1955 (28th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1955. 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. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Motion Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Set Decoration
(Black-and-White)
Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace.I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh B. Hunt.The Man with the Golden Arm, Otto Preminger Productions; United Artists. Art direction by Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Darrell Silvera.Marty, Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions; United Artists. Art direction by Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds; set decoration by Robert Priestley.The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.(Color)
Daddy Long Legs, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox.Guys and Dolls, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Howard Bristol.Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs.Picnic, Columbia. Art direction by William Flannery and Jo Mielziner; set decoration by Robert Priestley.To Catch a Thief, Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Costume Design
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Documentary
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
The Face of Lincoln, University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc. Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.Men Against the Arctic, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Film Editing
Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; Magna Theatre Corporation. Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler.Music
(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
(Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Guys and Dolls, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge.Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; Magna Theatre Corporation. Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch.(Song)
I’ll Never Stop Loving You from Love Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.(Love Is) The Tender Trap from The Tender Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.Unchained Melody from Unchained, Hall Bartlett Productions; Warner Bros. Music by Alex North; lyrics by Hy Zaret.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
Good Will to Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [MGM Cartoon Series] Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers.The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International. [Special Series] Walter Lantz, Producer.Speedy Gonzales, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series] Edward Selzer, Producer.(One-reel)
(Two-reel)
The Face of Lincoln, University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc. Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.On the Twelfth Day . . ., Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates. (UK) [U.K. Series] George K. Arthur, Producer.Switzerland, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Sound Recording
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director.Love Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director.Mister Roberts, Orange Production; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director.Not as a Stranger, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones, Sound Director.Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; Magna Theatre Corporation. Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.Special Effects
The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.The Dam Busters, Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.; Warner Bros. (UK)The Rains of Ranchipur, 20th Century-Fox.Writing
(Motion Picture Story)
The Sheep Has Five Legs, Raoul Ploquin; United Motion Picture Organization. (France) Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin.(Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, United States Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery.Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Fred Orain Production; GBD International Releasing Corporation. (France) Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet.The Seven Little Foys, Hope Enterprises, Inc. and Scribe Productions; Paramount. Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose.Honorary Award
(Foreign Language Film)
To Samurai, the Legend of Musashi. (Japan) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955. [ [Statuette]]Scientific or Technical Award
(Class I)
To the National Carbon Co. for the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture photography.(Class II)
To the Eastman Kodak Co. for Eastman Tri-X Panchromatic Negative Film.To Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.(Class III)
To 20th Century-Fox Studio and the Bausch & Lomb Co. for the new combination lenses for CinemaScope Photography.To Walter Jolley, Maurice Larson, and R. H. Spies of 20th Century-Fox Studio for a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces.To Steve Krilanovich for an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering.To Dave Anderson of 20th Century-Fox Studio for an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances.To Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker, and the Paramount Studios for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.To Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for an improved dual stereopticon background projector.