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The 29th Academy Awards  1956

The twenty-ninth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 27, 1957 with Jerry Lewis hosting at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and Celeste Holm hosting at the NBC Century Theater in New York.

Picture

*Around the World In 80 Days*
Produced by
Michael Todd

 

Friendly Persuasion
Produced by
William Wyler


Giant
Produced by
Henry Ginsberg, George Stevens


The King and I
Produced by
Charles Brackett

 


The Ten Commandments
Produced by
Cecil B. DeMille

 


Actor

*Yul Brynner in The King and I*


James Dean in Giant


Kirk Douglas in Lust For Life


Rock Hudson in Giant

 

Laurence Olivier in Richard III
 


Actress

Carroll Baker in Baby Doll


*
Ingrid Bergman* in Anastasia


Katharine Hepburn in The Rainmaker


Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed


Deborah Kerr in The King and I


Supporting Actor

Don Murray in Bus Stop


Anthony Perkins in Friendly Persuasion


*
Anthony Quinn in Lust For Life*


Mickey Rooney in The Bold and The Brave


Robert Stack in Written On the Wind


Supporting Actress

Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll

 

Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed


*
Dorothy Malone* in Written On the Wind


Mercedes McCambridge in Giant


Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed


Director

Michael Anderson for Around the World In 80 Days


Walter Lang for The King and I


*
George Stevens* for Giant


King Vidor for War and Peace


William Wyler for Friendly Persuasion


Adapted Screenplay

*Around the World In 80 Days*

Adapted by John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, James Poe


Baby Doll
Adapted by
Tennessee Williams


Friendly Persuasion
Adapted by
Michael Wilson


Giant
Adapted by
Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat


Lust For Life
Adapted by
Norman Corwin


Original Screenplay

The Bold and The Brave
Written by
Robert Lewis


Julie
Written by
Andrew L. Stone


The Ladykillers
Written by
William Rose


*
The Red Balloon*
Written by
Albert Lamorisse


La Strada
Written by
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli


Motion Picture Story

*The Brave One*
Story by
Dalton Trumbo


The Eddy Duchin Story
Story by
Leo Katcher


High Society
Story by
Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman


The Proud and The Beautiful
Story by
Jean-Paul Sartre


Umberto D.
Story by
Cesare Zavattini


Cinematography Black & White

Baby Doll Photographed by Boris Kaufman


The Bad Seed Photographed by Harold Rosson


The Harder They Fall
Photographed by
Burnett Guffey


*
Somebody Up There Likes Me*
Photographed by
Joseph Ruttenberg


Stagecoach To Fury
Photographed by
Walter Strenge


Cinematography  Color

*Around the World In 80 Days*
Photographed by
Lionel Lindon


The Eddy Duchin Story
Photographed by
Harry Stradling


The King and I
Photographed by
Leon Shamroy


The Ten Commandments
Photographed by
Loyal Griggs


War and Peace
Photographed by
Jack Cardiff


Costume Design

Around the World In 80 Days
Designed by
Miles White


Giant
Designed by
Marjorie Best, Moss Mabry


*
The King and I*
Designed by
Irene Sharaff


The Ten Commandments
Designed by
Arnold Friberg, Edith Head


War and Peace
Designed by
Marie De Matteis


Scoring of a Musical Picture

The Best Things In Life Are Free
Scored by
Lionel Newman


The Eddy Duchin Story
Scored by
George Duning, Morris Stoloff


High Society
Scored by
Saul Chaplin, John E. Green


*
The King and I*
Scored by
Ken Darby, Alfred Newman


Meet Me In Las Vegas
Scored by
John E. Green, George E. Stoll


Original Song

"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)"
From
Friendly Persuasion  Music by Dimitri Tiomkin     

Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
 

"Julie"
From
Julie
Music by
Leith Stevens     Lyric by Tom Adair
 

"True Love"
From
High Society
Music and Lyric by
Cole Porte


*"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será)"*
From
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Music and Lyric by
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
 

"Written On the Wind"
From
Written On the Wind
Music by
Victor Young     Lyric by Sammy Cahn


Special Effects

Forbidden Planet
Visual Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie

*The Ten Commandments*
Visual Effects by
John P. Fulton


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