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:
- Bad Day at Black Rock
- Battle Cry
- Blackboard Jungle
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
- Daddy Long Legs
- The Dam Busters
- East of Eden
- Guys and Dolls
- I’ll Cry Tomorrow
- It’s Always Fair Weather
- Interrupted Melody
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- Marty
- M. Hulot’s Holiday
- A Man Called Peter
- Mister Roberts
- Not as a Stranger
- Oklahoma!
- Pete Kelly’s Blues
- The Pickwick Papers
- Picnic
- The Private War of Major Benson
- Queen Bee
- The Rains of Ranchipur
- Rebel Without a Cause
- The Rose Tattoo
- The Seven Little Foys
- The Sheep Has Five Legs
- Strategic Air Command
- Summertime
- The Tender Trap
- To Catch A Thief
- Trial
- Ugetsu
- Unchained
- The Virgin Queen
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