29th Academy Awards

29th Academy Awards
Date	27 March 1957
Site	RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, California NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York
Host	Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm
Producer	Valentine Davies
Director	Bill Bennington Max Miller
Highlights
Best Picture	Around the World in 80 Days
Most awards	Around the World in 80 Days and The King and I (5)
Most nominations	Giant (10)
TV in the United States
Network	NBC

During the 29th Academy Awards, the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language Film was introduced, instead of only being recognized as a Special Achievement Award or as a Best Picture nominee (as in 1938). The first winner in this new category was Federico Fellini's La strada with Anthony Quinn and a second nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Its win would help spur an interest in foreign-language films. Another Fellini film, Nights of Cabiria would win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in the following year.

This was also the first year that all of the five Best Picture nominees were in color. It was also the first Oscar telecast to be videotaped for later broadcast, especially for those network affiliates that didn't want to broadcast the event live.

All of the major awards winners were large-scale epics - Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days, The King and I, Anastasia, Giant, Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (the highest grossing film of the year), King Vidor's War and Peace, and William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion. And the trend toward blockbusters and colorful spectaculars was established for years to come, with The Bridge on the River Kwai, Gigi, and Ben-Hur being subsequent Best Picture champions.

The Best Original Story category had two interesting quirks this year. First, the Oscar for Best Original Story went to Robert Rich (also known as Dalton Trumbo) for The Brave One. Trumbo was blacklisted at the time so he could not get screen credit under his own name. Second, Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman withdrew their names from consideration in this category for their work on High Society. The nomination was apparently intended for the musical starring Grace Kelly, but Bernds and Ullman had instead worked on a Bowery Boys movie of the same title. Indeed, this nomination was a double mistake. High Society was based on the play and movie The Philadelphia Story and probably would not have qualified as an original story anyway.

It was here that James Dean became the only actor to receive a second posthumous – and consecutive – nomination for acting.

Director John Ford's classic western The Searchers, widely seen as one of the best American films of all time, failed to receive a single nomination.

This was the second time since the introduction of the Supporting Actor and Actress awards that Best Picture, Best Director, and all four acting Oscars were given to different films. This would not happen again until the 78th Academy Awards. Around the World in 80 Days became the sixth film to win Best Picture without any acting nominations.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Around the World in 80 Days Friendly Persuasion Giant The King and I The Ten Commandments	George Stevens – Giant Michael Anderson – Around the World in 80 Days Walter Lang – The King and I King Vidor – War and Peace William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion
Best Actor	Best Actress
Yul Brynner – The King and I James Dean – Giant Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life Rock Hudson – Giant Laurence Olivier – Richard III	Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia Carroll Baker – Baby Doll Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed Deborah Kerr – The King and I
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life Don Murray – Bus Stop Anthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave Robert Stack – Written on the Wind	Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind Mildred Dunnock – Baby Doll Eileen Heckart – The Bad Seed Mercedes McCambridge – Giant Patty McCormack – The Bad Seed
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Le Ballon rouge – Albert Lamorisse The Bold and the Brave – Robert Lewin Julie – Andrew L. Stone La Strada – Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli The Ladykillers – William Rose	Around the World in 80 Days – James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman Baby Doll – Tennessee Williams Friendly Persuasion – Michael Wilson Giant – Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol Lust for Life – Norman Corwin
Best Story	Best Foreign Language Film
The Brave One – Dalton Trumbo The Eddy Duchin Story – Leo Katcher High Society – Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman The Proud and the Beautiful – Jean-Paul Sartre Umberto D. – Cesare Zavattini	La Strada (Italy) The Burmese Harp (Japan) The Captain from Köpenick (Germany) Gervaise (France) Qivitoq (Denmark)
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Silent World The Naked Eye Where Mountains Float	The True Story of the Civil War A City Decides The Dark Wave The House Without a Name Man in Space
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Crashing the Water Barrier I Never Forget a Face Time Stood Still	The Bespoke Overcoat Cow Dog The Dark Wave Samoa
Best Animated Short Film
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo The Jay Walker
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
Around the World in 80 Days – Victor Young Anastasia – Alfred Newman Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer Giant – Dimitri Tiomkin The Rainmaker – Alex North	The King and I – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff and George Duning High Society – Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll and Johnny Green
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster "Julie" from Julie – Music by Leith Stevens; Lyric by Tom Adair "True Love" from High Society – Music and Lyric by Cole Porter "Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind – Music by Victor Young; Lyric by Sammy Cahn	The King and I – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department The Brave One – Buddy Myers, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department The Eddy Duchin Story – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Friendly Persuasion – Gordon R. Glennan and Gordon Sawyer, Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department The Ten Commandments – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
Somebody Up There Likes Me – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason The Proud and Profane – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy Seven Samurai – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Takashi Matsuyama The Solid Gold Cadillac – Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage Teenage Rebel – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss	The King and I – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox Around the World in 80 Days – Art Direction: James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd Giant – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst Lust for Life – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason The Ten Commandments – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
Somebody Up There Likes Me – Joseph Ruttenberg Baby Doll – Boris Kaufman The Bad Seed – Harold Rosson The Harder They Fall – Burnett Guffey Stagecoach to Fury – Walter Strenge	Around the World in 80 Days – Lionel Lindon The Eddy Duchin Story – Harry Stradling The King and I – Leon Shamroy The Ten Commandments – Loyal Griggs War and Peace – Jack Cardiff
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
The Solid Gold Cadillac – Jean Louis The Power and the Prize – Helen Rose The Proud and Profane – Edith Head Seven Samurai – Kohei Ezaki Teenage Rebel – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills	The King and I – Irene Sharaff Around the World in 80 Days – Miles White Giant – Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best The Ten Commandments – Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg War and Peace – Maria De Matteis
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Around the World in 80 Days – Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax The Brave One – Merrill G. White Giant – William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan Somebody Up There Likes Me – Albert Akst The Ten Commandments – Anne Bauchens	The Ten Commandments – John Fulton Forbidden Planet – A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller

Academy Honorary Award

• Eddie Cantor

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Buddy Adler

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Y. Frank Freeman

Presenters and performers

Presenters

• Carroll Baker (Presenter: Best Original Song)
• Ingrid Bergman (Presenter: Best Director)
• Ernest Borgnine (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Gower Champion and Marge Champion (Presenters: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards)
• Dorothy Dandridge (Presenter: Best Visual Effects)
• Kirk Douglas (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
• Janet Gaynor (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Rock Hudson and Eva Marie Saint (Presenters: Best Musical Score, Best Dramatic or Comedy Score)
• Nancy Kelly (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
• Deborah Kerr (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Jack Lemmon (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
• Anna Magnani (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Dorothy Malone (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
• Mercedes McCambridge and Robert Stack (Presenters: Documentary Awards)
• Patty McCormack and Mickey Rooney (Presenters: Short Subject Awards)
• George Seaton (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film, Honorary Award, Irving G. Thalberg Award, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
• Elizabeth Taylor (Presenter: Costume Design Awards)
• Claire Trevor (Presenter: Cinematography Awards)

Performers

• Bing Crosby ("True Love" from High Society)
• Dorothy Dandridge ("Julie" from Julie)
• The Four Aces ("Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind)
• Gogi Grant ("Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much)
• Tommy Sands ("Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 10 nominations: Giant
• 9 nominations: The King and I
• 8 nominations: Around the World in 80 Days
• 7 nominations: The Ten Commandments
• 6 nominations: Friendly Persuasion
• 4 nominations: Baby Doll, The Bad Seed, The Eddy Duchin Story, Lust for Life
• 3 nominations: The Brave One, High Society, Somebody Up There Likes Me, War and Peace, Written on the Wind
• 2 nominations: Anastasia, The Bold and the Brave, The Dark Wave, Julie, La Strada, The Proud and Profane, The Rainmaker, The Seven Samurai, The Solid Gold Cadillac, Teenage Rebel

The following films received multiple awards.

• 5 wins: Around the World in 80 Days, The King and I
• 2 wins: Somebody Up There Likes Me

See also

• 14th Golden Globe Awards
• 1956 in film
• 8th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 9th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 10th British Academy Film Awards
• 11th Tony Awards