1955
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- DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.*[BEST PICTURE]*
*ACTOR -- Ernest Borgnine
*DIRECTING -- Delbert Mann
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Harold Hecht, Producer
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Paddy Chayefsky - DirectorDaniel MannStarsAnna MagnaniBurt LancasterMarisa PavanA Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Anna Magnani
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- James Wong Howe - DirectorHenry KingOtto LangStarsWilliam HoldenJennifer JonesTorin ThatcherA widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.[BEST PICTURE]
*COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Charles LeMaire
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Alfred Newman
*MUSIC (Song) -- "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing," Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster - DirectorJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam PowellIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jack Lemmon - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
*SOUND RECORDING -- Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director - DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jo Van Fleet
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsSusan HaywardRichard ConteEddie AlbertSusan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.*COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Helen Rose
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsGlenn FordEleanor ParkerRoger MooreThis movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.*WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsDoris DayJames CagneyCameron MitchellA fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.*WRITING (Motion Picture Story) -- Daniel Fuchs
- DirectorWinston HiblerStarsWinston HiblerPart of Walt Disney's People and Places series. This is the story of the "Icebreakers" - ships of very special construction that are built to make their way through the heavy Arctic ice packs on a trip to Thule.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancStan FrebergSpeedy Gonzales comes to the aid of a hungry group of mice trying to get the cheese from a factory guarded by Sylvester.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Edward Selzer, Producer
- DirectorAnthony Muto*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Edmund Reek, Producer
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantGrace KellyJessie Royce LandisA retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Robert Burks
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsGlenn FordAnne FrancisLouis CalhernA new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsMarlon BrandoJean SimmonsFrank SinatraIn New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal MineoA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsFred AstaireLeslie CaronTerry MooreA wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDan DaileyCyd CharisseThree soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsKatharine HepburnRossano BrazziIsa MirandaAn American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorHerman HoffmanStarsLeslie NielsenFrank FergusonThis film was shot entirely at the Gettysburg National Military Park, where the decisive battle of the American Civil War was fought. Leslie Nielsen narrates the story while contemporary songs and the sounds of battle are heard in the background. The sites of the various engagements, the statues of the leaders of the Northern and Southern troops, and the battlefield cemetery are featured. President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is read at the end.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorRanald MacDougallStarsJoan CrawfordBarry SullivanBetsy PalmerWhen a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddMichael RedgraveUrsula JeansDrama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsDavid O'BrienWendy ToyeFranklyn BennettA proper Edwardian lady patiently endures the ever-increasing disruption to her quiet household when her Truelove gives her all the items from the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."Nominated for 1 Oscar.