1954 Entertainment

Academy Awards

Best Movie: "On the Waterfront"

Best Actor: Marlon Brando ("On the Waterfront")

Best Actress: Grace Kelly ("The Country Girl")

TV Ratings

1. "I Love Lucy"

2. "The Jackie Gleason Show"

BillBoard Ratings [Hits]

Kitty Kallen

1. "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen

2. "Wanted" Perry Como

3. "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney

Fiction

1. Not as a Stranger Morton Thompson

2. Mary Anne Daphne du Maurier

3. Love Is Eternal Irving Stone

4. The Royal Box Frances Parkinson Keyes

5. The Egyptian Mika Waltari

6. No Time for Sergeants Mac Hyman

7. Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck

8. The View from Pompey's Head Hamilton Basso

9. Never Victorious, Never Defeated Taylor Caldwell

10. Benton's Row Frank Yerby

Miss America: Evelyn Margaret Ay (Miss Pennsylvania)