28. udeľovanie cien sa konalo 21.03.1956 v divadle RKO Pantages v Los Angeles a v NBC Century Theatre v New Yorku
Moderátori: Jerry Lewis v LA; Claudette Colbert a Joseph L. Mankiewicz v NY.
(V zátvorkách sú uvedené slovenské, prípadne české distribučné názvy. Ak sa názvy v slovenskej a českej distribúcii úplne líšia, sú uvedená oba.)

Outstanding Picture

* Marty - (Marty) - Harold Hecht
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Buddy Adler
Mister Roberts - (Pan Roberts) - Leland Hayward
Picnic - (Piknik) - Fred Kohlmar
The Rose Tattoo - Hal B. Wallis

Directing

* Marty - (Marty) - Delbert Mann
Bad Day at Black Rock - (Černý den v Black Rock) - John Sturges
East of Eden - (Na východ od raja) - Elia Kazan
Picnic - (Piknik) - Joshua Logan
Summertime - (Letní opojení) - David Lean

Actor

* Ernest Borgnine {“Marty Pilletti”} - Marty - (Marty)
James Cagney {“Martin Snyder”} - Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť)
James Dean {“Cal Trask”} - East of Eden - (Na východ od raja)
Frank Sinatra {“Frankie”} - The Man with the Golden Arm -(Muž se zlatou paží)
Spencer Tracy {“John J. Macreedy”} - Bad Day at Black Rock - (Černý den v Black Rock)

Actress

* Anna Magnani {“Serafina Della Rose”} - The Rose Tattoo
Susan Hayward {“Lillian Roth”} - I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn {“Jane Hudson”} - Summertime - (Letní opojení)
Jennifer Jones {“Han Suyin”} - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát)
Eleanor Parker {“Marjorie Lawrence”} - Interrupted Melody

Actor in a supporting role

* Jack Lemmon {“Ensign Pulver”} - Mister Roberts - (Pan Roberts)
Arthur Kennedy {“Barney Castle”} - Trial
Joe Mantell {“Angie”} - Marty - (Marty)
Sal Mineo {“Plato”} - Rebel without a Cause - (Rebel bez príčiny)
Arthur O'Connell {“Howard Bevans”} - Picnic - (Piknik)

Actress in a supporting role

* Jo Van Fleet {“Kate”} - East of Eden - (Na východ od raja)
Betsy Blair {“Clara Snyder”} - Marty - (Marty)
Peggy Lee {“Rose Hopkins”} - Pete Kelly's Blues
Marisa Pavan {“Rosa Della Rose”} - The Rose Tattoo
Natalie Wood {“Judy”} - Rebel without a Cause - (Rebel bez príčiny)

Writing (Screenplay)

* Marty - (Marty) - Paddy Chayefsky
Bad Day at Black Rock - (Černý den v Black Rock) - Millard Kaufman
Blackboard Jungle - (Džungľa pred tabuľou) - Richard Brooks
East of Eden - (Na východ od raja) - Paul Osborn
Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť) - Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

* Interrupted Melody - William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell - Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
It's Always Fair Weather - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Mr. Hulot's Holiday - (Prázdniny pana Hulota) - Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
The Seven Little Foys - Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose

Writing (Motion Picture Story)

* Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť) - Daniel Fuchs
The Private War of Major Benson - Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Rebel without a Cause - (Rebel bez príčiny) - Nicholas Ray
The Sheep Has Five Legs - Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin
Strategic Air Command - Beirne Lay, Jr.

Music - (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Alfred Newman
Battle Cry - (Válečný pokřik) - Max Steiner
The Man with the Golden Arm - (Muž se zlatou paží) - Elmer Bernstein
Picnic - (Piknik) - George Duning
The Rose Tattoo - Alex North

Music - (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

* Oklahoma! - (Oklahoma) - Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
Daddy Long Legs - Alfred Newman
Guys and Dolls - (Frajeři a saze) - Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
It's Always Fair Weather - Andre Previn
Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť) - Percy Faith, George Stoll

