Evening star., 1953-12-21
Film Daily Selects
Audrey Hepburn and
Ferrer as 50 Stars

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Audrey Hepburn and Jose
Ferrer were named top movie
stars Of the year in an annual
poll of critics by the trade pub
lication. Film Daily.
Miss Hepburn also was named
top find" of the year because
of her first big screen role in
this country as the princess in
Roman Holiday" Mr.. Ferrer
was rated the years best male
performer for his portrayal Of
ToulouSe-Lautrec in the picture
Moulin Rouge"
The film version of James
Jones From Here to Eternity"
wa' given the top spot for
screen hits during the last year.
1t also won a nod for the ablest
directing for Fred Zimmerman
and for the best screen writing
for Daniel Taradash.
Frank Sinatra was given a
citation for the best supporting
performance for his dramatic
part in From Here to Eternity"
Miss Grahame Acclaimed.
Gloria Grahame also was ac-
claimed for best supporting per-
formance for her role in The
Bad and the Beautiful"
Moulin Rouge" and Roman
Holiday" also won in other Of
the publications Filmdom's Fa-
nous Five categories and were
runnerS-up to Eternity" for the
best screenplay.
Meanwhile. the National Board
of Review of Motion Pictures
announced that it's selection Of
the "best picture" went to
Julius Caesar" The picture
starred James Mason, Deborah
Kerr, Marion Brando, Louis
Calhern and Greer Carson.
The boards Committee on
Exceptional Films said the pic
ture was chosen because "it was
not merely an able transfer of
stage play to the screen. but an
unusually skillful portrayal of an
historic event"
Other Selections
The boards other nine selec-
tions, in the order chosen. were
Shane" From Here to Eter-
nifty" Martin Luther" Lii"
Roman Holiday" "Stalag IT,"
Little Fugitive" "Mogambo"
and The Robe"
The board selected Jean Sim
mons as the years best movie
actress for her work in young
Bess," 1.-THE Robe" and "The
Actress" James Mason was
voted the years best actor for
his work in Face to Face" "The
Desert Rats" THE Man Be-
tween" and Julius Caesar"
George Stevens, director Of the
Western picture Shane was
voted the years best director.
Shane" won mention in sew
eral of the Film Dailys choicest
spots. Director Stevens was
voted fourth among directors
of the year and the films star.
Alan Ladd, was chosen fourth
among actors of the year. 1t
brought first-place honors to
Brandon DeWilde among juve-
nile actors, third place for Jack
Palance and fifth place for Van
Hef1in as supporting actors and
was chosen the third best photo
graphed picture.
"The Robe" HonOred.
The Cinemascope hit, THE
Robe" was the only movie filmed
in one of the new processes to be
cited in the survey. The wide
screen production won fourth
place citations for screenplay.
Henry Roster was cited in the
poll for third place in the direc-
tors category. The film also
brought a fifth place rank to
Richard Burton for his acting
and named him the fifth find"
Of the year.
List of Citations.
The complete list of citations
in the poll follows:
Best performance. male: Mr..
Ferrer. Montgomery Cliff, Will
liam Holden in "Stalag IT," Mr..
Ladd, Mr.. Burton.
Best performance, female:
Miss Hepburn, Leslie Caron, in
"Lili"; Jane Wyman. in 80 Big;
Miss Kerr and Miss Simmons, in
young Bess."
Best directors: Mr.. Zimmer-
man. John Huston. Moulin
Rouge; Henry Roster. The
Robe; Mr.. Stevens, Shane"
and William Wyler. Roman
Holiday"
Best screenplays: From Here
to Eternity" Mr.. Taradash;
THE Moon Is Blue" F. Hugh
Herbert; "Lili," Helen Deutsch;
"The Robe" Phillip Dunn; "Ro-
man Holiday" Ian Mcclellan
Hunter and John Dighton. =
Best supporting performance,
male: Mr.. Sinatra. From Here
to Eternity; David Niven. The
Moon Is Blue; Mr.. Palance.
Shane; Eddie Albert. Roman
Holiday; Mr.. Heflin. Shane"
Best supporting performance.
female: Miss Grahame, The
Bad and the Beautiful; Donna
Reed, From Here to Eternity:
Thelma Ritter. Titanic: Grace
Kelly. "Mogambo"; Colette
Marchand, Moulin Rouge"
Finds" of the Year.
Finds" of the year: Miss Hep
burn: Maggie Mcnamara. THE
Moon Is Blue; Christian Four
cade, Little Boy Lost; Mr..
Palance. Shane"
Best photographed picture:
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