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:

Best Motion Picture

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 International Feature Film

for the movie Gate of Hell

Best Achievement in Directing

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

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

for the movie Broken Lance

nominations for the movie :

pane, amore e fantasia
Assigned to
Ettore Maria Margadonna

There's 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 Adapted 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 in a Leading Role

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 in a Leading Role

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 Actor in a Supporting Role

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 Actress in a Supporting Role

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 Cinematography, Color

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

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Assigned to
George J. Folsey

the egyptian
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

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 Music, Original Comedy Score

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

nominations for the movie :

There's 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
Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini

carmen jones
Assigned to
Herschel Burke Gilbert

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

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
William A. Lyon, Henry Batista

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 Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

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

nominations for the movie :

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

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

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

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

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

for the movie On the Waterfront
Assigned to
Richard Day

nominations for the movie :

Sabrina
Assigned to
Ray Moyer, Sam Comer

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

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

Le plaisir

Best Costume Design, Color

for the movie Gate of Hell
Assigned to
Sanzo Wada

nominations for the movie :

Désirée
Assigned to
René Hubert, Charles Le maire

brigadoon
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

There's No Business Like Show Business
Assigned to
Travilla, Miles White, Charles Le maire

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

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

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 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 Original 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
Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence

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: