March 21, 1956 RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA & NBC Century Theatre, New York, NY Hosted by Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles) and Claudette Colbert & Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York)
MOTION PICTURE
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
“Marty”
“Mister Roberts”
“Picnic”
“The Rose Tattoo”
DIRECTOR
Elia Kazan – “East of Eden”
David Lean – “Summertime”
Joshua Logan – “Picnic”
Delbert Mann – “Marty”
John Sturges – “Bad Day at Black Rock”
ACTOR
Ernest Borgnine – “Marty”
James Cagney – “Love Me or Leave Me”
James Dean – “East of Eden”
Frank Sinatra – “The Man with the Golden Arm”
Spencer Tracy – “Bad Day at Black Rock”
ACTRESS
Susan Hayward – “I’ll Cry Tomorrow”
Katharine Hepburn – “Summertime”
Jennifer Jones – “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
Anna Magnani – “The Rose Tattoo”
Eleanor Parker – “Interrupted Melody”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Arthur Kennedy – “Trial”
Jack Lemmon – “Mister Roberts”
Joe Mantell – “Marty”
Sal Mineo – “Rebel Without a Cause”
Arthur O’Connell – “Picnic”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Betsy Blair – “Marty”
Jo Van Fleet – “East of Eden”
Peggy Lee – “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
Marisa Pavan – “The Rose Tattoo”
Natalie Wood – “Rebel Without a Cause”
ART DIRECTION (BLACK & WHITE)
“Blackboard Jungle” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace
“I’ll Cry Tomorrow” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
“The Man with the Golden Arm” Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
“Marty” Art Direction: Ted Haworth and Walter M. Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
“The Rose Tattoo” Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
“Daddy Long Legs” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
“Guys and Dolls” Art Direction: Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs
“Picnic” Art Direction: William Flannery and Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
“To Catch a Thief” Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams
CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK & WHITE)
“Blackboard Jungle” – Russell Harlan
“I’ll Cry Tomorrow” – Arthur Arling
“Marty” – Joseph LaShelle
“Queen Bee” – Charles Lang
“The Rose Tattoo” – James Wong Howe
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
“Guys and Dolls” – Harry Stradling
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” – Leon Shamroy
“A Man Called Peter” – Harold Lipstein
“Oklahoma!” – Robert Surtees
“To Catch a Thief” – Robert Burks
COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK & WHITE)
“I’ll Cry Tomorrow” – Helen Rose
“The Pickwick Papers” – Beatrice Dawson
“Queen Bee” – Jean Louis
“The Rose Tattoo” – Edith Head
“Ugetsu” – Tadaoto Kainosho
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
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Heartbreak Ridge”
“Helen Keller in Her Story”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“The Battle of Gettysburg”
“Men Against the Arctic” – Walt Disney
FILM EDITING
“Blackboard Jungle” – Ferris Webster
“The Bridges at Toko-Ri” – Alma Macrorie
“Oklahoma!” – Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler
“Picnic” – Charles Nelson and William Lyon
“The Rose Tattoo” – Warren Low
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
“Samurai, The Legend of Musashi” (Japan)
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Good Will to Men”
“The Legend of Rockabye Point”
“No Hunting”
“Speedy Gonzales”
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)
“3rd Ave. El” – Carson Davidson
“The Face of Lincoln”
“Gadgets Galore” – Robert Youngson
“Survival City” – Edmund Reek
“Three Kisses” – Justin Herman
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)
“24-Hour Alert”
“The Battle of Gettysburg”
“The Face of Lincoln”
“On the Twelfth Day”
“Switzerland”
Scoring 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
Scoring of a Musical Picture
“Daddy Long Legs” – Alfred Newman
“Guys and Dolls” – Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge
“It’s Always Fair Weather” – André Previn
“Love Me or Leave Me” – Percy Faith and Georgie Stoll
“Oklahoma!” – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch
SONG
“Something’s Gotta Give” from “Daddy Long Legs” Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
“I’ll Never Stop Loving You” from “Love Me or Leave Me” Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“The Tender Trap” from “The Tender Trap” Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“Unchained Melody” from “Unchained” Music by Alex North; Lyrics by Hy Zaret
SOUND RECORDING
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” – Carlton W. Faulkner
“Love Me or Leave Me” – Wesley C. Miller
“Mister Roberts” – William A. Mueller
“Not as a Stranger” – Watson Jones
“Oklahoma!” – Fred Hynes
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“The Bridges at Toko-Ri”
“The Dam Busters”
“The Rains of Ranchipur”
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
“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
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, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, and Raoul Ploquin
“Strategic Air Command” – Beirne Lay Jr.
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
