The 26th Academy Awards (1953): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
13 10 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3	From Here to Eternity Roman Holiday Lili Shane Julius Caesar The Robe The Band Wagon Calamity Jane The Moon Is Blue Stalag 17 The War of the Worlds	8 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	From Here to Eternity Roman Holiday The Robe The Alaskan Eskimo Bear Country Calamity Jane Call Me Madam Julius Caesar Lili The Living Desert The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture Shane Stalag 17 Titanic Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom The War of the Worlds
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Motion Picture)

• From Here to Eternity - Buddy Adler
• Julius Caesar - John Houseman
• The Robe - Frank Ross
• Roman Holiday - William Wyler
• Shane - George Stevens

DIRECTING

• From Here to Eternity - Fred Zinnemann
• Lili - Charles Walters
• Roman Holiday - William Wyler
• Shane - George Stevens
• Stalag 17 - Billy Wilder

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 (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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (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

SCREENPLAY

• The Cruel Sea - Eric Ambler
• From Here to Eternity - Daniel Taradash
• Lili - Helen Deutsch
• Roman Holiday - Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
• Shane - A. B. Guthrie Jr.

STORY AND SCREENPLAY

• The Band Wagon - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
• The Desert Rats - Richard Murphy
• The Naked Spur - Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
• Take the High Ground - Millard Kaufman
• Titanic - Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen

MOTION PICTURE STORY

• Above and Beyond - Beirne Lay Jr.
• The Captain's Paradise - Alec Coppel
• Hondo - Louis L'Amour [1]
• Little Fugitive - Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
• Roman Holiday - Dalton Trumbo [2]

SONG

• "The Moon Is Blue" - The Moon Is Blue - Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine
• "My Flaming Heart" - Small Town Girl - Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin
• "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" - Miss Sadie Thompson - Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Secret Love" - Calamity Jane - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
• "That's Amore" - The Caddy - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• Above and Beyond - Hugo Friedhofer
• From Here to Eternity - Morris Stoloff, George Duning
• Julius Caesar - Miklos Rozsa
• Lili - Bronislau Kaper
• This Is Cinerama - Louis Forbes

SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE

• The Band Wagon - Adolph Deutsch
• Calamity Jane - Ray Heindorf
• Call Me Madam - Alfred Newman
• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
• Kiss Me Kate - Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin

FILM EDITING

• Crazylegs - Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
• From Here to Eternity - William Lyon
• The Moon Is Blue - Otto Ludwig
• Roman Holiday - Robert Swink
• The War of the Worlds - Everett Douglas

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

• The Four Poster - Hal Mohr
• From Here to Eternity - Burnett Guffey
• Julius Caesar - Joseph Ruttenberg
• Martin Luther - Joseph C. Brun
• Roman Holiday - Frank Planer, Henri Alekan

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

• All the Brothers Were Valiant - George Folsey
• Beneath the 12-Mile Reef - Edward Cronjager
• Lili - Robert Planck
• The Robe - Leon Shamroy
• Shane - Loyal Griggs

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

• Julius Caesar - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
• Martin Luther - Art Direction: Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
• The President's Lady - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
• Roman Holiday - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
• Titanic - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss

ART DIRECTION (Color)

• Knights of the Round Table - Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
• Lili - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
• The Robe - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
• The Story of Three Loves - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
• Young Bess - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

• The Actress - Walter Plunkett
• Dream Wife - Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy
• From Here to Eternity - Jean Louis
• The President's Lady - Charles LeMaire, Renie
• Roman Holiday - Edith Head

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

• The Band Wagon - Mary Ann Nyberg
• Call Me Madam - Irene Sharaff
• How To Marry a Millionaire - Charles LeMaire, Travilla
• The Robe - Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
• Young Bess - Walter Plunkett

SOUND RECORDING

• Calamity Jane - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller (Sound Director)
• From Here to Eternity - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary (Sound Director)
• Knights of the Round Table - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins (Sound Director)
• The Mississippi Gambler - Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey (Sound Director)
• The War of the Worlds - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder (Sound Director)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• The War of the Worlds - Paramount Studio

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• The Conquest of Everest - John Taylor, Leon Clore, Grahame Tharp
• The Living Desert - Walt Disney
• A Queen Is Crowned - Castleton Knight

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• The Alaskan Eskimo - Walt Disney
• The Living City - John Barnes
• Operation Blue Jay - United States Army Signal Corps
• They Planted a Stone - James Carr
• The Word - John Healy, John Adams

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

• Christopher Crumpet - Stephen Bosustow
• From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - Edward Selzer
• Rugged Bear - Walt Disney
• The Tell Tale Heart - Stephen Bosustow
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom - Walt Disney

SHORT SUBJECT (One-Reel)

• Christ Among the Primitives - Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
• Herring Hunt - National Film Board of Canada
• Joy of Living - Boris Vermont
• The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Johnny Green
• Wee Water Wonders - Jack Eaton

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-Reel)

• Bear Country - Walt Disney
• Ben and Me - Walt Disney
• Return to Glennascaul - Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
• Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
• Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis

HONORARY AWARDS

• To 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope.
• To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry.
• To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code.
• To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialities.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• George Stevens

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To FRED WALLER for designing and developing the multiple photographic and projection systems which culminated in Cinerama. [Systems]
• To PROFESSOR HENRI CHRETIEN and EARL SPONABLE, SOL HALPRIN, LORIN GRIGNON, HERBERT BRAGG and CARL FAULKNER of 20th Century-Fox Studios for creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope. [Systems]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To REEVES SOUNDCRAFT CORPORATION for their development of a process of applying stripes of magnetic oxide to motion picture film for sound recording and reproduction. [Sound]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To WESTREX CORPORATION for the design and construction of a new film editing machine. [Editorial]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. This is not an official nomination. Originally announced on February 15, 1954 as a nominee in this category. On February 17, 1954, letters from the producer and the nominee questioned its inclusion in the (original) motion picture story category, as it was based on the short story, 'The Gift of Cochise,' by the nominee, published in Collier's magazine on July 5, 1952. By waiver, the title of the short story was not included in the film's credits. The nomination was withdrawn, and only four titles were included on the final ballot.
2. The screen credit and award were originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a 'front' for Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Academy's Board of Governors voted to change the records and award Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter's name was removed from the Motion Picture Story category. The Oscar was posthumously presented to Trumbo's widow on May 10, 1993.