1957
The 29th Academy Awards | 1957
RKO Pantages Theatre
Wednesday, March 27, 1957
Honoring movies released in 1956
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Anthony Quinn
Lust for Life
Nominees
Don Murray
Bus Stop
Anthony Perkins
Friendly Persuasion
Mickey Rooney
The Bold and the Brave
Robert Stack
Written on the Wind
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Dorothy Malone
Written on the Wind
Nominees
Mildred Dunnock
Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart
The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge
Giant
Patty McCormack
The Bad Seed
Directing
Winner
Giant
George Stevens
Nominees
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Anderson
Friendly Persuasion
William Wyler
The King and I
Walter Lang
War and Peace
King Vidor
Film Editing
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
Nominees
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
Foreign Language Film
Winner
La Strada
Italy; Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers
Nominees
The Captain of Kopenick
Federal Republic of Germany - West; Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel, Producers
Gervaise
France; Annie Dorfmann, Producer
Harp of Burma
Japan; Masayuki Takagi, Producer
Qivitoq
Denmark; O. Dalsgaard-Olsen, Producer
Actor
Winner
Yul Brynner
The King and I
Nominees
James Dean
Giant
Kirk Douglas
Lust for Life
Rock Hudson
Giant
Sir Laurence Olivier
Richard III
Actress
Winner
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
Nominees
Carroll Baker
Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn
The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly
The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr
The King and I
Sound Recording
Winner
The King and I
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
Nominees
The Brave One
King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director
The Eddy Duchin Story
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Friendly Persuasion
Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
The Ten Commandments
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Nominees
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
The Jaywalker
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Nominees
Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) in "Friendly Persuasion" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Julie
Julie in "Julie" Music by Leith Stevens; Lyrics by Tom Adair
High Society
True Love in "High Society" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Written on the Wind
Written On The Wind in "Written on the Wind" Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Crashing the Water Barrier
Konstantin Kalser, Producer
Nominees
I Never Forget a Face
Robert Youngson, Producer
Time Stood Still
Cedric Francis, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
The Bespoke Overcoat
Romulus Films
Nominees
Cow Dog
Larry Lansburgh, Producer
The Dark Wave
John Healy, Producer
Samoa
Walt Disney, Producer
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Buddy Adler
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Joseph Ruttenberg
Nominees
The Bad Seed
Hal Rosson
The Harder They Fall
Burnett Guffey
Stagecoach to Fury
Walter Strenge
Baby Doll
Boris Kaufman
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
Lionel Lindon
Nominees
The Eddy Duchin Story
Harry Stradling
The King and I
Leon Shamroy
The Ten Commandments
Loyal Griggs
War and Peace
Jack Cardiff
Special Effects
Winner
The Ten Commandments
John Fulton
Nominees
Forbidden Planet
A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries, Wesley C. Miller
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
Nominees
The Magnificent Seven
Takashi Matsuyama
The Proud and Profane
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
Teenage Rebel
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
The King and I
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Nominees
Around the World in 80 Days
Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
Giant
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
Lust for Life
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
The Ten Commandments
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The True Story of the Civil War
Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
Nominees
A City Decides
Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.
The Dark Wave
John Healy, Producer
The House without a Name
Valentine Davies, Producer
Man in Space
Ward Kimball, Producer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
The King and I
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Nominees
The Eddy Duchin Story
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
High Society
Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
Meet Me in Las Vegas
George Stoll, Johnny Green
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Lionel Newman
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
Victor Young
Nominees
Anastasia
Alfred Newman
Between Heaven and Hell
Hugo Friedhofer
Giant
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Rainmaker
Alex North
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Silent World
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Nominees
The Naked Eye
Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
Where Mountains Float
The Government Film Committee of Denmark
Best Motion Picture
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Todd, Producer
Nominees
Friendly Persuasion
William Wyler, Producer
Giant
George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
The King and I
Charles Brackett, Producer
The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Winner
The Brave One
Dalton Trumbo
Nominees
The Eddy Duchin Story
Leo Katcher
The Proud and the Beautiful
Jean Paul Sartre
Umberto D.
Cesare Zavattini
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Jean Louis
Nominees
The Magnificent Seven
Kohei Ezaki
The Power and the Prize
Helen Rose
The Proud and Profane
Edith Head
Teenage Rebel
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
The King and I
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
The Ten Commandments
Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg
War and Peace
Marie De Matteis
Around the World in 80 Days
Miles White
Giant
Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
Writing (Screenplay--Adapted)
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Nominees
Baby Doll
Tennessee Williams
Friendly Persuasion
Michael Wilson
Giant
Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Lust for Life
Norman Corwin
Writing (Screenplay--Original)
Winner
The Red Balloon
Albert Lamorisse
Nominees
The Bold and the Brave
Robert Lewin
Julie
Andrew L. Stone
La Strada
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
The Ladykillers
William Rose
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Y. Frank Freeman
A
Anastasia
2 Nominations, 1 WinMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alfred Newman
* Actress - Ingrid Bergman in "Anastasia"
Around the World in 80 Days
8 Nominations, 5 WinsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
Directing - Michael Anderson
Costume Design (Color) - Miles White
* Film Editing - Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
* Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
* Cinematography (Color) - Lionel Lindon
* Best Motion Picture - Michael Todd, Producer
* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young
B
Baby Doll
4 NominationsCinematography (Black-and-White) - Boris Kaufman
Actress - Carroll Baker in "Baby Doll"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Mildred Dunnock in "Baby Doll"
Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - Tennessee Williams
The Bad Seed
4 NominationsActress in a Supporting Role - Eileen Heckart in "The Bad Seed"
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Hal Rosson
Actress - Nancy Kelly in "The Bad Seed"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Patty McCormack in "The Bad Seed"
The Bespoke Overcoat
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Two-reel) - Romulus Films
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Lionel Newman
Between Heaven and Hell
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Hugo Friedhofer
The Bold and the Brave
2 NominationsActor in a Supporting Role - Mickey Rooney in "The Bold and the Brave"
Writing (Screenplay--Original) - Robert Lewin
The Brave One
3 Nominations, 1 Win* Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Dalton Trumbo
Sound Recording - King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director
Film Editing - Merrill G. White
Bus Stop
1 NominationActor in a Supporting Role - Don Murray in "Bus Stop"
C
The Captain of Kopenick
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Federal Republic of Germany - West; Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel, Producers
A City Decides
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.
