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Academy Awards, USA: 1958

Oscar

Date:26 March
Host:James Stewart (I); David Niven (I); Jack Lemmon (I); Rosalind Russell; Bob Hope (I); "Donald Duck" (on film)
Location:RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • 12 Angry Men (1957) - Henry Fonda; Reginald Rose
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Jerry Wald (I)
  • Sayonara (1957) - William Goetz
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Arthur Hornblow Jr.

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hatful of Rain, A (1957) - Anthony Franciosa (I)
  • Sayonara (1957) - Marlon Brando
  • Wild Is the Wind (1957) - Anthony Quinn (I)
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Charles Laughton

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - Deborah Kerr
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Lana Turner
  • Raintree County (1957) - Elizabeth Taylor (I)
  • Wild Is the Wind (1957) - Anna Magnani

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) - Sessue Hayakawa
  • Farewell to Arms, A (1957) - Vittorio De Sica
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Arthur Kennedy (I)
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Russ Tamblyn

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bachelor Party, The (1957) - Carolyn Jones (I)
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Hope Lange
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Diane Varsi
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Elsa Lanchester

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 12 Angry Men (1957) - Sidney Lumet
  • Peyton Place (1957) - Mark Robson (I)
  • Sayonara (1957) - Joshua Logan
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Billy Wilder

  • Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Funny Face (1957) - Leonard Gershe
  • Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) - Ralph Wheelwright (story); R. Wright Campbell (screenplay); Ivan Goff (screenplay); Ben Roberts (I) (screenplay)
  • Tin Star, The (1957) - Barney Slater (I) (story); Joel Kane (story); Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
  • Vitelloni, I (1953) - Federico Fellini (screenplay/story); Ennio Flaiano (screenplay/story); Tullio Pinelli (story)

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 12 Angry Men (1957) - Reginald Rose
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - John Lee Mahin; John Huston (I)
  • Peyton Place (1957) - John Michael Hayes
  • Sayonara (1957) - Paul Osborn (I)

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Affair to Remember, An (1957) - Milton R. Krasner
  • Funny Face (1957) - Ray June
  • Peyton Place (1957) - William C. Mellor
  • Sayonara (1957) - Ellsworth Fredericks

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Funny Face (1957) - Hal Pereira; George W. Davis; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I)
  • Les Girls (1957) - William A. Horning; Gene Allen (I); Edwin B. Willis; Richard Pefferle
  • Pal Joey (1957) - Walter Holscher; William Kiernan; Louis Diage
  • Raintree County (1957) - William A. Horning; Urie McCleary; Edwin B. Willis; Hugh Hunt (I)

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Affair to Remember, An (1957) - Charles Le Maire
  • Funny Face (1957) - Edith Head; Hubert de Givenchy
  • Pal Joey (1957) - Jean Louis (I)
  • Raintree County (1957) - Walter Plunkett

  • Best Sound, Recording
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) - George Dutton (I) (Paramount SSD)
  • Les Girls (1957) - Wesley C. Miller (M-G-M SSD)
  • Pal Joey (1957) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) - Warren Low (I)
  • Pal Joey (1957) - Viola Lawrence; Jerome Thoms
  • Sayonara (1957) - Arthur P. Schmidt; Philip W. Anderson
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Daniel Mandell (I)

  • Best Effects, Special Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957) - Louis Lichtenfield

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Affair to Remember, An (1957) - Harry Warren (I) (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics); Leo McCarey (lyrics)
    - For the song "An Affair to Remember"
  • April Love (1957) - Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
    - For the song "April Love"
  • Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) - Ray Evans (I); Jay Livingston
    - For the song "Tammy"
  • Wild Is the Wind (1957) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
    - For the song "Wild Is the Wind"

  • Best Music, Scoring
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Affair to Remember, An (1957) - Hugo Friedhofer
  • Boy on a Dolphin (1957) - Hugo Friedhofer
  • Perri (1957) - Paul J. Smith (III)
  • Raintree County (1957) - Johnny Green (I)

  • Best Short Subject, Cartoons
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • One Droopy Knight (1957) - William Hanna (I); Joseph Barbera
  • Tabasco Road (1957) - Edward Selzer
  • Trees and Jamaica Daddy (1957) - Stephen Bosustow
  • Truth About Mother Goose, The (1957) - Walt Disney

  • Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chairy Tale, A (1957) - Norman McLaren
  • City of Gold (1957) - Tom Daly (I)
  • Foothold on Antarctica (1957) - James Carr (I)
  • Portugal (1957/I) - Ben Sharpsteen

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • On the Bowery (1957) - Lionel Rogosin
  • Torero (1956) - Manuel Barbachano Ponce

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Mother India (1957)
    - India.
  • Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam (1957)
    - Germany.
  • Ni liv (1957)
    - Norway.
  • Porte des Lilas (1957)
    - France.

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
      - For their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
    • Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
      - Motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment.
    • Charles Brackett
      - For outstanding service to the Academy.
    • B.B. Kahane
      - For distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

      Winners:
     
    • Motion Picture Research Council
      - For the design and development of a high efficiency projection screen for drive-in theatres.
    • Todd-AO Corp.; Westrex Corp.
      - For developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as the Todd-AO System.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • Societe d'Optique et de Mecanique de Haute Precision
      - For the development of a high speed variafocal photographic lens.
    • Harlan L. Baumbach; Lorand Wargo; Howard M. Little; Unicorn Engineering Corp.
      - For the development of an automatic printer light selector.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winner:
     
    • Charles E. Sutter; William B. Smith; Paramount Pictures Corp.; General Cable Corp.
      - For the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors.