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1956 Movie
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.

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
*Yul Brynner in The King and I*
James Dean
in
Giant
Rock Hudson
in
Giant
Laurence Olivier in
Richard III
*Ingrid
Bergman* in
Anastasia
Katharine
Hepburn in
The Rainmaker
Deborah Kerr
in
The King and
I
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
Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed
*Dorothy
Malone* in
Written On the
Wind
Patty McCormack
in
The Bad Seed
Michael Anderson for Around the World In 80 Days
Walter Lang
for
The King and
I
*George
Stevens* for
Giant
William Wyler
for
Friendly Persuasion
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
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
*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
The Harder
They Fall
Photographed by
Burnett Guffey
*Somebody
Up There Likes Me*
Photographed by
Joseph Ruttenberg
Stagecoach To Fury
Photographed by
Walter Strenge
*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
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
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
"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
Forbidden Planet
Visual Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie
*The
Ten Commandments*
Visual Effects by
John P. Fulton
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