25th Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture Best Director
  • Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures – The Greatest Show on Earth
    • Stanley Kramer for United Artists – High Noon
    • Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Ivanhoe
    • John Huston for United Artists – Moulin Rouge
    • John Ford and Merian C. Cooper for Republic Pictures – The Quiet Man
  • John Ford – The Quiet Man
    • Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth
    • John Huston – Moulin Rouge
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Five Fingers
    • Fred Zinnemann – High Noon
Best Actor Best Actress
  • Gary Cooper – High Noon
    • Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata!
    • Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful
    • José Ferrer – Moulin Rouge
    • Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob
  • Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
    • Joan Crawford – Sudden Fear
    • Bette Davis – The Star
    • Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding
    • Susan Hayward – With a Song in My Heart
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata!
    • Richard Burton – My Cousin Rachel
    • Arthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky
    • Victor McLaglen – The Quiet Man
    • Jack Palance – Sudden Fear
  • Gloria Grahame – The Bad and the Beautiful
    • Jean Hagen – Singin' in the Rain
    • Colette Marchand – Moulin Rouge
    • Terry Moore – Come Back, Little Sheba
    • Thelma Ritter – With a Song in My Heart
Best Screenplay Best Story and Screenplay
  • The Bad and the Beautiful – Charles Schnee
    • Five Fingers – Michael Wilson
    • High Noon – Carl Foreman
    • The Man in the White Suit – Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick
    • The Quiet Man – Frank S. Nugent
  • The Lavender Hill Mob – T.E.B. Clarke
    • The Atomic City – Sydney Boehm
    • Breaking the Sound Barrier – Terence Rattigan
    • Pat and Mike – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
    • Viva Zapata! – John Steinbeck
Best Story Best Animated Short Film
  • The Greatest Show on Earth – Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett
    • My Son John – Leo McCarey
    • The Narrow Margin – Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard
    • The Pride of St. Louis – Guy Trosper
    • The Sniper – Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt
  • Johann Mouse
    • Little Johnny Jet
    • Madeline
    • Pink and Blue Blues
    • The Romance of Transportation in Canada
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
  • The Sea Around Us
    • The Hoaxters
    • Navajo
  • Neighbours
    • Devil Take Us
    • The Garden Spider
    • Man Alive!
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
  • Light in the Window
    • Athletes of the Saddle
    • Desert Killer
    • Neighbours
    • Royal Scotland
  • Water Birds
    • Bridge of Time
    • Devil Take Us
    • Thar She Blows!
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score Best Musical Score
  • High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Ivanhoe – Miklos Rozsa
    • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner
    • The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • Viva Zapata! – Alex North
  • With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf
    • The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner
    • The Medium – Gian-Carlo Menotti
    • Singin' in the Rain – Lennie Hayton
Best Original Song Best Sound Recording
  • "High Noon" from High Noon – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
    • "Am I in Love" from Son of Paleface – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
    • "Because You're Mine" from Because You're Mine – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
    • "Thumbelina" from Hans Christian Andersen – Music and Lyric by Frank Loesser
    • "Zing a Little Zong" from Just for You – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Leo Robin
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier – London Films Sound Department
    • The Card – Pinewood Studios Sound Department
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
    • The Quiet Man – Republic Studio Sound Department; Daniel J. Bloomberg
    • With a Song in My Heart – Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department; Thomas T. Moulton
Best Art Direction, Black and White Best Art Direction, Color
  • The Bad and the Beautiful – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason
    • Carrie – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
    • My Cousin Rachel – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
    • Rashomon – Art Direction: So Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto
    • Viva Zapata! – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter
  • Moulin Rouge – Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Art Direction: Richard Day and Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
    • The Merry Widow – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams
    • The Quiet Man – Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles Thompson
    • The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
Best Cinematography, Black and White Best Cinematography, Color
  • The Bad and the Beautiful – Robert Surtees
    • The Big Sky – Russell Harlan
    • My Cousin Rachel – Joseph LaShelle
    • Navajo – Virgil Miller
    • Sudden Fear – Charles Lang, Jr.
  • The Quiet Man – Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Harry Stradling
    • Ivanhoe – F.A. Young
    • Million Dollar Mermaid – George J. Folsey
    • The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design, Black and White Best Costume Design, Color
  • The Bad and the Beautiful – Helen Rose
    • Affair in Trinidad – Jean Louis
    • Carrie – Edith Head
    • My Cousin Rachel – Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins
    • Sudden Fear – Sheila O'Brien
  • Moulin Rouge – Marcel Vertes
    • The Greatest Show on Earth – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Clave, Mary Wills and Barbara Karinska
    • The Merry Widow – Helen Rose and Gile Steele
    • With a Song in My Heart – Charles LeMaire
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
  • High Noon – Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad
    • Come Back, Little Sheba – Warren Low
    • Flat Top – William Austin
    • The Greatest Show on Earth – Anne Bauchens
    • Moulin Rouge – Ralph Kemplen
  • Plymouth Adventure

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