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Academy Awards

30th edition

  • March 26, 1958
  • United States

The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai Sam Spiegel - as producer Winner
12 Angry Men Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose - as producer(s) —
Peyton Place Jerry Wald - as producer —
Sayonara William Goetz - as producer —
Witness for the Prosecution Arthur Hornblow Jr. - as producer —
Best Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Winner
12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet —
Peyton Place Mark Robson —
Sayonara Joshua Logan —
Witness for the Prosecution Billy Wilder —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness Winner
Sayonara Marlon Brando —
A Hatful of Rain Anthony Franciosa —
Witness for the Prosecution Charles Laughton —
Wild Is the Wind Anthony Quinn —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Three Faces of Eve Joanne Woodward Winner
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Deborah Kerr —
Wild Is the Wind Anna Magnani —
Raintree County Elizabeth Taylor —
Peyton Place Lana Turner —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sayonara Red Buttons Winner
A Farewell to Arms Vittorio De Sica —
The Bridge on the River Kwai Sessue Hayakawa —
Peyton Place Arthur Kennedy —
Peyton Place Russ Tamblyn —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sayonara Miyoshi Umeki Winner
The Bachelor Party Carolyn Jones —
Witness for the Prosecution Elsa Lanchester —
Peyton Place Hope Lange —
Peyton Place Diane Varsi —
Best Original Screenplay
Designing Woman George Wells Winner
Funny Face Leonard Gershe —
I Vitelloni Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano —
Man of a Thousand Faces Ralph Wheelwright, R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts —
The Tin Star Barney Slater, Joel Kane, Dudley Nichols —
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Bridge on the River Kwai Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle Winner
12 Angry Men Reginald Rose —
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison John Lee Mahin, John Huston —
Peyton Place John Michael Hayes —
Sayonara Paul Osborn —
Best International Feature Film
Nights of Cabiria — Winner
Mother India — —
The Devil Strikes at Night — —
The Gates of Paris — —
Nine Lives — —
Best Documentary Feature Film
Albert Schweitzer — Winner
On the Bowery — —
Torero! — —
Best Original Score
The Bridge on the River Kwai Malcolm Arnold Winner
An Affair to Remember Hugo Friedhofer —
Boy on a Dolphin Hugo Friedhofer —
Perri Paul J. Smith —
Raintree County Johnny Green —
Best Cinematography
The Bridge on the River Kwai Jack Hildyard Winner
An Affair to Remember Milton Krasner —
Funny Face Ray June —
Peyton Place William C. Mellor —
Sayonara Ellsworth Fredericks —
Best Film Editing
The Bridge on the River Kwai Peter Taylor Winner
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Warren Low —
Pal Joey Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms —
Sayonara Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson —
Witness for the Prosecution Daniel Mandell —
Best Sound
Sayonara George Groves Winner
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral George Dutton —
Les Girls Wesley C. Miller —
Pal Joey John P. Livadary —
Witness for the Prosecution Gordon E. Sawyer —
Best Original Song
The Joker is Wild Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn - "All the Way" Winner
An Affair to Remember Harry Warren, Leo McCarey, Harold Adamson - "An Affair to Remember" —
April Love Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster - "April Love" —
Tammy and the Bachelor Ray Evans, Johnny Livingston - "Tammy" —
Wild Is the Wind Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington - "Wild Is the Wind" —
Best Production Design
Sayonara Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley Winner
Funny Face Hal Pereira, George W. Davis, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer —
Les Girls William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle —
Pal Joey Walter Holscher, William Kiernan, Louis Diage —
Raintree County William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt —
Best Costume Design
Les Girls Orry-Kelly Winner
An Affair to Remember Charles LeMaire —
Funny Face Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy —
Pal Joey Jean Louis —
Raintree County Walter Plunkett —
Best Special Effects
The Enemy Below Walter Rossi Winner
The Spirit of St. Louis Louis Lichtenfield —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Wetback Hound — Winner
A Chairy Tale — —
City of Gold — —
Foothold on Antarctica — —
Portugal — —
Best Animated Short Film
Birds Anonymous — Winner
One Droopy Knight — —
Tabasco Road — —
Trees and Jamaica Daddy — —
The Truth About Mother Goose — —
Honorary Award
— Charles Brackett - for outstanding service to the Academy. Winner
— B. B. Kahane - for distinguished service to the motion picture industry. Winner
— Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson - motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment. Winner
— The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers - for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
— Samuel Goldwyn Winner

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai 7
  • Sayonara 4

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Sayonara 10
  • Peyton Place 9
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai 8
  • Witness for the Prosecution 6
  • An Affair to Remember 4
  • Funny Face 4
  • Pal Joey 4
  • Raintree County 4
  • 12 Angry Men 3
  • Les Girls 3
  • Wild Is the Wind 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Peyton Place 0 / 9
  • Sayonara 4 / 10
  • Witness for the Prosecution 0 / 6
  • An Affair to Remember 0 / 4
  • Funny Face 0 / 4
  • Pal Joey 0 / 4
  • Raintree County 0 / 4
  • 12 Angry Men 0 / 3
  • Wild Is the Wind 0 / 3
  • Les Girls 1 / 3

Only one nomination

33 movies:
  • Albert Schweitzer
  • April Love
  • The Bachelor Party
  • Birds Anonymous
  • Boy on a Dolphin
  • A Chairy Tale
  • City of Gold
  • Designing Woman
  • The Devil Strikes at Night
  • The Enemy Below
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Foothold on Antarctica
  • The Gates of Paris
  • A Hatful of Rain
  • I Vitelloni
  • The Joker is Wild
  • Man of a Thousand Faces
  • Mother India
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • Nine Lives
  • On the Bowery
  • One Droopy Knight
  • Perri
  • Portugal
  • The Spirit of St. Louis
  • Tabasco Road
  • Tammy and the Bachelor
  • The Three Faces of Eve
  • The Tin Star
  • Torero!
  • Trees and Jamaica Daddy
  • The Truth About Mother Goose
  • The Wetback Hound

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