1957 (30th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1957 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1957 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1957 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1957 Ceremony
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Wednesday, March 26, 1958 7:30 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1957 Winners
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Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia (United Kingdom) Sam Spiegel, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai |
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Best Actress: Joanne Woodward as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane in the film The Three Faces of Eve |
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Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons as Airman Joe Kelly in the film Sayonara |
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Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki as Katsumi in the film Sayonara |
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Best Song: All the Way from the film The Joker Is Wild Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1957 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |