27TH ACADEMY AWARDS
March 30, 1955
RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
& NBC Century Theatre, New York, NY
Hosted by Bob Hope (Hollywood) & Thelma Ritter (New York)
MOTION PICTURE
| “The Caine Mutiny” |
| “The Country Girl” |
| “On the Waterfront” |
| “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” |
| “Three Coins in the Fountain” |
DIRECTOR
| Alfred Hitchcock – “Rear Window” |
| Elia Kazan – “On the Waterfront” |
| George Seaton – “The Country Girl” |
| William A. Wellman – “The High and the Mighty” |
| Billy Wilder – “Sabrina” |
ACTOR
| Humphrey Bogart – “The Caine Mutiny” |
| Marlon Brando – “On the Waterfront” |
| Bing Crosby – “The Country Girl” |
| James Mason – “A Star Is Born” |
| Dan O’Herlihy – “Robinson Crusoe” |
ACTRESS
| Dorothy Dandridge – “Carmen Jones” |
| Judy Garland – “A Star Is Born” |
| Audrey Hepburn – “Sabrina” |
| Grace Kelly – “The Country Girl” |
| Jane Wyman – “Magnificent Obsession” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
| Lee J. Cobb – “On the Waterfront” |
| Karl Malden – “On the Waterfront |
| Edmond O’Brien – “The Barefoot Contessa” |
| Rod Steiger – “On the Waterfront” |
| Tom Tully – “The Caine Mutiny” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| Nina Foch – “Executive Suite” |
| Katy Jurado – “Broken Lance” |
| Eva Marie Saint – “On the Waterfront” |
| Jan Sterling – “The High and the Mighty” |
| Claire Trevor – “The High and the Mighty” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & WHITE)
“The Country Girl”
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Grace Gregory |
“Executive Suite”
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri |
“Le Plaisir”
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Max Ophüls |
“On the Waterfront”
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Richard Day |
“Sabrina”
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer |
ART DIRECTION
(COLOR)
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
Art Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri |
“Brigadoon”
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason |
“Désirée”
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox |
“Red Garters”
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer |
“A Star Is Born”
Art Direction: Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen and Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & WHITE)
| “The Country Girl” – John F. Warren |
| “Executive Suite” – George Folsey |
| “On the Waterfront” – Boris Kaufman |
| “Rogue Cop” – John Seitz |
| “Sabrina” – Charles Lang |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(COLOR)
| “The Egyptian” – Leon Shamroy |
| “Rear Window” – Robert Burks |
| “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – George Folsey |
| “The Silver Chalice” – William V. Skall |
| “Three Coins in the Fountain” – Milton Krasner |
COSTUME DESIGN
(BLACK & WHITE)
| “The Earrings of Madame de…” – Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare |
| “Executive Suite” – Helen Rose |
| “Indiscretion of an American Wife” – Christian Dior |
| “It Should Happen to You” – Jean Louis |
| “Sabrina” – Edith Head |
COSTUME DESIGN
(COLOR)
| “Brigadoon” – Irene Sharaff |
| “Désirée” – Charles LeMaire and René Hubert |
| “Gate of Hell” – Sanzo Wada |
| “A Star Is Born” – Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff |
| “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
| “The Stratford Adventure” – Guy Glover |
| “The Vanishing Prairie” – Walt Disney |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
| “Jet Carrier” |
| “Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait” |
| “Thursday’s Children” |
FILM EDITING
| “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” – Elmo Williams |
| “The Caine Mutiny” – William A. Lyon and Henry Batista |
| “The High and the Mighty” – Ralph Dawson |
| “On the Waterfront” – Gene Milford |
| “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – Ralph E. Winters |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
| “Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)” (Japan) |
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
| “Crazy Mixed Up Pup” |
| “Pigs Is Pigs” |
| “Sandy Claws” |
| “Touché, Pussy Cat!” |
| “When Magoo Flew” |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(ONE-REEL)
| “The First Piano Quartette” – Otto Lang |
| “This Mechanical Age” – Robert Youngson |
| “The Strauss Fantasy” – Johnny Green |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(TWO-REEL)
