25th Annual Academy Awards
March 19, 1953

The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
and the NBC Century Theatre, New York

Your Hosts: Bob Hope in Hollywood,
Conrad Nagel in New York
Televised over NBC
Opening sequence on TV: Scene from Wings, followed by pictures of a modern jet-- Ronald Reagan
Welcome and introduction of Bob Hope:Academy President Charles Brackett
Costume Design:Ginger Rogers
Documentaries:Jean Hersholt
Film Editing:Frank Capra
Art Direction:Joan Fontaine & James Stewart
Sound Recording:Claire Trevor
Short Subjects:Ray Milland & Jane Wyman
Cinematography:Teresa Wright
Music Awards:Walt Disney
Director:Olivia de Havilland
John Ford was not present at the ceremonies. John Wayne accepted the Award on his behalf.
Writing Awards:Dore Schary
Supporting Actor:Greer Garson
Supporting Actress:Edmund Gwenn
Anthony Quinn was not present at the ceremonies. His wife, Katherine DeMille Quinn, accepted the Award on his behalf.
Actor:Janet Gaynor
Gary Cooper was not present at the ceremonies. John Wayne accepted the Award on his behalf.
Actress:Ronald Colman
Best Picture:Mary Pickford
(End of telecast)
Special Effects:Loretta Young
Foreign Film:Luise Rainer
Honorary Award to Joseph M. Schenck:Charles Brackett
Joseph Schenck was not present at the ceremonies. Gloria Swanson accepted the Award on his behalf.
Honorary Award to Harold Lloyd:Charles Brackett
Scientific and Technical Awards:Anne Baxter
Honorary Award to Bob Hope:Charles Brackett
Thalberg Award:Charles Brackett
"Am I in Love?"-- Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell
"Because You're Mine"-- Billy Daniels
"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"-- Tex Ritter
"Thumbelina"-- Celeste Holm
"Zing a Little Zong"-- Peggy Lee & Johnny Mercer

Ad for the Awards Ceremony, televised for the first time nationwide.
Music Award winners Alfred Newman (l), Ned Washington
and Dimitri Tiomkin with presenter Walt Disney.
Cecil B. DeMille accepting the Oscar for The Greatest Show
on Earth from actress Mary Pickford. - © LIFE Magazine
Show Producer:Johnny Green
Telecast Producer for NBC:Robert L. Welch
Telecast Director:William A. Bennington
Musical Director:Adolph Deutsch