1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
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Re: 1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
BEST PICTURE
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
A Man Escaped
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Bresson – A Man Escaped
Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
Ingmar Bergman - Smiles of a Summer Night
David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory
BEST ACTOR
Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell of Success
Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell of Success
Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Robert Mitchum - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
BEST ACTRESS
Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
Deborah Kerr – An Affair to Remember
Patricia Neal – A Face In the Crowd
Giullieta Masina - Nights of Cabiria
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Red Buttons – Sayonara
Ed Begley – 12 Angry Men
Lee J. Cobb – 12 Angry Men
Errol Flynn – The Sun Also Rises
Adolphe Menjou – Paths of Glory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marlene Dietrich - Witness for the Prosecution
Elsa Lancaster - Witness for the Prosecution
Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
Cathleen Nesbitt - An Affair to Remember
Sybil Thorndike – The Prince and the Showgirl
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Face In the Crowd
Designing Woman
A Matter of Dignity
Nights of Cabiria
Smiles of a Summer Night
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Witness for the Prosecution
12 Angry Men
Sweet Smell of Success
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
A Man Escaped
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Bresson – A Man Escaped
Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
Ingmar Bergman - Smiles of a Summer Night
David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory
BEST ACTOR
Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell of Success
Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell of Success
Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Robert Mitchum - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
BEST ACTRESS
Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
Deborah Kerr – An Affair to Remember
Patricia Neal – A Face In the Crowd
Giullieta Masina - Nights of Cabiria
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Red Buttons – Sayonara
Ed Begley – 12 Angry Men
Lee J. Cobb – 12 Angry Men
Errol Flynn – The Sun Also Rises
Adolphe Menjou – Paths of Glory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marlene Dietrich - Witness for the Prosecution
Elsa Lancaster - Witness for the Prosecution
Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
Cathleen Nesbitt - An Affair to Remember
Sybil Thorndike – The Prince and the Showgirl
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Face In the Crowd
Designing Woman
A Matter of Dignity
Nights of Cabiria
Smiles of a Summer Night
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Witness for the Prosecution
12 Angry Men
Sweet Smell of Success
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
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Re: 1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Director: David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor: Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress: Giuletta Masina in Nights of Cabiria
Best Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Supporting Actress: Marlene Dietrich in Witness for the Prosecution
Best Original Screenplay: Smiles of a Summer Night
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Score: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Art Direction: Smiles of a Summer Night
Best Costume Design: Funny Face
Best Editing: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Cinematography: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Sound: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Foreign Film: Nights of Cabiria
Best Director: David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor: Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress: Giuletta Masina in Nights of Cabiria
Best Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Supporting Actress: Marlene Dietrich in Witness for the Prosecution
Best Original Screenplay: Smiles of a Summer Night
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Score: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Art Direction: Smiles of a Summer Night
Best Costume Design: Funny Face
Best Editing: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Cinematography: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Sound: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Foreign Film: Nights of Cabiria
Re: 1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
BEST PICTURE
01. Sweet Smell of Success (dir. Alexander Mackendrick)
02. Wild Strawberries (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
03. The Seventh Seal (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
04. The Cranes Are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
05. Kanal (dir. Andrzej Wajda)
06. 12 Angry Men (dir. Sidney Lumet)
07. What's Opera, Doc? (dir. Chuck Jones)
08. The Incredible Shrinking Man (dir. Jack Arnold)
09. Pyaasa (dir. Guru Dutt)
10. Tokyo Twilight (dir. Yasujirô Ozu)
BEST DIRECTOR
01. Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
02. Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal
03. Alexander Mackendrick, Sweet Smell of Success
04. Mikhail Kalatozov, The Cranes Are Flying
05. Andrzej Wajda, Kanal
BEST ACTOR
01. Victor Sjöström, Wild Strawberries
02. Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
03. Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
04. Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
05. Grant Williams, The Incredible Shrinking Man
BEST ACTRESS
01. Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria
02. Tatiana Samoilova, The Cranes Are Flying
03. Ineko Arima, Tokyo Twilight
04. Isuzu Yamada, Throne of Blood
05. Nargis, Mother India
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. George Macready, Paths of Glory
02. Niall MacGinnis, Night of the Demon
03. Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
04. Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
05. Lloyd Nolan, A Hatful of Rain
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Kay Kendall, Les Girls
02. Isuzu Yamada, Tokyo Twilight
03. Teresa Iżewska, Kanal
04. Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
05. Kay Thompson, Funny Face
BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Sweet Smell of Success (Ernest Lehman, Clifford Odets, based on the novelette "Sweet Smell of Success: And Other Stories" by Ernest Lehman)
02. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
03. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, based on the play "Wood Painting" by Ingmar Bergman)
