Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Harold Hecht for United Artists - Marty
- Buddy Adler for 20th Century Fox - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Leland Hayward for Warner Bros. - Mister Roberts
- Fred Kohlmar for Columbia Pictures - Picnic
- Hal B. Wallis for Paramount Pictures - The Rose Tattoo
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- Delbert Mann – Marty
- Elia Kazan – East of Eden
- David Lean – Summertime
- Joshua Logan – Picnic
- John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- 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
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- Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
- Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
- Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Eleanor Parker – Interrupted Melody
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts
- Arthur Kennedy – Trial
- Joe Mantell – Marty
- Sal Mineo – Rebel Without a Cause
- Arthur O'Connell – Picnic
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- Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden
- Betsy Blair – Marty
- Peggy Lee – Pete Kelly's Blues
- Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo
- Natalie Wood – Rebel Without a Cause
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Best Screenplay |
Best Story and Screenplay |
- Marty – Paddy Chayefsky
- Bad Day at Black Rock – Millard Kaufman
- Blackboard Jungle – Richard Brooks
- East of Eden – Paul Osborn
- Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart
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- Interrupted Melody – William Ludwig and Sonya Levien
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell – Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery
- It's Always Fair Weather – Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday – Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet
- The Seven Little Foys – Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose
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Best Story |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs
- The Private War of Major Benson – Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher
- Rebel Without a Cause – Nicholas Ray
- Strategic Air Command – Beirne Lay, Jr.
- The Sheep Has Five Legs – Jean Marsan, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin
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- Speedy Gonzales
- Good Will to Men
- The Legend of Rockabye Point
- No Hunting
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Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- Helen Keller in Her Story
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- Men Against the Arctic - Walt Disney
- The Battle of Gettysburg
- The Face of Lincoln
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Survival City – Edmund Reek
- 3rd Ave. El – Carson Davidson
- Gadgets Galore – Robert Youngson
- Three Kisses – Justin Herman
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- The Face of Lincoln
- The Battle of Gettysburg
- On The Twelfth Day
- Switzerland
- 24-Hour Alert
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Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Alfred Newman
- Battle Cry – Max Steiner
- The Man with the Golden Arm – Elmer Bernstein
- Picnic – George Duning
- The Rose Tattoo – Alex North
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- Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch
- Daddy Long Legs – Alfred Newman
- Guys and Dolls – Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge
- It's Always Fair Weather – André Previn
- Love Me or Leave Me – Percy Faith and George Stoll
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Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
- "I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs – Music and Lyric by Johnny Mercer
- "The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "Unchained Melody" from Unchained – Music by Alex North; Lyric by Hy Zaret
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- Oklahoma! – Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
- Love Me or Leave Me – Wesley C. Miller, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Mister Roberts – William A. Mueller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
- Not as a Stranger – Watson Jones, RCA Sound Department
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- The Rose Tattoo – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Arthur Krams
- Blackboard Jungle – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace
- I'll Cry Tomorrow – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh B. Hunt
- The Man with the Golden Arm – Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
- Marty – Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
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- Picnic – Art Direction: William Flannery and Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
- Daddy Long Legs – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
- Guys and Dolls – Art Direction: Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs
- To Catch a Thief – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Arthur Krams
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- The Rose Tattoo – James Wong Howe
- Blackboard Jungle – Russell Harlan
- I'll Cry Tomorrow – Arthur E. Arling
- Marty – Joseph LaShelle
- Queen Bee – Charles Lang
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- To Catch a Thief – Robert Burks
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Leon Shamroy
- Guys and Dolls – Harry Stradling
- A Man Called Peter – Harold Lipstein
- Oklahoma! – Robert Surtees
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Best Costume Design, Black and White |
Best Costume Design, Color |
- I'll Cry Tomorrow – Helen Rose
- The Pickwick Papers – Beatrice Dawson
- Queen Bee – Jean Louis
- The Rose Tattoo – Edith Head
- Ugetsu – Tadaoto Kainosho
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- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Charles LeMaire
- Interrupted Melody – Helen Rose
- Guys and Dolls – Irene Sharaff
- To Catch a Thief – Edith Head
- The Virgin Queen – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Picnic – Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon
- Blackboard Jungle – Ferris Webster
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri – Alma Macrorie
- Oklahoma! – Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler
- The Rose Tattoo – Warren Low
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- The Bridges at Toko-Ri
- The Dam Busters
- The Rains of Ranchipur
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