29th Academy Awards
Award ceremony
The 29th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 1957, to honor the films of 1956.
In this year, Best International Feature Film became a competitive category, having been given as a Special Achievement Award since 1947. Wikipedia
Date: March 27, 1957
Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days
Location: Hollywood Pantages Theatre and Century Theatre
Winners
The Brave One
Best Story · Dalton Trumbo
E. Maurice Adler
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The Bespoke Overcoat
Best Short Subject, Two-reel · George K. Arthur
Y. Frank Freeman
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Ingrid Bergman
Best Actress · Anastasia
Yul Brynner
Best Actor · The King and I
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Picture · Mike Todd
Anthony Quinn
Best Supporting Actor · Lust for Life
Dorothy Malone
Best Supporting Actress · Written on the Wind
The King and I
Best Production Design · John DeCuir, Lyle R. Wheeler, Walter M. Scott, ...
Eddie Cantor
Academy Honorary Award
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Adapted Screenplay · John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, James Poe
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Original Score · Victor Young
La Strada
Best International Feature Film · Carlo Ponti, Dino De Laurentiis
Crashing the Water Barrier
Best Short Subject, One-reel · Konstantin Kalser
The King and I
Best Sound Mixing · Carlton W. Faulkner
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Cinematography · Lionel Lindon
The King and I
Best Costume Design · Irene Sharaff
Que Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (From The Film: "The Man Who Knew Too Much")
Best Original Song · Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
The Red Balloon
Best Original Screenplay · Albert Lamorisse
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Film Editing · Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
George Stevens
Best Director · Giant
The True Story of the Civil War
Best Documentary (Short Subject) · Louis Clyde Stoumen
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Best Animated Short Film · Stephen Bosustow
The Silent World
Best Documentary Feature · Jacques Cousteau
The Ten Commandments
Best Visual Effects · John P. Fulton
The King and I
Best Original Musical · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Daniel J. Bloomberg
Technical Achievement Award
John Pond
Technical Achievement Award
Richard H. Ranger
Technical Achievement Award
Republic Studio Camera Department
Technical Achievement Award
William Wade
Technical Achievement Award
Edward Reichard
Technical Achievement Award
Republic Studio Engineering Department
Technical Achievement Award
Paramount Pictures
Technical Achievement Award
C. R. Daily
Technical Achievement Award
Paramount Studio Transparency Department
Technical Achievement Award
Roy C. Stewart and Sons
Technical Achievement Award
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department
Technical Achievement Award
Carl Hauge
Technical Achievement Award
Ted Hirsch
Technical Achievement Award
Joseph Ruttenberg
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · Somebody Up There Likes Me
Jean Louis
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · The Solid Gold Cadillac
F. Keogh Gleason
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · Somebody Up There Likes Me
Cedric Gibbons
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · Somebody Up There Likes Me
Edwin B. Willis
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · Somebody Up There Likes Me
Malcolm Brown
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · Somebody Up There Likes Me