04. Tokyo Twilight (Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu)
05. What's Opera, Doc? (Michael Maltese)
BEST FILM EDITING
01. Kanal (Halina Nawrocka)
02. Wild Strawberries (Oscar Rosander)
03. Sweet Smell of Success (Alan Crosland, Jr.)
04. The Three Faces of Eve (Marjorie Fowler)
05. The Cranes Are Flying (Mariya Timofeeva)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. The Cranes Are Flying (Sergey Urusevskiy)
02. I Am Waiting (Kuratarô Takamura)
03. The Seventh Seal (Gunnar Fischer)
04. Sweet Smell of Success (James Wong Howe)
05. Wild Strawberries (Gunnar Fischer)
BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Throne of Blood (Yoshirô Muraki)
02. Le notti bianche (Mario Chiari, Enzo Eusepi)
03. Raintree County (William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Hugh Hunt, Edwin B. Willis)
04. I vampiri (Beni Montresor)
05. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Leland Fuller, Lyle R. Wheeler, Bertram C. Granger, Walter M. Scott)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. Throne of Blood (Taiki Mori)
02. Les Girls (Orry-Kelly)
03. Mother India (Fazal Din)
04. Raintree County (Walter Plunkett)
05. Funny Face (Edith Head)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Nights of Cabiria (Nino Rota)
02. Pyaasa (original score by Sachin Dev Burman, original songs by Sachin Dev Burman & Sahir Ludhianvi)
03. Saint Joan (Mischa Spoliansky)
04. Sweet Smell of Success (Elmer Bernstein)
05. Le notti bianche (Nino Rota)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Jailhouse Rock ("Jailhouse Rock," music by Mike Stoller, lyrics by Jerry Leiber, performed by Elvis Presley)
01. Pyaasa ("Jaane Woh Kaise Log The Jin Ke Pyaar Ko Pyaar Mila," music by Sachin Dev Burman, lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi, performed by Hemanta Mukherjee)
03. Pyaasa ("Hum Aapki Aankhon Mein Is Dil Ko Basa Dein Toh," music by Sachin Dev Burman, lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi, performed by Mohammad Rafi & Geeta Dutt)
04. Jailhouse Rock ("(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," music by Mike Stoller, lyrics by Jerry Leiber, performed by Elvis Presley)
05. China Gate ("China Gate," music by Victor Young, lyrics by Harold Adamson, performed by Nat "King" Cole)
BEST SOUND
01. Kanal (Józef Bartczak)
02. The Bridge on the River Kwai (John Cox, Winston Ryder)
03. The Cranes Are Flying (Kevin Adickes, Igor Mayorov)
04. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Leslie I. Carey, Robert Pritchard)
05. What's Opera, Doc? (Treg Brown)
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. Throne of Blood (Masanori Kobayashi, Yoshiko Matsumoto, Junjirô Yamada)
02. Nights of Cabiria (Dante Trani, Eligio Trani)
03. Peyton Place (Ben Nye, Helen Turpin)
04. I vampiri (Franco Freda, Ada Palombi)
05. Pyaasa (P. Baburao, Jayant)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Everett H. Broussard, Roswell A. Hoffmann, Cleo E. Baker, Fred Knoth)
02. 20 Million Miles to Earth (Ray Harryhausen, Lawrence W. Butler)
03. The Enemy Below (Walter Rossi)
04. Quatermass 2 (Les Bowie, Frank George, Henry Harris, Bill Warrington)
05. Night of the Demon (George Blackwell, S.D. Onions, Wally Veevers)
FINAL TALLY
8 nominations: Sweet Smell of Success (2 wins)
6 nominations: The Cranes Are Flying (1 win), Wild Strawberries (2 wins)
5 nominations: Kanal (2 wins), Pyaasa
4 nominations: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1 win), The Seventh Seal, Throne of Blood (3 wins), Tokyo Twilight
3 nominations: Nights of Cabiria (2 wins), What's Opera, Doc?
2 nominations: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Funny Face, Les Girls (1 win), Jailhouse Rock (1 win), Mother India, Night of the Demon, Le notti bianche, Raintree County, 12 Angry Men, I vampiri, Witness for the Prosecution
1 nomination: China Gate, The Enemy Below, A Hatful of Rain, I Am Waiting, Paths of Glory (1 win), Peyton Place, Quatermass 2, Saint Joan, The Three Faces of Eve, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
01. Sweet Smell of Success (dir. Alexander Mackendrick)
02. Wild Strawberries (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
03. The Seventh Seal (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
04. The Cranes Are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)
05. Kanal (dir. Andrzej Wajda)
06. 12 Angry Men (dir. Sidney Lumet)
07. What's Opera, Doc? (dir. Chuck Jones)
08. The Incredible Shrinking Man (dir. Jack Arnold)
09. Pyaasa (dir. Guru Dutt)
10. Tokyo Twilight (dir. Yasujirô Ozu)
BEST DIRECTOR
01. Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
02. Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal
03. Alexander Mackendrick, Sweet Smell of Success
04. Mikhail Kalatozov, The Cranes Are Flying
05. Andrzej Wajda, Kanal
BEST ACTOR
01. Victor Sjöström, Wild Strawberries
02. Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
03. Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
04. Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
05. Grant Williams, The Incredible Shrinking Man
BEST ACTRESS
01. Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria
02. Tatiana Samoilova, The Cranes Are Flying
03. Ineko Arima, Tokyo Twilight
04. Isuzu Yamada, Throne of Blood
05. Nargis, Mother India
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. George Macready, Paths of Glory
02. Niall MacGinnis, Night of the Demon
03. Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
04. Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
05. Lloyd Nolan, A Hatful of Rain
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Kay Kendall, Les Girls
02. Isuzu Yamada, Tokyo Twilight
03. Teresa Iżewska, Kanal
04. Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
05. Kay Thompson, Funny Face
BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Sweet Smell of Success (Ernest Lehman, Clifford Odets, based on the novelette "Sweet Smell of Success: And Other Stories" by Ernest Lehman)
02. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
03. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, based on the play "Wood Painting" by Ingmar Bergman)
04. Tokyo Twilight (Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu)
05. What's Opera, Doc? (Michael Maltese)
BEST FILM EDITING
01. Kanal (Halina Nawrocka)
02. Wild Strawberries (Oscar Rosander)
03. Sweet Smell of Success (Alan Crosland, Jr.)
04. The Three Faces of Eve (Marjorie Fowler)
05. The Cranes Are Flying (Mariya Timofeeva)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. The Cranes Are Flying (Sergey Urusevskiy)
02. I Am Waiting (Kuratarô Takamura)
03. The Seventh Seal (Gunnar Fischer)
04. Sweet Smell of Success (James Wong Howe)
05. Wild Strawberries (Gunnar Fischer)
BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Throne of Blood (Yoshirô Muraki)
02. Le notti bianche (Mario Chiari, Enzo Eusepi)
03. Raintree County (William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Hugh Hunt, Edwin B. Willis)
04. I vampiri (Beni Montresor)
05. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Leland Fuller, Lyle R. Wheeler, Bertram C. Granger, Walter M. Scott)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. Throne of Blood (Taiki Mori)
02. Les Girls (Orry-Kelly)
03. Mother India (Fazal Din)
04. Raintree County (Walter Plunkett)
05. Funny Face (Edith Head)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Nights of Cabiria (Nino Rota)
02. Pyaasa (original score by Sachin Dev Burman, original songs by Sachin Dev Burman & Sahir Ludhianvi)
03. Saint Joan (Mischa Spoliansky)
04. Sweet Smell of Success (Elmer Bernstein)
05. Le notti bianche (Nino Rota)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Jailhouse Rock ("Jailhouse Rock," music by Mike Stoller, lyrics by Jerry Leiber, performed by Elvis Presley)
01. Pyaasa ("Jaane Woh Kaise Log The Jin Ke Pyaar Ko Pyaar Mila," music by Sachin Dev Burman, lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi, performed by Hemanta Mukherjee)
03. Pyaasa ("Hum Aapki Aankhon Mein Is Dil Ko Basa Dein Toh," music by Sachin Dev Burman, lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi, performed by Mohammad Rafi & Geeta Dutt)
04. Jailhouse Rock ("(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," music by Mike Stoller, lyrics by Jerry Leiber, performed by Elvis Presley)
05. China Gate ("China Gate," music by Victor Young, lyrics by Harold Adamson, performed by Nat "King" Cole)
BEST SOUND
01. Kanal (Józef Bartczak)
02. The Bridge on the River Kwai (John Cox, Winston Ryder)
03. The Cranes Are Flying (Kevin Adickes, Igor Mayorov)
04. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Leslie I. Carey, Robert Pritchard)
05. What's Opera, Doc? (Treg Brown)
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. Throne of Blood (Masanori Kobayashi, Yoshiko Matsumoto, Junjirô Yamada)
02. Nights of Cabiria (Dante Trani, Eligio Trani)
03. Peyton Place (Ben Nye, Helen Turpin)
04. I vampiri (Franco Freda, Ada Palombi)
05. Pyaasa (P. Baburao, Jayant)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Everett H. Broussard, Roswell A. Hoffmann, Cleo E. Baker, Fred Knoth)
02. 20 Million Miles to Earth (Ray Harryhausen, Lawrence W. Butler)
03. The Enemy Below (Walter Rossi)
04. Quatermass 2 (Les Bowie, Frank George, Henry Harris, Bill Warrington)
05. Night of the Demon (George Blackwell, S.D. Onions, Wally Veevers)
FINAL TALLY
8 nominations: Sweet Smell of Success (2 wins)
6 nominations: The Cranes Are Flying (1 win), Wild Strawberries (2 wins)
5 nominations: Kanal (2 wins), Pyaasa
4 nominations: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1 win), The Seventh Seal, Throne of Blood (3 wins), Tokyo Twilight
3 nominations: Nights of Cabiria (2 wins), What's Opera, Doc?
