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1957 Top Ten Movies

01) 12 Angry Men
02) The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet)
03) Paths of Glory
04) Old Yeller
05) Witness for the Prosecution
06) Spirit of St. Louis
07) The Incredible Shrinking Man
08) 3:10 to Yuma
09) Fear Strikes Out
10) Jailhouse Rock
 

30th Annual Academy Awards® for the Year 1957

Date: 26th of March, 1958
Venue: RKO Pantages Theatre
Hosts: James Stewart, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, Bob Hope and Donald Duck
 Summary of "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"

Best motion picture

  • "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
    Sam Spiegel, Producer
  • "PEYTON PLACE"
    Jerry Wald, Producer
  • "SAYONARA"
    William Goetz, Producer
  • "12 ANGRY MEN"
    Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers
  • "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
    Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer
And the winner is: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Achievement in directing

  • "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
    David Lean
  • "PEYTON PLACE"
    Mark Robson
  • "SAYONARA"
    Joshua Logan
  • "12 ANGRY MEN"
    Sidney Lumet
  • "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
    Billy Wilder
And the winner is: David Lean for "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Marlon Brando as Major Lloyd Gruver in "SAYONARA"
  • Anthony Franciosa as Polo in "A HATFUL OF RAIN"
  • Sir Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson in "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
  • Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts in "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
  • Anthony Quinn as Gino in "WILD IS THE WIND"
And the winner is: Sir Alec Guinness for "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Deborah Kerr as Sister Angela in "HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON"
  • Anna Magnani as Gioia in "WILD IS THE WIND"
  • Elizabeth Taylor as Susanna Drake in "RAINTREE COUNTRY"
  • Lana Turner as Constance MacKenzie in "PEYTON PLACE"
  • Joanne Woodard as Eve White/Eve Black/Jane in "THE THREE FACES OF EVE"
And the winner is: Joanne Woodard for "THE THREE FACES OF EVE"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Red Buttons as Joe Kelly in "SAYONARA"
  • Vittorio De Sica as Major Alessandro Rinaldi in "A FAREWELL TO ARMS"
  • Sessue Hayakawa as Saito in "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
  • Arthur Kennedy as Lucas Cross in "PEYTON PLACE"
  • Russ Tamblyn as Norman Page in "PEYTON PLACE"
And the winner is: Red Buttons for "SAYONARA"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Carolyn Jones as The Existentialist in "THE BACHELOR PARTY"
  • Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll in "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
  • Hope Lange as Selma Cross in "PEYTON PLACE"
  • Miyoshi Umeki as Hana-ogi in "SAYONARA"
  • Diane Varsi as Allison MacKenzie in "PEYTON PLACE"
And the winner is: Miyoshi Umeki for "SAYONARA"

Screenplay based on material from another medium

  • "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
    Pierre Boulle
    Note: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle's novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.
  • "HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON"
    John Lee Mahin and John Huston
  • "PEYTON PLACE"
    John Michael Hayes
  • "SAYONARA"
    Paul Osbor
  • "12 ANGRY MEN"
    Reginald Rosen
And the winner is: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Story and screenplay written directly for the screen

  • "DESIGNING WOMAN"
    George Wells
  • "FUNNY FACE"
    Leonard Gershe
  • "MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES"
    Story by Ralph Wheelwright
    Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
  • "THE TIN STAR"
    Story by Barney Slater
    Screenplay by Joel Kane and Dudley Nichols
  • "VITELLONI"
    Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli
    Screenplay by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano
And the winner is: DESIGNING WOMAN

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