26th Academy Awards
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The 26th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1954, simultaneously at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood (hosted by Donald O'Connor), and the NBC Center Theatre in New York City (hosted by Fredric March).
The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in Philadelphia, presented the Academy Award for Best Actor through a live broadcast cut-in, having privately received the winner's name over the telephone from O'Connor. Gary Cooper pre-recorded his presentation of the Academy Award for Best Actress while on location in Mexico shooting Garden of Evil, with O'Connor then announcing the winner's name live.
All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films. Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity won eight awards from its thirteen nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay (Daniel Taradash), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Burnett Guffey), Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing. It was the third film to receive five acting nominations. Its eight awards matched the record set by Gone with the Wind in 1939. Walt Disney won four awards, a record shared by him and Sean Baker for most Oscars won by a single person in the same year (Bong Joon Ho won three at the 92nd Academy Awards[1]Template:Efn and accepted a fourth for Best International Feature on behalf of South Korea.)
William Holden's acceptance speech for Best Actor for Stalag 17 was simply "Thank You", making it one of the shortest speeches on record, as it was cut short by the broadcast cut to a commercial. Holden, frustrated, later personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he had wanted to in his speech, remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Oscar for From Here to Eternity instead of him, and expounded backstage on a system he felt valued commercials over program content;[2] NBC had cut to commercials during the middle of other acceptance speeches as well that evening.[2]
Winners and nominees
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Awards
Nominees were announced on February 15, 1954. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3]
Best Special Effects
Honorary Awards
- To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialties.
- To 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope.
- To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code.
- To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Presenters and performers
Presenters
| Name(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding | Presenters of the Documentary Awards |
| Jack Webb | Presenter of the award for Best Sound Recording |
| Keefe Brasselle and Marilyn Erskine | Presenters of the Short Subject Awards |
| Esther Williams | Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing |
| Gene Tierney | Presenter of the awards for Costume Design |
| Gower Champion Marge Champion |
Presenters of the award for Art Direction |
| Lex Barker and Lana Turner | Presenters of the awards for Cinematography |
| Kirk Douglas | Presenter of the Writing awards |
| Irene Dunne | Presenter of the award for Best Director |
| Walter Brennan | Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Mercedes McCambridge | Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Arthur Freed | Presenter of the Music awards |
| Gary Cooper | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
| Shirley Booth | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
| Cecil B. DeMille | Presenter of the award for Best Motion Picture |
| Merle Oberon | Presenter of the award for Best Special Effects |
| Charles Brackett | Presenter of the Honorary Awards |
| Tyrone Power | Presenter of the Scientific & Technical Awards |
| David O. Selznick | Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Award |
Performers
| Name(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| André Previn | Conductor the Academy Awards orchestra |
| Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'Connor | Performers of "The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue |
| Connie Russell | Performer of "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" from Miss Sadie Thompson |
| Ann Blyth | Performer of "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane |
| Dean Martin | Performer of "That's Amore" from The Caddy |
Multiple nominations and awards
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 13 | From Here to Eternity |
| 10 | Roman Holiday |
| 6 | Lili |
| Shane | |
| 5 | Julius Caesar |
| The Robe | |
| 3 | The Band Wagon |
| Calamity Jane | |
| The Moon Is Blue | |
| Stalag 17 | |
| 2 | Above and Beyond |
| Call Me Madam | |
| Knights of the Round Table | |
| Martin Luther | |
| Mogambo | |
| The President's Lady | |
| Titanic | |
| The War of the WorldsTemplate:Efn | |
| Young Bess |
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 8 | From Here to Eternity |
| 3 | Roman Holiday |
| 2 | The Robe |
See also
- 11th Golden Globe Awards
- 1953 in film
- 5th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 6th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 7th British Academy Film Awards
- 8th Tony Awards
Notes
References
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