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29th Academy Awards

March 27, 1957 · Honoring films from 1956

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Todd
Around the World in 80 Days
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of George Stevens
George Stevens
Giant
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
The King and I
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for Around the World in 80 Days
James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Actor
Yul Brynner
The King, The King and I
James Dean
Jett Rink, Giant
Kirk Douglas
Vincent Van Gogh, Lust for Life
Rock Hudson
Bick Benedict, Giant
Sir Laurence Olivier
Richard III, Richard III
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Anthony Quinn
Paul Gauguin, Lust for Life
Don Murray
Bo, Bus Stop
Anthony Perkins
Josh Birdwell, Friendly Persuasion
Mickey Rooney
Dooley, The Bold and the Brave
Robert Stack
Kyle Hadley, Written on the Wind
Best Actress
Ingrid Bergman
The Woman, Anastasia
Carroll Baker
Baby Doll, Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn
Lizzie Curry, The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark, The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr
Anna, The King and I
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dorothy Malone
Marylee Hadley, Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Rose Comfort, Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart
Mrs. Daigle, The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge
Luz Benedict, Giant
Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark, The Bad Seed
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Takashi Matsuyama
The Magnificent Seven
Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
The Proud and Profane
Ross Bellah, William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Teenage Rebel
Best Art Direction (Color)
Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
The King and I
James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross J. Dowd
Around the World in 80 Days
Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst
Giant
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
Lust for Life
Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
The Ten Commandments
Best Motion Picture
Michael Todd
Around the World in 80 Days
William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion
George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg
Giant
Charles Brackett
The King and I
Cecil B. DeMille
The Ten Commandments
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Boris Kaufman
Baby Doll
Hal Rosson
The Bad Seed
Burnett Guffey
The Harder They Fall
Walter Strenge
Stagecoach to Fury
Best Cinematography (Color)
Lionel Lindon
Around the World in 80 Days
Harry Stradling
The Eddy Duchin Story
Leon Shamroy
The King and I
Loyal Griggs
The Ten Commandments
Jack Cardiff
War and Peace
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Jean Louis
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Kohei Ezaki
The Magnificent Seven
Helen Rose
The Power and the Prize
Edith Head
The Proud and Profane
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
Teenage Rebel
Best Costume Design (Color)
Irene Sharaff
The King and I
Miles White
Around the World in 80 Days
Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best
Giant
Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg
The Ten Commandments
Marie De Matteis
War and Peace
Best Director
George Stevens
Giant
Michael Anderson
Around the World in 80 Days
William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion
Walter Lang
The King and I
King Vidor
War and Peace
Best Documentary (Feature)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The Silent World
Louis Clyde Stoumen
The Naked Eye
The Government Film Committee of Denmark
Where Mountains Float
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Louis Clyde Stoumen
The True Story of the Civil War
Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.
A City Decides
John Healy
The Dark Wave
Valentine Davies
The House without a Name
Ward Kimball
Man in Space
Best Film Editing
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
Around the World in 80 Days
Merrill G. White
The Brave One
William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
Giant
Albert Akst
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Anne Bauchens
The Ten Commandments
Best Foreign Language Film
Italy, Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti
La Strada 
Federal Republic of Germany - West, Gyula Trebitsch, Walter Koppel
The Captain of Kopenick 
France, Annie Dorfmann
Gervaise 
Japan, Masayuki Takagi
Harp of Burma 
Denmark, O. Dalsgaard-Olsen
Qivitoq 
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Victor Young
Around the World in 80 Days
Alfred Newman
Anastasia
Hugo Friedhofer
Between Heaven and Hell
Dimitri Tiomkin
Giant
Alex North
The Rainmaker
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
The King and I
Lionel Newman
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
The Eddy Duchin Story
Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
High Society
George Stoll, Johnny Green
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Best Song
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
“Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)”, The Man Who Knew Too Much
Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster
“Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”, Friendly Persuasion
Leith Stevens, Tom Adair
“Julie”, Julie
Cole Porter
“True Love”, High Society
Victor Young, Sammy Cahn
“Written On The Wind”, Written on the Wind
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
Stephen Bosustow
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Stephen Bosustow
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
Stephen Bosustow
The Jaywalker
Short Subject (One-reel)
Konstantin Kalser
Crashing the Water Barrier
Robert Youngson
I Never Forget a Face
Cedric Francis
Time Stood Still
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
Romulus Films
The Bespoke Overcoat
Larry Lansburgh
Cow Dog
John Healy
The Dark Wave
Walt Disney
Samoa
Best Sound Recording
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner
The King and I
King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers
The Brave One
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary
The Eddy Duchin Story
Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer
Friendly Persuasion
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder
The Ten Commandments
Best Special Effects
John Fulton
The Ten Commandments
A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries, Wesley C. Miller
Forbidden Planet
Best Motion Picture Story
Dalton Trumbo
The Brave One 
Leo Katcher
The Eddy Duchin Story
Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman
High Society 
Jean Paul Sartre
The Proud and the Beautiful
Cesare Zavattini
Umberto D.
Best Screenplay—Adapted
James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Around the World in 80 Days
Tennessee Williams
Baby Doll
Michael Wilson
Friendly Persuasion 
Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Giant
Norman Corwin
Lust for Life
Best Screenplay—Original
Albert Lamorisse
The Red Balloon
Robert Lewin
The Bold and the Brave
Andrew L. Stone
Julie
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
La Strada
William Rose
The Ladykillers
#
1Giant101
2The King and I95
3Around the World in 80 Days85
4The Ten Commandments71
5Friendly Persuasion60
6Lust for Life41
7The Bad Seed40
8The Eddy Duchin Story40
9Baby Doll40
10Somebody Up There Likes Me32
11Written on the Wind31
12The Brave One31
13War and Peace30
14Anastasia21
15La Strada21
16The Solid Gold Cadillac21
17The Dark Wave20
18The Bold and the Brave20
19The Rainmaker20
20The Magnificent Seven20
21The Proud and Profane20
22Teenage Rebel20
23High Society20
24Julie20
25The True Story of the Civil War11
26The Man Who Knew Too Much11
27Crashing the Water Barrier11
28The Silent World11
29The Red Balloon11
30Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper11
31The Bespoke Overcoat11
32Bus Stop10
33Richard III10
34The Captain of Kopenick10
35Gervaise10
36Harp of Burma10
37Qivitoq10
38Between Heaven and Hell10
39The Best Things in Life Are Free10
40Meet Me in Las Vegas10
41The Ladykillers10
42Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo10
43The Jaywalker10
44I Never Forget a Face10
45Time Stood Still10
46Cow Dog10
47Samoa10
48Forbidden Planet10
49The Proud and the Beautiful10
50Umberto D.10
51Stagecoach to Fury10
52The Power and the Prize10
53The Naked Eye10
54Where Mountains Float10
55A City Decides10
56The Harder They Fall10
57The House without a Name10
58Man in Space10
59High Society00
#
1Stephen Bosustow31143
2F. Keogh Gleason2174
3Louis Clyde Stoumen2132
4Victor Young21221
5Alfred Newman21459
6Lyle R. Wheeler21295
7Cedric Gibbons213911
8Walter M. Scott21216
9Edwin B. Willis21328
10George Stevens2192
11Dimitri Tiomkin20224
12Sam Comer20264
13William Wyler20143
14Hal Pereira20231
15John Healy2030
16John Green20145
17Edith Head20358
18Albert Lamorisse1121
19Jay Livingston1173
20Ray Evans1173
21Carlo Ponti1121
22Dino De Laurentiis1111
23Ingrid Bergman1173
24Jean Louis11141
2520th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department11479
26Paul S. Fox11133
27Michael Todd1111
28James Poe1141
29John Farrow1121
30Ken Darby1163
31Dorothy Malone1111
32S.J. Perelman1111
33Konstantin Kalser1111
34Paul Weatherwax1122
35Yul Brynner1111
36Malcolm Brown1121
37Gene Ruggiero1121
38Carl Faulkner1151
39John Fulton1162
40Dalton Trumbo1132
41Irene Sharaff11165
42Jacques-Yves Cousteau1133
43Lionel Lindon1131
44John DeCuir11113
45Joseph Ruttenberg11104
46Romulus Films1121
47Anthony Quinn1142
