Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Reza wrote:

Precious Doll wrote:These are generally respectable line-ups with Rogue Cop being the big head scratcher as Magilla has already pointed out.

Actually Rogue Cop is a superb noir and has exceptional cinematography. John F. Seitz, who also shot Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard, deserved this nod.

Maybe it's time for another look. This was Seitz's seventh and final unsuccessful nod. It was released the same year as Shield for Murder, another rogue cop noir from a novel by the same author, which I have seen more recently and didn't like despite a strong performance from Edmond O'Brien.

Unlike Shield for Murder, it's never been released on home video. I wonder why. It may well be the only Robert Taylor film that never has.

Precious Doll wrote:These are generally respectable line-ups with Rogue Cop being the big head scratcher as Magilla has already pointed out.

Actually Rogue Cop is a superb noir and has exceptional cinematography. John F. Seitz, who also shot Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard, deserved this nod.

These are generally respectable line-ups with Rogue Cop being the big head scratcher as Magilla has already pointed out.

I voted for Sabrina & Seven Brides for Seven Brothers but would like to give an endorsement to The Silver Chalice, which tough a rather pedestrian and film is stunningly produced including its cinematography.

Omissions abound (particularly in the colour category) and some may not have been eligible for consideration in 1954: The Magnificent Obsession, A Star is Born, Senso, Johnny Guitar, Track of the Cat (with its stunning visual design), The Dam Busters, The Barefoot Contessa, River of No Return, Seven Samurai, Sansho the Bailiff & La Strada.

B&W

If they could nominate Le Plasir for Art Direction and The Earrings of Madame De... for Costume Design, they could have nominated them for Cinematography over the routine Rogue Cop.

On the Waterfront, The Country Girl, Executive Suite and Sabrina were easily the year's best black-and-white Hollywood films, so none are surprising nominees, of which the winner, On the Waterfront is the clear outstanding nominee.

Color

I would replace the two ho-hum biblical epics, The Egyptian and The Silver Chalice with A Star Is Born and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but the other three are worthy nominees.

Three Coins in the Fountain was nothing if not pretty to look at, but hardly reaches the heights of either Rear Window, the only nominee not filmed in Cinemascope, or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which gets my vote for doing so much with so little.

Reza wrote:Won't allow two votes

Fixed!

Won't allow two votes

The first full year of CinemaScope productions which dominate the Color Cinematography nominations 4 to 1.