Music - Song

* “Love Is a Many-Spendored Thing” z filmu Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Hudba Sammy Fain; Texty Paul Francis Webster
“I'll Never Stop Loving You” z filmu Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť) - Hudba Nicholas Brodszky; Texty Sammy Cahn
“Something's Gotta Give” z filmu Daddy Long Legs - Hudba a texty Johnny Mercer
“(Love Is) The Tender Trap” z filmu The Tender Trap - (Něžná past) - Hudba James Van Heusen; Texty Sammy Cahn
“Unchained Melody” z filmu Unchained - Hudba Alex North; Texty Hy Zaret

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

* The Rose Tattoo - James Wong Howe
Blackboard Jungle - (Džungľa pred tabuľou) - Russell Harlan
I'll Cry Tomorrow - Arthur E. Arling
Marty - (Marty) - Joseph LaShelle
Queen Bee - Charles Lang

Cinematography (Color)

* To Catch a Thief - (Chyťte zlodeja) - Robert Burks Guys and Dolls - (Frajeři a saze) - Harry Stradling
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Leon Shamroy
A Man Called Peter - Harold Lipstein
Oklahoma! - (Oklahoma) - Robert Surtees

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

* The Rose Tattoo - Výprava: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Dekorácie: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Blackboard Jungle - (Džungľa pred tabuľou) - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
I'll Cry Tomorrow - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt
The Man with the Golden Arm - (Muž se zlatou paží) - Výprava: Joseph C. Wright; Dekorácie: Darrell Silvera
Marty - (Marty) - Výprava: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Dekorácie: Robert Priestley

Art Direction (Color)

* Picnic - (Piknik) - Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Daddy Long Legs - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Guys and Dolls - (Frajeři a saze) - Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs
To Catch a Thief - (Chyťte zlodeja) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

* I'll Cry Tomorrow - Helen Rose
The Pickwick Papers - (Klub Pickwickovců) - Beatrice Dawson
Queen Bee - Jean Louis
The Rose Tattoo - Edith Head
Ugetsu - (Povídky o bledé luně po dešti) - Tadaoto Kainoscho

Costume Design (Color)

* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - Charles LeMaire
Guys and Dolls - (Frajeři a saze) - Irene Sharaff
Interrupted Melody - Helen Rose
To Catch a Thief - (Chyťte zlodeja) - Edith Head
The Virgin Queen - Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills

Sound Recording - (Zvukové štúdio a riaditeľ zvukového štúdia)

* Oklahoma! - (Oklahoma) - Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - (Je krásné lásku dát) - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner
Love Me or Leave Me - (Láska bez predsudkov, Miluj mě nebo mě opusť) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller
Mister Roberts - (Pan Roberts) - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller
Not as a Stranger - (Ne jako cizinec) - Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones

Film Editing

* Picnic - (Piknik) - Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Blackboard Jungle - (Džungľa pred tabuľou) - Ferris Webster
The Bridges at Toko-Ri - (Mosty na Toko-Ri) - Alma Macrorie
Oklahoma! - (Oklahoma) - Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler
The Rose Tattoo - Warren Low

Special Effects

* The Bridges at Toko-Ri - (Mosty na Toko-Ri) - Paramount Studio
The Dam Busters - (Ďáblové v oblacích) - Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.
The Rains of Ranchipur - (Když nastaly deště) - 20th Century-Fox Studio

Documentary (Feature)

* Helen Keller in Her Story - Nancy Hamilton
Heartbreak Ridge - Rene Risacher

Documentary (Short Subject)

* Men against the Arctic - Walt Disney
The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume

Short subject (Cartoon)

* Speedy Gonzales - Edward Selzer
Good Will to Men - Fred Quimby, William Hanna a Joseph Barbera
The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point - Walter Lantz
No Hunting - Walt Disney

Short subject (One-reel)

* Survival City - Edmund Reek
Gadgets Galore - Robert Youngson
3rd Ave. El - Carson Davidson
Three Kisses - Justin Herman

Short subject (Two-reel)

* The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume
The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
On the Twelfth Day… - George K. Arthur
Switzerland - Walt Disney
24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis

Special Foreign Language Film Award

* Film Samurai (Miyamoto Musashi, angl. Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto) (Japonsko)

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