The Complete Oscar Quest: 28th Academy Awards (1955)

1955

Best Picture

• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• Marty
• Mister Roberts
• Picnic
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Director

• Elia Kazan, East of Eden
• David Lean, Summertime
• Joshua Logan, Picnic
• Delbert Mann, Marty
• John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock

Best 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

Best 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

Best Supporting Actor

• Arthur Kennedy, Trial
• Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts
• Joe Mantell, Marty
• Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
• Arthur O’Connell, Picnic

Best Supporting Actress

• Betsy Blair, Marty
• Peggy Lee, Pete Kelly’s Blues
• Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo
• Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
• Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause

Best Original Screenplay

• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
• Interrupted Melody
• It’s Always Fair Weather
• M. Hulot’s Holiday
• The Seven Little Foys

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bad Day at Black Rock
• Blackboard Jungle
• East of Eden
• Love Me or Leave Me
• Marty

Best Story

• Love Me or Leave Me
• The Private War of Major Benson
• Rebel Without a Cause
• The Sheep Has Five Legs
• Strategic Air Command
• Best Editing

• Blackboard Jungle
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• Oklahoma!
• Picnic
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Cinematography, Black and White

• Blackboard Jungle
• I’ll Cry Tomorrow
• Marty
• Queen Bee
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Cinematography, Color

• Guys and Dolls
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• A Man Called Peter
• Oklahoma!
• To Catch a Thief

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score

• Battle Cry
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• The Man with the Golden Arm
• Picnic
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Musical Score

• Daddy Long Legs
• Guys and Dolls
• It’s Always Fair Weather
• Love Me or Leave Me
• Oklahoma!

Best Original Song

• “I’ll Never Stop Loving You,” Love Me or Leave Me
• “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• “Something’s Gotta Give,” from Daddy Long Legs
• “The Tender Trap,” from The Tender Trap
• “Unchained Melody,” from Unchained

Best Art Direction, Black and White

• Blackboard Jungle
• I’ll Cry Tomorrow
• The Man with the Golden Arm
• Marty
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Art Direction, Color

• Daddy Long Legs
• Guys and Dolls
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• Picnic
• To Catch a Thief

Best Costume Design, Black and White

• I’ll Cry Tomorrow
• The Pickwick Papers
• Queen Bee
• The Rose Tattoo
• Ugetsu

Best Costume Design, Color

• Guys and Dolls
• Interrupted Melody
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
• To Catch a Thief
• The Virgin Queen

Best Visual Effects

• The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• The Dam Busters
• The Rains of Ranchipur

Best Sound Recording

• Love Is a Many Splendored-Thing
• Love Me or Leave Me
• Mister Roberts
• Not as a Stranger
• Oklahoma!

Best Documentary

• Heartbreak Ridge
• Helen Keller in Her Story

Best Documentary Short

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Face of Lincoln
• Men Against the Arctic

Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel

• 3rd Ave. El
• Gadgets Galore
• Survival City
• Three Kisses

Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel

• 24-Hour Alert
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Face of Lincoln
• On the Twelfth Day
• Switzerland

Best Animated Short

• Good Will to Men
• The Legend of Rockabye Point
• No Hunting
• Speedy Gonzales

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. Bad Day at Black Rock
2. Battle Cry
3. Blackboard Jungle
4. The Bridges at Toko-Ri
5. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6. Daddy Long Legs
7. The Dam Busters
8. East of Eden
9. Guys and Dolls
10. I’ll Cry Tomorrow
11. It’s Always Fair Weather
12. Interrupted Melody
13. Love Me or Leave Me
14. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
15. The Man with the Golden Arm
16. Marty
17. M. Hulot’s Holiday
18. A Man Called Peter
19. Mister Roberts
20. Not as a Stranger
21. Oklahoma!
22. Pete Kelly’s Blues
23. The Pickwick Papers
24. Picnic
25. The Private War of Major Benson
26. Queen Bee
27. The Rains of Ranchipur
28. Rebel Without a Cause
29. The Rose Tattoo
30. The Seven Little Foys
31. The Sheep Has Five Legs
32. Strategic Air Command
33. Summertime
34. The Tender Trap
35. To Catch A Thief
36. Trial
37. Ugetsu
38. Unchained
39. The Virgin Queen

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