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Academy Awards, USA: 1956

Oscar

Date:	21 March
Host:	Jerry Lewis (I); Claudette Colbert (New York City); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York City)
Location:	RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Harold Hecht
Other Nominees:
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Buddy Adler (I) Mister Roberts (1955) - Leland Hayward Picnic (1955) - Fred Kohlmar The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Hal B. Wallis

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Ernest Borgnine
Other Nominees:
	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) - Spencer Tracy East of Eden (1955) - James Dean (I) - This was the first posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history. Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - James Cagney The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - Frank Sinatra

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Anna Magnani - Anna Magnani was not present at the awards ceremony. Marisa Pavan accepted on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Susan Hayward (I) Interrupted Melody (1955) - Eleanor Parker (I) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Jennifer Jones (I) Summertime (1955) - Katharine Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Mister Roberts (1955) - Jack Lemmon (I)
Other Nominees:
	Marty (1955) - Joe Mantell Picnic (1955) - Arthur O'Connell Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - Sal Mineo Trial (1955) - Arthur Kennedy (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	East of Eden (1955) - Jo Van Fleet
Other Nominees:
	Marty (1955) - Betsy Blair Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) - Peggy Lee (I) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - Natalie Wood (I) The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Marisa Pavan

Best Director


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Delbert Mann (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) - John Sturges East of Eden (1955) - Elia Kazan Picnic (1955) - Joshua Logan Summertime (1955) - David Lean (I)

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Paddy Chayefsky
Other Nominees:
	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) - Millard Kaufman Blackboard Jungle (1955) - Richard Brooks (I) East of Eden (1955) - Paul Osborn (I) Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - Daniel Fuchs (I); Isobel Lennart

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story


Winner:
	Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - Daniel Fuchs (I)
Other Nominees:
	Le mouton à cinq pattes (1954) - Jean Marsan; Henry Troyat; Jacques Perret; Henri Verneuil; Raoul Ploquin Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - Nicholas Ray Strategic Air Command (1955) - Beirne Lay Jr. The Private War of Major Benson (1955) - Joe Connelly (I); Bob Mosher (I)

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay


Winner:
	Interrupted Melody (1955) - William Ludwig; Sonya Levien
Other Nominees:
	It's Always Fair Weather (1955) - Betty Comden; Adolph Green Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) - Jacques Tati; Henri Marquet The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) - Milton Sperling; Emmet Lavery The Seven Little Foys (1955) - Melville Shavelson; Jack Rose (I)

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	To Catch a Thief (1955) - Robert Burks
Other Nominees:
	A Man Called Peter (1955) - Harold Lipstein Guys and Dolls (1955/I) - Harry Stradling Sr. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Leon Shamroy Oklahoma! (1955) - Robert Surtees

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Rose Tattoo (1955) - James Wong Howe (I)
Other Nominees:
	Blackboard Jungle (1955) - Russell Harlan I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Arthur E. Arling Marty (1955) - Joseph LaShelle Queen Bee (1955) - Charles Lang (I)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Hal Pereira; Tambi Larsen; Sam Comer; Arthur Krams
Other Nominees:
	Blackboard Jungle (1955) - Cedric Gibbons; Randall Duell; Edwin B. Willis; Henry Grace I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Cedric Gibbons; Malcolm Brown (I); Edwin B. Willis; Hugh Hunt (I) Marty (1955) - Ted Haworth (I); Walter M. Simonds; Robert Priestley The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - Joseph C. Wright; Darrell Silvera

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Picnic (1955) - William Flannery (I); Jo Mielziner; Robert Priestley
Other Nominees:
	Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Lyle R. Wheeler; John DeCuir; Walter M. Scott; Paul S. Fox Guys and Dolls (1955/I) - Oliver Smith (II); Joseph C. Wright; Howard Bristol Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott; Jack Stubbs To Catch a Thief (1955) - Hal Pereira; J. McMillan Johnson; Sam Comer; Arthur Krams

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Helen Rose (I)
Other Nominees:
	Queen Bee (1955) - Jean Louis (I) The Pickwick Papers (1952) - Beatrice Dawson The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Edith Head Ugetsu monogatari (1953) - Tadaoto Kainosho

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Charles Le Maire
Other Nominees:
	Guys and Dolls (1955/I) - Irene Sharaff Interrupted Melody (1955) - Helen Rose (I) The Virgin Queen (1955) - Charles Le Maire; Mary Wills (I) To Catch a Thief (1955) - Edith Head

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Oklahoma! (1955) - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Dept.)
Other Nominees:
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Carlton W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox) Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - Wesley C. Miller (M-G-M) Mister Roberts (1955) - William A. Mueller (Warner Bros.) Not as a Stranger (1955) - Watson Jones (RCA Sound Dept.)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Picnic (1955) - Charles Nelson (I); William A. Lyon
Other Nominees:
	Blackboard Jungle (1955) - Ferris Webster Oklahoma! (1955) - Gene Ruggiero; George Boemler The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) - Alma Macrorie The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Warren Low (I)

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) - Paramount Studio
Other Nominees:
	The Dam Busters (1955) - Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd. The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) - 20th Century-Fox Studio

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Other Nominees:
	Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Johnny Mercer - For the song "Something's Gotta Give" Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - Nicholas Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "I'll Never Stop Loving You" The Tender Trap (1955) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" Unchained (1955) - Alex North (music); Hy Zaret (lyrics) - For the song "Unchained Melody"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Oklahoma! (1955) - Robert Russell Bennett; Jay Blackton; Adolph Deutsch
Other Nominees:
	Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Alfred Newman Guys and Dolls (1955/I) - Jay Blackton; Cyril J. Mockridge It's Always Fair Weather (1955) - Andr� Previn Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - Percy Faith; George Stoll (IV)

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Alfred Newman
Other Nominees:
	Battle Cry (1955) - Max Steiner (I) Picnic (1955) - George Duning The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - Elmer Bernstein The Rose Tattoo (1955) - Alex North

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	The Face of Lincoln (1956) - Wilbur T. Blume
Other Nominees:
	24 Hour Alert (1955) - Cedric Francis On the Twelfth Day... (1955) - George K. Arthur Switzerland (1955) - Walt Disney The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) - Dore Schary

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Survival City (1955) - Edmund Reek
Other Nominees:
	3rd Ave. El (1955) - Carson Davidson Gadgets Galore (1955) - Robert Youngson Three Kisses (1955) - Justin Herman (I)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Speedy Gonzales (1955) - Edward Selzer
Other Nominees:
	Good Will to Men (1955) - Fred Quimby; William Hanna (I); Joseph Barbera No Hunting (1955) - Walt Disney The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955) - Walter Lantz

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Men Against the Arctic (1955) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) - Dore Schary The Face of Lincoln (1956) - Wilbur T. Blume

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Unconquered (1954) - Nancy Hamilton (I)
Other Nominees:
	Crèvecoeur (1955) - Ren� Risacher

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I) - Japan. Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955.

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	National Carbon Co. - For the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Eastman Kodak Co. - For Eastman Tri-X panchromatic negative film. Farciot Edouart; Hal Corl; Paramount Studio Transparency Dept. - For the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	20th Century-Fox Studio; Bausch & Lomb Co. - For the new combination lenses for CinemaScope photography. Dave Anderson (XX) (20th Century-Fox Studio) - For an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances. Farciot Edouart; Hal Corl; Paramount Studio Transparency Dept. - For an improved dial stereopticon background projector. Walter Jolley (20th Century-Fox Studio); Maurice Larson (II) (20th Century-Fox Studio); R.H. Spies (20th Century-Fox Studio) - For a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces. Steve Krilanovich - For an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering. Loren L. Ryder; Charles West (V); Henry Fracker; Paramount Studio - For a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.