Academy Awards 1957

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The 1957 Academy Awards took place on March 27, 1957 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles and the NBC Century Theater in New York City . It was the 29th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always awarded, in this case the films from 1956.

At this 29th award, James Dean was the only actor to have been nominated for an Oscar for the second time after his death. Ingrid Bergman was not present when she won her Oscar, Cary Grant accepted it for her.

With 5 Oscars each, Around the World in 80 Days (including Best Film) and The King and I were the most successful films at this award. Giganten entered the race with the highest number of nominations, namely 10, but could only win one Oscar.

Moderation

Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles); Celeste Holm (New York City)

Winners and nominees

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Giants 10 1
The king and me 9 5
In 80 days around the world 8th 5
The Ten Commandments 7th 1
Alluring temptation 6th 0
Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman 4th 0
Bad seeds 4th 0
Loved forever 4th 0
Vincent van Gogh - A life of passion 4th 1
Hell is inside of me 3 2
The top ten thousand 3 0
war and peace 3 0
Red dust 3 1
Anastasia 2 1
Heroes can cry too 2 0
The rainmaker 2 0
The woman in the golden Cadillac 2 1
The seven samurai 2 0
A scrap of life 2 0
Written in the wind 2 1
La Strada - The song of the street 2 1
Modern youth 2 0
Murder in the clouds 2 0
The Dark Wave 2 0

Best movie

presented by Janet Gaynor

In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days) - Michael Todd

The King and I (The King and I) - Charles Brackett
The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments) - Cecil B. DeMille
Giants (Giant) - Henry Ginsberg , George Stevens
Friendly Persuasion (Friendly Persuasion) - William Wyler

Best director

presented by Ingrid Bergman via video

George Stevens - Giants (Giant)

Michael Anderson - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)
Walter Lang - The King and I (The King and I)
King Vidor - War and Peace (War and Peace)
William Wyler - Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)

Best Actor

presented by Anna Magnani

Yul Brynner - The King and I (The King and I)

James Dean - Giant (Giant) nominated posthumously
Kirk Douglas - Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion (Lust for Life)
Rock Hudson - Giants (Giant)
Laurence Olivier - Richard III.

Best main actress

presented by Ernest Borgnine

Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia

Carroll Baker - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
Nancy Kelly - Bad Seed (The Bad Seed)
Deborah Kerr - The King and I (The King and I)

Best supporting actor

presented by Nancy Kelly

Anthony Quinn - Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion (Lust for Life)

Don Murray - Bus Stop
Anthony Perkins - Alluring Temptation ( Friendly Persuasion )
Mickey Rooney - A scrap of life (The Bold and the Brave)
Robert Stack - Written on the Wind (Written on the Wind)

The best supporting actress

presented by Jack Lemmon

Dorothy Malone - Written on the Wind (Written on the Wind)

Mildred Dunnock - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman ( Baby Doll )
Eileen Heckart - Bad Seed (The Bad Seed)
Mercedes McCambridge - Giant (Giant)
Patty McCormack - The Bad Seed (The Bad Seed)

Best adapted script

presented by Deborah Kerr

John Farrow , SJ Perelman , James Poe - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)

Norman Corwin - Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion (Lust for Life)
Fred Guiol , Ivan Moffat - Giants (Giant)
Tennessee Williams - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
Michael Wilson - Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)

Best original script

presented by Deborah Kerr

Albert Lamorisse - The red balloon (Le Ballon rouge)

Federico Fellini , Tullio Pinelli - La Strada - The song of the street (La strada)
Robert Lewin - A scrap of life (The Bold and the Brave)
William Rose - Ladykillers (The Ladykillers)
Andrew L. Stone - Murder in the Clouds (Julie)

Best original story

presented by Deborah Kerr

Dalton Trumbo - Roter Staub (The Brave One)

Leo Katcher - Loved Forever (The Eddy Duchin Story)
Edward Bernds , Elwood Ullman - The Top Ten Thousand (High Society)
Jean-Paul Sartre - The Haughty (Les Orgueilleux)
Cesare Zavattini - Umberto D.

Best camera (color)

presented by Claire Trevor

Lionel Lindon - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)

Jack Cardiff - War and Peace (War and Peace)
Loyal Griggs - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
Leon Shamroy - The King and I (The King and I)
Harry Stradling Sr. - Loved Forever (The Eddy Duchin Story)

Best camera (black and white)

presented by Claire Trevor

Joseph Ruttenberg - Hell Is In Me (Somebody Up There Likes Me)

Burnett Guffey - Dirty Laurel (The Harder They Fall)
Boris Kaufman - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
Harold Rosson - Bad Seed (The Bad Seed)
Walter Strenge - Im Lande Zorros (Stagecoach to Fury)

Best production design (color)

presented by Gower Champion and Marge Champion

John DeCuir , Paul S. Fox , Walter M. Scott , Lyle R. Wheeler - The King and I (The King and I)

Ken Adam , James W. Sullivan , Ross Dowd - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)
E. Preston Ames , Cedric Gibbons , F. Keogh Gleason , Hans O. Peters , Edwin B. Willis - Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion (Lust for Life)
Sam Comer , Ray Moyer , Albert Nozaki , Hal Pereira , Walter H. Tyler - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
Ralph S. Hurst , Boris Leven - Giants (Giant)

Best production design (black and white)

presented by Gower Champion and Marge Champion

Malcolm Brown , Cedric Gibbons , F. Keogh Gleason , Edwin B. Willis - Somebody Up There Likes Me (Somebody Up There Likes Me)

Ross Bellah , Louis Diage , William Kiernan - The woman in golden Cadillac (The Solid Gold Cadillac)
Sam Comer , A. Earl Hedrick , Frank R. McKelvy , Hal Pereira - Heroes Can Cry (The Proud and Profane)
So Matsuyama - The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss , Jack Martin Smith , Lyle R. Wheeler - Modern Youth (Teenage Rebel)

Best costume design (color)

presented by Elizabeth Taylor

Irene Sharaff - The King and I (The King and I)

Marjorie Best , Moss Mabry - Giants (Giant)
Arnold Friberg , Edith Head , Dorothy Jeakins , John Jensen , Ralph Jester - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
Maria De Matteis - War and Peace (War and Peace)
Miles White - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)

Best costume design (black and white)

presented by Elizabeth Taylor

Jean Louis - The Woman in the Golden Cadillac (The Solid Gold Cadillac)

Kōhei Ezaki - The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
Edith Head - Heroes Can Cry (The Proud and Profane)
Charles Le Maire , Mary Wills - Modern Youth (Teenage Rebel)
Helen Rose - The Power and the Prize (The Power and the Prize)

Best Score (Drama / Comedy)

presented by Eva Marie Saint

Victor Young - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days) (posthumously)

Hugo Friedhofer - Baptism of Fire (Between Heaven and Hell)
Alfred Newman - Anastasia
Alex North - The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
Dimitri Tiomkin - Giants (Giant)

Best Score (Music Film)

presented by Rock Hudson

Ken Darby , Alfred Newman - The King and I (The King and I)

Saul Chaplin , Johnny Green - The Top Ten Thousand (High Society)
George Duning , Morris Stoloff - Loved Forever (The Eddy Duchin Story)
Johnny Green , George E. Stoll - Viva Las Vegas
Lionel Newman - Fanfares of Joy (The Best Things in Life Are Free)

Best song

presented by Carroll Baker

" Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) " from The Man Who Knew Too Much (The Man Who Knew Too Much) - Ray Evans , Jay Livingston

" Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) " from Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion) - Dimitri Tiomkin , Paul Francis Webster
" Julie " from Murder in the Clouds (Julie) - Tom Adair , Leith Stevens
" True Love " from The Top Ten Thousand (High Society) - Cole Porter
" Written on the Wind " from Written on the Wind (Written on the Wind) - Sammy Cahn , Victor Young

Best cut

presented by Kirk Douglas

Gene Ruggiero , Paul Weatherwax - In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)

Albert Akst - Hell Is In Me (Somebody Up There Likes Me)
Philip William Anderson , Fred Bohanan , William Hornbeck - Giants (Giant)
Anne Bauchens - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
Merrill G. White - Roter Staub (The Brave One)

Best tone

presented by Dorothy Malone

Carlton W. Faulkner - The King and I (The King and I)

Gordon R. Glennan , Gordon Sawyer - Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)
John P. Livadary - Loved Forever (The Eddy Duchin Story)
Buddy Myers - Roter Staub (The Brave One)
Loren L. Ryder - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)

Best special effects

presented by Dorothy Dandridge

John P. Fulton - The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)

A. Arnold Gillespie , Wesley C. Miller , Irving G. Ries - Alarm in Space (Forbidden Planet)

Best animated short film

presented by Patricia McCormack

Magoo's Puddle Jumper - Stephen Bosustow

Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo - Stephen Bosustow
The Jaywalker - Stephen Bosustow

Best short film (2 film roles)

presented by Mickey Rooney

The Bespoke Overcoat - George K. Arthur

Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
Samoa - Walt Disney
The Dark Wave - John Healy

Best short film (1 film roll)

Crashing the Water Barrier - Konstantin Kalser

I Never Forget a Face - Robert Youngson
Time Stood Still - Cedric Francis

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Mercedes McCambridge and Robert Stack

The True Story of the Civil War - Louis Clyde Stoumen

A City Decides - Charles Guggenheim
Man in Space (episode 20 of the Disneyland series ) - Ward Kimball
The Dark Wave - John Healy
The House Without a Name - Valentine Davies

Best documentary

presented by Mercedes McCambridge and Robert Stack

The silent world (Le monde du silence) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau

The Naked Eye - Louis Clyde Stoumen
Where the Mountains Sail (Hvor bjergene sejler) - Government Film Committee of Denmark

Best foreign language film

presented by George Seaton

La Strada - The Song of the Street (La strada) , Italy - Federico Fellini

The captain of Koepenick , Federal Republic of Germany - Helmut Käutner
Friends to the Last (Biruma no Tategoto) , Japan - Kon Ichikawa ,
Gervaise , France - René Clément
Qivitoq , Denmark - Erik Balling

Prizes of honor

Honorary Oscar

presented by George Seaton

Eddie Cantor

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

presented by George Seaton

Buddy eagle

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

presented by George Seaton

Y. Frank Freeman

Technical Achievement Award

Richard H. Ranger
Ted Hirsch , Carl W. Hauge , Edward H. Reichard
Technical Departments of Paramount Pictures Corp.
Roy C. Stewart , CR Daily
Construction Dept. of MGM Studio
Daniel J. Bloomberg , John Pond , William Wade

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