Bogie56 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 The 1953 Golden Globe Award winners were … Best Actor in a Drama Spencer Tracy, The Actress* Best Actress in a Drama Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday* Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical David Niven, The Moon Is Blue* Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam* Best Supporting Actor Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity* Best Supporting Actress Grace Kelly, Mogambo* I have not been able to locate a list of nominees from this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I forgot to include a couple of excellent performances for 1952 from the first-rate French noir LA VERITE SUR BEBE DONGE (THE TRUTH ABOUT BEBE DONGE). Jean Gabin plays a provincial industrialist who's always been a playboy, but he asks a professional matchmaker (Gabrielle Dorziat) to find him a wife. Will Danielle Darrieux suffice? What could possibly go wrong? Bebe (Darrieux) is a romantic idealist like Joan Fontaine in LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN; her new husband isn't. Their story is told in flashback. Very well directed by Henri Decoin, Darrieux's ex-husband, the film seems to ask the question whether romantic idealism or the accepted life of the provincial upper bourgeoisie is the more insane. Gabin and Darrieux have great roles and are both wonderful. Gabrielle Dorziat makes her scenes as the matchmaker memorable. I've seen one of the films Decoin and Darrieux made they were married, BATTEMENT DE COEUR (1940), a delightful comedy that reminds me a lot of MIDNIGHT. If you told me the script was by Billy Wilder, I could believe it. Apparently this was remade as a Ginger Rogers film called HEARTBEAT, not a film I'm familiar with. Bogie was so right when he said that this process is like painting a bridge, that when you're finished you have to go back and start painting the bridge again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The 1953 Golden Globe Award winners were … I have not been able to locate a list of nominees from this year. I have a movie awards book, and for the '53 Golden Globes, it says that nominee information is unavailable. So don't feel bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Apparently this was remade as a Ginger Rogers film called HEARTBEAT, not a film I'm familiar with. I've seen Heartbeat, with Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Basil Rathbone, and Adolphe Menjou. I thought it was okay, if not very memorable, despite the cast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1953 were … Best Actress Nobuko Otowa, Shukuzu, Yokubo and Onna no Issho Best Supporting Actor Eitaro Shindo, A Geisha and Onna no Issho Best Supporting Actress Chieko Naniwa, A Geisha ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1953 were … Best Actor Ken Uehara, Husband and Wife and Wife Best Actress Yuko Mochizuki, A Japanese Tragedy Best Supporting Actor Hiroshi Akutagawa, Where Chimneys Are Seen Best Supporting Actress Haruko Sugimara, An Inlet of Muddy Water and Tokyo Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here are the films from 1953 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Absolution Without Confession with Henri Vilbert All I Desire with Barbara Stanwyck and Maureen O’Sullivan The Bigamist with Ida Lupino and Joan Fontaine Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman Dream Wife with Betta St. John A Geisha with Eitaro Shindo, Michiyko Kogure, Ayako Wakao and Chieko Naniwa How to Marry a Millionaire with Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, William Powell and Fred Clark Husband and Wife with Ken Uehara Inferno with Robert Ryan An Inlet of Muddy Water with Haruko Sugimara A Japanese Tragedy with Yuko Mochizuki The Juggler with Kirk Douglas La Boulanger de Valorgue with Fernandel Man In the Attic with Jack Palance Onna no Issho with Nobuko Otowa and Eitaro Shindo Salome with Judith Anderson Shukuzu with Nobuko Otowa Siren of Bagdad with Charles Lung So Big with Jane Wyman The Twonky with Hans Conried We Are All Murderers with Marcel Mouloudji Where Chimneys are Seen with Hiroshi Akutagawa Wife with Ken Uehara Yokubo with Nobuko Otowa Young Bess with Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Cecil Kellaway and Kay Walsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here are the films from 1953 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Dream Wife with Betta St. John How to Marry a Millionaire with Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, William Powell and Fred Clark The Juggler with Kirk Douglas The Twonky with Hans Conried I've only seen these 4. Dream Wife and How to Marry a Millionaire weren't much to me, but they're not my usual cup of tea. The Twonky is an amusing look at film's paranoia over television, and is maybe worth a look. Conried was amusing. The Juggler is the one I would recommend, although it's also not something I need to see again. Besides the good central performance from Douglas, seeing a film set in Israel back in 1953 is an interesting rarity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I've only seen these 4. Dream Wife