29th Academy Awards (1957)

Highlights of 29th Academy Awards ceremony

The 29th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1956.
The award ceremony was held on 27th March 1957.
Around the World in Eighty Days won the Best Picture award.
Yul Brynner won the Best Actor award for his role in The King and I.
Ingrid Bergman won the Best Actess award for her role in Anastasia.
George Stevens won the Best Director award for Giant.
- WINNER

Best Picture

Around the World in Eighty Days
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments

Best Director

Giant - George Stevens
Around the World in Eighty Days - Michael Anderson
Friendly Persuasion - William Wyler
The King and I - Walter Lang
War and Peace - King Vidor

Best Original Screenplay

Le Ballon rouge - Albert Lamorisse
The Bold and the Brave - Robert Lewin
Julie - Andrew L. Stone
The Ladykillers - William Rose
La Strada - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli

Best Adapted Screenplay

Around the World in Eighty Days - James Poe, John Farrow, S. J. Perelman
Baby Doll - Tennessee Williams
Friendly Persuasion - Michael Wilson
Giant - Ivan Moffat, Fred Guiol
Lust for Life - Norman Corwin

Best Actor in a Leading Role

The King and I - Yul Brynner
Giant - James Dean
Giant - Rock Hudson
Lust for Life - Kirk Douglas
Richard III - Laurence Olivier

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Anastasia - Ingrid Bergman
Baby Doll - Carroll Baker
The Bad Seed - Nancy Kelly
The King and I - Deborah Kerr
The Rainmaker - Katharine Hepburn

Best Supporting Actor

Lust for Life - Anthony Quinn
The Bold and the Brave - Mickey Rooney
Bus Stop - Don Murray
Friendly Persuasion - Anthony Perkins
Written on the Wind - Robert Stack

Best Supporting Actress

Written on the Wind - Dorothy Malone
Baby Doll - Mildred Dunnock
The Bad Seed - Eileen Heckart
The Bad Seed - Patty McCormack
Giant - Mercedes McCambridge

Best Original Song

The Man Who Knew Too Much - Jay Livingston, Ray Evans for "Que Sera, Sera"
Friendly Persuasion for "Friendly Persuasion"
High Society for "True Love"
Julie for "Julie"
Written on the Wind for "Written on the Wind"

Best Foreign Language Film

La Strada
Biruma no tategoto
Gervaise
Der Hauptmann von Kopenick
Qivitoq

Academy Honorary Award

Eddie Cantor

Best Film Editing

Around the World in Eighty Days
The Brave One
Giant
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Ten Commandments

Best Cinematography, Color

Around the World in Eighty Days
The Eddy Duchin Story
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace

Best Cinematography, Black & White

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Baby Doll
The Bad Seed
The Harder They Fall
Stagecoach to Fury

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

The King and I
Around the World in Eighty Days
Giant
Lust for Life
The Ten Commandments

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black & White

Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Proud and Profane
The Seven Samurai
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Teenage Rebel

Best Costume Design, Color

The King and I
Around the World in Eighty Days
Giant
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace

Best Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Around the World in Eighty Days
Anastasia
Between Heaven and Hell
Giant
The Rainmaker

Best Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture

The King and I
The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Eddy Duchin Story
High Society
Meet Me in Las Vegas

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

The Brave One - Dalton Trumbo
The Eddy Duchin Story - Leo Katcher
High Society - Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman
Les Orgueilleux - Jean-Paul Sartre
Umberto D. - Cesare Zavattini

Best Sound, Recording

The King and I
The Brave One
The Eddy Duchin Story
Friendly Persuasion
The Ten Commandments

Best Effects, Special Effects

The Ten Commandments
Forbidden Planet
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