1955 (28th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1955. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor. Spencer Tracy.

Directing. John Sturges.

Writing (Screenplay). Millard Kaufman.

Battle Cry, Warner Bros.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

The Battle of Gettysburg, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Special Series]

Documentary (Short Subject). Dore Schary, Producer.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Dore Schary, Producer.

Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Russell Harlan.

Film Editing. Ferris Webster.

Writing (Screenplay). Richard Brooks.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

Film Editing. Alma Macrorie.

Special Effects.

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, United States Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery.

Daddy Long Legs, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Alfred Newman.

Music (Song). “Something’s Gotta Give”. Music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

The Dam Busters, Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.; Warner Bros. (UK)

Special Effects.

East of Eden, Warner Bros.

Best Actor. James Dean.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Jo Van Fleet.

Directing. Elia Kazan.

Writing (Screenplay). Paul Osborn.

The Face of Lincoln, University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.

Documentary (Short Subject). Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.

Gadgets Galore, Warner Bros. [Warner Varieties Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Robert Youngson, Producer.

Good Will to Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [MGM Cartoon Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers.

Guys and Dolls, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Howard Bristol.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Stradling.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge.

Heartbreak Ridge, Rene Risacher Production; Tudor Pictures. (France)

Documentary (Feature). Rene Risacher, Producer.

Helen Keller in Her Story, Nancy Hamilton Presentation.

Documentary (Feature). Nancy Hamilton, Producer.

I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Susan Hayward.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh B. Hunt.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Arthur E. Arling.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Helen Rose.

Interrupted Melody, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Eleanor Parker.

Costume Design (Color). Helen Rose.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). William Ludwig and Sonya Levien.

It’s Always Fair Weather, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Andre Previn.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walter Lantz, Producer.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture. Buddy Adler, Producer.

Best Actress. Jennifer Jones.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs.

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Costume Design (Color). Charles LeMaire.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Music (Song). “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director.

Love Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor. James Cagney.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Percy Faith and George Stoll.

Music (Song). “I’ll Never Stop Loving You”. Music by Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Daniel Fuchs.

Writing (Screenplay). Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart.

A Man Called Peter, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Harold Lipstein.

The Man with the Golden Arm, Otto Preminger Productions; United Artists.

Best Actor. Frank Sinatra.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Darrell Silvera.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Elmer Bernstein.

Marty, Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions; United Artists.

Best Motion Picture. Harold Hecht, Producer.

Best Actor. Ernest Borgnine.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Joe Mantell.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Betsy Blair.

Directing. Delbert Mann.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds; set decoration by Robert Priestley.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph LaShelle.

Writing (Screenplay). Paddy Chayefsky.

Men Against the Arctic, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series]

Documentary (Short Subject). Walt Disney, Producer.

Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Fred Orain Production; GBD International Releasing Corporation. (France)

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet.

Mister Roberts, Orange Production; Warner Bros.

Best Motion Picture. Leland Hayward, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Jack Lemmon.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director.

No Hunting, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Donald Duck Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Not as a Stranger, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Sound Recording. Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones, Sound Director.

Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; Magna Theatre Corporation.

Cinematography (Color). Robert Surtees.

Film Editing. Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch.

Sound Recording. Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.

On the Twelfth Day . . ., Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates. (UK) [U.K. Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). George K. Arthur, Producer.

Pete Kelly’s Blues, Mark VII, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Peggy Lee.

The Pickwick Papers, Renown Production; Kingsley International Pictures. (UK)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Beatrice Dawson.

Picnic, Columbia.

Best Motion Picture. Fred Kohlmar, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Arthur O’Connell.

Directing. Joshua Logan.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by William Flannery and Jo Mielziner; set decoration by Robert Priestley.

Film Editing. Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). George Duning.

The Private War of Major Benson, Universal-International.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher.

Queen Bee, Columbia.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Lang.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Jean Louis.

The Rains of Ranchipur, 20th Century-Fox.

Special Effects.

Rebel Without a Cause, Warner Bros.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Sal Mineo.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Natalie Wood.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Nicholas Ray.

The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Best Motion Picture. Hal B. Wallis, Producer.

Best Actress. Anna Magnani.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Marisa Pavan.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). James Wong Howe.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head.

Film Editing. Warren Low.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alex North.

Samurai, the Legend of Musashi. (Japan)

Honorary Award (Foreign Language Film).

The Seven Little Foys, Hope Enterprises, Inc. and Scribe Productions; Paramount.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose.

The Sheep Has Five Legs, Raoul Ploquin; United Motion Picture Organization. (France)

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin.

Speedy Gonzales, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Edward Selzer, Producer.

Strategic Air Command, Paramount.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Beirne Lay, Jr.

Summertime, Ilya Lopert-David Lean; United Artists. (UK, USA)

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

Directing. David Lean.

Survival City, 20th Century-Fox. [Movietone CinemaScope Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Edmund Reek, Producer.

Switzerland, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Walt Disney, Producer.

The Tender Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “(Love Is) The Tender Trap”. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

3rd Ave. El, Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films.

Short Subjects (One-reel). Carson Davidson, Producer.

Three Kisses, Paramount. [Topper Special Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Justin Herman, Producer.

To Catch a Thief, Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.

Cinematography (Color). Robert Burks.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head.

Trial, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Arthur Kennedy.

24 Hour Alert, Warner Bros. [Three-reel Special Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Cedric Francis, Producer.

Ugetsu, Daiei Motion Picture Company; Edward Harrison. (Japan)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Tadaoto Kainoscho.

Unchained, Hall Bartlett Productions; Warner Bros.

Music (Song). “Unchained Melody”. Music by Alex North; lyrics by Hy Zaret.

The Virgin Queen, 20th Century-Fox.

Costume Design (Color). Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills.