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28th Academy Awards

March 21, 1956 · Honoring films from 1955

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