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- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST MOTION PICTURE
01. From here to eternity · Buddy Adler
02. Shane · George Stevens
03. Roman holiday · William Wyler
04. Julius Caesar · John Houseman
05. The robe · Frank Ross - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST DIRECTING
01. Fred Zinnemann · From here to eternity
02. George Stevens · Shane
03. William Wyler · Roman holiday
04. Billy Wilder · Stalag 17
05. Charles Walters · Lili - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST ACTOR
01. Montgomery Clift · From here to eternity
02. Burt Lancaster · From here to eternity
03. Marlon Brando · Julius Caesar
04. William Holden · Stalag 17
05. Richard Burton · The robe - DirectorOtto PremingerStarsWilliam HoldenDavid NivenMaggie McNamaraTwo aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.BEST ACTRESS
01. Maggie McNamara · The moon is blue
02. Deborah Kerr · From here to eternity
03. Ava Gardner · Mogambo
04. Audrey Hepburn · Roman holiday
05. Leslie Caron · Lili - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Frank Sinatra · From here to eternity
02. Brandon de Wilde · Shane
03. Jack Palance · Shane
04. Eddie Albert · Roman holiday
05. Robert Strauss · Stalag 17 - DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkJean PetersThelma RitterA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Thelma Ritter · Pickup on South Street
02. Donna Reed · From here to eternity
03. Geraldine Page · Hondo
04. Grace Kelly · Mogambo
05. Marjorie Rambeau · Torch song - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.BEST WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)
01. Roman holiday · Dalton Trumbo
02. The captain's paradise · Alec Coppel
03. Little fugitive · Ray Ashley · Morris Engel · Ruth Orkin
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Above and beyond · Beirne Lay Jr. - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST WRITING (Screenplay)
01. From here to eternity · Daniel Taradash
02. Shane · A. B. Guthrie Jr.
03. Roman holiday · Ian McLellan Hunter · John Dighton
04. Lili · Helen Deutsch
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The cruel sea · Eric Ambler - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseOscar LevantA pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.BEST WRITING (Story and screenplay)
01. The band wagon · Betty Comden · Adolph Green
02. The naked spur · Sam Rolfe · Harold Jack Bloom
03. Titanic · Charles Brackett · Walter Reisch · Richard Breen
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The desert rats · Richard Murphy
Take the hight ground · Millard Kaufman - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
01. Shane · Loyal Griggs
02. The robe · Leon Shamroy
03. All the brothers were valiant · George Folsey
04. Lili · Robert Planck
05. Beneath the 12-mile reef · Edward Cronjager - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (B/W)
01. From here to eternity · Burnett Guffey
02. Julius Caesar · Joseph Ruttenberg
03. Roman holiday · Frank Planer · Henri Alekan
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The four poster · Hal Mohr
Martin Luther · Joseph C. Brun - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLouis CalhernMarlon BrandoJames MasonThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.BEST ART DIRECTION (B/W)
01. Julius Caesar · Cedric Gibbons · Edward Carfagno · Edwin B. Willis · Hugh Hunt
02. Titanic · Lyle Wheeler · Maurice Ransford · Stuart Reiss
03. Roman holiday · Hal Pereira · Walter Tyler
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Martin Luther · Fritz Maurischat · Paul Markwitz
The president's lady · Lyle Wheeler · Leland Fuller · Paul S. Fox - DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard BurtonJean SimmonsVictor MatureIn the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.BEST ART DIRECTION (Color)
01. The robe · Lyle Wheeler · George W. Davis · Walter M. Scott · Paul S. Fox
02. Lili · Cedric Gibbons · Paul Groesse · Edwin B. Willis · Arthur Krams
03. Knights of the round table · Alfred Junge · Hans Peters · John Jarvis
04. Young Bess · Cedric Gibbons · Urie McCleary · Edwin B. Willis · Jack D. Moore
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The story of three loves · Cedric Gibbons · Edward Carfagno · Gabriel Scognamillo · Edwin B. Willis · Keogh Gleason · Arthur Krams · Jack D. Moore · Preton Ames - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture)
01. From here to eternity · Morris Stoloff · George Duning
02. Julius Caesar · Miklos Rozsa
03. Lili · Bronislau Kaper
04. This is cinerama · Louis Forbes
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Above and beyond · Hugo Friedhofer - DirectorWalter LangStarsEthel MermanDonald O'ConnorVera-EllenWashington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a musical picture)
01. Call me Madam · Alfred Newman
02. The band wagon · Adolph Deutsch
03. The 5000 fingers of Dr. T · Frederick Hollander · Morris Stoloff
04. Kiss me Kate · Andre Previn · Saul Chaplin
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Calamity Jane · Ray Heindorf - DirectorLászló KardosStarsJane PowellFarley GrangerAnn MillerA judge's daughter keeps an eye on a playboy who gets 30 days in jail for speeding.BEST MUSIC (Song)
01. Small town girl · My flaming heart · Nicholas Brodszky · Leo Robin
02. The caddy · That's amore · Harry Warren · Jack Brooks
03. Calamity Jane · Secret love · Sammy Fain · Paul Francis Webster
04. Miss Sadie Thompson · Sadie Thompson's song · Lester Lee · Ned Washington
05. The moon is blue · The moon is blue · Sylvia Fine · Herschel Burke Gilbert - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST FILM EDITING
01. From here to eternity · William Lyon
02. The war of the worlds · Everett Douglas
03. Robert Swink · Roman holiday
04. The moon is blue · Otto Ludwig
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Crazylegs · Irvine (Cotton) Warburton - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.BEST SOUND RECORDING
01. From here to eternity · John P. Livadary · Columbia
02. The war of the worlds · Loren L. Ryder · Paramount
03. Knights of the round table · A. W. Watkins · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Calamity Jane · William A. Mueller · Warner Bros
The Mississippi gambler · Leslie I. Carey · Universal-International - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.BEST COSTUME DESIGN (B/W)
01. Roman holiday · Edith Head
02. From here to eternity · Jean Louis
03. The actress · Walter Plunkett
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Dream wife · Helen Rose · Hershel McCoy
The president's lady · Charles LeMaire · Renie - DirectorJean NegulescoStarsMarilyn MonroeBetty GrableLauren BacallThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Color)
01. How to marry a millionaire · Charles LeMaire · Travilla
02. Call me Madam · Irene Sharaff
03. The band wagon · Mary Ann Nyberg
04. The robe · Charles LeMaire · Emile Santiago
05. Young Bess · Walter Plunkett - DirectorTed ParmeleeStarsJames MasonJack MatherA madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.BEST SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)
01. The tell tale heart · Stephen Bosustow
02. Toot, whistle, plunk and boom · Walt Disney
03. Christopher Crumpet · Stephen Bosustow
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From A to Z-Z-Z-Z · Edward Selzer
Rugged bear · Walt Disney - DirectorHilton EdwardsStarsMichael LaurenceShelah RichardsHelena HughesOrson Welles, on break from filming Othello, relates a tale he heard one spooky Irish midnight not so long ago when, driving through the countryside, he picked up a man with car trouble who told of a strange encounter with two hitchhikers.BEST SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
01. Return to Glennascaul · Dublin gate theatre productions
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Ben and me · Walt Disney
Vesuvius express · Otto Lang
Winter paradise · Cedric Francis
Bear country · Walt Disney