1955 Oscar Shouldabeens

[Kellens101]

Best Picture: The Night of the Hunter
Best Director: Charles Laughton for The Night of the Hunter
Best Actor: James Dean in East of Eden
Best Actress: Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Allows
Best Supporting Actor: Raymond Massey in East of Eden
Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden
Best Original Screenplay: All That Heaven Allows
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Night of the Hunter
Best Score: Picnic
Best Art Direction: East of Eden
Best Costume Design: To Catch a Thief
Best Editing: The Night of the Hunter
Best Cinematography: The Night of the Hunter
Best Sound: The Night of the Hunter
Best Foreign Film: Les Diaboliques

[ksrymy]

BEST PICTURE
01. Ordet (dir. Carl Th. Dreyer)
02. Night and Fog (dir. Alain Resnais)
03. The Night of the Hunter (dir. Charles Laughton)
04. All That Heaven Allows (dir. Douglas Sirk)
05. Diabolique (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
06. Lola Montès (dir. Max Ophüls)
07. Floating Clouds (dir. Mikio Naruse)
08. Rififi (dir. Jules Dassin)
09. One Froggy Evening (dir. Chuck Jones)
10. Death of a Cyclist (dir. J. A. Bardem)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Carl Th. Dreyer, Ordet
02. Alain Resnais, Night and Fog
03. Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows
04. Max Ophüls, Lola Montès
05. Henri-Georges Clouzot, Diabolique

BEST ACTOR
01. Henrik Malberg, Ordet
02. Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter
03. Laurence Olivier, Richard III
04. Masayuki Mori, Floating Clouds
05. Glenn Ford, Blackboard Jungle

BEST ACTRESS
01. Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
02. Hideko Takamine, Floating Clouds
03. Melina Mercouri, Stella
04. Machiko Kyô, Princess Yang Kwei-fei
05. Vera Clouzot, Diabolique

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Raymond Massey, East of Eden
02. Carlos Casaravilla, Death of a Cyclist
03. Preben Lerdorff Rye, Ordet
04. Peter Ustinov, Lola Montès
05. Donald Crisp, The Man from Laramie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Betsy Blair, Marty
02. Birgitte Federspiel, Ordet
03. Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
04. Jo Van Fleet, I'll Cry Tomorrow
05. Urszula Modrzynska, A Generation

BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Ordet (Carl Th. Dreyer, based on the play by Kaj Munk)
02. Death of a Cyclist (J. A. Bardem, L. F. de Igoa)
03. Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, René Masson, Frédéric Grendel, based on the novel by Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac)
04. Floating Clouds (Yôko Mizuki, based on the novel by Fumiko Hayashi)
05. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman)

BEST FILM EDITING
01. Rififi (Roger Dwyre)
02. Diabolique (Madeleine Gug)
03. Death of a Cyclist (Margarita de Ochoa)
04. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais)
05. Stella (Giorgos Tsaoulis)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. Ordet (Henning Bendtsen)
02. The Night of the Hunter (Stanley Cortez)
03. All That Heaven Allows (Russell Metty)
04. Pather Panchali (Subrata Mitra)
05. House of Bamboo (Joseph MacDonald)

BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Lola Montès (Jean d'Eaubonne, Robert Christidès)
02. Princess Yang Kwei-fei (Hiroshi Mizutani, Dai Arakawa, Iwao Iwami)
03. House of Bamboo (Addison Hehr, Lyle R. Wheeler, Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott)
04. Smiles of a Summer Night (P. A. Lundgren)
05. Ordet (Erik Aaes)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. Lola Montès (Georges Annenkov)
02. Smiles of a Summer Night (Mago)
03. Richard III (John McCorry)
04. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (uncredited)
05. Stella (Theoni V. Aldredge)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Pather Panchali (Ravi Shankar)
02. The Night of the Hunter (Walter Schumann)
03. Stella (Manos Hatzidakis)
04. Lola Montès (Georges Auric)
05. The Man with the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Lady and the Tramp ("He's a Tramp," music by Sonny Burke, lyrics and performance by Peggy Lee)
02. Pete Kelly's Blues ("Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)," music by Maceo Pinkard, Sidney D. Mitchell, Edna Alexander, performed by Peggy Lee)
03. One Froggy Evening ("Michigan Rag," music and lyrics by Michael Maltese)
04. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ("Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster)
05. Devdas ("Manzil ki chaah mein," music by Sachin Dev Burman, lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi, performed by Mohammad Rafi)

BEST SOUND
01. The Dam Busters (Les Hammond, Harold V. King)
02. One Froggy Evening (uncredited)
03. Diabolique (William Robert Sivel)
04. The Man from Laramie (George Cooper, John P. Livadary)
05. Kiss Me Deadly (Jack Solomon)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. The Quatermass Xperiment (Monica Hustler, Philip Leakey)
02. The Ladykillers (Alex Garfath, Daphne Martin)
03. Lola Montès (Jean Lalaurette, Maguy Vernadet)
04. Love Me or Leave Me (Sydney Guilaroff, William Tuttle)
05. Smiles of a Summer Night (Carl M. Lundh)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. Tarantula (Wah Chang, Clifford Stine, David S. Horsley)
02. The Dam Busters (George Blackwell, Gilbert Taylor, Ronnie Wass)
03. It Came from Beneath the Sea (Jack Erickson, Ray Harryhausen)
04. The Quatermass Xperiment (Les Bowie, Roy Field)
05. To Catch a Thief (Farciot Edouart, John P. Fulton)

FINAL TALLY
8 nominations: Ordet (5 wins)
7 nominations: Lola Montès (2 wins)
6 nominations: Diabolique
4 nominations: Death of a Cyclist, Floating Clouds, The Night of the Hunter, Smiles of a Summer Night, Stella
3 nominations: All That Heaven Allows, House of Bamboo, Night and Fog, One Froggy Evening (1 win), Pather Panchali
2 nominations: The Dam Busters, East of Eden (1 win), The Man from Laramie, Princess Yang Kwei-fei, The Quatermass Xperiment (1 win), Richard III, Rififi (1 win)
1 nomination: Blackboard Jungle, Devdas, A Generation, I'll Cry Tomorrow, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Kiss Me Deadly, Lady and the Tramp (1 win), The Ladykillers, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Love Me or Leave Me, The Man with the Golden Arm, Marty (1 win), Pete Kelly's Blues, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Summertime (1 win), Tarantula (1 win), To Catch a Thief

[Penelope]

Always subject to change...but here's where I'm at re my choices for the 1955 Oscars (based on the date listed at IMDb, not necessarily the US release).

Best Picture:

1. The Night of the Hunter
2. Les Diaboliques
3. All that Heaven Allows
4. Rebel Without a Cause
5. Le Amiche

Best Director:

1. Charles Laughton (The Night of the Hunter)
2. Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques)
3. Douglas Sirk (All that Heaven Allows)
4. Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause)
5. Michelangelo Antonioni (Le Amiche)

Best Actor:

1. Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter)
2. James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause)
3. Laurence Olivier (Richard III)
4. Henry Fonda (Mister Roberts)
5. James Cagney (Love Me or Leave Me)

Best Actress:

1. Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo)
2. Vera Clouzot (Les Diaboliques)
3. Eleonora Rossi Drago (Le Amiche)
4. Eleanor Parker (Interrupted Melody)
5. Simone Signoret (Les Diaboliques)

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause)
2. Raymond Massey (East of Eden)
3. Jarl Kulle (Smiles of a Summer Night)
4. William Powell (Mister Roberts)
5. Dean Jagger (Bad Day at Black Rock)

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Gaby Rodgers (Kiss Me Deadly)
2. Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden)
3. Natalie Wood (Rebel Without a Cause)
4. Valentina Cortese (Le Amiche)
5. Susan Strasberg (Picnic)

[Mack Ten]

Robert Mitchum love is rampant here and deserving!

[Bruce_Lavigne]

Best Picture
01. The Night of the Hunter (d. Charles Laughton)
02. Sansho the Bailiff (d. Kenji Mizoguchi)
03. The Wages of Fear (d. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
04. Diabolique (d. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
05. All That Heaven Allows (d. Douglas Sirk)

Best Actor in a Lead Role
01. Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter)
02. James Dean (East of Eden)
03. Ernest Borgnine (Marty)
04. James Cagney (Love Me or Leave Me)
05. Frank Sinatra (The Man With the Golden Arm)

Best Actress in a Lead Role
01. Katharine Hepburn (Summertime)
02. Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo)
03. Doris Day (Love Me or Leave Me)
04. Jane Wyman (All That Heaven Allows)
05. Susan Hayward (I'll Cry Tomorrow)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
01. Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause)
02. Raymond Massey (East of Eden)
03. Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts)
04. Arthur O'Connell (Picnic)
05. Rod Steiger (Oklahoma!)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
01. Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden)
02. Rosalind Russell (Picnic)
03. Lillian Gish (The Night of the Hunter)
04. Natalie Wood (Rebel Without a Cause)
05. Betsy Blair (Marty)

