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Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
This was the first year (and last until 1967) in which all Best Picture nominees were in color, and all were large-scale epics: The King and I, Giant, The Ten Commandments (the highest-grossing film of the year), Friendly Persuasion, and the winner, Around the World in 80 Days.
Teenage Rebel – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Art Direction Winners: 1957 Oscars. Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason win the Oscar for Art Direction (Black-and-White) for Somebody Up There Like Me,...
The “Academy Award of Merit” is what the Oscar statue is officially called. Giant had ten nominations and won a single Oscar. The Red Balloon is the only short film to win a screenplay award. Around the World in 80 Days also bagged Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction, among others.
Jerry Lewis hosted from Hollywood and Celeste Holm did the same chore in New York when the 29th Academy Awards were handed out on Wednesday, March 27, 1957. Around the World in 80 Days took home five Oscars® including Best Picture as did The King and I whose awards haul included a Best Actor for Yul Brynner.
Below is a complete list of nominations for the 29th Annual Academy Awards. One of the nominations was a case of mistaken identity. Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman were nominated in the Best Writing (Motion Picture Story) category for their work on High Society.