2 nominations: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Funny Face, Les Girls (1 win), Jailhouse Rock (1 win), Mother India, Night of the Demon, Le notti bianche, Raintree County, 12 Angry Men, I vampiri, Witness for the Prosecution
1 nomination: China Gate, The Enemy Below, A Hatful of Rain, I Am Waiting, Paths of Glory (1 win), Peyton Place, Quatermass 2, Saint Joan, The Three Faces of Eve, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
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"Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
I finally saw The Bachelor Party today from when I had DVR'd it off of TCM a few weeks back. The Carolyn Jones nomination is a real head-scratcher. She's good, makes an impression with her three scenes, but she doesn't seem to believably exist outside of the film, and she disappears for about 45 minutes between her first scene and her final two, during which time we aren't exactly wondering about the character--she's truly out of sight and out of mind. Patricia Smith, as the wife of one of the men at the party, and Nancy Marchand as her sister-in-law, would've been much more deserving nominees.
Overall the movie was better than the previous Mann/Chayefsky collaboration lead me to expect. It is practically a filmed stage play, and Mann's use of different locations do nothing to open it up. But the actors are all very good, and it deals with its theme--urban professionals who have settled into things a little too easily, realizing there's not much left to make them happy--well enough. But I'm still surprised voters could've watched the movie and singled out possibly the least impressive performance out of a very solid ensemble.
Overall the movie was better than the previous Mann/Chayefsky collaboration lead me to expect. It is practically a filmed stage play, and Mann's use of different locations do nothing to open it up. But the actors are all very good, and it deals with its theme--urban professionals who have settled into things a little too easily, realizing there's not much left to make them happy--well enough. But I'm still surprised voters could've watched the movie and singled out possibly the least impressive performance out of a very solid ensemble.
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I think there were a number of good supporting actress performances in 1957, but none really outstanding enough to be considered one of the all-time greats, leaving room for career achievement recognition for the delightful Lanchester as well as for a film in a rarely honored genre, the whodunit.
Kay Kendall, whom some have listed, was really one of the leads in Les Girls and a big star at the time even if her role was relatively small. Kay Thompson is delightful in her few scenes in Funny Face, but her part isn't substantial enough for the win. Ditto Cathleen Nesbitt in An Affair to Remember, Mildred Dunnock, who won a Golden Globe nomination for Peyton Place, and Sybil Thorndike who won the National Board of Review award for The Prince and the Showgirl. Oscar winner Miysohi Umeki was charming in Sayonara, and Oscar nominee Hope Lange suffered nobly in Peyton Place, but they were both also-rans in my book. Oscar nominees Diane Varsi in Peyton Place and Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party were fine but did more memorable work on TV in my estimation.
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Kay Kendall, whom some have listed, was really one of the leads in Les Girls and a big star at the time even if her role was relatively small. Kay Thompson is delightful in her few scenes in Funny Face, but her part isn't substantial enough for the win. Ditto Cathleen Nesbitt in An Affair to Remember, Mildred Dunnock, who won a Golden Globe nomination for Peyton Place, and Sybil Thorndike who won the National Board of Review award for The Prince and the Showgirl. Oscar winner Miysohi Umeki was charming in Sayonara, and Oscar nominee Hope Lange suffered nobly in Peyton Place, but they were both also-rans in my book. Oscar nominees Diane Varsi in Peyton Place and Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party were fine but did more memorable work on TV in my estimation.
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Star power also enters into it. Curtis in 1957 was an emerging sar, but still not quite in the front ranks. He had less screen time in The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot than he did in Sweet Smell of Success, but by then was a major star with billing over Sidney Potier and Jack Lemmon who were both better in their respecitve films though if you're goiing to consider him for anything it would have to be for lead in those two films.
This brings to mind a Curtis incident that some of the older guys on the board may remember. When The Defiant Ones was first broacast on network TV after Sidney Poitier had become a superstar, the network advertised the film as starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis. Curtis called the network and threatened to sue for reversing the billing.
I don't comprehend how you deduce Jodie Foster to be subordinate to Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs and Ralph Fiennes ot be subrodiante to Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener. Foster and Fiennes are the stars of their respective films. Hopkins' and Weisz's screen time suggests to many that they are supporting players in those films, while others obviously consider them co-leads.
The designation between lead and support gets really dicey when you're comparing men and women in the same film. The most famous examples of this are The Hustler and Hud. Piper Laurie in the fomer and Patricia Neal in the latter actually played supporting roles that were smaller than the actors (Jackie Gleason, Melvyn Douglas) who received supporting nods while they were recognized as leads.
