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Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Ruttenberg Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa Best Motion Picture - John Houseman, Producer
Feb 5, 2014 · 27th Academy Awards (1954): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. The Caine Mutiny – Stanley Kramer. The Country Girl – William Perlberg. On the Waterfront – Sam Spiegel. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Jack Cummings. Three Coins in the Fountain – Sol C. Siegel. DIRECTING. The Country Girl – George Seaton.
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.
The 27th Academy Awards | 1955. RKO Pantages Theatre. Wednesday, March 30, 1955. Honoring movies released in 1954.
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.
Ceremony Details. Awards Ceremony Date/Time: Wednesday, March 30, 1955, 7:30pm. Location: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood; NBC Century Theatre, New York. Televised On: NBC. Host: Bob Hope (in Hollywood), Thelma Ritter (in New York) Length: 1 hours, 48 minutes. Presenters. Documentary Short Subject: Grace Kelly. Documentary Feature: Grace Kelly.
Ironically, in a year when dazzling color and super wide-screen aspect ratios like CinemaScope (2.66:1) were being used to lure TV watchers back to the cinemas, the big winners of the year were black and white films shot in the standard “Academy ratio” of 1.37:1.
