28th Academy Awards

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28th Academy Awards
DateMarch 21, 1956
Site RKO Pantages Theatre,
Hollywood, California,
NBC Century Theatre
New York City, New York
Hosted by Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles),
Claudette Colbert (New York) and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York)
Produced by Robert Emmett Dolan
Directed by George Seaton
Highlights
Best Picture Marty
Most awardsMarty (4)
Most nominations Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing , Marty, and The Rose Tattoo (8)
TV in the United States
Network NBC

The 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956, to honor the films of 1955, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this year, Jerry Lewis became the host, replacing Bob Hope. [1]

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At just 90 minutes, Marty became the shortest film to win Best Picture, as well as the second to have also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (after The Lost Weekend in 1945). All of the various winners, with the exception of Anna Magnani, collected their Oscars. [1]

Grace Kelly, soon to be Princess of Monaco, attended the ceremony as a presenter on her way toward retirement from acting. [1] She was chided by Louella Parsons for failing to acknowledge Lewis' tribute to her from the film business. Parsons wrote, "it seems she might have taken a moment to thank him, give him a little kiss or something before leaving the stage so abruptly." [1]

This was the final year in which the Best Foreign Language Film was a Special/Honorary award. Beginning with the 29th Academy Awards, it became a competitive category.

Winners and nominees

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Delbert Mann, Best Director winner
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Ernest Borgnine; Best Actor winner
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Anna Magnani; Best Actress winner
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Jack Lemmon; Best Supporting Actor winner
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Jo Van Fleet; Best Supporting Actress winner
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Sonya Levien, Best Story and Screenplay co-winner
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Walt Disney; Best Documentary Short Subject winner
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Alfred Newman, Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture winner
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James Wong Howe; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White winner
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Helen Rose, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White winner
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Charles LeMaire; Best Costume Design, Color winner

Awards

Nominees were announced on February 18, 1956. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [2]

Best Motion Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay Best Story and Screenplay
Best Motion Picture Story Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel Best Short Subject – Cartoons
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Best Song Best Sound Recording
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White Best Art Direction, Color
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Best Cinematography, Color
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Best Costume Design, Color
Best Film Editing Best Special Effects

Best Foreign Language Film

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
8 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Marty
The Rose Tattoo
6 Love Me or Leave Me
Picnic
4 Blackboard Jungle
East of Eden
Guys and Dolls
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Oklahoma!
3 Bad Day at Black Rock
Daddy Long Legs
Interrupted Melody
The Man with the Golden Arm
Mister Roberts
Rebel Without a Cause
To Catch a Thief
2 The Battle of Gettysburg
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Face of Lincoln
It's Always Fair Weather
Queen Bee
Summertime
Films with multiple awards
AwardsFilm
4 Marty
3 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Rose Tattoo
2 Oklahoma!
Picnic

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 840. ISBN   0-385-04060-1.
  2. "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  3. Anna Magnani winning Best Actress for "The Rose Tattoo" on YouTube