It all goes back to the 1936 Academy Awards, the first year in which supporting players were recognized. Spencer Tracy, who was billed below the title in San Francisco and actually had very little screen time compared to his roles in two other major films that year (Fury, Libeled Lady) and a lot less screen time than Clark Gable and Jeannette MacDonald in that film won a best actor nomination for it while Stuart Erwin, who was in every scene of Pigskin Parade, in which his supporting cast included Judy Garland and Betty Grable, had to be content with a supporting actor nomination. Why? Because Tracy was a major film star and Erwin, known mostly for his radio work, was not.
This brings to mind a Curtis incident that some of the older guys on the board may remember. When The Defiant Ones was first broacast on network TV after Sidney Poitier had become a superstar, the network advertised the film as starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis. Curtis called the network and threatened to sue for reversing the billing.
I don't comprehend how you deduce Jodie Foster to be subordinate to Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs and Ralph Fiennes ot be subrodiante to Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener. Foster and Fiennes are the stars of their respective films. Hopkins' and Weisz's screen time suggests to many that they are supporting players in those films, while others obviously consider them co-leads.
The designation between lead and support gets really dicey when you're comparing men and women in the same film. The most famous examples of this are The Hustler and Hud. Piper Laurie in the fomer and Patricia Neal in the latter actually played supporting roles that were smaller than the actors (Jackie Gleason, Melvyn Douglas) who received supporting nods while they were recognized as leads.
It all goes back to the 1936 Academy Awards, the first year in which supporting players were recognized. Spencer Tracy, who was billed below the title in San Francisco and actually had very little screen time compared to his roles in two other major films that year (Fury, Libeled Lady) and a lot less screen time than Clark Gable and Jeannette MacDonald in that film won a best actor nomination for it while Stuart Erwin, who was in every scene of Pigskin Parade, in which his supporting cast included Judy Garland and Betty Grable, had to be content with a supporting actor nomination. Why? Because Tracy was a major film star and Erwin, known mostly for his radio work, was not.
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Well, they're your lists. I guess I just can't understand how an actor with substantially more screen time can ever be supporting an actor with less screen time but a less "subordinate" role.
By that logic, Jodie Foster is a supporting actress in The Silence of the Lambs because she is subordinate to Hopkins, and Ralph Fiennes is a supporting actor in The Constant Gardener because he is subordinate to Weisz.
By that logic, Jodie Foster is a supporting actress in The Silence of the Lambs because she is subordinate to Hopkins, and Ralph Fiennes is a supporting actor in The Constant Gardener because he is subordinate to Weisz.
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Not nearly as odd as listing William Holden as supporting actor for The Bridge on the River Kwai as one of us did.
1957 was a great year for both leadiing and supporting actors. I had no room among my lead actor nominees for Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd, much less Curtis who would be my seventh choice. Unlike Griffith, though, who is clearly the lead in his film, Curtis' character is subordinate to Burt Lancaster's even if he has more screen time. Thus he makes my list of supporting actors while Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men and both Adolphe Menjou and George Macready in Paths of Glory don't, although I would like to have had room for all of them.
1957 was a great year for both leadiing and supporting actors. I had no room among my lead actor nominees for Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd, much less Curtis who would be my seventh choice. Unlike Griffith, though, who is clearly the lead in his film, Curtis' character is subordinate to Burt Lancaster's even if he has more screen time. Thus he makes my list of supporting actors while Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men and both Adolphe Menjou and George Macready in Paths of Glory don't, although I would like to have had room for all of them.
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I would like to know how not one, not two, but THREE people on this board have Tony Curtis listed as a SUPPORTING actor for Sweet Smell of Success?
Sometimes the line between lead and supporting is blurry. But considering that Curtis plays the film's protagonist, and appears in nearly every scene, I think y'all have some major explainin' to do.
Sometimes the line between lead and supporting is blurry. But considering that Curtis plays the film's protagonist, and appears in nearly every scene, I think y'all have some major explainin' to do.
