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26th Academy Awards

FieldValue
number26
awardAcademy Awards
image26th Annual Academy Awards at RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, 1954.jpg
dateMarch 25, 1954
siteRKO Pantages Theatre
Hollywood, California
NBC Center Theatre
New York City, New York
hostDonald O'Connor (Hollywood)
Fredric March (New York City)
best_picture*From Here to Eternity*
most_wins*From Here to Eternity* (8)
most_nominations*From Here to Eternity* (13)
networkNBC
last25th
next27th

Hollywood, California NBC Center Theatre New York City, New York Fredric March (New York City)

The 26th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1954, simultaneously at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood (hosted by Donald O'Connor), and the NBC Center Theatre in New York City (hosted by Fredric March).

The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in Philadelphia, presented the Academy Award for Best Actor through a live broadcast cut-in, having privately received the winner's name over the telephone from O'Connor. Gary Cooper pre-recorded his presentation of the Academy Award for Best Actress while on location in Mexico shooting Garden of Evil, with O'Connor then announcing the winner's name live.

All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films. Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity won eight awards from its thirteen nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay (Daniel Taradash), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Burnett Guffey), Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing. It was the third film to receive five acting nominations. Its eight awards matched the record set by Gone with the Wind in 1939. Walt Disney won four awards, a record shared by him and Sean Baker for most Oscars won by a single person in the same year (Bong Joon Ho won three at the 92nd Academy Awards and accepted a fourth for Best International Feature on behalf of South Korea.)

William Holden's acceptance speech for Best Actor for Stalag 17 was simply "Thank You", making it one of the shortest speeches on record, as it was cut short by the broadcast cut to a commercial. Holden, frustrated, later personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he had wanted to in his speech, remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Oscar for From Here to Eternity instead of him, and expounded backstage on a system he felt valued commercials over program content; NBC had cut to commercials during the middle of other acceptance speeches as well that evening.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominees were announced on February 15, 1954. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Special Effects

  • The War of the Worlds – Paramount Studio.

Honorary Awards

  • To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialties.
  • To 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope.
  • To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code.
  • To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

  • George Stevens

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Name(s)Role
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael WildingPresenters of the Documentary Awards
Jack WebbPresenter of the award for Best Sound Recording
Keefe Brasselle and Marilyn ErskinePresenters of the Short Subject Awards
Esther WilliamsPresenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Gene TierneyPresenter of the awards for Costume Design
Gower Champion Marge ChampionPresenters of the award for Art Direction
Lex Barker and Lana TurnerPresenters of the awards for Cinematography
Kirk DouglasPresenter of the Writing awards
Irene DunnePresenter of the award for Best Director
Walter BrennanPresenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Mercedes McCambridgePresenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Arthur FreedPresenter of the Music awards
Gary CooperPresenter of the award for Best Actress
Shirley BoothPresenter of the award for Best Actor
Cecil B. DeMillePresenter of the award for Best Motion Picture
Merle OberonPresenter of the award for Best Special Effects
Charles BrackettPresenter of the Honorary Awards
Tyrone PowerPresenter of the Scientific & Technical Awards
David O. SelznickPresenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Award

Performers

Name(s)Role
André PrevinConductor the Academy Awards orchestra
Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'ConnorPerformers of "The Moon Is Blue" from *The Moon Is Blue*
Connie RussellPerformer of "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" from *Miss Sadie Thompson*
Ann BlythPerformer of "Secret Love" from *Calamity Jane*
Dean MartinPerformer of "That's Amore" from *The Caddy*

Multiple nominations and awards

NominationsFilm
13*From Here to Eternity*
10*Roman Holiday*
6*Lili*
*Shane*
5*Julius Caesar*
*The Robe*
3*The Band Wagon*
*Calamity Jane*
*The Moon Is Blue*
*Stalag 17*
2*Above and Beyond*
*Call Me Madam*
*Knights of the Round Table*
*Martin Luther*
*Mogambo*
*The President's Lady*
*Titanic*
*The War of the Worlds*
*Young Bess*
AwardsFilm
8*From Here to Eternity*
3*Roman Holiday*
2*The Robe*

Notes

References

References

  1. (February 11, 2020). "'Parasite' cast and crew celebrate Oscars wins in L.A.'s Koreatown". [[NBC News]].
  2. (February 10, 2020). "Why Bong Joon-ho won three Oscars this year, not four". Los Angeles Times.
  3. (September 18, 2014). "Oscars to Add Winning Foreign Language Director's Name on Statuette". TheWrap.
  4. "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org ([[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]).
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