24th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - An American in Paris Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy for 20th Century Fox - Decision Before Dawn George Stevens for Paramount Pictures - A Place in the Sun Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Quo Vadis Charles K. Feldman for Warner Bros. - A Streetcar Named Desire	George Stevens – A Place in the Sun John Huston – The African Queen Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris William Wyler – Detective Story
Best Actor	Best Actress
Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory Fredric March – Death of a Salesman	Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen Eleanor Parker – Detective Story Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire Leo Genn – Quo Vadis Kevin McCarthy – Death of a Salesman Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis Gig Young – Come Fill the Cup	Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire Joan Blondell – The Blue Veil Mildred Dunnock – Death of a Salesman Lee Grant – Detective Story Thelma Ritter – The Mating Season
Best Screenplay	Best Story and Screenplay
A Place in the Sun – Michael Wilson and Harry Brown The African Queen – James Agee and John Huston La Ronde – Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams Detective Story – Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler	An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner David and Bathsheba – Philip Dunne The Well – Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse Go for Broke! – Robert Pirosh The Big Carnival – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman
Best Story	Best Animated Short Film
Seven Days to Noon – Paul Dehn and James Bernard Bullfighter and the Lady – Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro Teresa – Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern The Frogmen – Oscar Millard Here Comes the Groom – Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien	The Two Mouseketeers Lambert the Sheepish Lion Rooty Toot Toot
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Kon-Tiki I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.	Benjy One Who Came Back The Seeing Eye
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
World of Kids Ridin' the Rails The Story of Time	Nature's Half Acre Balzac Danger Under the Sea
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
A Place in the Sun – Franz Waxman David and Bathsheba – Alfred Newman Death of a Salesman – Alex North A Streetcar Named Desire – Alex North Quo Vadis – Miklos Rozsa	An American in Paris – Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin The Great Caruso – Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green Show Boat – Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger On the Riviera – Alfred Newman Alice in Wonderland – Oliver Wallace
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom* – Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyric by Johnny Mercer** "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" from The Strip – Music and Lyric by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II "Never" from Golden Girl – Music by Lionel Newman; Lyric by Eliot Daniel "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding – Music by Burton Lane; Lyric by Alan Jay Lerner "Wonder Why" from Rich, Young and Pretty – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Sammy Cahn	The Great Caruso – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department Two Tickets to Broadway – John O. Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department I Want You – Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department Bright Victory – Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department A Streetcar Named Desire – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
A Streetcar Named Desire – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins La Ronde – Art Direction and Set Decoration: D'Eaubonne Too Young to Kiss – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore House on Telegraph Hill – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox Fourteen Hours – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode	An American in Paris – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason Tales of Hoffmann – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hein Heckroth Quo Vadis – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt David and Bathsheba – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox On the Riviera – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
A Place in the Sun – William C. Mellor The Frogmen – Norbert Brodine Strangers on a Train – Robert Burks Death of a Salesman – Franz Planer A Streetcar Named Desire – Harry Stradling	An American in Paris – Alfred Gilks and John Alton Show Boat – Charles Rosher When Worlds Collide – John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene David and Bathsheba – Leon Shamroy Quo Vadis – Robert Surtees and William V. Skall
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
A Place in the Sun – Edith Head A Streetcar Named Desire – Lucinda Ballard The Model and the Marriage Broker – Charles LeMaire and Renie Kind Lady – Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele The Mudlark – Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse	An American in Paris – Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff Tales of Hoffmann – Hein Heckroth David and Bathsheba – Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson Quo Vadis – Herschel McCoy The Great Caruso – Helen Rose and Gile Steele
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
A Place in the Sun – William Hornbeck An American in Paris – Adrienne Fazan The Well – Chester Schaeffer Decision Before Dawn – Dorothy Spencer Quo Vadis – Ralph E. Winters	When Worlds Collide