1954
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- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.*Top Rated Movies*
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*ACTOR -- Marlon Brando
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Eva Marie Saint
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Richard Day
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Boris Kaufman
*DIRECTING -- Elia Kazan
*FILM EDITING -- Gene Milford
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Leonard Bernstein
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Sam Spiegel, Producer
*WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- Budd Schulberg - DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsBing CrosbyGrace KellyWilliam HoldenA director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Grace Kelly
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- George Seaton - DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartJosé FerrerVan JohnsonWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.[BEST PICTURE]
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsClifton WebbDorothy McGuireJean PetersThree American women working in Rome, Italy share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage. Each one experiences a few bumps in her journey to romance.[BEST PICTURE]
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Milton Krasner
*MUSIC (Song) -- "Three Coins In The Fountain," Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn - DirectorStanley DonenStarsJane PowellHoward KeelJeff RichardsWhen a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin - DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonHarry MorganBiography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.*SOUND RECORDING -- Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorLaraine DayWhen a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Dimitri Tiomkin
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsWard WilsonDwight Weist*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Robert Youngson, Producer
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsHumphrey BogartAudrey HepburnWilliam HoldenA playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.*COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Edith Head
- DirectorLindsay AndersonGuy BrentonStarsRichard BurtonWon the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- World Wide Pictures and Morse Films
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsBarry AtwaterRobert SherryCorey AllenA dramatic incident from the American Civil War when two Union soldiers and one Confederate soldier, facing each other at a battle front, agree on an hour's truce.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders, Producers
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsHumphrey BogartAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienThis is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Edmond O'Brien
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsSpencer TracyRobert WagnerJean PetersThe saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.*WRITING (Motion Picture Story) -- Philip Yordan
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul LukasA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Walt Disney Studios - DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerStory of the American prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed there.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorPete BurnessStarsJim BackusHenny BackusJerry HausnerMr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater. Little does Magoo know the man he is sitting next to is actually a thief and when a detective appears on the plane to track the thief down, Magoo thinks it's all part of the movie. After doing some wing walking, Magoo reenters the plane and exposes the thief to the detective. When the plane lands, Magoo remarks that they should have shown a cartoon particularly one with that "delightful near sighted fellow".*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Stephen Bosustow, Producer
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard BasehartA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.*FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Italy; Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyVan JohnsonCyd CharisseTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsWilliam HoldenGrace KellyFredric MarchSet during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.*SPECIAL EFFECTS
- DirectorNancy HamiltonStarsKatharine CornellHelen KellerPolly ThompsonThis documentary chronicles the life of Helen Keller, who was struck by an illness as a young child that left her both blind and deaf. Aided by her devoted teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller is able to develop ways to communicate and becomes an author and advocate. Made when Keller was 72 years old, this film, directed by Nancy Hamilton and narrated by actress Katharine Cornell, features old and recent footage of Keller as her remarkable journey leads her to meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Nancy Hamilton, Producer
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsHarry BelafonteDorothy DandridgePearl BaileyContemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsMarlon BrandoJean SimmonsMerle OberonThe rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneMariko OkadaRentarô MikuniDepicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.*HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD -- Japan
To Samurai, The Legend of Musashi - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955. - DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam HoldenBarbara StanwyckJune AllysonWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.*Top Rated Movies*
Nominated for 2 Oscars.