Academy Award 1956 (march 21, 1956)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 28 of the event; awards assigned:

Migliore film

for the movie marty
Assigned to
Harold Hecht

nominations for the movie :

poster del film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Buddy Adler

picnic
Assigned to
Fred Kohlmar

Mister Roberts
Assigned to
Leland Hayward

the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Hal B. Wallis

Best Foreign Language Film

for the movie miyamoto musashi

Best director

for the movie marty
Assigned to
Delbert Mann

nominations for the movie :

summertime
Assigned to
David Lean

picnic
Assigned to
Joshua Logan

East of Eden
Assigned to
Elia Kazan

Bad Day at Black Rock
Assigned to
John Sturges

Migliore soggetto

for the movie love me or leave me
Assigned to
Daniel Fuchs

nominations for the movie :

rebel without a cause
Assigned to
Nicholas Ray

the private war of major benson

strategic air command

The Sheep Has Five Legs

Best original screenplay

for the movie interrupted melody
Assigned to
Sonya Levien, William Ludwig

nominations for the movie :

poster del film Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Assigned to
Henri Marquet, Jacques Tati

poster del film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Assigned to
Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery

it's always fair weather
Assigned to
Adolph Green, Betty Comden

the seven little foys
Assigned to
Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson

Best non-original screenplay

for the movie marty
Assigned to
Paddy Chayefsky

nominations for the movie :

love me or leave me
Assigned to
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart

blackboard jungle

East of Eden
Assigned to
Paul Osborn

Bad Day at Black Rock
Assigned to
Millard Kaufman

best actor

for the movie marty
Assigned to
Ernest Borgnine

nominations for the movie :

love me or leave me
Assigned to
James Cagney

the man with the golden arm
Assigned to
Frank Sinatra

East of Eden
Assigned to
James Dean

Bad Day at Black Rock
Assigned to
Spencer Tracy

best actress

for the movie the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Anna Magnani

nominations for the movie :

summertime
Assigned to
Katharine Hepburn

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Jennifer Jones

interrupted melody
Assigned to
Eleanor Parker

i'll cry tomorrow
Assigned to
Susan Hayward

best supporting actor

for the movie Mister Roberts
Assigned to
Jack Lemmon

nominations for the movie :

marty
Assigned to
Joe Mantell

rebel without a cause
Assigned to
Sal Mineo

picnic
Assigned to
Arthur O'connell

trial
Assigned to
Arthur Kennedy

best supporting actress

for the movie East of Eden
Assigned to
Jo Van Fleet

nominations for the movie :

marty
Assigned to
Betsy Blair

rebel without a cause
Assigned to
Natalie Wood

the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Marisa Pavan

pete kelly's blues
Assigned to
Peggy Lee

best color photography

for the movie to catch a thief
Assigned to
Robert Burks

nominations for the movie :

Guys and Dolls
Assigned to
Harry Stradling sr.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

oklahoma !
Assigned to
Robert Surtees

a man called peter
Assigned to
Harold Lipstein

best black and white photography

for the movie the rose tattoo
Assigned to
James Wong howe

nominations for the movie :

marty
Assigned to
Joseph Lashelle

blackboard jungle
Assigned to
Russell Harlan

i'll cry tomorrow
Assigned to
Arthur E.arling

queen bee
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

best score for comedy or musical film

for the movie oklahoma !
Assigned to
Adolph Deutsch, Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton

nominations for the movie :

love me or leave me
Assigned to
George Stoll, Percy Faith

Guys and Dolls
Assigned to
Cyril J. Mockridge, Jay Blackton

Daddy Long Legs
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

it's always fair weather
Assigned to
André Previn

best score for drama

for the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

nominations for the movie :

the man with the golden arm
Assigned to
Elmer Bernstein

picnic
Assigned to
George Duning

the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Alex North

battle cry
Assigned to
Max Steiner

best editing

for the movie picnic
Assigned to
William A. Lyon, Charles (montatore) Nelson

nominations for the movie :

blackboard jungle
Assigned to
Ferris Webster

oklahoma !
Assigned to
Gene Ruggiero, George Boemier

the bridges at toko-ri
Assigned to
Alma Macrorie

the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Warren Low

best costumes for color films

for the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Charles Le maire

nominations for the movie :

Guys and Dolls
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

to catch a thief
Assigned to
Edith Head

interrupted melody
Assigned to
Helen Rose

the virgin queen
Assigned to
Mary Wills, Charles Le maire

best black and white movie costumes

for the movie i'll cry tomorrow
Assigned to
Helen Rose

nominations for the movie :

the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Edith Head

queen bee
Assigned to
Jean-Louis

The Pickwick Papers
Assigned to
Beatrice Dawson

ugetsu monogatari
Assigned to
Kusune Kainosho

Best production design for color movie

for the movie picnic
Assigned to
William Flannery, Robert Priestley, Jo Mielziner

nominations for the movie :

Guys and Dolls
Assigned to
Oliver Smith, Howard Bristol, Joseph C. Wright

Daddy Long Legs
Assigned to
John Decuir, Paul S. Fox, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Jack Stubbs, Walter M. Scott, George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler

to catch a thief
Assigned to
Hal Pereira, Arthur Krams, Sam Comer, Joseph Mcmillan johnson

Best production design for black and white movie

for the movie the rose tattoo
Assigned to
Sam Comer, Hal Pereira, Arthur Krams, Tambi Larsen

nominations for the movie :

marty
Assigned to
Walter Simonds, Robert Priestley, Ted Haworth

the man with the golden arm
Assigned to
Darrell Silvera, Joseph C. Wright

blackboard jungle
Assigned to
Henry Grace, Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, Randall Duell

i'll cry tomorrow
Assigned to
Hugh Hunt, Malcolm F.brown, Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis

Best sound

for the movie oklahoma !
Assigned to
Fred Hynes

nominations for the movie :

Not as a Stranger
Assigned to
Watson Jones

love me or leave me
Assigned to
Wesley C.miller

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Carl W.faulkner

Mister Roberts
Assigned to
William A.mueller

best special effects

for the movie the bridges at toko-ri

nominations for the movie :

the rains of ranchipur

the dam busters

best song

for the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Assigned to
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster

nominations for the movie :

the tender trap
Assigned to
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

love me or leave me
Assigned to
Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn

Daddy Long Legs
Assigned to
Johnny Mercier

unchained
Assigned to
Alex North, Hy Zaret

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Academy Award 1956 (march 21, 1956)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 28 of the event; awards assigned: