Academy Awards®
Awards for 1954
Picture
Stanley Kramer - Producer, THE CAINE MUTINY
William Perlberg - Producer, THE COUNTRY GIRL
* Sam Spiegel - Producer, ON THE WATERFRONT
Won eight Awards.
Jack Cummings - Producer, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Sol C. Siegel - Producer, THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Actor
Humphrey Bogart, THE CAINE MUTINY
* Marlon Brando, ON THE WATERFRONT
Bing Crosby, THE COUNTRY GIRL
James Mason, A STAR IS BORN
Dan O'Herlihy, ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
Actress
Dorothy Dandridge, CARMEN JONES
Judy Garland, A STAR IS BORN
Audrey Hepburn, SABRINA
* Grace Kelly, THE COUNTRY GIRL
Jane Wyman, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
Supporting Actor
Lee J. Cobb, ON THE WATERFRONT
Karl Malden, ON THE WATERFRONT
* Edmond O'Brien, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA
Rod Steiger, ON THE WATERFRONT
Tom Tully, THE CAINE MUTINY
Supporting Actress
Nina Foch, EXECUTIVE SUITE
Katy Jurado, BROKEN LANCE
* Eva Marie Saint, ON THE WATERFRONT
Jan Sterling, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Claire Trevor, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Director
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, REAR WINDOW
* Elia Kazan, ON THE WATERFRONT
George Seaton, THE COUNTRY GIRL
William A. Wellman, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Billy Wilder, SABRINA
Writing - Motion Picture Story
Ettore Margadonna, BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS
* Philip Yordan, BROKEN LANCE
François Boyer, FORBIDDEN GAMES
Jed Harris, Tom Reed, NIGHT PEOPLE
Lamar Trotti, THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
Writing - Story and Screenplay
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA
William Rose, GENEVIEVE
Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney, THE GLENN MILLER STORY
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, KNOCK ON WOOD
* Budd Schulberg, ON THE WATERFRONT
Writing - Screenplay
Stanley Roberts, THE CAINE MUTINY
* George Seaton, THE COUNTRY GIRL
John Michael Hayes, REAR WINDOW
Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman, SABRINA
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Dorothy Kingsley, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Preston Ames - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Keogh Gleason - Set Decoration, BRIGADOON
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, Leland Fuller - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration, DESIREE
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Ray Moyer - Set Decoration, RED GARTERS
Malcolm Bert - Art Direction, Gene Allen - Art Direction, Irene Sharaff - Art Direction, George James Hopkins - Set Decoration, A STAR IS BORN
* John Meehan - Art Direction, Emile Kuri - Set Decoration, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Grace Gregory - Set Decoration, THE COUNTRY GIRL
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Emile Kuri - Set Decoration, EXECUTIVE SUITE
Max Ophüls - Art Direction, LE PLAISIR
* Richard Day - Art Direction, ON THE WATERFRONT
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Ray Moyer - Set Decoration, SABRINA
Cinematography - Color
Leon Shamroy, THE EGYPTIAN
Robert Burks, REAR WINDOW
George Folsey, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
William V. Skall, THE SILVER CHALICE
* Milton Krasner, THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Cinematography - Black & White
John F. Warren, THE COUNTRY GIRL
George Folsey, EXECUTIVE SUITE
* Boris Kaufman, ON THE WATERFRONT
John F. Seitz, ROGUE COP
Charles B. Lang, Jr.,
SABRINA
Costume Design - Color
Irene Sharaff, BRIGADOON
Charles LeMaire, Rene Hubert, DESIREE
* Sanzo Wada, GATE OF HELL
Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg, Irene Sharaff, A STAR IS BORN
Charles LeMaire, Travilla, Miles White, THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
Costume Design - Black & White
Georges Annenkov, Rosine Delamare, THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE…
Helen Rose, EXECUTIVE SUITE
Christian Dior, INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE
Jean Louis, IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU
* Edith Head, SABRINA
Documentary Feature
Guy Glover - Producer, THE STRATFORD ADVENTURE
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE VANISHING PRAIRIE
Documentary Short Subject
Otto Lang - Producer, JET CARRIER
Morrie Roizman - Producer, REMBRANDT, A SELF-PORTRAIT
* World Wide Pictures and Morse Films, THURSDAY'S CHILDREN
Film Editing
William Lyon, Henry Batista, THE CAINE MUTINY
Ralph Dawson, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
* Gene Milford, ON THE WATERFRONT
Ralph E. Winters, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Elmo Williams, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Max Steiner, THE CAINE MUTINY
Muir Mathieson, GENEVIEVE
* Dimitri Tiomkin, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Leonard Bernstein, ON THE WATERFRONT
Franz Waxman, THE SILVER CHALICE
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Herschel Burke Gilbert, CARMEN JONES
Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini, THE GLENN MILLER STORY
* Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Ray Heindorf, A STAR IS BORN
Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman, THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
Song
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, WHITE CHRISTMAS
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"
Dimitri Tiomkin - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
"The High and the Mighty"
Jack Lawrence - Music & Lyrics, Richard Myers - Music & Lyrics, SUSAN SLEPT HERE
"Hold My Hand"
Harold Arlen - Music, Ira Gershwin - Lyrics, A STAR IS BORN
"The Man That Got Away"
* Jule Styne - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
"Three Coins in the Fountain"
Animated Short
Walter Lantz - Producer, CRAZY MIXED UP PUP
Walt Disney - Producer, PIGS IS PIGS
Edward Selzer - Producer, SANDY CLAWS
Fred Quimby - Producer, TOUCHE, PUSSY CAT
* Stephen Bosustow - Producer, WHEN MAGOO FLEW
Short Subjects - One-Reel
Otto Lang - Producer, THE FIRST PIANO QUARTETTE
Johnny Green - Producer, THE STRAUSS FANTASY
* Robert Youngson - Producer, THIS MECHANICAL AGE
Short Subjects - Two-Reel
Cedric Francis - Producer, BEAUTY AND THE BULL
Otto Lang - Producer, JET CARRIER
Walt Disney - Producer, SIAM
* Denis Sanders - Producer, Terry Sanders - Producer, A TIME OUT OF WAR
Sound Recording
Wesley C. Miller - Sound Director, BRIGADOON
John P. Livadary - Sound Director, THE CAINE MUTINY
* Leslie I. Carey - Sound Director, THE GLENN MILLER STORY
Loren L. Ryder - Sound Director, REAR WINDOW
John O. Aalberg - Sound Director, SUSAN SLEPT HERE
Special Effects
Rules changed in 1954: Special Effects reinstated as a regular award.
Award given this year to the film without mentioning specific artist.
HELL AND HIGH WATER
THEM!
* 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Class I (Statuette)
* Paramount Pictures Inc. technical and engineering staff, Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop, For developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.
Class II (Plaque)
No award given for 1954.
Class III (Citation)
* David S. Horsley, Universal-International Studio Special Photographic Department, For a portable remote control device for process projectors.
* Karl Freund (Photo Research Corporation)
Frank Crandell (Photo Research Corporation)
For the design and development of a direct reading brightness meter.
* Wesley C. Miller, J.W. Stafford, K.M. Frierson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, For an electronic sound printing comparison device.
* John P. Livadary, Lloyd Russell, Columbia Studio Sound Department, For an improved limiting amplifier as applied to sound level comparison devices.
* Roland Miller (Magnascope Corporation)
Max Goeppinger (Magnascope Corporation)
For the design and development of a cathode ray magnetic sound track viewer.
* Carlos Rivas, G.M. Sprague, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, For the design of a magnetic sound editing machine.
* Fred Wilson (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)
For the design of a variable multiple-band equalizer.
* P.C. Young (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Projection Department)
For the practical application of a variable focal length attachment to motion picture projector lenses.
* Fred Knoth (Universal-International Studio Technical Department)
Orien Ernest (Universal-International Studio Technical Department)
For the development of a hand portable, electric, dry oil-fog machine.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, For their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Kemp R. Niver, For the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Greta Garbo, For her unforgettable screen performances. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Danny Kaye, For his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Jon Whiteley, THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS
For his outstanding juvenile performance in THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS. Winner presented Miniature Statuette.
* GATE OF HELL
Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Vincent Winter, THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS
For his outstanding juvenile performance in THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS. Winner presented Miniature Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1954.