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Best Picture
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (pr. Sam Spiegel)
02. Sweet Smell of Success (pr. James Hill)
03. Paths of Glory (pr. Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas, James B. Harris)
04. Smiles of a Summer Night (pr. Allan Ekelund)
05. Nights of Cabiria (pr. Dino De Laurentiis)
Best Director
01. David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai
02. Alexander Mackendrick – Sweet Smell of Success
03. Stanley Kubrick – Paths of Glory
04. Ingmar Bergman – Smiles of a Summer Night
05. Federico Fellini – Nights of Cabiria
Best Leading Actor
01. Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
02. Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell of Success
03. Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell of Success
04. Kirk Douglas – Paths of Glory
05. Andy Griffith – A Face in the Crowd
Best Leading Actress
01. Giulietta Masina – Nights of Cabiria
02. Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
03. Marlene Dietrich – Witness for the Prosecution
04. Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face
05. Patricia Neal – A Face in the Crowd
Best Supporting Actor
01. Errol Flynn – The Sun Also Rises
02. E. G. Marshall – 12 Angry Men
03. Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai
04. Sidney Poitier – Band of Angels
05. Lee J. Cobb – 12 Angry Men
Best Supporting Actress
01. Elsa Lanchester – Witness for the Prosecution
02. Harriet Andersson – Smiles of a Summer Night
03. Kay Kendall – Les Girls
04. Hope Lange – Peyton Place
05. Kay Thompson – Funny Face
Best Adapted Screenplay
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman)
02. Sweet Smell of Success (Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman)
03. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson)
04. Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz, Larry Marcus)
05. 12 Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Best Original Screenplay
01. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman)
02. A Face in the Crowd (Budd Schulberg)
03. Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
04. Designing Woman (George Wells)
05. The Tin Star (Dudley Nichols, Barney Slater, Joel Kane)
Best Film Editing
01. 12 Angry Men (Carl Lerner)
02. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Peter Taylor)
03. Smiles of a Summer Night (Oscar Rosander)
04. Witness for the Prosecution (Daniel Mandell)
05. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Warren Low)
Best Cinematography
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Jack Hildyard)
02. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Charles B. Lang)
03. Band of Angels (Lucien Ballard)
04. Paths of Glory (Georg Krause)
05. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Ellis W. Carter)
Best Original Score
01. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Dimitri Tiomkin)
02. Nights of Cabiria (Nino Rota)
03. Raintree County (Johnny Green)
04. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Malcolm Arnold)
05. Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (pr. Sam Spiegel)
02. Sweet Smell of Success (pr. James Hill)
03. Paths of Glory (pr. Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas, James B. Harris)
04. Smiles of a Summer Night (pr. Allan Ekelund)
05. Nights of Cabiria (pr. Dino De Laurentiis)
Best Director
01. David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai
02. Alexander Mackendrick – Sweet Smell of Success
03. Stanley Kubrick – Paths of Glory
04. Ingmar Bergman – Smiles of a Summer Night
05. Federico Fellini – Nights of Cabiria
Best Leading Actor
01. Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
02. Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell of Success
03. Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell of Success
04. Kirk Douglas – Paths of Glory
05. Andy Griffith – A Face in the Crowd
Best Leading Actress
01. Giulietta Masina – Nights of Cabiria
02. Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
03. Marlene Dietrich – Witness for the Prosecution
04. Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face
05. Patricia Neal – A Face in the Crowd
Best Supporting Actor
01. Errol Flynn – The Sun Also Rises
02. E. G. Marshall – 12 Angry Men
03. Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai
04. Sidney Poitier – Band of Angels
05. Lee J. Cobb – 12 Angry Men
Best Supporting Actress
01. Elsa Lanchester – Witness for the Prosecution
02. Harriet Andersson – Smiles of a Summer Night
03. Kay Kendall – Les Girls
04. Hope Lange – Peyton Place
05. Kay Thompson – Funny Face
Best Adapted Screenplay
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman)
02. Sweet Smell of Success (Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman)
03. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson)
04. Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz, Larry Marcus)
05. 12 Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Best Original Screenplay
01. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman)
02. A Face in the Crowd (Budd Schulberg)
03. Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
04. Designing Woman (George Wells)
05. The Tin Star (Dudley Nichols, Barney Slater, Joel Kane)
Best Film Editing
01. 12 Angry Men (Carl Lerner)
02. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Peter Taylor)
03. Smiles of a Summer Night (Oscar Rosander)
04. Witness for the Prosecution (Daniel Mandell)
05. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Warren Low)
Best Cinematography
01. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Jack Hildyard)
02. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Charles B. Lang)
03. Band of Angels (Lucien Ballard)
04. Paths of Glory (Georg Krause)
05. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Ellis W. Carter)
Best Original Score
01. Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (Dimitri Tiomkin)
02. Nights of Cabiria (Nino Rota)
03. Raintree County (Johnny Green)
04. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Malcolm Arnold)
05. Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
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Best Film
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Peyton Place
5. Sweet Smell of Success
Best Director
1. Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
2. Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory
3. Douglas Sirk, The Tarnished Angels
4. Mark Robson, Peyton Place
5. Alexander Mackendrick, Sweet Smell of Success
Best Actor
1. Victor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries
2. Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
3. Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory
4. Rock Hudson, The Tarnished Angels
5. Ben Gazzara, The Strange One
Best Actress
1. Lana Turner, Peyton Place
2. Ingrid Thulin, Wild Strawberries
3. Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabria
4. Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd
5. Yvonne Mitchell, Woman in a Dressing Gown
Best Supporting Actor
1. Robert Stack, The Tarnished Angels
2. Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
3. Adolphe Menjou, Paths of Glory
4. Van Heflin, 3:10 to Yuma
5. Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actress
1. Bibi Andersson, Wild Strawberries
2. Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution
3. Dorothy Malone, The Tarnished Angels
4. Diane Varsi, Peyton Place
5. Hope Lange, Peyton Place
Best Screenplay
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Il Grido
3. Kanal
4. Woman in a Dressing Gown
5. Your Past is Showing
Best Screenplay Adaptation
1. Paths of Glory
2. The Tarnished Angels
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. Peyton Place
5. 12 Angry Men
Best Cinematography
1. Peyton Place
2. The Tarnished Angels
3. An Affair to Remember
4. Sweet Smell of Success
5. 3:10 to Yuma
Best Editing
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. 3:10 to Yuma
5. 12 Angry Men
Best Sound
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. 3:10 to Yuma
4. A Face in the Crowd
5. Throne of Blood
Best Art Direction
1. Paths of Glory
2. The Seventh Seal
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Peyton Place
5. An Affair to Remember
Best Costume Design
1. The Seventh Seal
2. Peyton Place
3. An Affair to Remember
4. The Tarnished Angels
5. Sweet Small of Success
Best Music
1. Peyton Place
2. An Affair to Remember
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Witness for the Prosecution
5. Night of the Demon
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Peyton Place
5. Sweet Smell of Success
Best Director
1. Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
2. Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory
3. Douglas Sirk, The Tarnished Angels
4. Mark Robson, Peyton Place
5. Alexander Mackendrick, Sweet Smell of Success
Best Actor
1. Victor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries
2. Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
3. Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory
4. Rock Hudson, The Tarnished Angels
5. Ben Gazzara, The Strange One
Best Actress
1. Lana Turner, Peyton Place
2. Ingrid Thulin, Wild Strawberries
3. Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabria
4. Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd
5. Yvonne Mitchell, Woman in a Dressing Gown
Best Supporting Actor
1. Robert Stack, The Tarnished Angels
2. Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
3. Adolphe Menjou, Paths of Glory
4. Van Heflin, 3:10 to Yuma
5. Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actress
1. Bibi Andersson, Wild Strawberries
2. Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution
3. Dorothy Malone, The Tarnished Angels
4. Diane Varsi, Peyton Place
5. Hope Lange, Peyton Place
Best Screenplay
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Il Grido
3. Kanal
4. Woman in a Dressing Gown
5. Your Past is Showing
Best Screenplay Adaptation
1. Paths of Glory
2. The Tarnished Angels
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. Peyton Place
5. 12 Angry Men
Best Cinematography
1. Peyton Place
2. The Tarnished Angels
3. An Affair to Remember
4. Sweet Smell of Success
5. 3:10 to Yuma
Best Editing
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. 3:10 to Yuma
5. 12 Angry Men
Best Sound
1. Wild Strawberries
2. Paths of Glory
3. 3:10 to Yuma
4. A Face in the Crowd
5. Throne of Blood
Best Art Direction
1. Paths of Glory
2. The Seventh Seal
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Peyton Place
5. An Affair to Remember
Best Costume Design
1. The Seventh Seal
2. Peyton Place
3. An Affair to Remember
4. The Tarnished Angels
5. Sweet Small of Success
Best Music
1. Peyton Place
2. An Affair to Remember
3. The Tarnished Angels
4. Witness for the Prosecution
5. Night of the Demon
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"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
Picture:
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Nights Of Cabiria
*Paths Of Glory*
12 Angry Men
Witness For The Prosecution
Actor:
Kirk Douglas – Paths Of Glory
Andy Griffith – A Face In The Crowd
Alec Guinness – The Bridge On The River Kwai
Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell Of Success
Charles Laughton – Witness For The Prosecution
Actress:
Marlene Dietrich – Witness For The Prosecution
Audrey Hepburn – Love In The Afternoon
*Giulietta Massina – Nights Of Cabiria*
Maria Schell – The Last Bridge
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces Of Eve
Supporting Actor:
Maurice Chevalier – Love In The Afternoon
Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell Of Success
Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge On The River Kwai
William Holden – The Bridge On The River Kwai
George Macready –Paths Of Glory
Supporting Actress:
Harriet Andersson – Smiles Of A Summer Night
Carolyn Jones – The Bachelor Party
Kay Kendall – Les Girls
Elsa Lanchester – Witness For The Prosecution
Hope Lange – Peyton Place
Director:
Frederico Fellini – Nights Of Cabiria
Stanley Kubrick - Paths Of Glory
David Lean – The Bridge On The River Kwai
Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder – Witness For The Prosecution
Original Screenplay:
Abrar Alvi & Guru Dutt – Payaasa
Ingmar Bergman - Smiles Of A Summer Night
Henri-Georges Clouzot & Pablo Picasso - The Mystery Of Picasso
*Frederico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Pier Paolo Pasolini & Tullio Pinelli - Nights Of Cabiria*
George Wells - Designing Woman
Adapted Screenplay:
Carl Foreman & Michael Wilson - The Bridge On The River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson & Calder Willingham - Paths Of Glory
Harry Kurnitz, Lawrence B. Marcus & Billy Wilder - Witness For The Prosecution
Ernest Lehman & Clifford Odetts- Sweet Smell Of Success
Frank Tashlin - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Foreign Film:
A Man Escaped (France)
The Mystery Of Picasso (France)
*Nights Of Cabiria (Italy)*
Ordet (Denmark)
Smiles Of A Summer Night (Sweden)
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Nights Of Cabiria
*Paths Of Glory*
12 Angry Men
Witness For The Prosecution
Actor:
Kirk Douglas – Paths Of Glory
Andy Griffith – A Face In The Crowd
