The twenty-seventh Academy Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 30, 1955 with Bob Hope hosting at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and Thelma Ritter hosting at the NBC Century Theater in New York.
The 1954 Academy Award Winners
Picture: On the WaterfrontActor: Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront)
Actress: Grace Kelly (The Country Girl)
Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien (The Barefoot Contessa)
Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront)
Director: Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront)
Adapted Screenplay: George Seaton (The Country Girl)
Original Screenplay: Philip Yordan (Broken Lance) / Budd Schulberg (On the Waterfront)
Song: "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Three Coins in the Fountain)
Score: The High and the Mighty / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Cinematography: On the Waterfront (Black and White) / Three Coins in the Fountain (Color)
Costume Design: Sabrina (Black and White) / Gate of Hell (Color)
Art / Set Decoration: On the Waterfront (Black and White) / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Color)
Film Editing: On the Waterfront
Sound: The Glenn Miller Story
Special Effects: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Short Films: When Magoo Flew (Cartoons) / This Mechanical Age (One-Reel) / A Time Out of War (Two-Reel)
Documentaries: Thursday's Children (Short) / The Vanishing Prairie (Feature)