25th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1953)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 19, 1953
- For films released in: 1952
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 25th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture
- The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille [Producer] - High Noon
Stanley Kramer [Producer] - Ivanhoe
Pandro S. Berman [Producer] - Moulin Rouge
Romulus Films - The Quiet Man
John Ford [Producer] and Merian C. Cooper [Producer]
Best Directing
- Five Fingers
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille - High Noon
Fred Zinnemann - Moulin Rouge
John Huston - The Quiet Man
John Ford
Best Actor
- The Bad and the Beautiful
Kirk Douglas - High Noon
Gary Cooper - The Lavender Hill Mob
Alec Guinness - Moulin Rouge
Jose Ferrer - Viva Zapata!
Marlon Brando
Best Actress
- Come Back, Little Sheba
Shirley Booth - The Member of the Wedding
Julie Harris - The Star
Bette Davis - Sudden Fear
Joan Crawford - With a Song in My Heart
Susan Hayward
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Big Sky
Arthur Hunnicutt - My Cousin Rachel
Richard Burton - The Quiet Man
Victor McLaglen - Sudden Fear
Jack Palance - Viva Zapata!
Anthony Quinn
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Bad and the Beautiful
Gloria Grahame - Come Back, Little Sheba
Terry Moore - Moulin Rouge
Colette Marchand - Singin' in the Rain
Jean Hagen - With a Song in My Heart
Thelma Ritter
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- The Bad and the Beautiful
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Edward Carfagno [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Keogh Gleason [Set Decoration] - Carrie
Hal Pereira [Art Direction], Roland Anderson [Art Direction] and Emile Kuri [Set Decoration] - My Cousin Rachel
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], John DeCuir [Art Direction] and Walter M. Scott [Set Decoration] - Rashomon
Matsuyama [Art Direction] and H. Motsumoto [Set Decoration] - Viva Zapata!
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], Leland Fuller [Art Direction], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Claude Carpenter [Set Decoration]
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Hans Christian Andersen
Richard Day [Art Direction], Clave [Art Direction] and Howard Bristol [Set Decoration] - The Merry Widow
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Paul Groesse [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Arthur Krams [Set Decoration] - Moulin Rouge
Paul Sheriff [Art Direction] and Marcel Vertes [Set Decoration] - The Quiet Man
Frank Hotaling [Art Direction], John McCarthy, Jr. [Set Decoration] and Charles Thompson [Set Decoration] - The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], John DeCuir [Art Direction], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- The Bad and the Beautiful
Robert Surtees - The Big Sky
Russell Harlan - My Cousin Rachel
Joseph LaShelle - Navajo
Virgil E. Miller - Sudden Fear
Charles B. Lang Jr.
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Hans Christian Andersen
Harry Stradling Sr. - Ivanhoe
F.A. Young - Million Dollar Mermaid
George J. Folsey - The Quiet Man
Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout - The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- Affair in Trinidad
Jean Louis - The Bad and the Beautiful
Helen Rose - Carrie
Edith Head - My Cousin Rachel
Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins - Sudden Fear
Sheila O'Brien
Best Costume Design (Color)
- The Greatest Show on Earth
Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White - Hans Christian Andersen
Clave, Mary Wills and Madame Karinska - The Merry Widow
Helen Rose and Gile Steele - Moulin Rouge
Marcel Vertes - With a Song in My Heart
Charles LeMaire
Best Documentary (Feature)
- The Hoaxters
Dore Schary - Navajo
Hall Bartlett - The Sea around Us
Irwin Allen
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Devil Take Us
Herbert Morgan - The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema)
Alberto Ancilotto - Man Alive!
Stephen Bosustow [Executive Producer] - Neighbours
Norman McLaren
Best Film Editing
- Come Back, Little Sheba
Warren Low - Flat Top
William Austin - The Greatest Show on Earth
Anne Bauchens - High Noon
Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad - Moulin Rouge
Ralph Kemplen
Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin - Ivanhoe
Miklos Rozsa - Miracle of Fatima
Max Steiner - The Thief
Herschel Burke Gilbert - Viva Zapata!
Alex North
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Hans Christian Andersen
Walter Scharf - The Jazz Singer
Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner - The Medium
Gian-Carlo Menotti - Singin' in the Rain
Lennie Hayton - With a Song in My Heart
Alfred Newman
Best Music (Song)
- Because You're Mine "Because You're Mine"
Nicholas Brodszky [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by] - Hans Christian Andersen "Thumbelina"
Frank Loesser [Music and Lyrics by] - High Noon "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"
Dimitri Tiomkin [Music by] and Ned Washington [Lyrics by] - Just for You "Zing a Little Zong"
Harry Warren [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by] - Son of Paleface "Am I in Love"
Jack Brooks [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Johann Mouse
Fred Quimby - Little Johnny Jet
Fred Quimby - Madeline
Stephen Bosustow [Executive Producer] - Pink and Blue Blues
Stephen Bosustow [Executive Producer] - Romance of Transportation
Tom Daly
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- Athletes of the Saddle
Jack Eaton - Desert Killer
Gordon Hollingshead - Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
Boris Vermont - Neighbours
Norman McLaren - Royal Scotland
Crown Film Unit
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
- Bridge of Time
London Film Production - Devil Take Us
Herbert Morgan - Thar She Blows!
Gordon Hollingshead - Water Birds
Walt Disney
Best Sound Recording
- Breaking the Sound Barrier
London Film Sound Department - Hans Christian Andersen
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Gordon Sawyer [Sound Director] - The Promoter
Pinewood Studios Sound Department - The Quiet Man
Republic Studio Sound Department and Daniel J. Bloomberg [Sound Director] - With a Song in My Heart
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- Plymouth Adventure
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- The Bad and the Beautiful
Charles Schnee - Five Fingers
Michael Wilson - High Noon
Carl Foreman - The Man in the White Suit
Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick - The Quiet Man
Frank S. Nugent
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
- The Atomic City
Sydney Boehm - Breaking the Sound Barrier
Terence Rattigan - The Lavender Hill Mob
T.E.B. Clarke - Pat and Mike
Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin - Viva Zapata!
John Steinbeck
Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)
- The Greatest Show on Earth
Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett - My Son John
Leo McCarey - The Narrow Margin
Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard - The Pride of St. Louis
Guy Trosper - The Sniper
Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt