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All nominated movies "Academy Awards, USA" in 1956

Site Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre
Date March 21, 1956
Oscar / Best Motion Picture of the Year
Marty 7.7
Marty
Harold Hecht
Winner
All nominees
Picnic Picnic
Fred Kohlmar
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
Hal B. Wallis
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Buddy Adler
Mister Roberts Mister Roberts
Leland Hayward
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
Winner
All nominees
James Cagney
James Cagney
Love Me or Leave Me
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
The Man with the Golden Arm
James Dean
James Dean
East of Eden This was the first posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history, although Jeanne Eagels was retroactively credited with a posthumous nomination for the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, when no nominees were announced prior to the ceremony.
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Bad Day at Black Rock
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani was not present at the awards ceremony. Marisa Pavan accepted on her behalf.
Winner
All nominees
Susan Hayward
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Eleanor Parker
Interrupted Melody
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Summertime
Jennifer Jones
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Winner
All nominees
Joe Mantell
Marty
Sel Mineo
Rebel Without a Cause
Arthur Kennedy
Trial
Arthur O'Connell
Picnic
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jo Van Fleet
East of Eden
Winner
All nominees
Marisa Pavan
The Rose Tattoo
Betsy Blair
Marty
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Rebel Without a Cause
Peggi Li
Pete Kelly's Blues
Oscar / Best Achievement in Directing
Delbert Mann
Marty
Winner
All nominees
Joshua Logan
Picnic
David Lean
Summertime
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
East of Eden
Dzhon Sterdzhes
Bad Day at Black Rock
Oscar / Best Achievement in Cinematography
To Catch a Thief 7.4
To Catch a Thief
Robert Burks
Winner
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
James Wong Howe
Winner
All nominees
A Man Called Peter A Man Called Peter
Harold Lipstein
Blackboard Jungle Blackboard Jungle
Russell Harlan
I'll Cry Tomorrow I'll Cry Tomorrow
Arthur E. Arling
Guys and Dolls 7.1
Guys and Dolls
Harry Stradling Sr.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Leon Shamroy
Oklahoma! 7.0
Oklahoma!
Robert Surtees
Queen Bee Queen Bee
Charles Lang
Marty 7.7
Marty
Joseph LaShelle
Oscar / Best Achievement in Costume Design
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Charles Le Maire
Winner
I'll Cry Tomorrow I'll Cry Tomorrow
Helen Rose
Winner
All nominees
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
Edith Head
The Pickwick Papers 6.9
The Pickwick Papers
Beatrice Dawson
Interrupted Melody Interrupted Melody
Helen Rose
Queen Bee Queen Bee
Jean Louis
To Catch a Thief 7.4
To Catch a Thief
Edith Head
Guys and Dolls 7.1
Guys and Dolls
Irene Sharaff
The Virgin Queen The Virgin Queen
Charles Le Maire, Mary Wills
Ugetsu 8.2
Ugetsu Ugetsu monogatari
Tadaoto Kainoshรด
Oscar / Best Achievement in Film Editing
Picnic Picnic
William A. Lyon, Charles Nelson
Winner
All nominees
The Bridges at Toko-Ri 6.7
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Alma Macrorie
Blackboard Jungle Blackboard Jungle
Ferris Webster
Oklahoma! 7.0
Oklahoma!
George Boemler, Gene Ruggiero
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
Warren Low
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Oklahoma! 7.0
Oklahoma!
Adolph Deutsch, Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Alfred Newman
Winner
All nominees
It's Always Fair Weather It's Always Fair Weather
Andrรฉ Previn
Guys and Dolls 7.1
Guys and Dolls
Cyril J. Mockridge, Jay Blackton
Daddy Long Legs Daddy Long Legs
Alfred Newman
Love Me or Leave Me Love Me or Leave Me
George Stoll, Percy Faith
Battle Cry Battle Cry
Max Steiner
Picnic Picnic
George Duning
The Man with the Golden Arm 7.3
The Man with the Golden Arm
Elmer Bernstein
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
Alex North
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster For the song "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Winner
All nominees
Love Me or Leave Me Love Me or Leave Me
Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodszky For the song "I'll Never Stop Loving You"
Daddy Long Legs Daddy Long Legs
Johnny Mercer For the song "Something's Gotta Give"
Unchained Unchained
Alex North, Hy Zaret For the song "Unchained Melody"
The Tender Trap 6.4
The Tender Trap
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen For the song "(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
Oscar / Best Achievement in Production Design
Picnic Picnic
William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley
Winner
The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
Sam Comer, Arthur Krams, Tambi Larsen, Hal Pereira
Winner
All nominees
Guys and Dolls 7.1
Guys and Dolls
Howard Bristol, Oliver Smit, Joseph C. Wright
I'll Cry Tomorrow I'll Cry Tomorrow
Malcolm Brown, Cedric Gibbons, Hugh Hunt, Edwin B. Willis
Daddy Long Legs Daddy Long Legs
John DeCuir, Paul S. Fox, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler
To Catch a Thief 7.4
To Catch a Thief
Sam Comer, J. McMillan Johnson, Arthur Krams, Hal Pereira
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs, Lyle R. Wheeler
The Man with the Golden Arm 7.3
The Man with the Golden Arm
Darrell Silvera, Joseph C. Wright
Blackboard Jungle Blackboard Jungle
Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons, Henry Grace, Edwin B. Willis
Marty 7.7
Marty
Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley, Walter M. Simonds
Oscar / Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Bridges at Toko-Ri 6.7
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Winner
All nominees
The Rains of Ranchipur 5.9
The Rains of Ranchipur
The Dam Busters The Dam Busters
Oscar / Best Adapted Screenplay
Marty 7.7
Marty
Paddy Chayefsky
Winner
All nominees
Love Me or Leave Me Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart
Blackboard Jungle Blackboard Jungle
Richard Brooks
East of Eden 7.9
East of Eden
Paul Osborn
Bad Day at Black Rock 7.7
Bad Day at Black Rock
Millard Kaufman
Oscar / Best Animated Short Film
Speedy Gonzales Speedy Gonzales
Edward Selzer
Winner
All nominees
No Hunting No Hunting
Walt Disney
Good Will to Men Good Will to Men
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Fred Quimby
The Legend of Rockabye Point The Legend of Rockabye Point
Walter Lantz
Oscar / Best Documentary Feature
The Unconquered The Unconquered
Nancy Hamilton
Winner
All nominees
Crรจvecoeur Crรจvecoeur
Renรฉ Risacher
Oscar / Best Documentary Short Film
Men Against the Arctic Men Against the Arctic
Walt Disney
Winner
All nominees
The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary
The Face of Lincoln The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume
Oscar / Best Live Action Short Film
The Face of Lincoln The Face of Lincoln
Wilbur T. Blume
Winner
Survival City Survival City
Edmund Reek
Winner
All nominees
Switzerland Switzerland
Walt Disney
Three Kisses Three Kisses
Justin Herman
The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg
Dore Schary
3rd Ave. El 3rd Ave. El
Carson Davidson
Gadgets Galore Gadgets Galore
Robert Youngson
On the Twelfth Day... On the Twelfth Day...
George K. Arthur
24 Hour Alert 24 Hour Alert
Cedric Francis
Oscar / Best Original Screenplay
Interrupted Melody Interrupted Melody
Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
Winner
All nominees
The Seven Little Foys The Seven Little Foys
Jack Rose, Melvill Shevelson
It's Always Fair Weather It's Always Fair Weather
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot 6.8
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Emmet Lavery, Milton Sperling
Oscar / Best Sound
Oklahoma! 7.0
Oklahoma!
Fred Hynes
Winner
All nominees
Love Me or Leave Me Love Me or Leave Me
Wesley C. Miller
Not as a Stranger 6.7
Not as a Stranger
Watson Jones
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Carlton W. Faulkner
Mister Roberts Mister Roberts
William A. Mueller
Oscar / Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Love Me or Leave Me Love Me or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs
Winner
All nominees
Rebel Without a Cause 7.1
Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray
Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command
Beirne Lay Jr.
The Sheep Has Five Legs Le mouton ร  cinq pattes
Jean Marsan, Jacques Perret, Raoul Ploquin, Henri Troyat, Anri Verney
The Private War of Major Benson The Private War of Major Benson
Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Farciot Edouart
For the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.
Winner
Technical Achievement Award
Honorary Award
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 7.4
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Miyamoto Musashi
Japan. Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955.
Winner
Year

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