1956
The 28th Academy Awards | 1956
RKO Pantages Theatre
Wednesday, March 21, 1956
Honoring movies released in 1955
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Nominees
Arthur Kennedy
Trial
Joe Mantell
Marty
Sal Mineo
Rebel without a Cause
Arthur O'Connell
Picnic
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jo Van Fleet
East of Eden
Nominees
Marisa Pavan
The Rose Tattoo
Natalie Wood
Rebel without a Cause
Betsy Blair
Marty
Peggy Lee
Pete Kelly's Blues
Directing
Winner
Marty
Delbert Mann
Nominees
Bad Day at Black Rock
John Sturges
East of Eden
Elia Kazan
Picnic
Joshua Logan
Summertime
David Lean
Film Editing
Winner
Picnic
Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Nominees
Blackboard Jungle
Ferris Webster
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Alma Macrorie
Oklahoma!
Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler
The Rose Tattoo
Warren Low
Actor
Winner
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
Nominees
James Cagney
Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean
East of Eden
Frank Sinatra
The Man with the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy
Bad Day at Black Rock
Actress
Winner
Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
Nominees
Susan Hayward
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn
Summertime
Jennifer Jones
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker
Interrupted Melody
Sound Recording
Winner
Oklahoma!
Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Nominees
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director
Love Me or Leave Me
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Mister Roberts
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Not as a Stranger
Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Speedy Gonzales
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
Good Will to Men
Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point
Walter Lantz, Producer
No Hunting
Walt Disney, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Nominees
Love Me or Leave Me
I'll Never Stop Loving You in "Love Me or Leave Me" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Daddy Long Legs
Something's Gotta Give in "Daddy Long Legs" Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
The Tender Trap
(Love Is) The Tender Trap in "The Tender Trap" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Unchained
Unchained Melody in "Unchained" Music by Alex North; Lyrics by Hy Zaret
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
Marty
Paddy Chayefsky
Nominees
East of Eden
Paul Osborn
Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart
Bad Day at Black Rock
Millard Kaufman
Blackboard Jungle
Richard Brooks
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Survival City
Edmund Reek, Producer
Nominees
Gadgets Galore
Robert Youngson, Producer
3rd Ave. El
Carson Davidson, Producer
Three Kisses
Justin Herman, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume, Producer
Nominees
24-Hour Alert
Cedric Francis, Producer
The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary, Producer
On the Twelfth Day...
George K. Arthur, Producer
Switzerland
Walt Disney, Producer
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Rose Tattoo
James Wong Howe
Nominees
Queen Bee
Charles Lang
Blackboard Jungle
Russell Harlan
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Arthur E. Arling
Marty
Joseph LaShelle
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
To Catch a Thief
Robert Burks
Nominees
Guys and Dolls
Harry Stradling
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Leon Shamroy
A Man Called Peter
Harold Lipstein
Oklahoma!
Robert Surtees
Special Effects
Winner
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Paramount Studio
Nominees
The Dam Busters
Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.
The Rains of Ranchipur
20th Century-Fox Studio
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Rose Tattoo
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Nominees
Blackboard Jungle
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt
The Man with the Golden Arm
Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Marty
Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Picnic
Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Nominees
Daddy Long Legs
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Guys and Dolls
Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs
To Catch a Thief
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Men against the Arctic
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary, Producer
The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume, Producer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Oklahoma!
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
Nominees
Daddy Long Legs
Alfred Newman
Guys and Dolls
Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
It's Always Fair Weather
Andre Previn
Love Me or Leave Me
Percy Faith, George Stoll
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Alfred Newman
Nominees
Battle Cry
Max Steiner
The Man with the Golden Arm
Elmer Bernstein
Picnic
George Duning
The Rose Tattoo
Alex North
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Helen Keller in Her Story
Nancy Hamilton, Producer
Nominees
Heartbreak Ridge
Rene Risacher, Producer
Best Motion Picture
Winner
Marty
Harold Hecht, Producer
Nominees
Mister Roberts
Leland Hayward, Producer
Picnic
Fred Kohlmar, Producer
The Rose Tattoo
Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Buddy Adler, Producer
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Winner
Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs
Nominees
The Private War of Major Benson
Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Rebel without a Cause
Nicholas Ray
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin
Strategic Air Command
Beirne Lay, Jr.
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Helen Rose
Nominees
The Pickwick Papers
Beatrice Dawson
Queen Bee
Jean Louis
The Rose Tattoo
Edith Head
Ugetsu
Tadaoto Kainoscho
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Charles LeMaire
Nominees
The Virgin Queen
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
Guys and Dolls
Irene Sharaff
Interrupted Melody
Helen Rose
To Catch a Thief
Edith Head
Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Winner
Interrupted Melody
William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Nominees
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
It's Always Fair Weather
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
The Seven Little Foys
Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
Honorary Foreign Language Film Award
Winner
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
Special Award
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