LITTLE FUGITIVE
* Ian McLellan Hunter, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Writing - Story and Screenplay
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
* Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen, TITANIC
Writing - Screenplay
Eric Ambler, THE CRUEL SEA
* Daniel Taradash, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Helen Deutsch, LILI
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, ROMAN HOLIDAY
A.B. Guthrie, Jr., SHANE
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Alfred Junge - Art Direction, Hans Peters - Art Direction, John Jarvis - Set Decoration, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Paul Groesse - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, LILI
* Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration, THE ROBE
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Preston Ames - Art Direction, Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Gabriel Scognamillo - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Keogh Gleason - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration, THE STORY OF THREE LOVES
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Urie McCleary - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration, YOUNG BESS
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
* Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration, JULIUS CAESAR
Fritz Maurischat - Art Direction, Paul Markwitz - Art Direction, MARTIN LUTHER
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, Leland Fuller - Art Direction, Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration, THE PRESIDENT'S LADY
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, Maurice Ransford - Art Direction, Stuart Reiss - Set Decoration, TITANIC
Cinematography - Color
George Folsey, ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT
Edward Cronjager, BENEATH THE 12 MILE REEF
Robert Planck, LILI
Leon Shamroy, THE ROBE
* Loyal Griggs, SHANE
Cinematography - Black & White
Hal Mohr, THE FOUR POSTER
* Burnett Guffey, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Joseph Ruttenberg, JULIUS CAESAR
Joseph C. Brun, MARTIN LUTHER
Frank Planer, Henry Alekan, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Costume Design - Color
Mary Ann Nyberg, THE BAND WAGON
Irene Sharaff, CALL ME MADAM
Charles LeMaire, Travilla, HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
* Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago, THE ROBE
Walter Plunkett, YOUNG BESS
Costume Design - Black & White
Walter Plunkett, THE ACTRESS
Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy, DREAM WIFE
Jean Louis, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Charles LeMaire, Renie, THE PRESIDENT'S LADY
* Edith Head, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Documentary Feature
John Taylor - Producer, Leon Clore - Producer, Grahame Tharp - Producer, THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE LIVING DESERT
Castleton Knight - Producer, A QUEEN IS CROWNED
Documentary Short Subject
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE ALASKAN ESKIMO
John Barnes - Producer, THE LIVING CITY
U.S. Army Signal Corps, OPERATION BLUE JAY
James Carr - Producer, THEY PLANTED A STONE
John Healy - Producer, John Adams - Producer, THE WORD
Film Editing
Irvine "Cotton" Warburton, CRAZYLEGS
* William Lyon, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Otto Ludwig, THE MOON IS BLUE
Robert Swink, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Everett Douglas, WAR OF THE WORLDS
Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Hugo Friedhofer, ABOVE AND BEYOND
Morris Stoloff, George Duning, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Miklos Rozsa, JULIUS CAESAR
* Bronislaw Kaper, LILI
Louis Forbes, THIS IS CINERAMA
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Adolph Deutsch, THE BAND WAGON
Ray Heindorf, CALAMITY JANE
* Alfred Newman, CALL ME MADAM
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.
Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin, KISS ME KATE
Song
Herschel Burke Gilbert - Music, Sylvia Fine - Lyrics, THE MOON IS BLUE
"The Moon Is Blue"
Nicholas Brodszky - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, SMALL TOWN GIRL
"My Flaming Heart"
Lester Lee - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, MISS SADIE THOMPSON
"Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)"
* Sammy Fain - Music, Paul Francis Webster - Lyrics, CALAMITY JANE
"Secret Love"
Harry Warren - Music, Jack Brooks - Lyrics, THE CADDY
"That's Amore"
Animated Short
Stephen Bosustow - Executive Producer, CHRISTOPHER CRUMPET
Edward Selzer - Producer, FROM A TO Z-Z-Z-Z
Walt Disney - Producer, RUGGED BEAR
Stephen Bosustow - Producer, THE TELL-TALE HEART
* Walt Disney - Producer, TOOT, WHISTLE, PLUNK AND BOOM
Short Subjects - One-Reel
Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi - Producer, CHRIST AMONG THE PRIMITIVES
National Film Board of Canada, RKO Pathé, Inc., HERRING HUNT
Boris Vermont - Producer, JOY OF LIVING
* Johnny Green - Producer, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR OVERTURE
Jack Eaton - Producer, WEE WATER WONDERS
Short Subjects - Two-Reel
* Walt Disney - Producer, BEAR COUNTRY
Walt Disney - Producer, BEN AND ME
Dublin Gate Theatre Prod., Mayer-Kingsley Inc., RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL
Otto Lang - Producer, VESUVIUS EXPRESS
Cedric Francis - Producer, WINTER PARADISE
Sound Recording
William A. Mueller (Warner Bros. Sound Department), CALAMITY JANE
* John P. Livadary (Columbia Studio Sound Department), FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
A.W. Watkins - Sound Director, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
Leslie I. Carey (Universal-International Sound Department), MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER
Loren L. Ryder (Paramount Sound Department), WAR OF THE WORLDS
Special Effects
Award given this year to the film without mentioning specific artist.
* WAR OF THE WORLDS
Class I (Statuette)
* Professor Henri Chretien (20th Century-Fox Studios)
Earl Sponable (20th Century-Fox Studios)
Sol Halprin (20th Century-Fox Studios)
Lorin Grignon (20th Century-Fox Studios)
Herbert Bragg (20th Century-Fox Studios)
Carl Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studios)
For creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope.
* Fred Waller, For designing and developing the multiple photographic and projection systems which culminated in Cinerama.
Class II (Plaque)
* Reeves Soundcraft Corporation, For their development of a process of applying stripes of magnetic oxide to motion picture film for sound recording and reproduction.
Class III (Citation)
* Westrex Corporation, For the design and construction of a new film editing machine.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Pete Smith, For his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of "Pete Smith Specialties." Winner presented a Statuette.
* 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, In recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Joseph I. Breen, For his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Bell & Howell Company, For their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* George Stevens,