1953

1953 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first, in bold print)

Best Picture

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Julius Caesar (1953)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Shane (1953)

The Robe (1953)

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role

William Holden, Stalag 17 (1953)

Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar (1953)

Richard Burton, The Robe (1953)

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday (1953)

Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Leslie Caron, Lili (1953)

Ava Gardner, Mogambo (1953)

Maggie McNamara, The Moon is Blue (1953)

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday (1953)

Brandon De Wilde, Shane (1953)

Jack Palance, Shane (1953)

Robert Strauss, Stalag 17 (1953)

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Geraldine Page, Hondo (1953)

Grace Kelly, Mogambo (1953)

Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street (1953)

Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song (1953)

 

Best Director

Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Charles Walters, Lili (1953)

William Wyler, Roman Holiday (1953)

George Stevens, Shane (1953)

Billy Wilder, Stalag 17 (1953)

 

Best Writing, Screenplay

Daniel Taradash, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Helen Deutsch, Lili (1953)

Ian McLellan Hunter; John Dighton, Roman Holiday (1953)

A.B. Guthrie Jr., Shane (1953)

Eric Ambler, The Cruel Sea (1953)

 

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

Dalton Trumbo (as Ian McLellan Hunter per blacklist), Roman Holiday (1953)

Beirne Lay Jr., Above and Beyond (1952)

Louis L'Amour, Hondo (1953) – nomination subsequently disqualified (as non-original)

Ray Ashley; Morris Engel; Ruth Orkin, Little Fugitive (1953)

Alec Coppel, The Captain's Paradise (1953)

 

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

Charles Brackett; Walter Reisch; Richard L. Breen, Titanic (1953)

Millard Kaufman, Take the High Ground! (1953)

Betty Comden; Adolph Green, The Band Wagon (1953)

Richard Murphy, The Desert Rats (1953)

Sam Rolfe; Harold Jack Bloom, The Naked Spur (1953)

 

Best Color Cinematography

Loyal Griggs, Shane (1953)

George J. Folsey, All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)

Edward Cronjager, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

Rbert H. Planck, Lili (1953)

Leon Shamroy, The Robe (1953)

 

Best B&W Cinematography

Burnett Guffrey, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Joseph Ruttenberg, Julius Caesar (1953)

Joseph C. Brun, Martin Luther (1953)

Franz Planer; Henri Alekan, Roman Holiday (1953)

Hal Mohr, The Four Poster (1952)

 

Best B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons; Edward C. Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis; Hugh Hunt, Julius Caesar (1953)

Fritz Maurischat; Paul Markwitz, Martin Luther (1953)

Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler, Roman Holiday (1953)

Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Paul S. Fox, The President’s Lady (1953)

Lyle R. Wheeler; Maurice Ransford; Stuart A. Reiss, Titanic (1953)

 

Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration

Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott; Paul S. Fox, The Robe (1953)

Alfred Junge; Hans Peters; John Jarvis, Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis; Arthur Krams, Lili (1953)

Cedric Gibbons; E. Preston Ames; Edward C. Carfagno; Gabriel Scognamillo; Edwin B. Willis; F. Keogh Gleason; Arthur Krams; Jack D. Moore, The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Cedric Gibbons; Urie McCleary; Edwin B. Willis; Jack D. Moore, Young Bess (1953)

 

Best B&W Costume Design

Edith Head, Roman Holiday (1953)

Helen Rose; Herschel McCoy, Dream Wife (1953)

Jean Louis, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Walter Plunkett, The Actress (1953)

Charles Le Maire; Renié, The President’s Lady (1953)

 

Best Color Costume Design

Charles Le Maire; Emile Santiago, The Robe (1953)

Irene Sharaff, Call Me Madam (1953)

Charles Le Maire; Travilla, How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Mary Ann Nyberg, The Band Wagon (1953)

Walter Plunkett, Young Bess (1953)

 

Best Sound, Recording

John P. Livadary, From Here to Eternity (1953)

William A. Mueller, Calamity Jane (1953)

A.W. Watkins, Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Leslie I. Carey, The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

Loren L. Ryder, The War of the Worlds (1953)

 

Best Film Editing

William A. Lyon, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Cotton Warburton, Crazylegs (1953)

Robert Swink, Roman Holiday (1953)

Otto Ludwig, The Moon Is Blue (1953)

Everett Douglas, The War of the Worlds (1953)

 

Best Effects, Special Effects

The War of the Worlds (1953)

 

Best Music, Original Song

Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics), "Secret Love", Calamity Jane (1953)

Lester Lee (music); Ned Washington (lyrics), "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)", Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)

Nicholas Brodszky (music); Leo Robin (lyrics), "My Flaming Heart", Small Town Girl (1953)

Harry Warren (music); Jack Brooks (lyrics), "That's Amore", The Caddy (1953)

Herschel Burke Gilbert (music); Sylvia Fine (lyrics), "The Moon Is Blue", The Moon is Blue (1953)

 

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Alfred Newman, Call Me Madam (1953)

Ray Heindorf, Calamity Jane (1953)

André Previn; Saul Chaplin, Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Friedrich Hollaender; Morris Stoloff, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

Adolph Deutsch, The Band Wagon (1953)

 

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Bronislau Kaper, Lili (1953)

Hugo Friedhofer, Above and Beyond (1953)

Morris Stoloff; George Duning, From Here to Eternity (1953)

Miklós Rózsa, Julius Caesar (1953)

Louis Forbes, This Is Cinerama (1952)

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