Oscars Rematch: 1956
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Best Picture!
Winner: The Searchers!
Nominees:
Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Best Director!
Winner: John Ford!
Nominees:
Michael Anderson - Around the World in 80 Days
Walter Lang - The King and I
George Stevens - Giant
Cecil B. DeMille - The Ten Commandments - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Best Actor!
Winner: John Wayne!
Nominees:
Yul Brynner - The King and I
Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life
Rock Hudson - Giant
Laurence Olivier - Richard III - DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsBurt LancasterKatharine HepburnWendell CoreyDuring the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.Best Actress!
Winner: Katharine Hepburn!
Nominees:
Carroll Baker - Baby Doll
Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia
Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr - The King and I - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsElizabeth TaylorRock HudsonJames DeanSprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: James Dean!
Nominees:
Anthony Perkins - Friendly Persuasion
Anthony Quinn - Lust for Life
Mickey Rooney - The Bold and the Brave
Robert Stack - Written on the Wind - DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonLauren BacallRobert StackAlcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Dorothy Malone!
Nominees:
Mildred Dunnock - Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart - The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge - Giant
Patty McCormack - The Bad Seed - DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Albert Lamorisse!
Nominees:
Robert Lewin - The Bold and the Brave
Andrew L. Stone - Julie
Frederico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli - La Strada
William Rose - The Ladykillers - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Frank S. Nugent!
Nominees:
Tennessee Williams - Baby Doll
Michael Wilson - Friendly Persuasion
Ivan Maffot and Fred Guiol - Giant
Norman Corwin - Lust for Life - DirectorIrving RapperStarsMichel RayRodolfo Hoyos Jr.Elsa CárdenasA young boy named Leonardo adopts a bull after saving it during a storm, but their friendship is soon threatened by the legal owners of the animal who claim ownership of it and ship it off to the bullring to face a legendary bullfighter.Best Story!
Winner: The Brave One!
Nominees:
The Eddy Duchin Story
High Society
The Proud and the Beautiful
Umberto D. - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard BasehartA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: La Strada!
Nominees:
The Burmese Harp
The Captain from Kopenick
Gervaise
Qivitoq - DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauLouis MalleStarsFrédéric DumasAlbert FalcoJacques-Yves CousteauA documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: The Silent World!
Nominees:
The Naked Eye
Where Mountains Float - DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsRaymond MasseyAcademy-Award winning short subject documentary that chronicles the Civil War through nearly 400 authentic artifacts, as opposed to using actors or sets.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: The True Story of the Civil War!
Nominees:
A City Decides
The Dark Wave
The House Without a Name
Man in Space - DirectorKonstantin KalserStarsJay JacksonDonald CampbellLeo VillaThis Oscar-winning short documentary follows the exploits of Donald Campbell on Lake Mead, Nevada in his boat Bluebird as he attempts to be the first to successfully set a water speed record in excess of 200 mph.Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!
Winner: Crashing the Water Barrier!
Nominees:
I Never Forget a Face
Time Stood Still - DirectorJack ClaytonStarsDavid KossoffAlfie BassAlf DeanFender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life.Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!
Winner: The Bespoke Overcoat!
Nominees:
Cow Dog
The Dark Wave
Samoa - DirectorPete BurnessStarsJim BackusDaws ButlerAt a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty salesman but he drives it off anyway. Unfortunately, the myopic Magoo drives off a pier and under the ocean where he mistakes the various aquatic surroundings such as fish, sunken boats, and seals for other cars, dilapidated mansions, and a horn happy driver respectively.Best Animated Short!
Winner: Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper!
Nominees:
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
The Jay Walker - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsElizabeth TaylorRock HudsonJames DeanSprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!
Winner: Giant!
Nominees:
Anastasia
Around the World in 80 Days
Between Heaven and Hell
The Rainmaker - DirectorWalter LangStarsYul BrynnerDeborah KerrRita MorenoA widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.Best Musical Score!
Winner: The King and I!
Nominees:
The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Eddy Duchin Story
High Society
Meet Me in Las Vegas - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperDorothy McGuireAnthony PerkinsThe pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.Best Original Song!
Winner: "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)", Friendly Persuasion!
Nominees:
"Julie" - Julie
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" - The Man Who Knew Too Much
"True Love" - High Society
"Written on the Wind" - Written on the Wind - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Best Sound Recording!
Winner: The Ten Commandments!
Nominees:
The Brave One
The Eddy Duchin Story
Friendly Persuasion
The King and I - DirectorRobert WiseStarsPaul NewmanPier AngeliEverett SloaneBoxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.Best Art Direction - Black and White!
Winner: Somebody Up There Likes Me!
Nominees:
The Proud and Profane
Seven Samurai
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Teenage Rebel - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Best Art Direction - Color!
Winner: The Ten Commandments!
Nominees:
Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
The King and I
Lust for Life - DirectorRobert WiseStarsPaul NewmanPier AngeliEverett SloaneBoxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.Best Cinematography - Black and White!
Winner: Somebody Up There Likes Me!
Nominees:
Baby Doll
The Bad Seed
The Harder They Fall
Stagecoach to Fury - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Best Cinematography - Color!
Winner: The Searchers!
Nominees:
Around the World in 80 Days
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Best Costume Design - Black and White!
Winner: Seven Samurai!
Nominees:
The Power and the Prize
The Proud and Profane
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Teenage Rebel - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Best Costume Design - Color!
Winner: The Ten Commandments!
Nominees:
Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
The King and I
War and Peace