28th Academy Awards

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28th Academy Awards
Date March 21, 1956
Site RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
Host Jerry Lewis
Claudette Colbert
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer Robert Emmett Dolan
Director George Seaton
TV in the United States
Network NBC

The 28th Academy Awards were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angelos, California. It honored the top films of 1955, and awarded the winners the coveted "Oscar".

Contents

[edit] Nominees and Winners

The are listed by awards. The winner of each category is in bold.

[edit] Best Motion Picture

[edit] Best Actor

[edit] Best Actress

[edit] Best Actor in a Supporting Role

[edit] Best Actress in a Supporting Role

[edit] Best Directing

[edit] Best Writing

[edit] Motion Picture Story

[edit] Screenplay

[edit] Story and Screenplay

[edit] Cinematography

[edit] Black-and-White

[edit] Color

[edit] Art Direction

[edit] Black-and-White

[edit] Color

[edit] Sound Recording

[edit] Music

[edit] Song

[edit] Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

[edit] Scoring of a Musical Picture

[edit] Film Editing

[edit] Costume Design

[edit] Black-and-White

[edit] Color

[edit] Special Effects

[edit] Short Subjects

[edit] Cartoon

  • Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
  • The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
  • No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)

[edit] One-Reel

  • Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
  • Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)

[edit] Two-Reel

  • The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
  • The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
  • On The Twelfth Day…(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
  • Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

[edit] Documentary

[edit] Short Subject

  • The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
  • The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
  • Men Against the Arctic (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

[edit] Feature

  • Heartbreak Ridge (Rene Risacher Production; Tudor Pictures)
  • Helen Keller in Her Story (Nancy Hamilton, producer; Nancy Hamilton Presentation)

[edit] Special Awards

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