26th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1954)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 25, 1954
- For films released in: 1953
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 26th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture
- From Here to Eternity
Buddy Adler [Producer] - Julius Caesar
John Houseman [Producer] - The Robe
Frank Ross [Producer] - Roman Holiday
William Wyler [Producer] - Shane
George Stevens [Producer]
Best Directing
- From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann - Lili
Charles Walters - Roman Holiday
William Wyler - Shane
George Stevens - Stalag 17
Billy Wilder
Best Actor
- From Here to Eternity
Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster - Julius Caesar
Marlon Brando - The Robe
Richard Burton - Stalag 17
William Holden
Best Actress
- From Here to Eternity
Deborah Kerr - Lili
Leslie Caron - Mogambo
Ava Gardner - The Moon Is Blue
Maggie McNamara - Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- From Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra - Roman Holiday
Eddie Albert - Shane
Brandon De Wilde - Shane
Jack Palance - Stalag 17
Robert Strauss
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- From Here to Eternity
Donna Reed - Hondo
Geraldine Page - Mogambo
Grace Kelly - Pickup on South Street
Thelma Ritter - Torch Song
Marjorie Rambeau
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Julius Caesar
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Edward Carfagno [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Hugh Hunt [Set Decoration] - Martin Luther
Fritz Maurischat [Art Direction] and Paul Markwitz [Art Direction] - The President's Lady
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], Leland Fuller [Art Direction] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration] - Roman Holiday
Hal Pereira [Art Direction] and Walter Tyler [Art Direction] - Titanic
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], Maurice Ransford [Art Direction] and Stuart Reiss [Set Decoration]
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Knights of the Round Table
Alfred Junge [Art Direction], Hans Peters [Art Direction] and John Jarvis [Set Decoration] - Lili
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Paul Groesse [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Arthur Krams [Set Decoration] - The Robe
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], George W. Davis [Art Direction], Walter M. Scott [Set Decoration] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration] - The Story of Three Loves
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Preston Ames [Art Direction], Edward Carfagno [Art Direction], Gabriel Scognamillo [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration], Keogh Gleason [Set Decoration], Arthur Krams [Set Decoration] and Jack D. Moore [Set Decoration] - Young Bess
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Urie McCleary [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Jack D. Moore [Set Decoration]
Best 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
Franz F. Planer and Henri Alekan
Best 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
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- The Actress
Walter Plunkett - Dream Wife
Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy - From Here to Eternity
Jean Louis - The President's Lady
Charles LeMaire and Renie - Roman Holiday
Edith Head
Best Costume Design (Color)
- The Band Wagon
Mary Ann Nyberg - Call Me Madam
Irene Sharaff - How to Marry a Millionaire
Charles LeMaire and Travilla - The Robe
Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago - Young Bess
Walter Plunkett
Best Documentary (Feature)
- The Conquest of Everest
John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp - The Living Desert
Walt Disney - A Queen Is Crowned
Castleton Knight
Best 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 and John Adams
Best Film Editing
- Crazylegs
Irving (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
Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- Above and Beyond
Hugo Friedhofer - From Here to Eternity
Morris Stoloff and George Duning - Julius Caesar
Miklos Rozsa - Lili
Bronislau Kaper - This Is Cinerama
Louis Forbes
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff - The Band Wagon
Adolph Deutsch - Calamity Jane
Ray Heindorf - Call Me Madam
Alfred Newman - Kiss Me Kate
Andre Previn and Saul Chaplin
Best Music (Song)
- The Caddy "That's Amore"
Harry Warren [Music by] and Jack Brooks [Lyrics by] - Calamity Jane "Secret Love"
Sammy Fain [Music by] and Paul Francis Webster [Lyrics by] - Miss Sadie Thompson "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)"
Lester Lee [Music by] and Ned Washington [Lyrics by] - The Moon Is Blue "The Moon Is Blue"
Herschel Burke Gilbert [Music by] and Sylvia Fine [Lyrics by] - Small Town Girl "My Flaming Heart"
Nicholas Brodszky [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by]
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best Sound Recording
- Calamity Jane
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and William A. Mueller [Sound Director] - From Here to Eternity
Columbia Studio Sound Department and John P. Livadary [Sound Director] - Knights of the Round Table
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and A.W. Watkins [Sound Director] - The Mississippi Gambler
Universal-International Studio Sound Department and Leslie I. Carey [Sound Director] - The War of the Worlds
Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- The War of the Worlds
Paramount Studio
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- The Cruel Sea
Eric Ambler - From Here to Eternity
Daniel Taradash - Lili
Helen Deutsch - Roman Holiday
Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton - Shane
A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
- The Band Wagon
Betty Comden and Adolph Green - The Desert Rats
Richard Murphy - The Naked Spur
Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom - Take the High Ground
Millard Kaufman - Titanic
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen
Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)
- Above and Beyond
Beirne Lay Jr. - The Captain's Paradise
Alec Coppel - Hondo
Louis L'Amour - Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin - Roman Holiday
Dalton Trumbo