and How to Marry a Millionaire weren't much to me, but they're not my usual cup of tea. The Twonky is an amusing look at film's paranoia over television, and is maybe worth a look. Conried was amusing. The Juggler is the one I would recommend, although it's also not something I need to see again. Besides the good central performance from Douglas, seeing a film set in Israel back in 1953 is an interesting rarity. The thing about Dream Wife that I felt was odd was Cary Grant seemed unusually thin. I don't know if he was sick or had been sick, but it's a bit startling to see him looking so thin. Not that Grant was ever fat, but in this film, he is almost bordering on Montgomery Clift-thin. I thought Deborah Kerr had one of the best parts in Dream Wife. I felt like Walter Pidgeon was fairly wasted in his role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here are the films from 1953 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Inferno with Robert Ryan Inferno is an interesting tale of survival which features Robert Ryan as a hardened millionaire who breaks his leg on a desert trek, and, though he doesn't initially realize it, is left to die by his wife (Rhonda Fleming) and friend, who is also her lover (William Lundigan) who provide incorrect information to the rescue teams as to his location. After a while Ryan starts to realize that no one is coming for him and he becomes determined to save himself (broken leg or not), as well as see that his wife and accomplice are punished for what they did. Ryan delivers a strong performance of steely resolve. It's largely a solo performance for him here. Much of the time the actor registers emotions as you hear his thoughts on the soundtrack. The film, quite suspenseful at times, also benefits from some striking Technicolor of its desert location scenes (Mojave Desert as a guess). The film was originally shot in 3D, and, if you watch a 2D version (perhaps the only way it's available today) that occasionally becomes apparent, such as a moment in which a lantern is thrown directly at the camera. But it's a dramatically strong enough film that it doesn't need the 3D effects, the latter never becoming a distraction. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here are the films I haven't seen from 1953: Absolution Without Conviction All I Desire Bread, Love and Dreams The Caddy Call Me Madam The Captain's Paradise A Geisha Genevieve The Heart of the Matter The Hitch-Hiker Husband and Wife Inferno An Inlet of Muddy Water A Japanese Tragedy Kiss Me Kate Le Boulanger de Valorgue The Little Kidnappers The Man Between Miss Sadie Thompson Niagara 99 River Street Onna no Issho Salome Shukuzu Siren of Bagdad Small Town Girl So Big Summer with Monika The Sun Shines Bright The Sword and the Rose Therese Raquin The Titfield Thunderbolt We Are All Murderers Where Chimneys are Seen Wife Yokubo Young Bess I have taped/acquired, but have not yet watched: Calamity Jane El The Master of Ballantrae Sawdust and Tinsel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Some might like Summer with Monika just to see the young Harriet Andersson without her clothes. Young innocent guy has a summer affair with a more experienced girl. All I Desire is one of my two or three favorite Douglas Sirk films. Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman who's abandoned her husband and children for a stage career. Her letters tell of her success as a classical actress in Europe; instead, she's singing bawdy songs in D-List vaudeville. Her oldest daughter dreams of a stage career, too. Barbara stops by her old hometown for a brief visit. Her ex-husband (Richard Carlson) is becoming involved with the high school drama teacher (Maureen O'Sullivan). Her ex-lover (Lyle Bettger) is still in town, too. Beautifully directed. Stanwyck is much softer than she is in most of her 1950s films. Kiss Me Kate has one of Cole Porter's best scores. The Hitch-Hiker shows that Ida Lupino can direct noir just like the boys. Two men on a fishing trip are kidnapped by a criminal, scarily played by William Talman in his pre-Hamilton Burger phase. Some location photography in Mexico. So Big has the same problem as all the adaptations of two-generation sagas by Edna Ferber: the two halves of the film don't really match. Jane Wyman is most effective as the poor young woman who marries a farmer (Sterling Hayden) and by hard work becomes rich as a specialty farmer for the Chicago market. The Captain's Paradise: Alec Guinness, a ferry boat captain, has a domestic helpmate wife (Celia Johnson) in Gibraltar and a sexy wife (Yvonne DeCarlo) in Tangier. What could possibly go wrong? Alec Guinness in 1950s Ealing comedy just about always equals an entertaining film. