27th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1955)
Documentary / Drama / Family / Musical
March 30, 1955
Bob Hope is the emcee in Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre. Thelma Ritter emceed the event in New York City at the NBC Century Theater. Bing Crosby appears for six minutes, clowning with Bob and handing out music awards. Walt Disney wins! Marlon Brando wins! Bing does not win for “Country Girl”, but Grace Kelly does. Dean Martin sings “Three Coins in a Fountain”, Johnny Desmond sings “The High and the Mighty”, and Rosemary Clooney sings “The Man Who Got Away”.
BEST PICTURE
On the Waterfront
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Three Coins in the Fountain
BEST DIRECTOR
Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront
Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window
Billy Wilder – Sabrina
George Seaton – The Country Girl
William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty
BEST ACTOR
Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
James Mason – A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy – Robinson Crusoe
Humphrey Bogart – The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby – The Country Girl
BEST ACTRESS
Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
Judy Garland – A Star Is Born
Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
Jane Wyman – Magnificent Obsession
Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edmond O'Brien – The Barefoot Contessa
Lee J. Cobb – On the Waterfront
Karl Malden – On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger – On the Waterfront
Tom Tully – The Caine Mutiny
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Eva Marie Saint – On the Waterfront
Katy Jurado – Broken Lance
Nina Foch – Executive Suite
Jan Sterling – The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor – The High and the Mighty
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Country Girl – George Seaton
Rear Window – John Michael Hayes
Sabrina – Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor and Ernest Lehman
The Caine Mutiny – Stanley Roberts
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley
BEST STORY AND SCREENPLAY
On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg
Genevieve – William Rose
Knock on Wood – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
The Barefoot Contessa – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Glenn Miller Story – Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney
BEST STORY
Broken Lance – Philip Yordan
Night People – Jed Harris and Tom Reed
There's No Business Like Show Business – Lamar Trotti
Forbidden Games – Francois Boyer
Bread, Love and Dreams – Ettore Maria Margadonna
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
When Magoo Flew
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Pigs Is Pigs
Sandy Claws
Touché, Pussy Cat!
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Vanishing Prairie – Walt Disney
The Stratford Adventure
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Thursday's Children
Jet Carrier
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM, ONE-REEL
This Mechanical Age – Robert Youngson
The First Piano Quartette – Otto Lang
The Strauss Fantasy – Johnny Green
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM, TWO-REEL
A Time Out of War – Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders
Beauty and the Bull – Cedric Francis
Jet Carrier – Otto Lang
Siam – Walt Disney Productions
BEST DRAMATIC OR COMEDY SCORE
The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
Genevieve – Larry Adler
On the Waterfront – Leonard Bernstein
The Caine Mutiny – Max Steiner
The Silver Chalice – Franz Waxman
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin
The Glenn Miller Story – Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini
Carmen Jones – Herschel Burke Gilbert
A Star Is Born – Ray Heindorf
There's No Business Like Show Business – Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" from White Christmas – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin
"The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
"Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here – Music and Lyric by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers
"The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Ira Gershwin
BEST SOUND RECORDING
The Glenn Miller Story – Leslie I. Carey, Universal Studio Sound Department
Rear Window – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
Brigadoon – Wesley C. Miller, MGM Studio Sound Department
Susan Slept Here – John O. Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
The Caine Mutiny – John P. Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
BEST ART DIRECTION, BLACK AND WHITE
On the Waterfront – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Richard Day
Executive Suite – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri
Sabrina – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
The Country Girl – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Grace Gregory
Le plaisir – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Max Ophuls
BEST ART DIRECTION, 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 and Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Brigadoon – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason
Desiree – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
Red Garters – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BLACK AND WHITE
On the Waterfront – Boris Kaufman
Executive Suite – George Folsey
Rogue Cop – John Seitz
Sabrina – Charles Lang, Jr.
The Country Girl – John F. Warren
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, COLOR
Three Coins in the Fountain – Milton Krasner
Rear Window – Robert Burks
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – George Folsey
The Egyptian – Leon Shamroy
The Silver Chalice – William V. Skall
BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BLACK AND WHITE
Sabrina – Edith Head
Executive Suite – Helen Rose
It Should Happen to You – Jean Louis
The Earrings of Madame de... – Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare
Indiscretion of an American Wife – Christian Dior
BEST COSTUME DESIGN, COLOR
The Gate of Hell – Sanzo Wada
A Star Is Born – Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff
Brigadoon – Irene Sharaff
Desiree – Charles LeMaire and Rene Hubert
There's No Business Like Show Business – Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White
BEST FILM EDITING
On the Waterfront – Gene Milford
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Elmo Williams
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Ralph E. Winters
The Caine Mutiny – William A. Lyon and Henry Batista
The High and the Mighty – Ralph Dawson
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hell and High Water
Them!
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARDS
Bausch and Lomb Optical
Kemp R. Niver
Greta Garbo
Danny Kaye
Jon Whiteley
Vincent Winter
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Jigokumon (Japan)
PRESENTERS
Buddy Adler (Best Picture)
Lauren Bacall (Scientific & Technical Awards)
Humphrey Bogart (Best Cinematography, Black-and-White)
Charles Brackett (Honorary Awards)
Marlon Brando (Best Director)
Lee J. Cobb (Best Special Effects)
Bing Crosby (Music Awards)
Dorothy Dandridge (Best Film Editing)
Bette Davis (Best Actor)
Nina Foch & Jane Wyman (Costume Design Awards)
Audrey Hepburn, Karl Malden, & Claire Trevor (Writing Awards)
William Holden (Best Actress)
Jean Marie Ingels (Best Foreign Language Film)
Katy Jurado (Best Cinematography)
Grace Kelly (Documentary Awards)
Merle Oberon (Honorary Awards - Juvenile Performances)
Edmond O'Brien, Eva Marie Saint, & Rod Steiger (Short Subject Awards)
Dan O'Herlihy and Jan Sterling (Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards)
Donna Reed (Best Supporting Actor)
Frank Sinatra (Best Supporting Actress)
Tom Tully (Best Sound)
PERFORMERS
Rosemary Clooney ("The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born)
Johnny Desmond & Muzzy Marcellino ("The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty)
Peggy King ("Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" from White Christmas)
Dean Martin ("Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain)
Tony Martin ("Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here)
