28th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1956, on 21 March 1956 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and in the NBC Century Theatre in New York City. It was the 28th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1955.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Academy Award of Merit
- 3.3 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.4 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles ); Claudette Colbert, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York City )
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
Marty - Harold Hecht
Best Director
Delbert Mann - Marty
Best Actor
Ernest Borgnine - Marty
Best Actress
Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo ( The Rose Tattoo )
Best Supporting Actor
Jack Lemmon - Mister Roberts ( Mister Roberts)
Best Supporting Actress
Jo Van Fleet - East of Eden ( East of Eden )
Best Original Screenplay
Interrupted Melody ( Interrupted Melody ) - William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Best Adapted Screenplay
Marty - Paddy Chayefsky
Best Original Story
Love Me ( Love Me or leave Me) - Daniel Fox
Best Cinematography (black & white )
The Rose Tattoo ( The Rose Tattoo ) - James Wong Howe
Best Cinematography ( color film )
Over the roofs of Nice ( To Catch a Thief ) - Robert Burks
Best Art Direction (black & white )
The Rose Tattoo ( The Rose Tattoo ) - Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Best Art Direction (Color film )
Picnic ( Picnic ) - William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley
Best Costume Design (black & white )
And tomorrow I shall cry ( I'll Cry Tomorrow ) - Helen Rose
Best Costume Design (Color film )
Splendored Thing ( Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - ) - Charles Le Maire
Best Sound
Oklahoma! ( Oklahoma! ) - Fred Hynes
Best Editing
Picnic ( Picnic ) - Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Best Visual Effects
The Bridges at Toko -Ri ( The Bridges at Toko - Ri) - Paramount Studios
Best Song
Splendored Thing ( Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - ) - Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics ) for " Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"
Best Score ( Drama / Comedy )
Splendored Thing ( Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - ) - Alfred Newman
Best Original Score ( Music Film )
Oklahoma! ( Oklahoma! ) - Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph German
Best Animated Short Film ( Animation )
Speedy Gonzales - Edward Selzer
Best Short Film (2 films)
The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume
Best Short Film (1 roll of film )
Survival City - Edmund Reek
Documentary (Short Film )
Men Against the Arctic - Walt Disney
Documentary ( long form )
The Unconquered - Nancy Hamilton