The twenty-eighth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 21, 1956. The venue was again divided between the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles (hosted by Jerry Lewis) and the NBC Century Theatre in New York (hosted by Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz).
The 1955 Academy Award Winners
Picture: MartyActor: Ernest Borgnine (Marty)
Actress: Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo)
Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts)
Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden)
Director: Delbert Mann (Marty)
Adapted Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky (Marty)
Original Screenplay: Daniel Fuchs (Love Me or Leave Me / William Ludwig and Sonya Levien (Interrupted Melody)
Song: "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
Score: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing / Oklahoma!
Cinematography: The Rose Tattoo (Black and White) / To Catch a Thief (Color)
Costume Design: I'll Cry Tomorrow (Black and White) / Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Color)
Art / Set Decoration: The Rose Tattoo (Black and White) / Picnic (Color)
Film Editing: Picnic
Sound: Oklahoma!
Special Effects: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Short Films: Speedy Gonzales (Cartoon) / Survival City (One-Reel) / The Face of Lincoln (Two-Reel)
Documentaries: Men Against the Arctic (Short) / Helen Keller in Her Story (Feature)
