Academy Awards®
Awards for 1955
Picture
Buddy Adler - Producer, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
* Harold Hecht - Producer, MARTY
Leland Hayward - Producer, MISTER ROBERTS
Fred Kohlmar - Producer, PICNIC
Hal Wallis - Producer, THE ROSE TATTOO
Actor
* Ernest Borgnine, MARTY
James Cagney, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
James Dean, EAST OF EDEN
Frank Sinatra, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
Spencer Tracy, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Actress
Susan Hayward, I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Katharine Hepburn, SUMMERTIME
Jennifer Jones, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
* Anna Magnani, THE ROSE TATTOO
Eleanor Parker, INTERRUPTED MELODY
Supporting Actor
Arthur Kennedy, TRIAL
* Jack Lemmon, MISTER ROBERTS
Joe Mantell, MARTY
Sal Mineo, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Arthur O'Connell, PICNIC
Supporting Actress
Betsy Blair, MARTY
Peggy Lee, PETE KELLY'S BLUES
Marisa Pavan, THE ROSE TATTOO
* Jo Van Fleet, EAST OF EDEN
Natalie Wood, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Director
Elia Kazan, EAST OF EDEN
Sir David Lean, SUMMERTIME
Joshua Logan, PICNIC
* Delbert Mann, MARTY
John Sturges, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Writing - Motion Picture Story
* Daniel Fuchs, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, THE PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON
Nicholas Ray, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin, THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS
Beirne Lay, Jr.,
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
Writing - Story and Screenplay
Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery, THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL
* William Ludwig, Sonya Levien, INTERRUPTED MELODY
Betty Comden, Adolph Green, IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet, MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY
Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS
Writing - Screenplay
Millard Kaufman, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Richard Brooks, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Paul Osborn, EAST OF EDEN
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
* Paddy Chayefsky, MARTY
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, John DeCuir - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration, DADDY LONG LEGS
Oliver Smith - Art Direction, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Set Decoration, GUYS AND DOLLS
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Jack Stubbs - Set Decoration, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
* William Flannery - Art Direction, Jo Mielziner - Art Direction, Robert Priestley - Set Decoration, PICNIC
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Joseph McMillan Johnson - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, TO CATCH A THIEF
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
Rules changed in 1955: Awards, not plaques, received for Set Decoration.
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Randall Duell - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Henry Grace - Set Decoration, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Malcolm Brown - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Set Decoration, Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration, I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Darrell Silvera - Set Decoration, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
Edward S. Haworth - Art Direction, Walter Simonds - Art Direction, Robert Priestley - Set Decoration, MARTY
* Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Tambi Larsen - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, THE ROSE TATTOO
Cinematography - Color
Harry Stradling, Sr.,
GUYS AND DOLLS
Leon Shamroy, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
Harold Lipstein, A MAN CALLED PETER
Robert L. Surtees, OKLAHOMA!
* Robert Burks, TO CATCH A THIEF
Cinematography - Black & White
Russell Harlan, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Arthur E. Arling, I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Joseph LaShelle, MARTY
Charles B. Lang, QUEEN BEE
* James Wong Howe, THE ROSE TATTOO
Costume Design - Color
Irene Sharaff, GUYS AND DOLLS
Helen Rose, INTERRUPTED MELODY
* Charles LeMaire, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
Edith Head, TO CATCH A THIEF
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills, THE VIRGIN QUEEN
Costume Design - Black & White
* Helen Rose, I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Beatrice Dawson, PICKWICK PAPERS
Jean Louis, QUEEN BEE
Edith Head, THE ROSE TATTOO
Tadaoto Kainoscho, UGETSU
Documentary Feature
René Risacher - Producer, HEARTBREAK RIDGE
* Nancy Hamilton - Producer, HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY
Documentary Short Subject
Dore Schary - Producer, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Wilbur T. Blume - Producer, THE FACE OF LINCOLN
* Walt Disney - Producer, MEN AGAINST THE ARCTIC
Film Editing
Ferris Webster, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Alma Macrorie, THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler, OKLAHOMA!
* William A. Lyon, Charles Nelson, PICNIC
Warren Low, THE ROSE TATTOO
Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Max Steiner, BATTLE CRY
* Alfred Newman, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
Elmer Bernstein, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
George Duning, PICNIC
Alex North, THE ROSE TATTOO
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman, DADDY LONG LEGS
Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge, GUYS AND DOLLS
Andre Previn, IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
* Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch, OKLAHOMA!
Percy Faith, George Stoll, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Song
Nicholas Brodszky - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"
* Sammy Fain - Music, Paul Francis Webster - Lyrics, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"
Johnny Mercer - Music & Lyrics, DADDY LONG LEGS
"Something's Gotta Give"
James Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, THE TENDER TRAP
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
Alex North - Music, Hy Zaret - Lyrics, UNCHAINED
"Unchained Melody"
Animated Short
Fred Quimby - Producer, William Hanna - Producer, Joseph Barbera - Producer, GOOD WILL TO MEN
Walter Lantz - Producer, THE LEGEND OF ROCK-A-BYE POINT
Walt Disney - Producer, NO HUNTING
* Edward Selzer - Producer, SPEEDY GONZALES
Short Subjects - One-Reel
Robert Youngson - Producer, GADGETS GALORE
* Edmund Reek - Producer, SURVIVAL CITY
Carson Davidson - Producer, 3RD AVE. EL
Justin Herman - Producer, THREE KISSES
Short Subjects - Two-Reel
Dore Schary - Producer, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
* Wilbur T. Blume - Producer, THE FACE OF LINCOLN
George K. Arthur - Producer, ON THE TWELFTH DAY...
Walt Disney - Producer, SWITZERLAND
Cedric Francis - Producer, 24 HOUR ALERT
Sound Recording
Carl W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Sound Department),
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
Wesley C. Miller (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department),
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
William A. Mueller (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department),
MISTER ROBERTS
Watson Jones (Radio Corporation of America Sound Department),
NOT AS A STRANGER
* Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department),
OKLAHOMA!
Special Effects
Award given this year to the film without mentioning specific artist.
* THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
THE DAM BUSTERS
THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR
Class I (Statuette)
* National Carbon Company, For the development and production of a high- efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography.
Class II (Plaque)
* Eastman Kodak Company, For Eastman Tri-X panchromatic negative film.
* Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl, Paramount Studio Transparency Department, For the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.
Class III (Citation)
* 20th Century-Fox Studio, Bausch & Lomb Company, For the new combination lenses for CinemaScope photography.
* Walter Jolley (20th Century-Fox Studio)
Mauriece Larson (20th Century-Fox Studio)
R.H. Spies (20th Century-Fox Studio)
For a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces.
* Steve Krilanovich, For an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering.
* Dave Anderson (20th Century-Fox Studio)
For an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances.
* Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker, Paramount Studio, For a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.
* Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl, Paramount Studio Transparency Department, For an improved dual stereopticon background projector.
Honorary and Other Awards
* SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI
Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1955.