Oscars 1955 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
Rear Window
A Star Is Born
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Best Director!

Winner: Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
Edward Dmytryk - The Caine Mutiny
George Seaton - The Country Girl
Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
George Cukor - A Star Is Born

Best Actor!

Winner: Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby - The County Girl
James Mason - A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy - Robinson Crusoe

Best Actress!

Winner: Judy Garland, A Star Is Born!

Nominees:
Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones
Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina
Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
Karl Malden - On the Waterfront
Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa
Rod Steiger - On the Waterfront
Tom Tully - The Caine Mutiny

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
Nina Foch - Executive Suite
Katy Jurado - Broken Lance
Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor - The High and the Mighty

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Budd Schulberg, On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - The Barefoot Contessa
Richard Murphy - Broken Lance
Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney - The Glenn Miller Story
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni - Seven Samurai

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: John Michael Hayes, Rear Window!

Nominees:
Stanley Roberts - The Caine Mutiny
Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor and Ernest Lehman - Sabrina
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Moss Hart - A Star Is Born

Best Story!

Winner: Broken Lance!

Nominees:
Bread, Love and Dreams
Forbidden Games
Night People
There's No Business Like Show Business

Best Animated Short!

Winner: When Magoo Flew!

Nominees:
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Pigs Is Pigs
Sandy Claws
Touche, Pussy Cat!

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: The Vanishing Prairie!

Nominees:
The Stratford Adventure

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Thursday's Children!

Nominees:
Jet Carrier
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: This Mechanical Age!

Nominees:
The First Piano Quartette
The Strauss Fantasy

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: A Time Out of War!

Nominees:
Beauty and the Bull
Jet Carrier
Siam

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
The Caine Mutiny
Genevieve
The High and the Mighty
The Silver Chalice

Best Musical Score!

Winner: A Star Is Born!

Nominees:
Carmen Jones
The Glenn Miller Story
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
There's No Business Like Show Business

Best Original Song!

Winner: Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin - The Man That Got Away, A Star Is Born!

Nominees:
Irving Berlin - Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, White Christmas
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington - The High and the Mighty, The High and the Mighty
Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers - Hold My Hand, Susan Slept Here
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn - Three Coins in the Fountain, Three Coins in the Fountain

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: Rear Window!

Nominees:
Brigadoon
The Caine Mutiny
The Glenn Miller Story
Susan Slept Here

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Sabrina
Seven Samurai

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Nominees:
Brigadoon
Desiree
Red Garters
A Star Is Born

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Rogue Cop
Sabrina

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: Rear Window!

Nominees:
The Egyptian
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Silver Chalice
Three Coins in the Fountain

Best Costume Design - Black and White!

Winner: Sabrina!

Nominees:
The Earrings of Madame de...
Executive Suite
It Should Happen to You
Seven Samurai

Best Costume Design - Color!

Winner: The Gate of Hell!

Nominees:
Brigadoon
Desiree
A Star Is Born
There's No Business Like Show Business

Best Film Editing!

Winner: On the Waterfront!

Nominees:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Caine Mutiny
The High and the Mighty
Rear Window

Best Special Effects!

Winner: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Nominees:
Hell and High Water
Them!