Academy Award 1957 (march 27, 1957)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 29 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

poster del film Around the World in 80 Days

for the movie Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
Michael Todd

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments

Friendly Persuasion
Assigned to
William Wyler

The King and I
Assigned to
Charles Brackett

The Giant
Assigned to
George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg

Best International Feature Film

for the movie La strada
Assigned to
Carlo Ponti, Dino De laurentiis

nominations for the movie :

gervaise

The Burmese Harp

qivitoq (evil spirit)

The Captain from Köpenick

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie The Giant
Assigned to
George Stevens

nominations for the movie :

Friendly Persuasion
Assigned to
William Wyler

Around the World in 80 Days

The King and I
Assigned to
Walter Lang

War and Peace
Assigned to
King Vidor

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

for the movie the brave one
Assigned to
Dalton Trumbo

nominations for the movie :

High Society

Umberto D.
Assigned to
Cesare Zavattini

the eddy duchin story

The Proud and the Beautiful

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie le ballon rouge [corto]
Assigned to
Albert Lamorisse

nominations for the movie :

the ladykillers
Assigned to
William Rose

La strada
Assigned to
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli

the bold and the brave
Assigned to
Robert Lewin

julie
Assigned to
Andrew L. Stone

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
John Farrow, S.j.perelman, James Poe

nominations for the movie :

Friendly Persuasion
Assigned to
Michael G.wilson

lust for life
Assigned to
Norman Corwin

The Giant
Assigned to
Ivan Moffat, Fred Guiol

Baby Doll
Assigned to
Tennessee Williams

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie The King and I
Assigned to
Yul Brynner

nominations for the movie :

Richard III
Assigned to
Laurence Olivier

lust for life
Assigned to
Kirk Douglas

The Giant
Assigned to
Rock Hudson, James Dean

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie Anastasia
Assigned to
Ingrid Bergman

nominations for the movie :

The King and I
Assigned to
Deborah Kerr

Baby Doll
Assigned to
Carroll Baker

the bad seed
Assigned to
Nancy Kelly

The Rainmaker
Assigned to
Katharine Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie lust for life
Assigned to
Anthony Quinn

nominations for the movie :

Friendly Persuasion
Assigned to
Anthony Perkins

Bus Stop
Assigned to
Don Murray

Written on the Wind
Assigned to
Robert Stack

the bold and the brave
Assigned to
Mickey Rooney

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie Written on the Wind
Assigned to
Dorothy Malone

nominations for the movie :

The Giant
Assigned to
Mercedes Mccambridge

Baby Doll
Assigned to
Mildred Dunnock

the bad seed
Assigned to
Patty Mccormack, Eileen Heckart

Best Cinematography, Color

for the movie Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
Lionel Lindon

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
Loyal Griggs

The King and I
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

War and Peace
Assigned to
Jack Cardiff

the eddy duchin story
Assigned to
Harry Stradling sr.

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

poster del film somebody up there likes me

for the movie somebody up there likes me
Assigned to
Joseph Ruttenberg

nominations for the movie :

the harder they fall
Assigned to
Burnett Guffey

Baby Doll
Assigned to
Boris Kaufman

the bad seed
Assigned to
Harold Rosson

stagecoach to fury
Assigned to
Walter Strenge

Best Music, Original Comedy Score

for the movie The King and I
Assigned to
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

nominations for the movie :

poster del film The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free
Assigned to
Lionel Newman

High Society
Assigned to
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green

meet me in las vegas
Assigned to
Johnny Green, George Stoll

the eddy duchin story
Assigned to
George Duning, Morris Stoloff

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

for the movie Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
Victor Young

nominations for the movie :

Anastasia
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

The Giant
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

between heaven and hell
Assigned to
Hugo Friedhofer

The Rainmaker
Assigned to
Alex North

Best Editing

for the movie Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
Anne Bauchens

somebody up there likes me
Assigned to
Albert Akst

The Giant
Assigned to
William Hornbeck, Philip W.anderson, Fred Bohanan

the brave one
Assigned to
Merrill G. White

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

for the movie The King and I
Assigned to
Paul S. Fox, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
Ray Moyer, Hal Pereira, Walter H. tyler, Sam Comer

Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
James W.sullivan, Ken Adams, Ross Dowd

lust for life
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh gleason, E.Preston Ames

The Giant
Assigned to
Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

for the movie somebody up there likes me
Assigned to
Malcolm F.brown, Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh gleason

nominations for the movie :

seven samurai
Assigned to
Takashi Matsuyama

teenage rebel
Assigned to
Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler, Stuart A. Reiss

the proud and profane
Assigned to
Sam Comer, A. Earl Hedrick, Frank R. Mckelvy, Hal Pereira

the solid gold cadillac
Assigned to
Ross Bellah, William R.kiernan, Louis Diage

Best Costume Design, Color

for the movie The King and I
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Arnold Friberg, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins

Around the World in 80 Days
Assigned to
Miles White

War and Peace
Assigned to
Maria De matteis

The Giant
Assigned to
Marjorie Best, Moss Mabry

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

for the movie the solid gold cadillac
Assigned to
Jean-Louis

nominations for the movie :

seven samurai
Assigned to
Kohei Ezaki

teenage rebel
Assigned to
Mary Wills, Charles Le maire

the proud and profane
Assigned to
Edith Head

the power and the prize
Assigned to
Helen Rose

Best Sound

for the movie The King and I
Assigned to
Carl W.faulkner

nominations for the movie :

The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder

Friendly Persuasion
Assigned to
Gordon G.glennan

the brave one
Assigned to
John Myers

the eddy duchin story
Assigned to
John P.livadary

Best Special Effects

for the movie The Ten Commandments
Assigned to
John P.fulton

nominations for the movie :

forbidden planet
Assigned to
A. Arnold Gillespie, Wesley C.miller, Irving G. Ries

Best Original Song

poster del film The Man Who Knew Too Much

for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much

nominations for the movie :

Friendly Persuasion

High Society

Written on the Wind

julie

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Academy Award 1957 (march 27, 1957)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 29 of the event; awards assigned: