30th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1958)
Drama / Family / News
March 26, 1958 at RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
Hosted by Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon and Donald Duck
BEST PICTURE
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sayonara
Peyton Place
Witness for the Prosecution
12 Angry Men
BEST DIRECTOR
David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder – Witness for the Prosecution
Joshua Logan – Sayonara
Mark Robson – Peyton Place
BEST ACTOR
Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando – Sayonara
Anthony Quinn – Wild Is the Wind
Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton – Witness for the Prosecution
BEST ACTRESS
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
Deborah Kerr – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Lana Turner – Peyton Place
Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor – Raintree County
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Red Buttons – Sayonara
Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Russ Tamblyn – Peyton Place
Vittorio De Sica – A Farewell to Arms
Arthur Kennedy – Peyton Place
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Miyoshi Umeki – Sayonara
Hope Lange – Peyton Place
Carolyn Jones – The Bachelor Party
Diane Varsi – Peyton Place
Elsa Lanchester – Witness for the Prosecution
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Designing Woman – George Wells
I vitelloni – Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano
Funny Face – Leonard Gershe
Man of a Thousand Faces – Ralph Wheelwright, R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
The Tin Star – Barney Slater, Joel Kane and Dudley Nichols
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman and Pierre Boulle
12 Angry Men – Reginald Rose
Peyton Place – John Michael Hayes
Sayonara – Paul Osborn
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison – John Lee Mahin and John Huston
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Albert Schweitzer
On the Bowery
Torero!
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Wetback Hound
A Chairy Tale
City of Gold
Foothold on Antarctica
Portugal
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Birds Anonymous
One Droopy Knight
Tabasco Road
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
The Truth About Mother Goose
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Malcolm Arnold
An Affair to Remember – Hugo Friedhofer
Boy on a Dolphin – Hugo Friedhofer
Perri – Paul J. Smith
Raintree County – Johnny Green
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"All the Way" from The Joker Is Wild – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
"An Affair to Remember" from An Affair to Remember – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Leo McCarey and Harold Adamson
"April Love" from April Love – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
"Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
"Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor – Music and Lyric by Ray Evans and Johnny Livingston
BEST SOUND RECORDING
Sayonara – George Groves, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Gunfight at the O. K. Corral – George Dutton, Paramount Studio Sound Department
Les Girls – Wesley C. Miller, MGM Studio Sound Department
Witness for the Prosecution – Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Pal Joey – John P. Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Les Girls – Orry-Kelly
An Affair to Remember – Charles LeMaire
Funny Face – Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy
Pal Joey – Jean Louis
Raintree County – Walter Plunkett
BEST ART DIRECTION
Sayonara – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Funny Face – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
Raintree County – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
Les Girls – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle
Pal Joey – Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan and Louis Diage
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Jack Hildyard
Peyton Place – William C. Mellor
Funny Face – Ray June
An Affair to Remember – Milton Krasner
Sayonara – Ellsworth Fredericks
BEST FILM EDITING
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Peter Taylor
Sayonara – Arthur P. Schmidt and Philip W. Anderson
Pal Joey – Viola Lawrence and Jerome Thoms
Witness for the Prosecution – Daniel Mandell
Gunfight at the O. K. Corral – Warren Low
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Enemy Below – Walter Rossi
The Spirit of St. Louis – Louis Lichtenfield
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Nights of Cabiria (Italy)
Mother India (India)
The Devil Came at Night (Germany)
Nine Lives (Norway)
The Gates of Paris (France)
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Charles Brackett
B. B. Kahane
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANTARIAN AWARD
Samuel Goldwyn
PRESENTERS
June Allyson (Best Special Effects)
Fred Astaire and Dana Wynter (Best Foreign Language Film)
Ernest Borgnine and Cyd Charisse (Documentary Awards)
Joan Collins (Cinematography Awards)
Gary Cooper (Best Picture)
Wendell Corey and Robert Ryan (Costume Design Awards)
Bette Davis (Honorary Awards)
Doris Day and Clark Gable (Writing Awards)
Anita Ekberg and Vincent Price (Music Awards)
Cary Grant (Best Actor)
Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones (Short Subjects Awards)
Van Johnson and Dorothy Malone (Best Sound Recording)
Hope Lange and Ronald Reagan (Scientific and Technical Awards)
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (Best Film Editing)
Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint (Art Direction and Set Decoration Awards)
Lana Turner (Supporting Actor)
John Wayne (Best Actress)
PERFORMERS
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ann Blyth, Shirley Jones, Tab Hunter, Jimmie Rodgers and Tommy Sands ("April Love" from April Love)
Vic Damone ("An Affair to Remember" from An Affair to Remember)
Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster ("It's Great Not to Be Nominated")
Rock Hudson and Mae West ("Baby, It's Cold Outside")
Johnny Mathis ("Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind)
Debbie Reynolds ("Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor)