Cow Dog
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Crashing the Water Barrier
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (One-reel) - Konstantin Kalser, Producer
D
The Dark Wave
2 NominationsShort Subject (Two-reel) - John Healy, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject) - John Healy, Producer
E
The Eddy Duchin Story
4 NominationsSound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Cinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Leo Katcher
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Morris Stoloff, George Duning
F
Forbidden Planet
1 NominationSpecial Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries, Wesley C. Miller
Friendly Persuasion
6 NominationsActor in a Supporting Role - Anthony Perkins in "Friendly Persuasion"
Music (Song) - Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) in "Friendly Persuasion" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - Michael Wilson
Sound Recording - Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Directing - William Wyler
Best Motion Picture - William Wyler, Producer
G
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Gervaise
1 NominationForeign Language Film - France; Annie Dorfmann, Producer
Giant
10 Nominations, 1 WinArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Best Motion Picture - George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
Actor - James Dean in "Giant"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Mercedes McCambridge in "Giant"
Costume Design (Color) - Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
Actor - Rock Hudson in "Giant"
Film Editing - William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
* Directing - George Stevens
H
The Harder They Fall
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Burnett Guffey
Harp of Burma
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Japan; Masayuki Takagi, Producer
High Society
2 NominationsMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
Music (Song) - True Love in "High Society" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
The House without a Name
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Valentine Davies, Producer
I
I Never Forget a Face
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Robert Youngson, Producer
J
The Jaywalker
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Julie
2 NominationsWriting (Screenplay--Original) - Andrew L. Stone
Music (Song) - Julie in "Julie" Music by Leith Stevens; Lyrics by Tom Adair
K
The King and I
9 Nominations, 5 Wins* Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
* Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
* Actor - Yul Brynner in "The King and I"
Best Motion Picture - Charles Brackett, Producer
Actress - Deborah Kerr in "The King and I"
Cinematography (Color) - Leon Shamroy
Directing - Walter Lang
L
La Strada
2 Nominations, 1 WinWriting (Screenplay--Original) - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
* Foreign Language Film - Italy; Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers
The Ladykillers
1 NominationWriting (Screenplay--Original) - William Rose
Lust for Life
4 Nominations, 1 Win* Actor in a Supporting Role - Anthony Quinn in "Lust for Life"
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
Actor - Kirk Douglas in "Lust for Life"
Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - Norman Corwin
M
The Magnificent Seven
2 NominationsCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Kohei Ezaki
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Takashi Matsuyama
Man in Space
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Ward Kimball, Producer
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Music (Song) - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - George Stoll, Johnny Green
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
N
The Naked Eye
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
P
The Power and the Prize
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Helen Rose
The Proud and Profane
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head
The Proud and the Beautiful
1 NominationWriting (Motion Picture Story) - Jean Paul Sartre
Q
Qivitoq
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Denmark; O. Dalsgaard-Olsen, Producer
R
The Rainmaker
2 NominationsMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alex North
Actress - Katharine Hepburn in "The Rainmaker"
The Red Balloon
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Writing (Screenplay--Original) - Albert Lamorisse
Richard III
1 NominationActor - Sir Laurence Olivier in "Richard III"
S
Samoa
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Walt Disney, Producer
The Silent World
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Feature) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
The Solid Gold Cadillac
2 Nominations, 1 WinArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis
Somebody Up There Likes Me
3 Nominations, 2 WinsFilm Editing - Albert Akst
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
* Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Ruttenberg
Stagecoach to Fury
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Walter Strenge
T
Teenage Rebel
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
The Ten Commandments
7 Nominations, 1 WinFilm Editing - Anne Bauchens
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
Best Motion Picture - Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg
Cinematography (Color) - Loyal Griggs
Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
* Special Effects - John Fulton
Time Stood Still
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Cedric Francis, Producer
The True Story of the Civil War
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Short Subject) - Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
U
Umberto D.
1 NominationWriting (Motion Picture Story) - Cesare Zavattini
W
War and Peace
3 NominationsCinematography (Color) - Jack Cardiff
Directing - King Vidor
Costume Design (Color) - Marie De Matteis
Where Mountains Float
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - The Government Film Committee of Denmark
Written on the Wind
3 Nominations, 1 Win* Actress in a Supporting Role - Dorothy Malone in "Written on the Wind"
Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Stack in "Written on the Wind"
Music (Song) - Written On The Wind in "Written on the Wind" Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn