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Memorable Moments. Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet and Ernest Borgnine. Supporting Actor winner for Mister Roberts, Supporting Actress winner for East of Eden, and Best Actor winner for Marty. Helen Keller in Her Story. Helen Keller, posing with the Documentary Feature award. Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Claudette Colbert.
BEST MOTION PICTURE. Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Todd. Friendly Persuasion – William Wyler. Giant – George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg. The King and I – Charles Brackett. The Ten Commandments – Cecil B. DeMille. DIRECTING. Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Anderson. Friendly Persuasion – William Wyler. Giant – George Stevens.
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...
All of the major awards winners were gigantic - Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days, The King and I, Anastasia, Giant, De Mille's The Ten Commandments - the highest grossing film of the year, King Vidor's War and Peace, and Wyler's Friendly Persuasion.
The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1956. This award can be a source of confusion for modern audiences, given its co-existence with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this year, Jerry Lewis became the host, replacing Bob Hope.
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1956. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song.