48Italy113314
49James Dean1020
50Michael Anderson1010
51Walter Lang1010
52Henry Ginsberg1010
53Rock Hudson1010
54Don Murray1010
55Anthony Perkins1010
56Robert Stack1010
57Carroll Baker1010
58Nancy Kelly1010
59Eileen Heckart1021
60Patty McCormack1010
61A. Earl Hedrick1010
62Frank R. McKelvy1070
63Louis Diage1030
64Ross Bellah1010
65William Kiernan1060
66Ken Adam1052
67Ross J. Dowd1020
68James W. Sullivan1010
69Ralph S. Hurst1010
70Albert Nozaki1010
71Walter Strenge1010
72Kohei Ezaki1010
73Moss Mabry1040
74John Jensen1020
75Arnold Friberg1010
76Ralph Jester1020
77Marie De Matteis1010
78The Government Film Committee of Denmark1010
79Charles E. Guggenheim10124
80Ward Kimball1021
81Merrill G. White1010
82Fred Bohanan1010
83Philip W. Anderson1030
84Albert Akst1010
85Walter Koppel1010
86Gyula Trebitsch1010
87Federal Republic of Germany1081
88Annie Dorfmann1010
89Masayuki Takagi1010
90Denmark10154
91O. Dalsgaard-Olsen1010
92Tom Adair1010
93Leith Stevens1030
94Larry Lansburgh1042
95John Myers1010
96King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department1010
97Westrex Sound Services, Inc.1010
98Gordon R. Glennan1010
99Irving Ries1010
100Leo Katcher1010
101Jean Paul Sartre1010
102Ivan Moffat1010
103Fred Guiol1010
104Norman Corwin1010
105Tullio Pinelli1040
106Japan10185
107King Vidor1050
108Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department105611
109Walt Disney105922
110Columbia Studio Sound Department10274
111Katharine Hepburn10124
112Anne Bauchens1041
113John Livadary10173
114Cole Porter1040
115Morris Stoloff10183
116Loren L. Ryder10140
117Boris Leven1091
118Leon Shamroy10184
119Lionel Newman10111
120Charles Brackett1083
121Laurence Olivier10111
122Mickey Rooney1040
123George Stoll1081
124Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department10234
125A. Arnold Gillespie10123
126Hal Rosson1040
127Sammy Cahn10264
128Harry Stradling10142
129Ray Moyer10123
130Paul Francis Webster10163
131Hans Peters1050
132Hugo Friedhofer1091
133Gordon E. Sawyer10163
134Federico Fellini10120
135Walter H. Tyler1091
136William Hornbeck1041
137Jack Cardiff1041
138Valentine Davies1041
139Cesare Zavattini1030
140France104312
141Dorothy Jeakins10123
142Kirk Douglas1030
143Deborah Kerr1060
144Mercedes McCambridge1021
145Jack Martin Smith1093
146Marjorie Best1041
147George Duning1050
148Charles LeMaire10163
149Robert Youngson1052
150Cecil B. DeMille1041
151Michael Wilson1052
152Tennessee Williams1020
153Mildred Dunnock1020
154Preston Ames1082
155Helen Rose10102
156Alex North10150
157Saul Chaplin1053
158Matsuyama1020
159Miles White1030
160Mary Wills1071
161Stuart A. Reiss1062
162Burnett Guffey1052
163Loyal Griggs1041
164Cedric Francis1040
165Boris Kaufman1021
166Wesley C. Miller1040
167William Rose1041
168Robert Lewin1010
169Andrew L. Stone1010
170Edward Bernds0000
171Elwood Ullman0000