Best Picture Winner
Marty
Best Picture
Director: Delbert Mann
Studio: United Artists
A middle-aged butcher and a schoolteacher find unlikely love at a Saturday night dance in the Bronx.
From the Worthy Podcast
To me this is the film that marks the end of our grandparents generation of Hollywood iconography to our parents version of it. This film does everything you love of old Hollywood but takes huge risks. This feels like the last stop of our grandparents Hollywood and we’re about to enter our parents Hollywood
Long takes and why that is such a powerful tool in filmmaking
All Categories (30)
Best Motion Picture
Marty— Harold Hecht, Producer
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Buddy Adler, Producer
Mister Roberts— Leland Hayward, Producer
Picnic— Fred Kohlmar, Producer
The Rose Tattoo— Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Actor
Frank Sinatra— The Man with the Golden Arm {"Frankie"}
James Cagney— Love Me or Leave Me {"Martin Snyder"}
James Dean— East of Eden {"Cal Trask"}
Spencer Tracy— Bad Day at Black Rock {"John J. Macreedy"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Arthur Kennedy— Trial {"Barney Castle"}
Arthur O'Connell— Picnic {"Howard Bevans"}
Joe Mantell— Marty {"Angie"}
Sal Mineo— Rebel without a Cause {"Plato"}
Actress
Eleanor Parker— Interrupted Melody {"Marjorie Lawrence"}
Jennifer Jones— Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing {"Han Suyin"}
Katharine Hepburn— Summertime {"Jane Hudson"}
Susan Hayward— I'll Cry Tomorrow {"Lillian Roth"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Betsy Blair— Marty {"Clara Snyder"}
Marisa Pavan— The Rose Tattoo {"Rosa Della Rose"}
Natalie Wood— Rebel without a Cause {"Judy"}
Peggy Lee— Pete Kelly's Blues {"Rose Hopkins"}
Directing
Bad Day at Black Rock— John Sturges
East of Eden— Elia Kazan
Picnic— Joshua Logan
Summertime— David Lean
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Love Me or Leave Me— Daniel Fuchs
Winner
Rebel without a Cause— Nicholas Ray
Strategic Air Command— Beirne Lay, Jr.
The Private War of Major Benson— Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
The Sheep Has Five Legs— Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin
Writing (Screenplay)
Marty— Paddy Chayefsky
Winner
Bad Day at Black Rock— Millard Kaufman
Blackboard Jungle— Richard Brooks
East of Eden— Paul Osborn
Love Me or Leave Me— Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
The Rose Tattoo— James Wong Howe
Winner
Blackboard Jungle— Russell Harlan
I'll Cry Tomorrow— Arthur E. Arling
Marty— Joseph LaShelle
Queen Bee— Charles Lang
Cinematography (Color)
To Catch a Thief— Robert Burks
Winner
A Man Called Peter— Harold Lipstein
Guys and Dolls— Harry Stradling
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Leon Shamroy
Oklahoma!— Robert Surtees
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Alfred Newman
Winner
Battle Cry— Max Steiner
Picnic— George Duning
The Man with the Golden Arm— Elmer Bernstein
The Rose Tattoo— Alex North
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
Oklahoma!— Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
Winner
Daddy Long Legs— Alfred Newman
Guys and Dolls— Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
It's Always Fair Weather— Andre Previn
Love Me or Leave Me— Percy Faith, George Stoll
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
The Rose Tattoo— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Winner
Blackboard Jungle— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
I'll Cry Tomorrow— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt
Marty— Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
The Man with the Golden Arm— Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Art Direction (Color)
Picnic— Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Winner
Daddy Long Legs— Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Guys and Dolls— Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs
To Catch a Thief— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Special Effects
The Bridges at Toko-Ri— Paramount Studio
Winner
The Dam Busters— Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.
The Rains of Ranchipur— 20th Century-Fox Studio
Film Editing
Picnic— Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Winner
Blackboard Jungle— Ferris Webster
Oklahoma!— Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler
The Bridges at Toko-Ri— Alma Macrorie
The Rose Tattoo— Warren Low
Sound Recording
Oklahoma!— Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director
Love Me or Leave Me— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Mister Roberts— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Not as a Stranger— Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones, Sound Director
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
I'll Cry Tomorrow— Helen Rose
Winner
Queen Bee— Jean Louis
The Pickwick Papers— Beatrice Dawson
The Rose Tattoo— Edith Head
Ugetsu— Tadaoto Kainoscho
Costume Design (Color)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Charles LeMaire
Winner
Guys and Dolls— Irene Sharaff
Interrupted Melody— Helen Rose
The Virgin Queen— Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
To Catch a Thief— Edith Head
Documentary (Feature)
Helen Keller in Her Story— Nancy Hamilton, Producer
Winner
Heartbreak Ridge— Rene Risacher, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Men against the Arctic— Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
The Battle of Gettysburg— Dore Schary, Producer
The Face of Lincoln— Wilbur T. Blume, Producer
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class I)
To the NATIONAL CARBON CO. for the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography. [Lighting]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To the EASTMAN KODAK CO. for Eastman Tri-X Panchromatic Negative Film. [Film]
Winner
To FARCIOT EDOUART, HAL CORL and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENT for the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector. [Special Photographic]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO and the BAUSCH & LOMB CO. for the new combination lenses for CinemaScope Photography. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To DAVE ANDERSON of 20th Century-Fox Studio for an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances. [Lighting]
To FARCIOT EDOUART, HAL CORL and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENT for an improved dual stereopticon background projector. [Special Photographic]
To LOREN L. RYDER, CHARLES WEST, HENRY FRACKER and the PARAMOUNT STUDIOS for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios. [Projection]
To STEVE KRILANOVICH for an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering. [Camera Cranes]
To WALTER JOLLEY, MAURICE LARSON and R.H. SPIES of 20th Century-Fox Studio for a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces. [Props]
Honorary Foreign Language Film Award
To Samurai, The Legend of Musashi - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955.
Winner
Music (Song)
"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing— Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Winner
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me— Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs— Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Unchained Melody" from Unchained— Music by Alex North; Lyrics by Hy Zaret
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Speedy Gonzales— Edward Selzer, Producer
Winner
Good Will to Men— Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
No Hunting— Walt Disney, Producer
The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point— Walter Lantz, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
Survival City— Edmund Reek, Producer
Winner
3rd Ave. El— Carson Davidson, Producer
Gadgets Galore— Robert Youngson, Producer
Three Kisses— Justin Herman, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
The Face of Lincoln— Wilbur T. Blume, Producer
Winner
24-Hour Alert— Cedric Francis, Producer
On the Twelfth Day...— George K. Arthur, Producer
Switzerland— Walt Disney, Producer
The Battle of Gettysburg— Dore Schary, Producer
Writing (Story And Screenplay)
Interrupted Melody— William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Winner
It's Always Fair Weather— Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Mr. Hulot's Holiday— Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell— Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
The Seven Little Foys— Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose