Rich Picks
19521954

Awards & Top Films

1953

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1953 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1953

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From Here to EternityNo award data
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Hell and High WaterNo award data
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Money From HomeNo award data
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The Kid From Left FieldNo award data
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Call Me MadamNo award data
6
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Forever FemaleNo award data
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It Came From Outer SpaceNo award data
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LiliNo award data
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Little Boy LostNo award data
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MogamboNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

From Here to Eternity
Producer: Buddy Adler
OscarNBRBAFTA
Genevieve
BAFTA
Jeux Interdits
BAFTA
Julius Caesar
Producer: John Houseman
OscarNBRBAFTA
Roman Holiday
Producer: William Wyler
OscarNBRBAFTA
Shane
Producer: George Stevens
OscarNBRBAFTA
Lili
NBRBAFTA
Mogambo
NBRBAFTA
Moulin Rouge
OscarBAFTA
The Robe
Producer: Frank Ross
OscarNBR
Come Back, Little Sheba
BAFTA
Due soldi di speranza
BAFTA
Le Petit monde de Don Camillo
BAFTA
Martin Luther
NBR
Nous sommes tous des assassins
BAFTA
Stalag 17
NBR
The Bad and the Beautiful
BAFTA
The Cruel Sea
BAFTA
The Heart of the Matter
BAFTA
The Kidnappers
BAFTA
The Little Fugitive
NBR
The Medium
BAFTA
The Sun Shines Bright
BAFTA

International Feature

A Queen is Crowned
NBR

Documentary

The Conquest of Everest
BAFTA
A Queen Is Crowned
BAFTA
Elizabeth is Queen
BAFTA
Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter
BAFTA
Life in the Arctic
BAFTA
Mille Miglia
BAFTA
Operation Hurricane
BAFTA
Pictures of the Middle Ages
BAFTA
Teeth of the Wind
BAFTA
Water Birds
BAFTA
White Mane
BAFTA
World without End
BAFTA

Directing & Editing

Directing

Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity
OscarGlobeDGA
George Stevens
Shane
OscarNBRDGA
Call Me Madam
Alfred Newman
Oscar
Julius Caesar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
Oscar
The Robe
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
Oscar
Joy of Living
Boris Vermont
Oscar
Lili
Bronisław Kaper
Oscar
From Here to Eternity
Burnett Guffey
Oscar
Titanic
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen
Oscar
The Robe
Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago
Oscar
Roman Holiday
Dalton Trumbo (awarded posthumously
Oscar
From Here to Eternity
Daniel Taradash from From Here to Eternity by James Jones
Oscar
Roman Holiday
Edith Head
Oscar
From Here to Eternity
John P. Livadary
Oscar
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Johnny Green
Oscar
Shane
Loyal Griggs
Oscar
"Secret Love" from Calamity Jane
Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Oscar
The Living Desert
Walt Disney
Oscar
Daniel Mann
Come Back, Little Sheba
OscarDGA
Marlon Brando and Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Julius Caesar
OscarDGA
Charles Walters
Lili
OscarDGA
William Wyler
Roman Holiday
OscarDGA
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17
OscarDGA
Richard Burton and Henry Koster
The Robe
OscarDGA
Knights of the Round Table
A. W. Watkins
Oscar
Shane
A.B. Guthrie Jr. from Shane by Jack Schaefer
Oscar
Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
Above and Beyond
DGA
The Band Wagon
Adolph Deutsch
Oscar
The Captain's Paradise
Alec Coppel
Oscar
Kiss Me Kate
André Previn and Saul Chaplin
Oscar
Martin Luther
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz
Oscar
Roman Holiday
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler
Oscar
Knights of the Round Table
Art Direction: Alfred Junge and Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
Oscar
Lili
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams
Oscar
Young Bess
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore
Oscar
The Story of Three Loves
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore
Oscar
The President's Lady
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
Oscar
Titanic
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart A. Reiss
Oscar
Above and Beyond
Beirne Lay Jr.
Oscar
The Band Wagon
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Oscar
Walter Lang
Call Me Madam
DGA
A Queen Is Crowned
Castleton Knight
Oscar
Winter Paradise
Cedric Francis
Oscar
The President's Lady
Charles LeMaire and Renié
Oscar
How to Marry a Millionaire
Charles LeMaire and William Travilla
Oscar
Return to Glennascaul
Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
Oscar
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Edward Cronjager
Oscar
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Edward Selzer
Oscar
The Cruel Sea
Eric Ambler from The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Oscar
Roman Holiday
Franz Planer and Henri Alekan
Oscar
The 5 and 000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff
Oscar
All the Brothers Were Valiant
George Folsey
Oscar
The Four Poster
Hal Mohr
Oscar
Lili
Helen Deutsch from "Love of Seven Dolls" by Paul Gallico
Oscar
Dream Wife
Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy
Oscar
Geraldine Page
Hondo
Oscar
Above and Beyond
Hugo Friedhofer
Oscar
Roman Holiday
Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton from a story by Dalton Trumbo
Oscar
Call Me Madam
Irene Sharaff
Oscar
Wee Water Wonders
Jack Eaton
Oscar
They Planted a Stone
James Carr
Oscar
From Here to Eternity
Jean Louis
Oscar
The Living City
John Barnes
Oscar
The Word
John Healy and John Adams
Oscar
The Conquest of Everest
John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp
Oscar
Martin Luther
Joseph C. Brun
Oscar
Julius Caesar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Oscar
The Robe
Leon Shamroy
Oscar
The Mississippi Gambler
Leslie I. Carey
Oscar
The War of the Worlds
Loren L. Ryder
Oscar
This Is Cinerama
Louis Forbes
Oscar
Hondo
Louis L'Amour
Oscar
The Band Wagon
Mary Ann Nyberg
Oscar
Julius Caesar
Miklós Rózsa
Oscar
Take the High Ground!
Millard Kaufman
Oscar
Ava Gardner
Mogambo
Oscar
From Here to Eternity
Morris Stoloff and George Duning
Oscar
"That's Amore" from The Caddy
Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Oscar
"The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine
Oscar
"Sadie Thompson's Song" from Miss Sadie Thompson
Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Oscar
"My Flaming Heart" from Small Town Girl
Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Oscar
Herring Hunt
National Film Board of Canada
Oscar
Vesuvius Express
Otto Lang
Oscar
Thelma Ritter
Pickup on South Street
Oscar
Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin
Oscar
Calamity Jane
Ray Heindorf
Oscar
The Desert Rats
Richard Murphy
Oscar
Lili
Robert H. Planck
Oscar
The Naked Spur
Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom
Oscar
Christopher Crumpet
Stephen Bosustow
Oscar
Maggie McNamara
The Moon Is Blue
Oscar
Jean Negulesco
Titanic
DGA
Marjorie Rambeau
Torch Song
Oscar
Operation Blue Jay
United States Army Signal Corps
Oscar
Christ Among the Primitives
Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
Oscar
The Actress
Walter Plunkett
Oscar
Calamity Jane
William A. Mueller
Oscar
George Sidney
Young Bess
DGA

