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* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley * Film Editing - Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur O'Connell
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Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Todd Friendly Persuasion – William Wyler Giant – George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg The King and I – Charles Brackett The Ten Commandments– Cecil B. DeMille
Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Anderson Friendly Persuasion – William Wyler Giant – George Stevens The King and I – Walter Lang War and Peace– King Vidor
Yul Brynner – The King and I James Dean – Giant Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life Rock Hudson – Giant Sir Laurence Olivier – Richard III
Carroll Baker – Baby Doll Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed Deborah Kerr – The King and I
Don Murray – Bus Stop Anthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave Robert Stack – Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock – Baby Doll Eileen Heckart – The Bad Seed Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind Mercedes McCambridge – Giant Patty McCormack – The Bad Seed
The Brave One – Dalton Trumbo The Eddy Duchin Story – Leo Katcher High Society – Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman The Proud and the Beautiful – Jean Paul Sartre Umberto D.– Cesare Zavattini
“Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)” – Friendly Persuasion – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster “Julie” – Julie – Music by Leith Stevens; Lyrics by Tom Adair “True Love” – High Society – Music, Lyrics by Cole Porter “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” – The Man Who Knew Too Much – Music, Lyrics by Jay Livingston, Ray E...
Around the World in 80 Days – Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax The Brave One – Merrill G. White Giant – William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan Somebody Up There Likes Me – Albert Akst The Ten Commandments– Anne Bauchens
Baby Doll – Boris Kaufman The Bad Seed – Hal Rosson The Harder They Fall – Burnett Guffey Somebody Up There Likes Me – Joseph Ruttenberg Stagecoach to Fury– Walter Strenge
The 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this year, Jerry Lewis became the host, replacing Bob Hope .
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorMarty – Harold Hecht for United Artists ‡ ...Delbert Mann – Marty ‡ John Sturges – Bad ...Ernest Borgnine – Marty as Marty Piletti ...Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo as ...Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts as Ensign ...Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden as Cathy Ames ...Marty – Paddy Chayefsky from Marty by ...Interrupted Melody – William Ludwig and ...The 29th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 1957, to honor the films of 1956. In this year, Best International Feature Film became a competitive category, having been given as a Special Achievement Award since 1947 .
1956 Academy Awards. Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff. The 1956 Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1957 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y. Best Motion Picture.
* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox * Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
The 28th Annual Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 21st, 1956. Broadcast again on NBC, Jerry Lewis handled the hosting duties at the RKO Pantages in Hollywood, while Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz handled the hosting from the Century Theatre in New York.
