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- 27th_Academy_Awards abstract "The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films produced in 1954. The Best Picture winner, On the Waterfront, was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Elia Kazan. It had twelve nominations and eight wins, matching two other films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and From Here to Eternity (1953), even though those two each had thirteen nominations.The low-budget, black and white On the Waterfront was filmed entirely on location in Hoboken and told the gritty story of New York dock workers, brutality, corruption, and embroilment with a gangster union boss. It provided an expose of union racketeering while showcasing the murder of an innocent longshoreman. Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg justified their own naming of names (blacklisting-testimony against alleged Communists) as friendly witnesses before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the early 1950s with the film's story of heroic longshoreman informant Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) who stood alone and turned witness against the corrupt and intimidating union bosses and became a marked 'pigeon'.A "rematch" occurred in the category of Best Actor, where Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart were competing again for the first time since Bogart beat him three years earlier. In a surprise win (Bing Crosby was the favored nominee), Brando received his first Oscar for his performance in On the Waterfront, which is now seen as one of the most justified upsets in Oscar history.Grace Kelly won Best Actress for The Country Girl in another upset. Judy Garland, who was heavily tipped to win Best Actress for the movie A Star Is Born could not attend the ceremony as she had only recently given birth to her third child. Cameras were set up in her room so she could express her thanks in the likely case of her winning. Groucho Marx later sent her a telegram expressing that her loss was "the biggest robbery since Brink's."Dorothy Dandridge became the first African American actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress.".
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- 27th_Academy_Awards award "Academy Awards".
- 27th_Academy_Awards bestPicture "On the Waterfront".
- 27th_Academy_Awards date "1955-03-30".
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- 27th_Academy_Awards host Bob_Hope.
- 27th_Academy_Awards host Thelma_Ritter.
- 27th_Academy_Awards last "26".
- 27th_Academy_Awards mostNominations "On the Waterfront".
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- 27th_Academy_Awards network NBC.
- 27th_Academy_Awards next "28".
- 27th_Academy_Awards number "27".
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- 27th_Academy_Awards site Pantages_Theatre_(Hollywood).
- 27th_Academy_Awards site NBC_Century_Theatre.
- 27th_Academy_Awards subject Category:1954_film_awards.
- 27th_Academy_Awards subject Category:1955_in_the_United_States.
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- 27th_Academy_Awards comment "The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films produced in 1954. The Best Picture winner, On the Waterfront, was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Elia Kazan.".
- 27th_Academy_Awards label "27. ceremonia wręczenia Oscarów".
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