28th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1956)
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- Date of Ceremony: Wednesday, March 21, 1956
- For films released in: 1955
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 28th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Buddy Adler [Producer] - Marty
Harold Hecht [Producer] - Mister Roberts
Leland Hayward [Producer] - Picnic
Fred Kohlmar [Producer] - The Rose Tattoo
Hal B. Wallis [Producer]
Best Directing
- Bad Day at Black Rock
John Sturges - East of Eden
Elia Kazan - Marty
Delbert Mann - Picnic
Joshua Logan - Summertime
David Lean
Best Actor
- Bad Day at Black Rock
Spencer Tracy - East of Eden
James Dean - Love Me or Leave Me
James Cagney - The Man with the Golden Arm
Frank Sinatra - Marty
Ernest Borgnine
Best Actress
- I'll Cry Tomorrow
Susan Hayward - Interrupted Melody
Eleanor Parker - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Jennifer Jones - The Rose Tattoo
Anna Magnani - Summertime
Katharine Hepburn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Marty
Joe Mantell - Mister Roberts
Jack Lemmon - Picnic
Arthur O'Connell - Rebel without a Cause
Sal Mineo - Trial
Arthur Kennedy
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- East of Eden
Jo Van Fleet - Marty
Betsy Blair - Pete Kelly's Blues
Peggy Lee - Rebel without a Cause
Natalie Wood - The Rose Tattoo
Marisa Pavan
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Blackboard Jungle
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Randall Duell [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Henry Grace [Set Decoration] - I'll Cry Tomorrow
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Malcolm Brown [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Hugh B. Hunt [Set Decoration] - The Man with the Golden Arm
Joseph C. Wright [Art Direction] and Darrell Silvera [Set Decoration] - Marty
Edward S. Haworth [Art Direction], Walter Simonds [Art Direction] and Robert Priestley [Set Decoration] - The Rose Tattoo
Hal Pereira [Art Direction], Tambi Larsen [Art Direction], Sam Comer [Set Decoration] and Arthur Krams [Set Decoration]
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Daddy Long Legs
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], John DeCuir [Art Direction], Walter M. Scott [Set Decoration] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration] - Guys and Dolls
Oliver Smith [Art Direction], Joseph C. Wright [Art Direction] and Howard Bristol [Set Decoration] - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], George W. Davis [Art Direction], Walter M. Scott [Set Decoration] and Jack Stubbs [Set Decoration] - Picnic
William Flannery [Art Direction], Jo Mielziner [Art Direction] and Robert Priestley [Set Decoration] - To Catch a Thief
Hal Pereira [Art Direction], Joseph McMillan Johnson [Art Direction], Sam Comer [Set Decoration] and Arthur Krams [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Blackboard Jungle
Russell Harlan - I'll Cry Tomorrow
Arthur E. Arling - Marty
Joseph LaShelle - Queen Bee
Charles B. Lang Jr. - The Rose Tattoo
James Wong Howe
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Guys and Dolls
Harry Stradling Sr. - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Leon Shamroy - A Man Called Peter
Harold Lipstein - Oklahoma!
Robert Surtees - To Catch a Thief
Robert Burks
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow
Helen Rose - The Pickwick Papers
Beatrice Dawson - Queen Bee
Jean Louis - The Rose Tattoo
Edith Head - Ugetsu
Tadaoto Kainoscho
Best Costume Design (Color)
- Guys and Dolls
Irene Sharaff - Interrupted Melody
Helen Rose - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Charles LeMaire - To Catch a Thief
Edith Head - The Virgin Queen
Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
Best Documentary (Feature)
- Heartbreak Ridge
Rene Risacher - Helen Keller in Her Story
Nancy Hamilton
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary - The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume - Men against the Arctic
Walt Disney
Best Film Editing
- Blackboard Jungle
Ferris Webster - The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Alma Macrorie - Oklahoma!
Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler - Picnic
Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon - The Rose Tattoo
Warren Low
Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- Battle Cry
Max Steiner - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Alfred Newman - The Man with the Golden Arm
Elmer Bernstein - Picnic
George Duning - The Rose Tattoo
Alex North
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Daddy Long Legs
Alfred Newman - Guys and Dolls
Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge - It's Always Fair Weather
Andre Previn - Love Me or Leave Me
Percy Faith and George Stoll - Oklahoma!
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch
Best Music (Song)
- Daddy Long Legs "Something's Gotta Give"
Johnny Mercer [Music and Lyrics by] - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Sammy Fain [Music by] and Paul Francis Webster [Lyrics by] - Love Me or Leave Me "I'll Never Stop Loving You"
Nicholas Brodszky [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by] - The Tender Trap "(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
James Van Heusen [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by] - Unchained "Unchained Melody"
Alex North [Music by] and Hy Zaret [Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Good Will to Men
Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera - The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point
Walter Lantz - No Hunting
Walt Disney - Speedy Gonzales
Edward Selzer
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- 3rd Ave. El
Carson Davidson - Gadgets Galore
Robert Youngson - Survival City
Edmund Reek - Three Kisses
Justin Herman
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
- 24-Hour Alert
Cedric Francis - The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary - The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume - On the Twelfth Day...
George K. Arthur - Switzerland
Walt Disney
Best Sound Recording
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and Carl W. Faulkner [Sound Director] - Love Me or Leave Me
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Wesley C. Miller [Sound Director] - Mister Roberts
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and William A. Mueller [Sound Director] - Not as a Stranger
Radio Corporation of America Sound Department and Watson Jones [Sound Director] - Oklahoma!
Todd-AO Sound Department and Fred Hynes [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Paramount Studio - The Dam Busters
Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd. - The Rains of Ranchipur
20th Century-Fox Studio
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- Bad Day at Black Rock
Millard Kaufman - Blackboard Jungle
Richard Brooks - East of Eden
Paul Osborn - Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart - Marty
Paddy Chayefsky
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery - Interrupted Melody
William Ludwig and Sonya Levien - It's Always Fair Weather
Betty Comden and Adolph Green - Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet - The Seven Little Foys
Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose
Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)
- Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs - The Private War of Major Benson
Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher - Rebel without a Cause
Nicholas Ray - The Sheep Has Five Legs
Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin - Strategic Air Command
Beirne Lay, Jr.