Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like Ordet, The Deep Blue Sea, Kiss Me Deadly, The Ladykillers, Rififi, Lola Montès, The Big Combo, Richard III, All That Heaven Allows, Death of a Cyclist, I Live in Fear, A Generation, Le Amiche, The Dam Busters, Pather Panchali, Battle Cry, The Court Jester, Il Bidone, Dreams, Not as a Stranger, A Girl in Black, It's Always Fair Weather, The Man from Laramie, The Tender Trap, Land of the Pharaohs, Blood Alley, Moonfleet, The Tall Men, and We're No Angels.
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| The Night of the Hunter |
BEST PICTURE:
Mister Roberts
Night and Fog
The Night of the Hunter*
Rebel Without a Cause
Smiles of a Summer Night
BEST DIRECTOR:
Ingmar Bergman, Smiles of a Summer Night
Elia Kazan, East of Eden
Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter*
Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause
Alain Resnais, Night and Fog
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| Rebel Without a Cause |
BEST ACTOR:
Ernest Borgnine, Marty
James Dean, East of Eden
James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause
Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter*
Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock
BEST ACTRESS:
Véra Clouzot, Diabolique
Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch*
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| The Seven Year Itch |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts*
Raymond Massey, East of Eden
Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
Sidney Poitier, Blackboard Jungle
Robert Ryan, Bad Day at Black Rock
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter
Eleanor Parker, The Man with the Golden Arm
Rosalind Russell, Picnic*
Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause
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| Smiles of a Summer Night |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Bad Day at Black Rock
Diabolique
East of Eden
Marty
The Night of the Hunter*
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Artists and Models
Killer's Kiss
Love Me or Leave Me
Rebel Without a Cause
Smiles of a Summer Night*
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| Diabolique |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Diabolique
The Night of the Hunter*
Smiles of a Summer Night
To Catch a Thief
The Trouble with Harry
BEST FILM EDITING:
Diabolique
Night and Fog
The Night of the Hunter*
Rebel Without a Cause
Smiles of a Summer Night
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| Night and Fog |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
East of Eden*
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Night of the Hunter
The Trouble with Harry
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett", Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
"Bella Notte", The Lady and the Tramp*
"I'll Never Stop Loving You", Love Me or Leave Me
"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
"When You Pretend", Artists and Models
Additional Categories
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| Love Me or Leave Me |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Guys and Dolls
Love Me or Leave Me
The Night of the Hunter
Smiles of a Summer Night
The Trouble with Harry*
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Guys and Dolls
Love Me or Leave Me
Rebel Without a Cause
Smiles of a Summer Night*
To Catch a Thief
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| Mister Roberts |
BEST MAKEUP:
Guys and Dolls
Oklahoma!
Smiles of a Summer Night*
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
The Bridges at Toko-Ri*
Diabolique
Mister Roberts
The Night of the Hunter
Rebel Without a Cause
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Bridges at Toko-Ri*
Mister Roberts
To Catch a Thief
Updated: 1/29/14
Hi Josh, hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving. I've only seen parts of The Night of the Hunter, but not surprised it got a lot of love from you. I remember the cinematography was striking as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruth. Had a nice one, and I'm glad you had a good holiday. Ooh, the cinematography is probably my favorite part of the The Night of the Hunter. :)
DeleteFewer great movies this year but it was incredibly tough to chose between the ones there were, all are unique and brilliant. But great performances abound throughout so many films. I don't understand the Marty love this year. It was a nice film but no award winner in any category.
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All That Heaven Allows
Bad Day at Black Rock
Diabolique
East of Eden-Winner
Night of the Hunter
Heaven is a masterpiece of working within the Hollywood system to make trenchant observations about society's mores while seemingly telling a simple soapy story. Bad Day pares it story to the bone to keep its story taut. But it was the other three that I had the hardest time choosing between. Hunter and Diabolique are both frightening and creepy in their own particular ways but the scope of East of Eden is just breaktaking. I'm a bit prejudiced in its favor since the source material is my favorite book, even if they only filmed the second half.
Director:
Henri-Georges Clozot-Diabolique
Elia Kazan-East of Eden
Charles Laughton-Night of the Hunter-Winner
Douglas Sirk-All That Heaven Allows
John Sturges-Bad Day at Black Rock
The other four men do powerful work but Laughton does such extraordinary things with his material and draws great performances from his cast in his only time behind the camera he had to be the winner.
Actor:
James Cagney-Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean-East of Eden-Winner
Henry Fonda-Mister Roberts
Robert Mitchum-Night of the Hunter
Spencer Tracy-Black Day at Black Rock
This was between Mitchum and Dean for me. Mitchum was incredible but so was Dean. Mitchum is a silky devil but Cal Trask required more levels than Harry Powell. Dean's venerated for Rebel Without a Cause but to me this is a much deeper performance.
Actress:
Vera Clouzot-Diabolique
Doris Day-Love Me or Leave Me
Susan Hayward-I'll Cry Tomorrow-Winner
Vivien Leigh-The Deep Blue Sea
Anna Magnani-The Rose Tattoo
I love all five of these performances and I wanted to hand this to Doris Day for the best performance of her career but I had to go with Susan Hayward. While The President's Lady is my overall favorite of her work this is her career best. She really pours her guts into her portayal of Lillian Roth including doing her own singing and dancing, skills that she had not been known for previously.
Supporting Actor:
Jack Lemmon-Mister Roberts-Winner
Raymond Massey-East of Eden
Sal Mineo-Rebel Without a Cause
Robert Ryan-Bad Day at Black Rock
Peter Ustinov-We're No Angels
This was the toughest choice for me since all are really fine but very different pieces of work. Ryan is uniformly great, how is it possible he was only nominated once in his career?, Massey very good in a tricky role while Mineo is so lost and anguished as the doomed Plato. I almost went with the great Ustinov as the grimly witty Jules in that most unconventional Christmas tale We're No Angels but both Bogart and Aldo Ray are equally worthy there so it's Lemmon who really is irresistible.
Supporting Actress:
Lillian Gish-Night of the Hunter
Julie Harris-East of Eden
Rosalind Russell-Picnic-Winner
Simone Signoret-Diabolique
Jo Van Fleet-I'll Cry Tomorrow
Once again five great pieces of work. Van Fleet won for her role in East of Eden but since they cut so much out of the part of Kate I think she's better in Tomorrow. Harris, Gish and Signoret are all brilliant but Russell's interpretation of the desperate to marry Rosemary is shockingly raw when she has her near breakdown. She famously refused to allow herself to be entered in supporting, understandable considering that to do so at that time would have ended her career in the star spot, but had she its almost a given that she would have won the statue.
I can't argue with that Picture/Director split, and your acting winners are terrific. So glad to see a win for Rosalind Russell's performance, which is the best thing about Picnic. Cagney and Day just missed my Actor and Actress lineups, and I hated leaving them out.
DeleteI'm currently working hard on these...and I love a lot of what you have here...but I'm really excited for you to see the Fistis because...you have a lot of films you NEED to see!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'm sure I do!! ;) Thanks for the comment, buddy!
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