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here are the films I haven't seen from 1953: Genevieve The Titfield Thunderbolt You have a few Lawrence that are well worth trying to catch up with. But why not Genevieve and The Titfield Thunderbolt, two gentle British comedies. Tom will appreciate this: I first saw both of these films as a double bill on Elwy Yost's Saturday Night at the Movies in Toronto. Genevieve which stars Kenneth More, John Gregson and Kay Kendall is about the London to Brighton antique car race. The Titfield Thunderbolt which stars Stanley Holloway, John Gregson again, and Hugh Giffith ia about a group of volunteers which try to save an antique train line from closure. It was directed by Charles Chrichton. Neither film is an earth shattering experience but certainly a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 You have a few Lawrence that are well worth trying to catch up with. But why not Genevieve and The Titfield Thunderbolt, two gentle British comedies. Tom will appreciate this: I first saw both of these films as a double bill on Elwy Yost's Saturday Night at the Movies in Toronto. Genevieve which stars Kenneth More, John Gregson and Kay Kendall is about the London to Brighton antique car race. The Titfield Thunderbolt which stars Stanley Holloway, John Gregson again, and Hugh Giffith ia about a group of volunteers which try to save an antique train line from closure. It was directed by Charles Chrichton. Neither film is an earth shattering experience but certainly a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes. I've never seen The Titfield Thunderbolt but I'm certainly familiar with Genevieve, a lovely British comedy. The fun of the film is in regard to the various amusing situations that arise in a friendly rivalry between two old roadster buffs (John Gregson, Kenneth More) in their Brighton to London race. But the real charm of the film for me comes in the sheer likeability of its cast members, with Kenneth More and Kay Kendall particularly shining in their roles. More's character may have a bit of a larcenous streak in him, perhaps, but not so much that you still don't like him. He spends much of the film hoping to bed regal elegant beauty Kendall on their trip but nothing seems to work out for him. Adding to his anxieties is her insistence that her dog accompanies them in the open air roadster, and her dog happens to be an oversized saint bernard. The gentle charm of the film is also enhanced by its musical score with, if memory serves me correctly, a harmonica performing its main theme. Genevieve, by the way, is the name of Gregson's roadster, which he seems to love almost as much as his wife (engagingly played by Dinah Sheridan). SPOILER ALERT: The film has a lovely, surprisingly touching moment when Gregson, eager to win the race as they approach the finish line, is stopped at an intersection by a traffic bobby and an elegant derby hatted English gentleman stops to marvel at his roadster as the bobby then gives him the "go" wave and a laughing More, parked beside him in his vehicle, then takes off. But Gregson, courteous to the elderly gentleman, doesn't cut off the conversation even though it may cost him the race. His wife starts to weep, touched that her husband would unexpectedly place courtesy to a stranger above his previously all consuming importance of winning the race. As I said, it's a lovely moment in the film. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia) is an Italian romantic comedy by Luigi Comencini. Vittorio de Sica, the director of Bicycle Thieves, plays a Marshal in an Italian village. Gina Lollobrigida plays La Bersagliera, a young woman riding a donkey and running around barefoot. It's a much happier story than the neorealist films of the years before. There was a bit of controversy around it at the time because it involves a single mother. Part of the dialogue is in the Abruzzo dialect. It belongs to a trilogy, but this first part is the best. Le Boulanger de Valorgue is a bittersweet French comedy with Fernandel. He plays a baker in a small village who refuses to deliver bread after his son, who has left to the War in Algeria, is accused of impregnating the grocer's daughter. He speaks with the accent of the Provence. It shows the power of gossip in a small village and the moral leadership a Catholic priest still had. Kiss Me Kate is an adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical by Cole Porter. The title is a quote from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The story is about a group of actors who are rehearsing this play. One of the actors gets into trouble when he can't pay back his gambling debt. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel play the leading roles. The film is best remembered for its comical songs, such as I Hate Men and Too Darn Hot - the latter sung by Ann Miller dancing on the table. Miss Sadie Thompson is a musical with Rita Hayworth as a woman on a ship trying to hide her promiscuous past. Gossip starts, but a missionary wants to save her soul. It's based on W. Somerset Maugham's short story Miss Thompson, later retitled Rain. Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) was an international breakthrough for Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, in a time when they started showing foreign movies in American arthouses. This nostalgic love story is one of his most accessible movies. Harriet Anderson plays the title character, who runs away with her lover to spend the summer on an island. The nude scene sparked controversy and was the reason why Woody Allen went to see it. Bergman would become one of his biggest inspirations. Thérèse Raquin is an adaptation of Emile Zola's novel about a woman in an extramarital relationship. It's a study of the human conscience. Simone Signoret plays one of her best roles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I apologize in advance that my 1954 choices may highlight choices that may not deserve the Oscar by film school standards, but they are my genuine favorites. I wish that 1954 were available to post right now, I've had a bunch of Sauvignon Blanc as my I Love Lucy wine selection and I think I could make a lot of great selections right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 It’s time for 1954. We will be on 1954 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1954. Winners in bold. Best Actor Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront* Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny + Bing Crosby, The Country Girl James Mason, A Star Is Born Dan O’Herlihy, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Best Actress Grace Kelly, The Country Girl* Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones Judy Garland, A Star Is Born Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina Jane Wyman, Magnificent Obsession Best Supporting Actor Edmond O’Brien, The Barefoot Contessa* Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront Karl Malden, On the Waterfront Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront Tom Tully, The Caine Mutiny Best Supporting Actress Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront* Nina Foch, Executive Suite Katy Jurado, Broken Lance Jan Sterling, The High and the Mighty Claire Trevor, The High and the Mighty Jon Whitely and Vincent Winter received special Oscar statuettes for outstanding juvenile performances of 1954 for The Little Kidnappers (53). + I will comment on Humphrey Bogart’s nomination in the next post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1954… I think Humphrey Bogart belongs in the supporting category for The Caine Mutiny. The film certainly isn’t told from his point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I apologize in advance that my 1954 choices may highlight choices that may not deserve the Oscar by film school standards, but they are my genuine favorites. I wish that 1954 were available to post right now, I've had a bunch of Sauvignon Blanc as my I Love Lucy wine selection and I think I could make a lot of great selections right now. This brings up the issue of what this thread is about. Is it about our favourite performances of a year or is it those performances that we consider to be the best of the year, which is not necessarily the same thing. I have had a tendency to try to name my idea of "the best" of the year here. But we all know we can also love some performances for a variety of reasons that don't have a thing to do with being "Oscar worthy." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 This brings up the issue of what this thread is about. Is it about our favourite performances of a year or is it those performances that we consider to be the best of the year, which is not necessarily the same thing. I have had a tendency to try to name my idea of "the best" of the year here. But we all know we can also love some performances for a variety of reasons that don't have a thing to do with being "Oscar worthy." Bogie has titled this thread "Your favorite performances...," and it's in the "Your Favorites" section on the Board. Since you've gotten into process, Tom, here are a few whiny opinions. I think the Oscars have nothing to do with it, I wish they wouldn't even be listed here. In addition, my least favorite discussion on this Board is that nit-picking discussion of whether something should be lead or supporting. I also wish people would stick to five choices per category. We all love so many films, it's hard to narrow them down, but it's no challenge for people to, basically, list every performance of the year that they like, plus runner ups (or is it runners up) which some posters seem to do. Regarding best or favorite, for me, they are the same. If there was a standard for best that everyone agreed with, it would be like the Septuagint -- we would all come up with the same choices. Enough with my kvetching and my few humble opinions for this morning. 1954 is a tough year for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Bogie has titled this thread "Your favorite performances...," and it's in the "Your Favorites" section on the Board. Since you've gotten into process, Tom, here are a few whiny opinions. I think the Oscars have nothing to do with it, While I know that the thread is called "favourites," I still suspect that posters here may differ here a bit as to whether they pick personal favourites of the year, as opposed to their perception of the best (again, not necessarily the same thing, though they probably do overlap much of the time). As for the Oscars being listed here, I think that's fine. Many of our picks will be compared to those selections made by the Motion Picture Academy. Besides those listings provide, at the least, a starting point for consideration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Here