1958
The 30th Academy Awards | 1958
RKO Pantages Theatre
Wednesday, March 26, 1958
Honoring movies released in 1957
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Red Buttons
Sayonara
Nominees
Russ Tamblyn
Peyton Place
Vittorio De Sica
A Farewell to Arms
Sessue Hayakawa
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Kennedy
Peyton Place
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Miyoshi Umeki
Sayonara
Nominees
Carolyn Jones
The Bachelor Party
Elsa Lanchester
Witness for the Prosecution
Hope Lange
Peyton Place
Diane Varsi
Peyton Place
Cinematography
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Jack Hildyard
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
Milton Krasner
Funny Face
Ray June
Peyton Place
William Mellor
Sayonara
Ellsworth Fredricks
Costume Design
Winner
Les Girls
Orry-Kelly
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
Charles LeMaire
Funny Face
Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy
Pal Joey
Jean Louis
Raintree County
Walter Plunkett
Directing
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
Nominees
Peyton Place
Mark Robson
Sayonara
Joshua Logan
12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet
Witness for the Prosecution
Billy Wilder
Film Editing
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peter Taylor
Nominees
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
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Nights of Cabiria
Italy
Nominees
The Devil Came at Night
West Germany
Gates of Paris
France
Mother India
India
Nine Lives
Norway
Actor
Winner
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Nominees
Marlon Brando
Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa
A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton
Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn
Wild Is the Wind
Actress
Winner
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve
Nominees
Deborah Kerr
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anna Magnani
Wild Is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor
Raintree County
Lana Turner
Peyton Place
Art Direction
Winner
Sayonara
Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Nominees
Funny Face
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Les Girls
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Pal Joey
Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis Diage
Raintree County
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Sound Recording
Winner
Sayonara
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director
Nominees
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
Les Girls
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Pal Joey
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Witness for the Prosecution
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Birds Anonymous
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
One Droopy Knight
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
Tabasco Road
Edward Selzer, Producer
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
The Truth about Mother Goose
Walt Disney, Producer
Music (Scoring)
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Malcolm Arnold
Nominees
Raintree County
Johnny Green
An Affair to Remember
Hugo Friedhofer
Boy on a Dolphin
Hugo Friedhofer
Perri
Paul Smith
Music (Song)
Winner
The Joker Is Wild
All The Way in "The Joker Is Wild" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
An Affair to Remember
An Affair To Remember in "An Affair to Remember" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
April Love
April Love in "April Love" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy in "Tammy and the Bachelor" Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Wild Is the Wind
Wild Is The Wind in "Wild Is the Wind" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Special Effects
Winner
The Enemy Below
Audible Effects by Walter Rossi
Nominees
The Spirit of St. Louis
Visual Effects by Louis Lichtenfield
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Albert Schweitzer
Jerome Hill, Producer
Nominees
On the Bowery
Lionel Rogosin, Producer
Torero!
Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer
Best Motion Picture
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sam Spiegel, Producer
Nominees
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
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Samuel Goldwyn
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
The Wetback Hound
Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Nominees
A Chairy Tale
Norman McLaren, Producer
City of Gold
Tom Daly, Producer
Foothold on Antarctica
James Carr, Producer
Portugal
Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
Nominees
12 Angry Men
Reginald Rose
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
John Lee Mahin, John Huston
Peyton Place
John Michael Hayes
Sayonara
Paul Osborn
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Winner
Designing Woman
George Wells
Nominees
Funny Face
Leonard Gershe
Man of a Thousand Faces
Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
The Tin Star
Story by Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Vitelloni
Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano
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12 Angry Men
3 NominationsBest Motion Picture - Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Reginald Rose
Directing - Sidney Lumet
A
An Affair to Remember
4 NominationsMusic (Song) - An Affair To Remember in "An Affair to Remember" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
Costume Design - Charles LeMaire
Music (Scoring) - Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography - Milton Krasner
Albert Schweitzer
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Feature) - Jerome Hill, Producer
April Love
1 NominationMusic (Song) - April Love in "April Love" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
B
