The Complete Oscar Quest: 29th Academy Awards (1956)
1956
Best Picture
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
Best Director
- Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days
- Walter Lang, The King and I
- George Stevens, Giant
- King Vidor, War and Peace
- William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion
Best Actor
- Yul Brynner, The King and I
- James Dean, Giant
- Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
- Rock Hudson, Giant
- Laurence Olivier, Richard III
Best Actress
- Carroll Baker, Baby Doll
- Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
- Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker
- Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
- Deborah Kerr, The King and I
Best Supporting Actor
- Don Murray, Bus Stop
- Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion
- Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
- Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave
- Robert Stack, Written on the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
- Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll
- Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
- Mercedes McCambridge, Giant
- Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
- Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed
Best Original Screenplay
- The Bold and the Brave
- Julie
- The Ladykillers
- The Red Balloon
- La Strada
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Baby Doll
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- Lust for Life
Best Story
- The Brave One
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- High Society
- The Proud and the Beautiful
- Umberto D.
Best Editing
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Brave One
- Giant
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- The Ten Commandments
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- Baby Doll
- The Bad Seed
- The Harder They Fall
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Stagecoach to Fury
Best Cinematography, Color
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
- War and Peace
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
- Anastasia
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Between Heaven and Hell
- Giant
- The Rainmaker
Best Musical Score
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- The Edy Duchin Story
- High Society
- The King and I
- Meet Me in Las Vegas
Best Original Song
- “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love),” from Friendly Persuasion
- “Julie,” from Julie
- “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be,” from The Man Who Knew Too Much
- “True Love,” from High Society
- “Written on the Wind,” from Written on the Wind
Best Art Direction, Black and White
- The Proud and the Profane
- Seven Samurai
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Teenage Rebel
Best Art Direction, Color
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Giant
- The King and I
- Lust for Life
- The Ten Commandments
Best Costume Design, Black and White
- The Power and the Prize
- The Proud and the Profane
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Seven Samurai
- Teenage Rebel
Best Costume Design, Color
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Giant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
- War and Peace
Best Visual Effects
- Forbidden Planet
- The Ten Commandments
Best Sound Recording
- The Brave One
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Friendly Persuasion
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Burmese Harp
- The Captain from Kopenick
- Gervaise
- Qivitoq
- La Strada
Best Documentary
- The Naked Eye
- The Silent World
- Where Mountains Float
Best Documentary Short
- A City Decides
- The Dark Wave
- The House Without a Name
- Man in Space
- The True Story of the Civil War
Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel
- Crashing the Water Barrier
- I Never Forget a Face
- Time Stood Still
Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel
- The Bespoke Overcoat
- Cow Dog
- The Dark Wave
- Samoa
Best Animated Short
- Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
- The Jay Walker
- Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Anastasia
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Baby Doll
- The Bad Seed
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Between Heaven and Hell
- The Bold and the Brave
- The Brave One
- Bus Stop
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Forbidden Planet
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- The Harder They Fall
- High Society
- Julie
- The King and I
- The Ladykillers
- Lust for Life
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Meet Me in Las Vegas
- The Power and the Prize
- The Proud and the Beautiful
- The Proud and the Profane
- The Rainmaker
- The Red Balloon
- Richard III
- Seven Samurai
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Stagecoach to Fury
- La Strada
- Teenage Rebel
- The Ten Commandments
- Umberto D.
- War and Peace
- Written on the Wind
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