- 1956 Oscars wereheld at the RKO Pantages Theatre and the
NBC Century Theatre on March 27, 1957
- Hosts: Jerry Lewis (Hollywood)
Celest Holm (New York)
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| 1956
Nominees and Winners: |
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| Best Motion Picture |
Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Todd,
producer (United Artists) |
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Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, producer
(Allied Artists) |
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Giant, George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, producers
(Warner Bros.) |
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The King and I, Charles Brackett, producer (Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille, producer
(Paramount) |
| Best Actor |
Yul Brynner, The King and I |
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James Dean, Giant |
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Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life |
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Rock Hudson, Giant |
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Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard III |
| Best Actress |
Carroll Baker, Baby Doll |
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Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia |
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Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker |
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Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed |
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Deborah Kerr, The King and I |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Don Murray, Bus Stop |
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Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion |
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Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life |
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Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave |
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Robert Stack, Written on the Wind |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll |
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Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed |
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Mercedes McCambridge, Giant |
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Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed |
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Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind |
| Directing |
Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days |
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Walter Lang, The King and I |
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George Stevens, Giant |
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King Vidor, War and Peace |
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William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion |
| Writing |
| Motion Picture Story |
Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story |
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Jean Paul Sartre, The Proud and the Beautiful |
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Dalton Trumbo, The Brave One |
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Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D. |
| Screenplay, Adapted |
Norman Corwin, Lust for Life |
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Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, Giant |
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James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman, Around
the World in 80 Days |
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Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll |
| Screenplay, Original |
Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, La Strada |
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Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon |
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Robert Lewin, The Bold and the Brave |
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William Rose, The Lady Killers |
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Andrew L. Stone, Julie |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
Burnett Guffey, The Harder They Fall |
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Boris Kaufman, Baby Doll |
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Hal Rosson, The Bad Seed |
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Joseph Ruttenberg, Somebody Up There Likes
Me |
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Walter Strenge, Stagecoach to Fury |
| Color |
Jack Cardiff, War and Peace |
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Loyal Griggs, The Ten Commandments |
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Lionel Lindon, Around the World in 80 Days |
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Leon Shamroy, The King and I |
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Harry Stradling, The Eddy Duchin Story |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
Ross Bellah, art direction; William R. Kiernan
and Louis Diage, set decoration, The Solid Gold
Cadillac |
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Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown, art direction;
Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration,
Somebody Up There Likes Me |
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Takashi Matsuyama, art direction and set decoration,
The Magnificent Seven |
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Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick, art direction;
Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration,
The Proud and the Profane |
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Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith, art direction;
Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss, set decoration,
Teenage Rebel |
| Color |
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames,
art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason,
set decoration, Lust for Life |
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Boris Leven, art direction; Ralph S. Hurst, set
decoration, Giant |
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Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki,
art direction; Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration,
The Ten Commandments |
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James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam, art direction;
Ross J. Dowd, set decoration, Around the World
in 80 Days |
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Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction;
Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration,
The King and I |
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| Sound Recording |
Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Eddy Duchin Story |
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Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Ten Commandments |
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RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Brave One |
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The
King and I |
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Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio
Sound Dept., Friendly Persuasion |
| Music |
| Song |
“Friendly Persuasion” (Thee I Love), Friendly
Persuasion, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Paul Francis
Webster, lyrics |
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“Julie,” Julie, Leith Stevens, music; Tom
Adair, lyrics |
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“True Love,” High Society; Cole Porter,
music and lyrics |
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“Whatever Will Be, Will Be” (Que Será, Será),
The Man Who Knew Too Much, Jay Livingston
and Ray Evans, music and lyrics |
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“Written on the Wind,” Written on the Wind,
Victor Young, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Hugo Friedhofer, Between Heaven and Hell |
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Alfred Newman, Anastasia |
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Alex North, The Rainmaker |
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Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant |
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Victor Young, Around the World in 80 Days |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, High Society |
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Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, The King and
I |
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Lionel Newman, The Best Things in Life Are
Free |
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George Stoll and Johnny Green, Meet Me in Las
Vegas |
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Morris Stoloff and George Duning, The Eddy
Duchin Story |
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| Film Editing |
Albert Akst, Somebody Up There Likes Me |
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Anne Bauchens, The Ten Commandments |
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William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan,
Giant |
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Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax, Around the
World in 80 Days |
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Merrill G. White, The Brave One |
| Costume Design |
| Black-and-White |
Kohei Ezaki, The Magnificent Seven |
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Edith Head, The Proud and the Profane |
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Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, Teenage Rebel |
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Jean Louis, The Solid Gold Cadillac |
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Helen Rose, The Power and the Prize |
| Color |
Marie De Matteis, War and Peace |
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Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy
Jeakins and Arnold Friberg, The Ten Commandments |
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Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best, Giant |
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Irene Sharaff, The King and I |
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Miles White, Around the World in 80 Days |
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| Special Effects |
John Fulton, The Ten Commandments |
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A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller,
Forbidden Planet |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo (Jolly Frolics
Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) |
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The Jay Walker (UPA Special Series) (United
Productions of America; Columbia) |
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Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Mr. Magoo
Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) |
| One-Reel |
Crashing the Water Barrier (The Sports Parade
Series) (Konstantin Kalser, producer; Warner
Bros.) |
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I Never Forget a Face (Warner Specials Series)
(Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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Time Stood Still (Scope Gems Series) (Cedric
Francis, producer; Warner Bros.) |
| Two-Reel |
The Bespoke Overcoat (Go Pictures, Inc.;
Romulus Films) |
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Cow Dog (Walt Disney Productions; Buena
Vista) |
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The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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Samoa (People and Places Series) (Walt
Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
A City Decides (Charles Guggenheim and
Associates, Inc.) |
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The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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The House Without a Name (Valentine Davies,
producer; Universal-International) |
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Man in Space (Walt Disney Productions;
Buena Vista) |
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The True Story of the Civil War (Louis
Clyde Stoumen, producer; Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.) |
| Feature |
The Naked Eye (Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.;
Film Representatives, Inc.) |
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The Silent World (Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C.
Production; Columbia) |
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Where Mountains Float (Arno/Studios, Copenhagen;
Brandon Films, Inc.) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
The Captain of Kopenick, Federal Republic of
Germany—West |
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Gervaise, France |
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Harp of Burma, Japan |
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Qivitoq, Denmark |
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La Strada, Italy |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Buddy Adler |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Not necessarily
given each year ) |
Y. Frank Freeman |
| Honorary Award |
To Eddie Cantor for distinguished service to
the film industry |
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