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Arts and Entertainment > Awards > Movie Awards > The Academy Awards

1956 Academy Awards

The 1956 Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1957 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Best Motion Picture

Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Todd, producer (United Artists)

Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, producer (Allied Artists)

Giant, George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, producers (Warner Bros.)

The King and I, Charles Brackett, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille, producer (Paramount)

Around the World in 80 Days

Archive Photos

Best Actor

Yul Brynner, The King and I

James Dean, Giant

Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life

Rock Hudson, Giant

Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard III

Best Actress

Carroll Baker, Baby Doll

Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia

Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker

Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed

Deborah Kerr, The King and I

Actor in a Supporting Role

Don Murray, Bus Stop

Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion

Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life

Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave

Robert Stack, Written on the Wind

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll

Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed

Mercedes McCambridge, Giant

Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed

Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind

Directing

Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days

Walter Lang, The King and I

George Stevens, Giant

King Vidor, War and Peace

William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion

Writing

Motion Picture Story	Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story
	Jean Paul Sartre, The Proud and the Beautiful
	Dalton Trumbo, The Brave One
	Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D.
Screenplay, Adapted	Norman Corwin, Lust for Life
	Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, Giant
	James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman, Around the World in 80 Days
	Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll
Screenplay, Original	Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, La Strada
	Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon
	Robert Lewin, The Bold and the Brave
	William Rose, The Lady Killers
	Andrew L. Stone, Julie

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Burnett Guffey, The Harder They Fall
	Boris Kaufman, Baby Doll
	Hal Rosson, The Bad Seed
	Joseph Ruttenberg, Somebody Up There Likes Me
	Walter Strenge, Stagecoach to Fury
Color	Jack Cardiff, War and Peace
	Loyal Griggs, The Ten Commandments
	Lionel Lindon, Around the World in 80 Days
	Leon Shamroy, The King and I
	Harry Stradling, The Eddy Duchin Story

Art Direction

Black-and-White	Ross Bellah, art direction; William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage, set decoration, The Solid Gold Cadillac
	Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Somebody Up There Likes Me
	Takashi Matsuyama, art direction and set decoration, The Magnificent Seven
	Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick, art direction; Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Proud and the Profane
	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
	Boris Leven, art direction; Ralph S. Hurst, set decoration, Giant
	Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki, art direction; Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, The Ten Commandments
	James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam, art direction; Ross J. Dowd, set decoration, Around the World in 80 Days
	Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The King and I

Sound Recording

Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Eddy Duchin Story

Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Ten Commandments

RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Brave One

Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The King and I

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
	“Julie,” Julie, Leith Stevens, music; Tom Adair, lyrics
	“True Love,” High Society; Cole Porter, music and lyrics
	*“Whatever Will Be, Will Be” (Que Será, Será), The Man Who Knew Too Much, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music and lyrics*
	“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
	Alfred Newman, Anastasia
	Alex North, The Rainmaker
	Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant
	Victor Young, Around the World in 80 Days
Scoring of a Musical Picture	Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, High Society
	Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, The King and I
	Lionel Newman, The Best Things in Life Are Free
	George Stoll and Johnny Green, Meet Me in Las Vegas
	Morris Stoloff and George Duning, The Eddy Duchin Story

Film Editing

Albert Akst, Somebody Up There Likes Me

Anne Bauchens, The Ten Commandments

William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan, Giant

Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax, Around the World in 80 Days

Merrill G. White, The Brave One

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Kohei Ezaki, The Magnificent Seven
	Edith Head, The Proud and the Profane
	Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, Teenage Rebel
	Jean Louis, The Solid Gold Cadillac
	Helen Rose, The Power and the Prize
Color	Marie De Matteis, War and Peace
	Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg, The Ten Commandments
	Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best, Giant
	Irene Sharaff, The King and I
	Miles White, Around the World in 80 Days

Special Effects

John Fulton, The Ten Commandments

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)
	The Jay Walker (UPA Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	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.)
	I Never Forget a Face (Warner Specials Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Time Stood Still (Scope Gems Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
Two-Reel	The Bespoke Overcoat (Go Pictures, Inc.; Romulus Films)
	Cow Dog (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
	The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	Samoa (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

Documentary

Short Subject	A City Decides (Charles Guggenheim and Associates, Inc.)
	The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	The House Without a Name (Valentine Davies, producer; Universal-International)
	Man in Space (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
	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.)
	The Silent World (Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C. Production; Columbia)
	Where Mountains Float (Arno/Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc.)