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| 30 March |
| Bob Hope (I); Thelma Ritter (New York City) |
| RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA |
| | Awarded to: | | | - Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
- For their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
- Greta Garbo
- For her unforgettable screen performances.
- Danny Kaye
- For his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people.
- Kemp Niver
- For the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection.
- Jigokumon (1953)
- Japan. Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.
- The Kidnappers (1953) - Jon Whiteley
- For his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.
- The Kidnappers (1953) - Vincent Winter
- For his outstanding performance in The Little Kidnappers (miniature statuette).
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| | Winner: | | | - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount Pictures, Inc.); John R. Bishop (Paramount Pictures, Inc.); Paramount Pictures, Inc.; All the members of the technical and engineering staff at Paramount
- For developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.
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| | Winners: | | | - Karl Freund (Photo Research Corp.); Frank Crandell (II) (Photo Research Corp.)
- For the design and development of a direct reading brightness meter.
- David S. Horsley; Universal-International Studio Special Photographic Dept.
- For a portable remote control device for process projectors.
- Fred Knoth (Universal-International Studio Technical Department); Orien Ernest (Universal-International Studio Technical Department)
- For the development of a hand portable, electric, dry oil-fog machine.
- John P. Livadary; Lloyd Russell; Columbia SSD
- For an improved limiting amplifier as applied to sound level comparison devices.
- Roland Miller (III) (Magnascope Corp.); Max Goeppinger (Magnascope Corp.)
- For the design and development of a cathode ray magnetic sound track viewer.
- Wesley C. Miller; J.W. Stafford; K.M. Frierson; M-G-M SSD
- For an electronic sound printing comparison device.
- Carlos Rivas (VII); G.M. Sprague; M-G-M SSD
- For the design of a magnetic sound editing machine.
- Fred Wilson (IV) (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)
- For the design of a variable multiple-band equalizer.
- P.C. Young (M-G-M Studio Projection Department)
- For the practical application of a variable focal length attachment to motion picture projector lenses.
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