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28th Academy Awards

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Produced by
  
Robert Emmett Dolan

Best Picture
  
Marty

Date
  
21 March 1956

Producer
  
Robert E. Dolan

Directed by
  
George Seaton

Most awards
  
Marty (4)

Other ceremonies
  
1955, 1957

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Site
  
RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, California NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York

Hosted by
  
Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles) Claudette Colbert (New York) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York)

Location
  
Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States

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The 28th Academy Awards were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Marty, a simple and low-budget film usually uncharacteristic of Best Picture awardees, became the shortest film (as well as the second Palme d'Or winner) to win the top honor.

Contents

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan)

    • Presenters

  • Ernest Borgnine (Presenter: Best Story & Screenplay)
  • James Cagney (Presenter: Best Visual Effects)
  • Cantinflas (Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
  • Maurice Chevalier (Presenter: Best Original Song)
  • Mel Ferrer and Claire Trevor (Presenter: Scientific and Technical Awards)
  • Susan Hayward (Presenter: Costume Design Awards)
  • Audrey Hepburn (Presenter: Best Picture)
  • Jennifer Jones (Presenter: Best Director)
  • Grace Kelly (Presenter: Best Actor)
  • Peggy Lee and Jack Lemmon (Presenters: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards)
  • Jerry Lewis (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
  • Anna Magnani (Presenter: Best Screenplay)
  • Sal Mineo (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
  • Edmond O'Brien (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
  • Eleanor Parker (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
  • Marisa Pavan and Jo Van Fleet (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
  • Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis (Presenters: Best Dramatic or Comedy Score)

    • Performers

  • Harry Belafonte ("Unchained Melody" from Unchained)
  • Maurice Chevalier ("Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs)
  • Eddie Fisher ("Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
  • Dean Martin ("(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap)
  • Jane Powell ("I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me)

    • References

    28th Academy Awards Wikipedia
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