Oscar Rewrite: 1953

 

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity      Tokyo Story

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity) Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu)

Best Actor: William Holden (Stalag 17)     Monty Clift (From Here to Eternity)

Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday)

Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity) Jack Palance (Shane)

Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity) Gloria Grahame (The Big Heat)

Best Original Screenplay: Roman Holiday  Pickup on South Street

Best Adapted Screenplay: From Here to Eternity   The Wages of Fear

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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