9th Golden Globe Awards

Best Picture — Drama

A Place in the Sun

• Bright Victory
• Detective Story
• Quo Vadis
• A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Picture — Comedy or Musical

An American in Paris^[1]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Fredric March – Death of a Salesman

• Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory
• Kirk Douglas – Detective Story

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil

• Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun
• Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical

Danny Kaye – On the Riviera

• Bing Crosby – Here Comes the Groom
• Gene Kelly – An American in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical

June Allyson – Too Young to Kiss

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire

• Thelma Ritter – The Mating Season
• Lee Grant – Detective Story

Best Director — Motion Picture

László Benedek – Death of a Salesman

• Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris
• George Stevens – A Place in the Sun

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Bright Victory – Robert Buckner

Best Music, Original Score — Motion Picture

September Affair – composed by Victor Young

• The Well – composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
• The Day the Earth Stood Still – Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography — Black and White

Death of a Salesman – Franz F. Planer

• Decision Before Dawn – Franz F. Planer
• A Place in the Sun – William C. Mellor

Cinematography — Color

Quo Vadis – photographed by William V. Skall

Promoting International Understanding

The Day the Earth Stood Still – Robert Wise

Special Achievement Award

Alain Resnais

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Esther Williams

New Star of the Year Actor

Kevin McCarthy

New Star of the Year Actress

Pier Angeli