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Revision as of 00:42, 3 March 2007
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| Date | 30 March 1955 |
| Site | RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Bob Hope Thelma Ritter (New York City) |
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The 27th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1954.
The Best Picture winner (of producer Sam Spiegel), director Elia Kazan's semi-documentary, expose, and thriller, On the Waterfront (with twelve nominations and eight wins) matched two other films with eight wins - but they each had thirteen nominations: Gone With The Wind (1939) and From Here to Eternity (1953).
The low-budget, black and white Best Picture was filmed entirely on location in Hoboken and told the gritty story of New York dock workers, brutality, corruption, and embroilment with a gangster union boss. It provided an expose of union racketeering while showcasing the murder of an innocent longshoreman. Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg justified their own naming of names (blacklisting-testimony against alleged Communists) as friendly witnesses before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the early 50s with the film's story of an heroic longshoreman informant Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) who stood alone and turned witness against the corrupt and intimidating union bosses and became a marked 'pigeon'. The film marked a comeback for Brando, who hadn't won a Best Actor Oscar - yet.
Winners
| Category | Winner | Producers/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Best motion picture of the year | On the Waterfront | Sam Spiegel, Producer |
| Best documentary feature | The Vanishing Prairie | Walt Disney, Producer |
| Best Short Subject (Cartoon) of the year | When Magoo Flew | Stephen Bosustow, Producer |
| Best foreign language film | Gate of Hell
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Masaichi Nagata, producer |
Note: The award for Best Foreign Language Film was presented as an honorary one rather than in a category.
Directing
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Achievement in directing | Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront |
Acting
Writing
| Category | Winner | Movie |
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| Original screenplay | Budd Schulberg | On the Waterfront |
| Adapted screenplay | George Seaton | Country Girl |
| Best Motion Picture Story | Philip Yordan | Broken Lance |
Honorary Oscars
To compensate for the fact that screen legend Greta Garbo had never received a competitive Best Actress Oscar, she was belatedly presented with a special Honorary statue "for her unforgettable screen performances" - thirteen years after her retirement from her last film, Two-Faced Woman. [Garbo had four career nominations for exceptional definitive roles including Anna Christie (1929-30) and Romance (1929-30), Camille (1936) and Ninotchka (1939).]
Another Honorary Award was presented to the versatile, red-haired comic Danny Kaye, for "his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people." He never even received a nomination throughout his entire film career, that was marked by such great films as Wonder Man (1945), The Kid From Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Knock on Wood (1954), and The Court Jester (1956).
