Academy Award 1955 (march 30, 1955)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 27 of the event; awards assigned:

Migliore film

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Sam Spiegel

nominations for the movie :

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Stanley Kramer

poster del film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
Jack Cummings

The Country Girl
Assigned to
William Perlberg

poster del film Three Coins in the Fountain

Three Coins in the Fountain
Assigned to
Sol C.siegel

Best Foreign Language Film

for the movie Gate of Hell

Best director

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Elia Kazan

nominations for the movie :

rear window
Assigned to
Alfred Hitchcock

Sabrina

The Country Girl
Assigned to
George Seaton

The High and the Mighty
Assigned to
William A. Wellman

Migliore soggetto

for the movie broken lance

nominations for the movie :

pane, amore e fantasia
Assigned to
Ettore Maria Margadonna

therès no business like show business

jeux interdits

night people

Best original screenplay

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Budd Schulberg

nominations for the movie :

the glenn miller story
Assigned to
Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney

the barefoot contessa

knock on wood
Assigned to
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

genevieve
Assigned to
William Rose

Best non-original screenplay

for the movie The Country Girl
Assigned to
George Seaton

nominations for the movie :

rear window
Assigned to
John Michael Hayes

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Stanley Roberts

Sabrina
Assigned to
Ernest Lehman

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Dorothy Kingsley

best actor

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Marlon Brando

nominations for the movie :

Robinson Crusoe
Assigned to
Dan O'Herlihy

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Humphrey Bogart

a star is born
Assigned to
James Mason

The Country Girl
Assigned to
Bing Crosby

best actress

for the movie The Country Girl
Assigned to
Grace Kelly

nominations for the movie :

magnificent obsession
Assigned to
Jane Wyman

Sabrina

a star is born
Assigned to
Judy Garland

carmen jones
Assigned to
Dorothy Dandridge

best supporting actor

for the movie the barefoot contessa
Assigned to
Edmond O'brien

nominations for the movie :

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Tom Tully

On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb

best supporting actress

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Eva Marie Saint

nominations for the movie :

broken lance
Assigned to
Katy Jurado

The High and the Mighty
Assigned to
Jan Sterling, Claire Trevor

executive suite
Assigned to
Nina Foch

best color photography

for the movie Three Coins in the Fountain
Assigned to
Milton R. Krasner

nominations for the movie :

rear window
Assigned to
Robert Burks

the silver chalice
Assigned to
William V.skall

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
George J. Folsey

the egyptian
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

best black and white photography

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Boris Kaufman

nominations for the movie :

Sabrina
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

The Country Girl
Assigned to
John F. Warren

executive suite
Assigned to
George J. Folsey

rogue cop
Assigned to
John F.seitz

best score for comedy or musical film

for the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
Saul Chaplin, Adolph Deutsch

nominations for the movie :

therès no business like show business
Assigned to
Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman

a star is born
Assigned to
Ray Heindorf

the glenn miller story
Assigned to
Henry Mancini, Joseph Gershenson

carmen jones
Assigned to
Herschel Burke Gilbert

best score for drama

for the movie The High and the Mighty
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

nominations for the movie :

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Max Steiner

On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Leonard Bernstein

the silver chalice
Assigned to
Franz Waxman

genevieve
Assigned to
Larry Adler

best editing

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Gene Milford

nominations for the movie :

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
Henry Batista, William A. Lyon

poster del film 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Assigned to
Elmo Williams

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
Ralph E. Winters

The High and the Mighty
Assigned to
Ralph Dawson

best costumes for color films

for the movie Gate of Hell
Assigned to
Sanzo Wada

nominations for the movie :

Désirée
Assigned to
Charles Le maire, René Hubert

brigadoon
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

therès no business like show business
Assigned to
Miles White, Charles Le maire, Travilla

a star is born
Assigned to
Mary Ann Nyberg, Jean-Louis, Irene Sharaff

best black and white movie costumes

for the movie Sabrina
Assigned to
Edith Head

nominations for the movie :

executive suite
Assigned to
Helen Rose

madame de..
Assigned to
Georges Annenkov, Rosine Delamare

It Should Happen to You
Assigned to
Jean-Louis

Terminal Station
Assigned to
Christian Dior

Best production design for color movie

for the movie 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Assigned to
Emile Kuri, John Ii Meehan

nominations for the movie :

Désirée
Assigned to
Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox

brigadoon
Assigned to
F. Keogh gleason, E.Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons

a star is born
Assigned to
Malcolm C. Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff, George James Hopkins

red garters
Assigned to
Sam Comer, Ray Moyer, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson

Best production design for black and white movie

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Richard Day

nominations for the movie :

Sabrina
Assigned to
Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

The Country Girl
Assigned to
Grace Gregory, Sam Comer, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson

executive suite
Assigned to
Edwin B. Willis, Edward C.carfagno, Cedric Gibbons, Emile Kuri

Le plaisir

Best sound

for the movie the glenn miller story
Assigned to
Leslie I.carey

nominations for the movie :

rear window
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder

The Caine Mutiny
Assigned to
John P.livadary

brigadoon
Assigned to
Wesley C.miller

susan slept here
Assigned to
John O.aalberg

best special effects

for the movie 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

nominations for the movie :

them !

hell and high water

best song

for the movie Three Coins in the Fountain
Assigned to
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

nominations for the movie :

a star is born
Assigned to
Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen

white christmas
Assigned to
Irving Berlin

The High and the Mighty
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

susan slept here
Assigned to
Jack Lawrence, Richard Myers

Special Award

for the movie The Kidnappers
Assigned to
Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter

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Academy Award 1955 (march 30, 1955)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 27 of the event; awards assigned: