The 1957 KohOscars

The KohOscars Podcast launched in October 2025 with a comprehensive retrospective on the year 1999! This episode's committee was comprised of Caleb Boatman, Andrew Barr, Mike Hanley, Kaleb Koho, Cody Newberry, Adelaide Spence. The above the line category nominations were determined live on the show.

Best Picture

12 Angry Men
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Edge of the City
A Face in the Crowd
Paths of Glory
The Seventh Seal
Throne of Blood
The Tin Star
Wild Strawberries
Witness for the Prosecution

Best Director

Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory
Ingrid Bergman - The Seventh Seal
Akira Kurosawa - Throne of Blood
Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries
Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution

Best Actor

Tony Curtis - Sweet Smell of Success
Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory
Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men
Andy Griffith - A Face in the Crowd
Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
Toshiro Mifune - Throne of Blood

Best Actress

Marlene Dietrich - Witness for the Prosecution
Katherine Hepburn - Desk Set
Deborah Kerr - An Affair to Remember
Giulietta Masina - Nights of Cabiria
Patricia Neal - A Face in the Crowd
Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
Isuzu Yamada - Throne of Blood

Best Supporting Actor

Ed Begley - 12 Angry Men
Lee J. Cobb - 12 Angry Men
Bengt Ekerot - The Seventh Seal
Sessue Hayakawa - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Burt Lancaster - Sweet Smell of Success
Adolph Menjou - Paths of Glory
Sidney Poitier - Edge of the City

Best Supporting Actress

Ruby Dee - Edge of the City
Carolyn Jones - The Bachelor Party
Hope Lange - Peyton Place
Elsa Lanchester - Witness for the Prosecution
Kathleen Maguire - Edge of the City
Betsey Palmer - The Tin Star
Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara

Best Original Screenplay

Designing Woman - George Wells
Funny Face - Leonard Gershe
Hell Drivers - Cy Endfield & John Kruse
A King in New York - Charles Chaplin
Nights of Cabiria - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, & Tullio Pinelli
The Tin Star - Dudley Nichols
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose
The Bridge on the River Kwai - Carl Foreman & Michael Wilson
Edge of the City - Robert Alan Arthur
A Face in the Crowd - Budd Schulberg
Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, and Calder Willingham
The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman
Witness for the Prosecution - Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz

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