The Bachelor Party
1 NominationActress in a Supporting Role - Carolyn Jones in "The Bachelor Party"
Birds Anonymous
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
Boy on a Dolphin
1 NominationMusic (Scoring) - Hugo Friedhofer
The Bridge on the River Kwai
8 Nominations, 7 Wins* Actor - Alec Guinness in "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
* Directing - David Lean
* Cinematography - Jack Hildyard
* Music (Scoring) - Malcolm Arnold
* Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
* Film Editing - Peter Taylor
* Best Motion Picture - Sam Spiegel, Producer
Actor in a Supporting Role - Sessue Hayakawa in "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
C
A Chairy Tale
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Norman McLaren, Producer
City of Gold
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Tom Daly, Producer
D
Designing Woman
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - George Wells
The Devil Came at Night
1 NominationForeign Language Film - West Germany
E
The Enemy Below
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Special Effects - Audible Effects by Walter Rossi
F
A Farewell to Arms
1 NominationActor in a Supporting Role - Vittorio De Sica in "A Farewell to Arms"
Foothold on Antarctica
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - James Carr, Producer
Funny Face
4 NominationsArt Direction - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Costume Design - Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Leonard Gershe
Cinematography - Ray June
G
Gates of Paris
1 NominationForeign Language Film - France
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
2 NominationsSound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
Film Editing - Warren Low
H
A Hatful of Rain
1 NominationActor - Anthony Franciosa in "A Hatful of Rain"
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
2 NominationsActress - Deborah Kerr in "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - John Lee Mahin, John Huston
J
The Joker Is Wild
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Music (Song) - All The Way in "The Joker Is Wild" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
L
Les Girls
3 Nominations, 1 WinArt Direction - Art Direction: William A. Horning, Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
* Costume Design - Orry-Kelly
M
Man of a Thousand Faces
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Mother India
1 NominationForeign Language Film - India
N
The Nights of Cabiria
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Foreign Language Film - Italy
Nine Lives
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Norway
O
On the Bowery
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Lionel Rogosin, Producer
One Droopy Knight
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
P
Pal Joey
4 NominationsArt Direction - Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis Diage
Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Costume Design - Jean Louis
Film Editing - Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms
Perri
1 NominationMusic (Scoring) - Paul Smith
Peyton Place
9 NominationsActor in a Supporting Role - Arthur Kennedy in "Peyton Place"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Diane Varsi in "Peyton Place"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Hope Lange in "Peyton Place"
Best Motion Picture - Jerry Wald, Producer
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - John Michael Hayes
Actress - Lana Turner in "Peyton Place"
Directing - Mark Robson
Actor in a Supporting Role - Russ Tamblyn in "Peyton Place"
Cinematography - William Mellor
Portugal
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
R
Raintree County
4 NominationsArt Direction - Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Actress - Elizabeth Taylor in "Raintree County"
Music (Scoring) - Johnny Green
Costume Design - Walter Plunkett
S
Sayonara
10 Nominations, 4 Wins* Art Direction - Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Miyoshi Umeki in "Sayonara"
* Actor in a Supporting Role - Red Buttons in "Sayonara"
* Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director
Film Editing - Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
Cinematography - Ellsworth Fredricks
Directing - Joshua Logan
Actor - Marlon Brando in "Sayonara"
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Paul Osborn
Best Motion Picture - William Goetz, Producer
The Spirit of St. Louis
1 NominationSpecial Effects - Visual Effects by Louis Lichtenfield
T
Tabasco Road
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
Tammy and the Bachelor
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Tammy in "Tammy and the Bachelor" Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
The Three Faces of Eve
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Actress - Joanne Woodward in "The Three Faces of Eve"
The Tin Star
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Torero!
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
The Truth about Mother Goose
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
V
Vitelloni
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano
W
The Wetback Hound
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Live Action) - Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Wild Is the Wind
3 NominationsActress - Anna Magnani in "Wild Is the Wind"
Actor - Anthony Quinn in "Wild Is the Wind"
Music (Song) - Wild Is The Wind in "Wild Is the Wind" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Witness for the Prosecution
6 NominationsBest Motion Picture - Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer
Directing - Billy Wilder
Actor - Charles Laughton in "Witness for the Prosecution"
Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
Actress in a Supporting Role - Elsa Lanchester in "Witness for the Prosecution"
Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director