| “Beauty and the Bull” – Cedric Francis |
| “Jet Carrier” – Otto Lang |
| “Siam” – Walt Disney Productions |
| “A Time Out of War” – Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders |
Scoring of a Dramatic or comedy Picture
| “The Caine Mutiny” – Max Steiner |
| “Genevieve” – Larry Adler |
| “The High and the Mighty” – Dimitri Tiomkin |
| “On the Waterfront” – Leonard Bernstein |
| “The Silver Chalice” – Franz Waxman |
Scoring of a Musical Picture
| “Carmen Jones” – Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| “The Glenn Miller Story” – Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini |
| “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin |
| “A Star Is Born” – Ray Heindorf |
| “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman |
SONG
“The High and the Mighty” from “The High and the Mighty”
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
“The Man That Got Away” from “A Star Is Born”
Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin |
“Hold My Hand” from “Susan Slept Here”
Music and Lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers |
“Three Coins in the Fountain” from “Three Coins in the Fountain”
Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn |
“Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep” from “White Christmas”
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin |
SOUND RECORDING
| “Brigadoon” – Wesley C. Miller |
| “The Caine Mutiny” – John P. Livadary |
| “The Glenn Miller Story” – Leslie I. Carey |
| “Rear Window” – Loren L. Ryder |
| “Susan Slept Here” – John O. Aalberg |
SPECIAL EFFECTS
| “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” |
| “Hell and High Water” |
| “Them!” |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
| “The Caine Mutiny” – Stanley Roberts |
| “The Country Girl” – George Seaton |
| “Rear Window” – John Michael Hayes |
| “Sabrina” – Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman |
| “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley |
WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)
| “Bread, Love and Dreams” – Ettore Maria Margadonna |
| “Broken Lance” – Philip Yordan |
| “Forbidden Games” – Francois Boyer |
| “Night People” – Jed Harris and Tom Reed |
| “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – Lamar Trotti |
WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)
| “The Barefoot Contessa” – Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| “Genevieve” – William Rose |
| “The Glenn Miller Story” – Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney |
| “Knock on Wood” – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank |
| “On the Waterfront” – Budd Schulberg |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Bausch and Lomb Optical
“for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Kemp R. Niver
“for the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection”. |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Greta Garbo
“for her unforgettable screen performances” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Danny Kaye
“for his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Jon Whiteley
“for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Vincent Winter
“for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers” |
- “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
- “The Barefoot Contessa”
- “Bread, Love and Dreams”
- “Brigadoon”
- “Broken Lance”
- “The Caine Mutiny”
- “Carmen Jones”
- “The Country Girl”
- “Désirée”
- “The Earrings of Madame de…”
- “The Egyptian”
- “Executive Suite”
- “Forbidden Games”
- “Gate of Hell”
- “Genevieve”
- “The Glenn Miller Story”
- “The High and the Mighty”
- “Indiscretion of an American Wife”
- “It Should Happen to You”
- “Knock on Wood”
- “Le Plaisir”
- “Magnificent Obsession”
- “Night People”
- “On the Waterfront”
- “Rear Window”
- “Red Garters”
- “Robinson Crusoe”
- “Rogue Cop”
- “Sabrina”
- “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”
- “The Silver Chalice”
- “A Star Is Born”
- “Susan Slept Here”
- “There’s No Business Like Show Business”
- “Three Coins in the Fountain”
- “White Christmas”
DOCUMENTARY
- “The Stratford Adventure”
- “The Vanishing Prairie”
SHORT FILMS
- “Beauty and the Bull”
- “Crazy Mixed Up Pup”
- “The First Piano Quartette”
- “Jet Carrier”
- “Pigs Is Pigs”
- “Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait”
- “Sandy Claws”
- “Siam”
- “The Strauss Fantasy”
- “This Mechanical Age”
- “Thursday’s Children”
- “A Time Out of War”
- “Touché, Pussy Cat!”
- “When Magoo Flew”