Editing

William Lyon
From Here to Eternity
Oscar
11th Golden Globe Awards
11th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
5th Primetime Emmy Awards
5th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
6th Primetime Emmy Awards
6th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
7th British Academy Film Awards
7th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
8th Tony Awards
8th Tony Awards
Oscar
Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
Crazylegs
Oscar
George Stevens
George Stevens
Oscar
Robert Swink
Roman Holiday
Oscar
Otto Ludwig
The Moon Is Blue
Oscar
Everett Douglas
War of the Worlds
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

James Mason
Face to Face
NBR
The Desert Rats
NBR
The Man Between
NBR
Julius Caesar
NBR
Spencer Tracy
The Actress
Globe

Actress in a Leading Role

Jean Simmons
Young Bess
NBR
The Robe
NBR
The Actress
NBR

Actress in a Supporting Role

Donna Reed
From Here to Eternity
Oscar
Geraldine Page
Hondo
Oscar
Grace Kelly
Mogambo
Oscar
Thelma Ritter
Pickup on South Street
Oscar
Marjorie Rambeau
Torch Song
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Helen Deutsch and Paul Gallico
Lili
GlobeWGA
Daniel Taradash
From Here to Eternity
WGA
Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, and John Dighton
Roman Holiday
WGA
Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen, and Walter Reisch
Titanic
Oscar
Adolph Green and Betty Comden
The Band Wagon
OscarWGA
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr.
Above and Beyond
WGA
Arthur Sheekman
Call Me Madam
WGA
Charles Lederer
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
WGA
Nunnally Johnson
How to Marry a Millionaire
WGA
Dorothy Kingsley
Kiss Me Kate
WGA
Ray Ashley
Little Fugitive
WGA
Allan Sloane and Lothar Wolff
Martin Luther
WGA
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Shane
WGA
Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum
Stalag 17
WGA
Millard Kaufman
Take the High Ground!
Oscar
Ruth Gordon
The Actress
WGA
Richard Murphy
The Desert Rats
Oscar
F. Hugh Herbert
The Moon Is Blue
WGA
Harold Jack Bloom and Sam Rolfe
The Naked Spur
Oscar

Screenplay (Adapted)

Helen Deutsch and Paul Gallico
Lili
GlobeWGA
Daniel Taradash
From Here to Eternity
WGA
Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, and John Dighton
Roman Holiday
WGA
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr.
Above and Beyond
WGA
Arthur Sheekman
Call Me Madam
WGA
Charles Lederer
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
WGA
Nunnally Johnson
How to Marry a Millionaire
WGA
Dorothy Kingsley
Kiss Me Kate
WGA
Ray Ashley
Little Fugitive
WGA
Allan Sloane and Lothar Wolff
Martin Luther
WGA
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Shane
WGA
Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum
Stalag 17
WGA
Ruth Gordon
The Actress
WGA
Adolph Green and Betty Comden
The Band Wagon
WGA
F. Hugh Herbert
The Moon Is Blue
WGA