are some performances from 1954 that will be recognized in subsequent years … Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimua will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actor Award in 1955 for Seven Samurai (1954). Pierre Fresnay will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actor Award in 1956 for The Unfrocked One (1954). Dorothy Dandridge will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Award in 1955 for Carmen Jones (1954). Grace Kelly will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Award in 1955 for The Country Girl (1954). Judy Garland will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Award in 1955 for A Star Is Born (1954). Giulietta Masina will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Foreign Actress Award in 1955 for La Strada (1954). The entire cast of A Big Family/Bolshaya Semya (1954) will win the acting award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955. Edited July 27, 2016 by Bogie56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newclassicfilmfan1 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 On The Waterfront from 1954 should have gotten every single award that year...greatest film and performances I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 This argument is a moot point, as far as I'm concerned, since my favorites are naturally also the best! Just kidding, of course. I've been going with favorites more so than any attempt at quantifying what is the best, since naturally that would be highly subjectively, as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1954 BEST ACTOR Marlon Brando On the Waterfront**** Toshiro Mifune Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto Toshiro Mifune Seven Samurai Akihiko Hirata Gojira James Stewart Rear Window James Mason A Star is Born Takashi Shimura Seven Samurai Dan O'Herlihy Robinson Crusoe Spencer Tracy Broken Lance Harry Belafonte Carmen Jones William Holden Executive Suite BEST ACTRESS Guilietta Masina La Strada**** Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones Ingrid Bergman Journey to Italy Grace Kelly The Country Girl Audrey Hepburn Sabrina Judy Holliday It Should Happen to You Marilyn Monroe River of No Return BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Humphrey Bogart The Caine Mutiny**** Rod Steiger On the Waterfront Edmond O'Brien The Barefoot Contessa Lee J. Cobb On the Waterfront John Williams Dial "M" for Murder Takashi Shimura Gojira Karl Malden On the Waterfront Fess Parker Them! BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Thelma Ritter Rear Window**** Eva Marie Saint On the Waterfront Mercedes McCambridge Johnny Guitar Katy Jurado Broken Lance Nina Foch Executive Suite Pearl Bailey Carmen Jones BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE Sandy Descher Them!**** 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1954 was boosted by some outstanding foreign films. The Best Actress category lacks depth this year, though the top performances are all fine. Accents rule the Best Actor competition this year: French, Japanese, British, Method mumble. Choosing between the top ten or twelve candidates for supporting actor was especially difficult. I couldn't even pick my favorite performance in THE CAINE MUTINY. Best Actor for 1954: Marlon Brando, ON THE WATERFRONT****Takashi Shimura, SEVEN SAMURAI Jean Gabin, TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI James Mason, A STAR IS BORN Gerard Philipe, THE RED AND THE BLACK Honorable mention: Toshiro Mifune, SEVEN SAMURAI; Ray Milland, DIAL M FOR MURDER; Gerard Philipe, KNAVE OF HEARTS (MONSIEUR RIPOIS); Anthony Quinn, LA STRADA; Jean Servais, RIFIFI; James Stewart, REAR WINDOW Best Actress for 1954: Judy Garland, A STAR IS BORN**** Giulietta Masina, LA STRADA Grace Kelly, REAR WINDOW Audrey Hepburn, SABRINA Shirley Booth, ABOUT MRS. LESLIE Jean Simmons, A BULLET IS WAITING Best Supporting Actor for 1954: Rod Steiger, ON THE WATERFRONT**** John Mills, HOBSON'S CHOICE Timothy Carey, CRIME WAVE John Williams, DIAL M FOR MURDER Frank Sinatra, SUDDENLY Honorable mention: Richard Basehart, LA STRADA; Humphrey Bogart, THE CAINE MUTINY; Raymond Burr, REAR WINDOW; Lee J. Cobb, ON THE WATERFRONT; Jose Ferrer, THE CAINE MUTINY; Van Johnson, THE CAINE MUTINY; Fred MacMurray, THE CAINE MUTINY; Karl Malden, ON THE WATERFRONT; Edmond O'Brien, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA; Abraham Sofaer, ELEPHANT WALK; Tom Tully, THE CAINE MUTINY Best Supporting Actress for 1954: Brenda de Banzie, HOBSON'S CHOICE**** Eva Marie Saint, ON THE WATERFRONT Thelma Ritter, REAR WINDOW Ruth Roman, THE FAR COUNTRY Mercedes McCambridge, JOHNNY GUITAR Honorable mention: Nina Foch, EXECUTIVE SUITE; Joan Greenwood, KNAVE OF HEARTS (MONSIEUR RIPOIS); Antonella Lualdi, THE RED AND THE BLACK; Merle Oberon, DESIREE So Darn Cute Award: Russ Tamblyn, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Anne Shirley/Gig Young Name Change Award: Donna Lee Hickey, who changed her stage name to May Wynn after the character she played in THE CAINE MUTINY 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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