28th Academy Awards nominees and winners.html



The 28th Academy Awards was held on March 21, 1956. It was hosted by comedian and actor Jerry Lewis, who would host again along with Bob Hope, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, and Mort Sahl three ceremonies later. It was held in the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, while another identical ceremony (albeit with different hosts, Joseph Mankiewicz and Claudette Colbert) took place in New York's Century Theatre.

Winners are noted in boldface:

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

• Marty - Harold Hecht, Producer
• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing - Buddy Adler, Producer
• Mister Roberts - Leland Hayward, Producer
• Picnic - Fred Kohlmar, Producer
• The Rose Tattoo - Hal B. Wallis, Producer

Acting

Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

• Ernest Borgnine, Marty - "Marty Pilletti"
• James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me - "Martin Snyder"
• James Dean, East of Eden - "Cal Trask"
• Frank Sinatra, The Man with the Golden Arm - "Frankie"
• Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock - "John J. Macreedy"

Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role

• Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow - "Lillian Roth"
• Katharine Hepburn, Summertime - "Jane Hudson"
• Jennifer Jones, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - "Han Suyin"
• Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo - "Serafina Della Rose"
• Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody, "Marjorie Lawrence"

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role

• Arthur Kennedy, Trial - "Barney Castle"
• Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts - "Ensign Pulver"
• Joe Mantell, Marty - "Angie"
• Sal Mineo, Rebel without a Cause - "Plato"
• Arthur O'Connell, Picnic - "Howard Bevans"

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role

• Betsy Blair, Marty - "Clara Snyder"
• Peggy Lee, Pete Kelly's Blues - "Rose Hopkins"
• Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo - "Rosa Della Rose"
• Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden - "Kate"
• Natalie Wood, Rebel without a Cause - "Judy"

Achievement in Directing

• Marty, Delbert Mann
• East of Eden, Elia Kazan
• Summertime, David Lean
• Picnic, Joshua Logan
• Bad Day at Black Rock, John Sturges

Best Writing

Motion Picture Story

• Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, The Private War of Major Benson
• Daniel Fuchs, Love Me or Leave Me
• Beirne Lay, Jr., Strategic Air Command
• Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin, The Sheep Has Five Legs
• Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause

Screenplay

• Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle
• Paddy Chayefsky, Marty
• Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart, Love Me or Leave Me
• Millard Kaufman, Bad Day at Black Rock
• Paul Osborn, East of Eden

Story and Screenplay

• Betty Comden and Adolph Green, It's Always Fair Weather
• William Ludwig and Sonya Levien, Interrupted Melody
• Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose, The Seven Little Foys
• Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
• Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet, Mr. Hulot's Holiday

Cinematography

Black-and-White

• Arthur E. Arling, I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Russell Harlan, Blackboard Jungle
• James Wong Howe, The Rose Tattoo
• Charles Lang, Queen Bee
• Joseph LaShelle, Marty

Color

• Robert Burks, To Catch a Thief
• Harold Lipstein, A Man Called Peter
• Leon Shamroy, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• Harry Stradling, Guys and Dolls
• Robert Surtees, Oklahoma!

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
• Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace, set decoration, Blackboard Jungle
• Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds, art direction; Robert Priestley, set decoration, Marty
• Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, The Rose Tattoo
• 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
• Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, To Catch a Thief
• Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Howard Bristol, set decoration, Guys and Dolls
• Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs, set decoration, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Daddy Long Legs

Sound Recording

• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Love Me or Leave Me
• RCA Sound Department, Not as a Stranger
• Todd-AO Sound Department, Oklahoma!
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Mister Roberts