25th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures – The Greatest Show on Earth Stanley Kramer for United Artists – High Noon Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Ivanhoe John Huston for United Artists – Moulin Rouge John Ford and Merian C. Cooper for Republic Pictures – The Quiet Man	John Ford – The Quiet Man Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth John Huston – Moulin Rouge Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Five Fingers Fred Zinnemann – High Noon
Best Actor	Best Actress
Gary Cooper – High Noon Marlon Brando – Viva Zapata! Kirk Douglas – The Bad and the Beautiful José Ferrer – Moulin Rouge Alec Guinness – The Lavender Hill Mob	Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba Joan Crawford – Sudden Fear Bette Davis – The Star Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding Susan Hayward – With a Song in My Heart
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata! Richard Burton – My Cousin Rachel Arthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky Victor McLaglen – The Quiet Man Jack Palance – Sudden Fear	Gloria Grahame – The Bad and the Beautiful Jean Hagen – Singin' in the Rain Colette Marchand – Moulin Rouge Terry Moore – Come Back, Little Sheba Thelma Ritter – With a Song in My Heart
Best Screenplay	Best Story and 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	The Lavender Hill Mob – T.E.B. Clarke The Atomic City – Sydney Boehm Breaking the Sound Barrier – Terence Rattigan Pat and Mike – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin Viva Zapata! – John Steinbeck
Best Story	Best Animated Short Film
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	Johann Mouse Little Johnny Jet Madeline Pink and Blue Blues The Romance of Transportation in Canada
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Sea Around Us The Hoaxters Navajo	Neighbours Devil Take Us The Garden Spider Man Alive!
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Light in the Window Athletes of the Saddle Desert Killer Neighbours Royal Scotland	Water Birds Bridge of Time Devil Take Us Thar She Blows!
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin Ivanhoe – Miklos Rozsa The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert Viva Zapata! – Alex North	With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner The Medium – Gian-Carlo Menotti Singin' in the Rain – Lennie Hayton
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"High Noon" from High Noon* – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington** "Am I in Love" from Son of Paleface – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans "Because You're Mine" from Because You're Mine – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "Thumbelina" from Hans Christian Andersen – Music and Lyric by Frank Loesser "Zing a Little Zong" from Just for You – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Leo Robin	Breaking the Sound Barrier – London Films Sound Department The Card – Pinewood Studios Sound Department Hans Christian Andersen – Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department The Quiet Man – Republic Studio Sound Department; Daniel J. Bloomberg With a Song in My Heart – Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department; Thomas T. Moulton
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
The Bad and the Beautiful – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason Carrie – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri My Cousin Rachel – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott Rashomon – Art Direction: So Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto Viva Zapata! – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter	Moulin Rouge – Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes Hans Christian Andersen – Art Direction: Richard Day and Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol The Merry Widow – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams The Quiet Man – Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles Thompson The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
The Bad and the Beautiful – Robert Surtees The Big Sky – Russell Harlan My Cousin Rachel – Joseph LaShelle Navajo – Virgil Miller Sudden Fear – Charles Lang, Jr.	The Quiet Man – Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout Hans Christian Andersen – Harry Stradling Ivanhoe – F.A. Young Million Dollar Mermaid – George J. Folsey The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
The Bad and the Beautiful – Helen Rose Affair in Trinidad – Jean Louis Carrie – Edith Head My Cousin Rachel – Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins Sudden Fear – Sheila O'Brien	Moulin Rouge – Marcel Vertes The Greatest Show on Earth – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White Hans Christian Andersen – Clave, Mary Wills and Barbara Karinska The Merry Widow – Helen Rose and Gile Steele With a Song in My Heart – Charles LeMaire
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
High Noon – Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad Come Back, Little Sheba – Warren Low Flat Top – William Austin The Greatest Show on Earth – Anne Bauchens Moulin Rouge – Ralph Kemplen	Plymouth Adventure