Alec Guinness – The Bridge On The River Kwai
Burt Lancaster – Sweet Smell Of Success
Charles Laughton – Witness For The Prosecution
Actress:
Marlene Dietrich – Witness For The Prosecution
Audrey Hepburn – Love In The Afternoon
*Giulietta Massina – Nights Of Cabiria*
Maria Schell – The Last Bridge
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces Of Eve
Supporting Actor:
Maurice Chevalier – Love In The Afternoon
Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell Of Success
Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge On The River Kwai
William Holden – The Bridge On The River Kwai
George Macready –Paths Of Glory
Supporting Actress:
Harriet Andersson – Smiles Of A Summer Night
Carolyn Jones – The Bachelor Party
Kay Kendall – Les Girls
Elsa Lanchester – Witness For The Prosecution
Hope Lange – Peyton Place
Director:
Frederico Fellini – Nights Of Cabiria
Stanley Kubrick - Paths Of Glory
David Lean – The Bridge On The River Kwai
Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder – Witness For The Prosecution
Original Screenplay:
Abrar Alvi & Guru Dutt – Payaasa
Ingmar Bergman - Smiles Of A Summer Night
Henri-Georges Clouzot & Pablo Picasso - The Mystery Of Picasso
*Frederico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Pier Paolo Pasolini & Tullio Pinelli - Nights Of Cabiria*
George Wells - Designing Woman
Adapted Screenplay:
Carl Foreman & Michael Wilson - The Bridge On The River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson & Calder Willingham - Paths Of Glory
Harry Kurnitz, Lawrence B. Marcus & Billy Wilder - Witness For The Prosecution
Ernest Lehman & Clifford Odetts- Sweet Smell Of Success
Frank Tashlin - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Foreign Film:
A Man Escaped (France)
The Mystery Of Picasso (France)
*Nights Of Cabiria (Italy)*
Ordet (Denmark)
Smiles Of A Summer Night (Sweden)
1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
1957
Best Picture
*The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peyton Place
Sweet Smell of Success
Wild Strawberries
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actor
Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
*Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men
Victor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries
Best Actress
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face
Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember
Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria
Lana Turner, Peyton Place
*Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor
Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
*Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
George MacReady, Paths of Glory
Adolph Menjou, Paths of Glory
Best Supporting Actress
Bibi Andersson, Wild Strawberries
Marlene Dietrich, Witness For the Prosecution
*Kay Kendall, Les Girls
Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
Kay Thompson, Funny Face
Best Director
Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
*David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Picture
*The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peyton Place
Sweet Smell of Success
Wild Strawberries
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actor
Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
*Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men
Victor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries
Best Actress
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face
Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember
Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria
Lana Turner, Peyton Place
*Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor
Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men
Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
*Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
George MacReady, Paths of Glory
Adolph Menjou, Paths of Glory
Best Supporting Actress
Bibi Andersson, Wild Strawberries
Marlene Dietrich, Witness For the Prosecution
*Kay Kendall, Les Girls
Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
Kay Thompson, Funny Face
Best Director
Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
*David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution
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1957 Oscar Shouldabeens
1957
Best Picture
*The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
Sweet Smell of Success
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actor
Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory
Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men
*Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actress
Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution
*Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember
Giulietta Masina, The Nights of Cabiria
Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd
Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor
Red Buttons, Sayonara
Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
*Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
Lloyd Nolan, Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actress
*Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
Hope Lange, Peyton Place
Cathleen Nesbitt, An Affair to Remember
Kay Thompson, Funny Face
Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara
Best Director
Federico Fellini, The Nights of Cabiria
Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory
*David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Picture
*The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
Sweet Smell of Success
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actor
Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory
Henry Fonda, 12 Angry Men
*Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Actress
Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution
*Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember
Giulietta Masina, The Nights of Cabiria
Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd
Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor
Red Buttons, Sayonara
Tony Curtis, Sweet Smell of Success
*Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
Lloyd Nolan, Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actress
*Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
Hope Lange, Peyton Place
Cathleen Nesbitt, An Affair to Remember
Kay Thompson, Funny Face
Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara
Best Director
Federico Fellini, The Nights of Cabiria
Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory
*David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution