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27th Academy Awards

FieldValue
number27
awardAcademy Awards
dateMarch 30, 1955
siteRKO Pantages Theatre
Hollywood, California and
NBC Century Theatre
New York City, New York
hostBob Hope (Hollywood) and
Thelma Ritter (New York City)
best_picture*On the Waterfront*
most_wins*On the Waterfront* (8)
most_nominations*On the Waterfront* (12)
networkNBC
last26th
next28th

Hollywood, California and NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York Thelma Ritter (New York City)

The 27th Academy Awards were held on March 30, 1955, to honor the best films of 1954, hosted by Bob Hope at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood with Thelma Ritter hosting from the NBC Century Theatre in New York City.

On the Waterfront led the ceremony with twelve nominations and eight wins, including Best Picture. Its total wins tied the record of Gone with the Wind (1939) and From Here to Eternity (1953), though those each had thirteen nominations. It was the third film to receive five acting nominations, and the first to receive three in the Best Supporting Actor category. A "rematch" occurred in the category of Best Actor between Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart following Bogart's upset victory three years earlier. In an upset (Bing Crosby was the favored nominee), Brando won, now seen as one of the greatest Best Actor wins in Oscar history. This was Brando's fourth consecutive nomination for Best Actor (starting with A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951), a record that remains unmatched to this day.

In an even bigger upset, Grace Kelly won Best Actress for The Country Girl over Judy Garland, who was heavily favored to win for A Star Is Born. Garland could not attend the ceremony, having recently given birth to her third child; cameramen were present in her home so she could give an acceptance speech, only to awkwardly leave when Kelly was announced as the winner. Groucho Marx later sent her a telegram expressing that her loss was "the biggest robbery since Brink's".

Dorothy Dandridge became the first African American actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominees were announced on February 12, 1955. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

  • To Gate of Hell (Japan) - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.

Honorary Awards

  • To Bausch & Lomb Optical Company for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
  • To Kemp R. Niver for the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection.
  • To Greta Garbo for her unforgettable screen performances.
  • To Danny Kaye for his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people.
  • To Jon Whiteley for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.
  • To Vincent Winter for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.

Presenters and performers

Presenters

  • Grace Kelly (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
  • Donna Reed (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
  • Lee J. Cobb (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
  • Dorothy Dandridge (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
  • Nina Foch and Jane Wyman (Presenters: Costume Design Awards)
  • Dan O'Herlihy and Jan Sterling (Presenters: Art Direction Awards)
  • Humphrey Bogart (Presenter: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White)
  • Katy Jurado (Presenter: Best Cinematography, Color)
  • Jean Marie Ingels (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
  • Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Awards)
  • Merle Oberon (Presenter: Honorary Awards — Juvenile Performances)
  • Lauren Bacall (Presenter: Scientific and Technical Awards)
  • Marlon Brando (Presenter: Best Director)
  • Audrey Hepburn, Karl Malden, and Claire Trevor (Presenters: Writing Awards)
  • Bing Crosby (Presenter: Music Awards)
  • Frank Sinatra (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
  • William Holden (Presenter: Best Actress)
  • Bette Davis (Presenter: Best Actor)
  • Edmond O'Brien, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Steiger (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
  • Tom Tully (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
  • Buddy Adler (Presenter: Best Picture)

Performers

  • David Rose (musical director)
  • Rosemary Clooney ("The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born)
  • Johnny Desmond and Muzzy Marcellino ("The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty)
  • Peggy King ("Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" from White Christmas)
  • Dean Martin ("Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain)
  • Tony Martin ("Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here)

Multiple nominations and awards

NominationsFilm
12*On the Waterfront*
7*The Caine Mutiny*
*The Country Girl*
6*The High and the Mighty*
*Sabrina*
*A Star Is Born*
5*Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*
4*Executive Suite*
*Rear Window*
3*[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea](20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-1954-film)*
*Brigadoon*
*The Glenn Miller Story*
*There's No Business Like Show Business*
*Three Coins in the Fountain*
2*The Barefoot Contessa*
*Broken Lance*
*Carmen Jones*
*Désirée*
*Genevieve*
*Jet Carrier*
*The Silver Chalice*
*Susan Slept Here*
AwardsFilm
8*On the Waterfront*
2*[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea](20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-1954-film)*
*The Country Girl*
*Three Coins in the Fountain*

References

References

  1. Premiere. "100 Greatest Performances of All Time: 24-1".
  2. The Biographicon. "Judy Garland – Biography".
  3. "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org ([[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]).
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