The 25th Academy Awards | 1953
RKO Pantages Theatre
Thursday, March 19, 1953
Honoring movies released in 1952
Highlights
Best Actor
High Noon
Gary Cooper, accepted by John Wayne
Best Actress
Come Back, Little Sheba
Shirley Booth
Film Editing
High Noon
Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad
Memorable Moments
Harold Lloyd.
Honorary Award recipient
Backstage at the Oscars
Katherine DeMille Quinn (acceptor, Supporting Actor for Anthony Quinn), Cecil B. DeMille (winner, Best Picture, The Greatest Show on Earth and recipient, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award), and Gloria Grahame (Supporting Actress winner, The Bad and the Beautiful)
Walt Disney and Music Winners
Alfred Newman (winner for Scoring of a Musical Picture for With a Song in My Heart), Ned Washington (Original Song winner for High Noon), Walt Disney, and Dimitri Tiomkin (winner of Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Original Song for High Noon)
WINNERS & NOMINEES
A
Affair in Trinidad
1 NOMINATION
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean LouisAthletes of the Saddle
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (One-reel) - Jack Eaton, ProducerThe Atomic City
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Sydney BoehmB
The Bad and the Beautiful
6 NOMINATIONS, 5 WINS
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Gloria Grahame * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Robert Surtees * Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Helen Rose * Writing (Screenplay) - Charles Schnee Actor - Kirk DouglasBecause You're Mine
1 NOMINATION
Music (Song) - Because You're Mine in "Because You're Mine" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy CahnThe Big Sky
2 NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur Hunnicutt Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Russell HarlanBreaking the Sound Barrier
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Sound Recording - London Film Sound Department Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Terence RattiganBridge of Time
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Two-reel) - London Film ProductionC
Carrie
2 NOMINATIONS
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith HeadCome Back, Little Sheba
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Actress - Shirley Booth Actress in a Supporting Role - Terry Moore Film Editing - Warren LowD
Desert Killer
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (One-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, ProducerDevil Take Us
2 NOMINATIONS
Documentary (Short Subject) - Herbert Morgan, Producer Short Subject (Two-reel) - Herbert Morgan, ProducerF
Five Fingers
2 NOMINATIONS
Directing - Joseph L. Mankiewicz Writing (Screenplay) - Michael WilsonFlat Top
1 NOMINATION
Film Editing - William AustinForbidden Games
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Honorary Foreign Language Film Award - Special AwardG
The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema)
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - Alberto Ancilotto, ProducerThe Greatest Show on Earth
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
* Best Motion Picture - Cecil B. DeMille, Producer * Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White Directing - Cecil B. DeMille Film Editing - Anne BauchensH
Hans Christian Andersen
6 NOMINATIONS
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol Cinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling Costume Design (Color) - Clave, Mary Wills, Madame Karinska Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Walter Scharf Music (Song) - Thumbelina in "Hans Christian Andersen" Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound DirectorHigh Noon
7 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
* Actor - Gary Cooper * Film Editing - Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin * Music (Song) - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') in "High Noon" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington Directing - Fred Zinnemann Best Motion Picture - Stanley Kramer, Producer Writing (Screenplay) - Carl ForemanThe Hoaxters
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Feature) - Dore Schary, ProducerI
Ivanhoe
3 NOMINATIONS
Cinematography (Color) - F. A. Young Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa Best Motion Picture - Pandro S. Berman, ProducerJ
The Jazz Singer
1 NOMINATION
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf, Max SteinerJohann Mouse
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Fred Quimby, ProducerJust for You
1 NOMINATION
Music (Song) - Zing A Little Zong in "Just for You" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo RobinL
The Lavender Hill Mob
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Writing (Story and Screenplay) - T. E. B. Clarke Actor - Alec GuinnessLight in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Short Subject (One-reel) - Boris Vermont, ProducerLittle Johnny Jet
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Cartoon) - Fred Quimby, ProducerM
Madeline
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Executive ProducerMan Alive!
1 NOMINATION
Documentary (Short Subject) - Stephen Bosustow, Executive ProducerThe Man in the White Suit
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Screenplay) - Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander MackendrickThe Medium
1 NOMINATION
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Gian-Carlo MenottiThe Member of the Wedding
1 NOMINATION
Actress - Julie HarrisThe Merry Widow
2 NOMINATIONS
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams Costume Design (Color) - Helen Rose, Gile SteeleMillion Dollar Mermaid
1 NOMINATION
Cinematography (Color) - George J. FolseyMiracle of Fatima
1 NOMINATION
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Max SteinerMoulin Rouge
7 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes * Costume Design (Color) - Marcel Vertes Actor - José Ferrer Actress in a Supporting Role - Colette Marchand Directing - John Huston Film Editing - Ralph Kemplen Best Motion Picture - Romulus FilmsMy Cousin Rachel
4 NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Supporting Role - Richard Burton Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph LaShelle Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Charles LeMaire, Dorothy JeakinsMy Son John
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Leo McCareyN
The Narrow Margin
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Martin Goldsmith, Jack LeonardNavajo
2 NOMINATIONS
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Virgil E. Miller Documentary (Feature) - Hall Bartlett, ProducerNeighbours
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Documentary (Short Subject) - Norman McLaren, Producer Short Subject (One-reel) - Norman McLaren, ProducerP
Pat and Mike
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Ruth Gordon, Garson KaninPink and Blue Blues
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Executive ProducerPlymouth Adventure
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Special Effects - Metro-Goldwyn-MayerThe Pride of St. Louis
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Guy TrosperThe Promoter
1 NOMINATION
Sound Recording - Pinewood Studios Sound DepartmentQ
The Quiet Man
7 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
* Cinematography (Color) - Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout * Directing - John Ford Actor in a Supporting Role - Victor McLaglen Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson Best Motion Picture - John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, Producers Sound Recording - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director Writing (Screenplay) - Frank S. NugentR
Rashomon
1 NOMINATION
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. MotsumotoRomance of Transportation
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Cartoon) - Tom Daly, ProducerRoyal Scotland
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (One-reel) - Crown Film UnitS
The Sea around Us
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Documentary (Feature) - Irwin Allen, ProducerSingin' in the Rain
2 NOMINATIONS
Actress in a Supporting Role - Jean Hagen Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Lennie HaytonThe Sniper
1 NOMINATION
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Edna Anhalt, Edward AnhaltThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
2 NOMINATIONS
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox Cinematography (Color) - Leon ShamroySon of Paleface
1 NOMINATION
Music (Song) - Am I In Love in "Son of Paleface" Music and Lyrics by Jack BrooksThe Star
1 NOMINATION
Actress - Bette DavisSudden Fear
4 NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Palance Actress - Joan Crawford Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Charles B. Lang, Jr. Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Sheila O'BrienT
Thar She Blows!
1 NOMINATION
Short Subject (Two-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, ProducerThe Thief
1 NOMINATION
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Herschel Burke GilbertV
Viva Zapata!
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Actor in a Supporting Role - Anthony Quinn Actor - Marlon Brando Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alex North Writing (Story and Screenplay) - John SteinbeckW
Water Birds
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
* Short Subject (Two-reel) - Walt Disney, ProducerWith a Song in My Heart
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman Actress - Susan Hayward Actress in a Supporting Role - Thelma Ritter Costume Design (Color) - Charles LeMaire Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound DirectorNo Films Found