- 1955 Oscars were held on March 21, 1956 at the Century
Theater in New York and the PKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood
- Host: Jerry Lewis (Hollywood)
Claudette Colbert and Joseph Mankiewicz (New York)
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| 1955
Nominees and Winners: |
| Best Motion PictureLove Is a
Many Splendored Thing, Buddy Adler, producer (Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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Marty, Harold Hecht, producer (United Artists) |
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Mister Roberts, Leland Hayward, producer (Warner
Bros.) |
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Picnic, Fred Kohlmar, producer (Columbia) |
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The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis, producer (Paramount) |
| Best Actor |
Ernest Borgnine, Marty |
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James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me |
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James Dean, East of Eden |
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Frank Sinatra, The Man With the Golden Arm |
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Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock |
| Best Actress |
Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow |
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Katharine Hepburn, Summertime |
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Jennifer Jones, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing |
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Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo |
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Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Arthur Kennedy, Trial |
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Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts |
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Joe Mantell, Marty |
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Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause |
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Arthur O'Connell, Picnic |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Betsy Blair, Marty |
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Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden |
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Peggy Lee, Pete Kelly's Blues |
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Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo |
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Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause |
| Directing |
Elia Kazan, East of Eden |
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David Lean, Summertime |
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Joshua Logan, Picnic |
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Delbert Mann, Marty |
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John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock |
| Writing |
| Motion Picture Story |
Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, The Private War
of Major Benson |
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Daniel Fuchs, Love Me or Leave Me |
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Beirne Lay, Jr., Strategic Air Command |
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Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri
Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin, The Sheep Has Five
Legs |
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Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause |
| Screenplay |
Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle |
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Paddy Chayefsky, Marty |
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Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart, Love Me or
Leave Me |
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Millard Kaufman, Bad Day at Black Rock |
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Paul Osborn, East of Eden |
| Story and Screenplay |
Betty Comden and Adolph Green, It's Always
Fair Weather |
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William Ludwig and Sonya Levien, Interrupted
Melody |
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Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose, The Seven
Little Foys |
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Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery, The Court-Martial
of Billy Mitchell |
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Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet, Mr. Hulot's
Holiday |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
Arthur E. Arling, I'll Cry Tomorrow |
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Russell Harlan, Blackboard Jungle |
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James Wong Howe, The Rose Tattoo |
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Charles Lang, Queen Bee |
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Joseph LaShelle, Marty |
| Color |
Robert Burks, To Catch a Thief |
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Harold Lipstein, A Man Called Peter |
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Leon Shamroy, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing |
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Harry Stradling, Guys and Dolls |
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Robert Surtees, Oklahoma! |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown, art direction;
Edwin B. Willis and Hugh B. Hunt, set decoration,
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
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Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell, art direction;
Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace, set decoration,
Blackboard Jungle |
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Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds, art direction;
Robert Priestley, set decoration, Marty |
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Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen, art direction;
Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, The
Rose Tattoo |
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Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Darrell Silvera,
set decoration, The Man With the Golden Arm |
| Color |
William Flannery and Jo Mielziner, art direction;
Robert Priestley, set decoration, Picnic |
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Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson, art direction;
Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, To
Catch a Thief |
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Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright, art direction;
Howard Bristol, set decoration, Guys and Dolls |
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Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction;
Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs, set decoration,
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing |
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Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter
M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Daddy
Long Legs |
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| Sound Recording |
MGM Studio Sound Dept., Love Me or Leave Me |
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RCA Sound Department, Not as a Stranger |
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Todd-AO Sound Department, Oklahoma! |
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Love Is
a Many Splendored Thing |
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Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Mister Roberts |
| Music |
| Song |
“I'll Never Stop Loving You,” Love Me or Leave
Me, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
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“Love Is a Many Splendored Thing,” Love
Is a Many Splendored Thing, Sammy Fain, music;
Paul Francis Webster, lyrics |
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“Something's Gotta Give,” Daddy Long Legs,
Johnny Mercer, music and lyrics |
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(Love Is) “The Tender Trap,” The Tender Trap,
James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
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“Unchained Melody,” Unchained, Alex North,
music; Hy Zaret, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Elmer Bernstein, The Man With the Golden Arm |
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George Duning, Picnic |
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Alfred Newman, Love Is a Many Splendored
Thing |
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Alex North, The Rose Tattoo |
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Max Steiner, Battle Cry |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph
Deutsch, Oklahoma! |
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Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge, Guys and
Dolls |
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Percy Faith and George Stoll, Love Me or Leave
Me |
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Alfred Newman, Daddy Long Legs |
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André Previn, It's Always Fair Weather |
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| Film Editing |
Warren Low, The Rose Tattoo |
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Alma Macrorie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
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Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon, Picnic |
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Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler, Oklahoma! |
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Ferris Webster, Blackboard Jungle |
| Costume Design |
| Black-and-White |
Beatrice Dawson, The Pickwick Papers |
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Edith Head, The Rose Tattoo |
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Tadaoto Kainoscho, Ugetsu |
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Jean Louis, Queen Bee |
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Helen Rose, I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Color |
Edith Head, To Catch a Thief |
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Charles LeMaire, Love Is a Many Splendored
Thing |
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Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, The Virgin
Queen |
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Helen Rose, Interrupted Melody |
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Irene Sharaff, Guys and Dolls |
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| Special Effects |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Paramount) |
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The Dam Busters (Warner Bros.) |
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The Rains of Ranchipur (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick
Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers;
MGM) |
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The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point (Walter
Lantz Productions; Universal-International) |
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No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney
Productions; RKO Radio) |
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Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series)
(Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) |
| One-Reel |
Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series)
(Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series)
(Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions;
Ardee Films) |
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Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin
Herman, producer; Paramount) |
| Two-Reel |
The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary,
producer; MGM) |
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The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern
California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.) |
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On The Twelfth Day . . .(United Kingdom Series)
(Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates) |
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Switzerland (People and Places Series)
(Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer;
Warner Bros.) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary,
producer; MGM) |
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The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern
California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.) |
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Men Against the Arctic (People and Places
Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
| Feature |
Heartbreak Ridge (Rene Risacher Production;
Tudor Pictures) |
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Helen Keller in Her Story (Nancy Hamilton,
producer; Nancy Hamilton Presentation) |
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| Honorary Award |
To Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan),
best foreign language film first released in the United
States during 1955 |
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