1955 ceremony · films of 1954

The 27th Oscars

121 nominations in 27 categories.

Nominations and wins

The night's big films

Winners first

Every category

Best Picture

Announced as Best Motion Picture

On the Waterfront
Sam Spiegel, Producer
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Jack Cummings, Producer
The Caine Mutiny
Stanley Kramer, Producer
The Country Girl
William Perlberg, Producer
Three Coins in the Fountain
Sol C. Siegel, Producer

Best Director

Best Actor

Announced as Actor

Marlon Brando · Terry Malloy
On the Waterfront
James Mason · Norman Maine/Alfred Hinkel
A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy · Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Humphrey Bogart · Captain Queeg
The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby · Frank Elgin
The Country Girl

Best Actress

Announced as Actress

Grace Kelly · Georgie Elgin
The Country Girl
Judy Garland · Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester
A Star Is Born
Dorothy Dandridge · Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Jane Wyman · Helen Phillips
Magnificent Obsession
Audrey Hepburn · Sabrina Fairchild
Sabrina

Best Supporting Actor

Edmond O'Brien · Oscar Muldoon
The Barefoot Contessa
Karl Malden · Father Barry
On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger · Charles Malloy
On the Waterfront
Lee J. Cobb · Johnny Friendly
On the Waterfront
Tom Tully · Captain DeVriess
The Caine Mutiny

Best Supporting Actress

Eva Marie Saint · Edie Doyle
On the Waterfront
Katy Jurado · Senora Devereaux
Broken Lance
Nina Foch · Erica Martin
Executive Suite
Jan Sterling · Sally McKee
The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor · Mary Holst
The High and the Mighty

Best Original Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Story and Screenplay)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Screenplay)

Best Original Story

Announced as Writing (Motion Picture Story)

Best International Feature

Announced as Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

Gate of Hell
Gate of Hell
To Gate of Hell - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.

Best Film Editing

Best Production Design (Black-and-White)

On the Waterfront
Richard Day
Executive Suite
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri
Edward C. Carfagno
Le Plaisir
Max Ophuls
Max Ophüls
Sabrina
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Walter H. Tyler
The Country Girl
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory

Best Production Design (Color)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Art Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
A Star Is Born
Art Direction: Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Malcolm C. Bert
Brigadoon
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
E. Preston Ames F. Keogh Gleason
Désirée
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Lyle R. Wheeler
Red Garters
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Best Costume Design (Color)

Gate of Hell
Sanzo Wada
Mitsuzô Wada
A Star Is Born
Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg, Irene Sharaff
Brigadoon
Irene Sharaff
Désirée
Charles LeMaire, René Hubert
Charles Le Maire
There's No Business Like Show Business
Charles LeMaire, Travilla, Miles White
Charles Le Maire

Best Original Score

Announced as Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

The High and the Mighty
Dimitri Tiomkin
Genevieve
Larry Adler
NOTE: Because of the political climate of the times, Genevieve's arranger and orchestra conductor Muir Mathieson was credited as composer on American prints of this British-made film, and was thus credited with the nomination. In June of 1986, the Board of Governors had Academy records updated to give Larry Adler his proper credit, which Mr. Mathieson had never claimed. Mr. Mathieson's name was removed from the nomination and Mr. Adler's inserted.
On the Waterfront
Leonard Bernstein
The Caine Mutiny
Max Steiner
The Silver Chalice
Franz Waxman

Best Song Score or Adaptation Score

Announced as Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Best Original Song

Announced as Music (Song)

Three Coins in the Fountain · Three Coins In The Fountain
Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
A Star Is Born · The Man That Got Away
Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Susan Slept Here · Hold My Hand
Music and Lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers
The High and the Mighty · The High And The Mighty
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
White Christmas · Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Best Sound

The Glenn Miller Story
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
Brigadoon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Rear Window
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Susan Slept Here
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director
John Aalberg
The Caine Mutiny
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director

Best Visual Effects

Announced as Special Effects

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Walt Disney Studios
Hell and High Water
20th Century-Fox Studio
Them!
Warner Bros. Studio

Best Documentary Short

Thursday's Children
World Wide Pictures and Morse Films
Jet Carrier
Otto Lang, Producer
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Morrie Roizman, Producer

Best Animated Short

Announced as Short Subject (Cartoon)

When Magoo Flew
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Walter Lantz, Producer
Pigs Is Pigs
Walt Disney, Producer
Sandy Claws
Edward Selzer, Producer
Touché, Pussy Cat!
Fred Quimby, Producer

Best Live Action Short (One-reel)

This Mechanical Age
Robert Youngson, Producer
Strauss Fantasy
Johnny Green, Producer
The First Piano Quartette
Otto Lang, Producer

Best Live Action Short (Two-reel)

A Time Out of War
Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders, Producers
Beauty and the Bull
Cedric Francis, Producer
Jet Carrier
Otto Lang, Producer
Siam
Walt Disney, Producer

Not competitive

Honorary and special awards

Honorary Award

Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
To Bausch & Lomb Optical Company for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
Danny Kaye
To Danny Kaye for his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people.
Greta Garbo
To Greta Garbo for her unforgettable screen performances.
Kemp R. Niver
Kemp Niver
To Kemp R. Niver for the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection.
The Little Kidnappers
Jon Whiteley
To Jon Whiteley for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.
The Little Kidnappers
Vincent Winter
To Vincent Winter for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.