Oscars: Season 1954, Episode 1

1954 - 1: The 26th Annual Academy Awards

The 26th Annual Academy Awards Broadcast on NBC and hosted by Donald O'Connor (LA) and Fredric March (NYC). All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films. Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity won eight awards from its thirteen nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay (Daniel Taradash), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Burnett Guffey), Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing. It was the third film to receive five acting nominations. Its eight awards matched the record set by Gone with the Wind in 1939. Walt Disney won four awards,