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The 27th Academy Awards | 1955. RKO Pantages Theatre. Wednesday, March 30, 1955. Honoring movies released in 1954.
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.
Feb 5, 2014 · HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD. To Samurai, The Legend of Musashi – Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955. DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Heartbreak Ridge – Rene Risacher Helen Keller in Her Story – Nancy Hamilton. DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) The Battle of Gettysburg – Dore Schary The Face of Lincoln ...
Feb 5, 2014 · 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.
The 27th Academy Awards were broadcast by NBC on March 30th, 1955. Bob Hope hosted the Hollywood ceremonies from the RKO Pantages Theatre while Thelma Ritter handled the NYC end of things from the NBC Century Theatre.
In the 9th through 11th ceremonies (1936–38), a special award was given for color cinematography, and from the 12th to the 39th ceremonies (1939–66), except for the 30th ceremony (1957), separate Academy Awards were given for color and black-and-white cinematography.
[James Wong Howe, cinematographer for The Rose Tattoo, won the first of two Oscars - with this award, he became the first and only Chinese-American to ever win an Academy Award. His second Oscar was for Hud (1963).]