Best Director
01. Charles Laughton (The Night of the Hunter)
02. Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear and Diabolique)
03. Kenji Mizoguchi (Sansho the Bailiff)
04. Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows)
05. Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly)

[Precious Doll]

Best Film

1. Night of the Hunter
2. East of Eden
3. All That Heaven Allows
4. Kiss Me Deadly
5. Ordet

Best Director

1. Charles Laughton, Night of the Hunter
2. Elia Kazan, East of Eden
3. Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows
4. Robert Aldrich, Kiss Me Deadly
5. Carl Dryer, Ordet

Best Actor

1. Robert Mitchum, Night of the Hunter
2. James Dean, East of Eden
3. James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause
4. Rock Hudson, All That Heaven Allows
5. Ralph Meeker, Kiss Me Deadly

Best Actress

1. Jane Wyman, All That Heaven Allows
2. Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
3. Simone Signoret, Les Diaboliques
4. Julie Harris, East of Eden
5. Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor

1. Richard Davalos, East of Eden
2. Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
3. Rod Steiger, Oklahoma
4. Arthur O’Connell, Picnic
5. Raymond Massey, East of Eden

Best Supporting Actress

1. Lillian Gish, Night of the Hunter
2. Rosalind Russell, Picnic
3. Gaby Rodgers, Kiss Me Deadly
4. Agnes Moorehead, All That Heaven Allows
5. Shelley Winters, Night of the Hunter

Best Screenplay

1. Rebel Without a Cause
2. Friends for Life
3. Land of the Pharaohs
4. Death of a Cyclist
5. Dreams

Best Screenplay Adaptation

1. Night of the Hunter
2. East of Eden
3. All That Heaven Allows
4. Kiss Me Deadly
5. Animal Farm

Best Cinematography

1. All That Heaven Allows
2. East of Eden
3. Night of the Hunter
4. Picnic
5. Oklahoma

Best Editing

1. Night of the Hunter
2. Kiss Me Deadly
3. Moonfleet
4. Animal Farm
5. Rebel Without a Cause

Best Sound

1. Kiss Me Deadly
2. Oklahoma
3. Land of the Pharaohs
4. Rebel Without a Cause
5. The Trouble With Harry

Best Art Direction

1. All That Heaven Allows
2. East of Eden
3. The Night of the Hunter
4. Land of the Pharaohs
5. Oklahoma

Best Costume Design

1. Land of the Pharaohs
2. Oklahoma
3. All That Heaven Allows
4. Night of the Hunter
5. Moonfleet

Best Music

1. East of Eden
2. Land of the Pharaohs
3. Rebel Without a Cause
4. All That Heaven Allows
5. Moonfleet

[MCAR]

Picture:
All That Heaven Allows
Journey To Italy
The Night Of The Hunter
*Sansho The Bailiff*
The Wages Of Fear

Actor:
James Dean – East Of Eden
Jean Gabin – Grisbi
Yoshiaki Hanayagi – Sansho The Bailiff
*Robert Mitchum – The Night Of The Hunter*
George Sanders – Journey To Italy

Actress:
*Ingrid Bergman – Journey To Italy*
Katharine Hepburn - Summertime
Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
Simone Signoret - Diabolique
Jane Wyman – All That Heaven Allows

Supporting Actor:
Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts
Michael MacLiammor - Othello
Raymond Massey – East Of Eden
*Charles Vanel – The Wages Of Fear*
John Williams – To Catch A Thief

Supporting Actress:
Vivian Blaine – Guys And Dolls
Lillian Gish – The Night Of The Hunter
Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
Jeanne Moreau - Grisbi
*Kinuyo Tanaka – Sansho The Bailiff*

Director:
Henri-Georges Clouzot - The Wages Of Fear
Charles Laughton – The Night Of The Hunter
*Kenji Mizoguchi – Sansho The Bailiff*
Roberto Rossellini – Journey To Italy
Douglas Sirk – All That Heaven Allows

Original Screenplay:
*Vitaliano Brancati & Roberto Rossellini- Journey To Italy*
Peg Fenwick, Edna L. Lee & Harry Lee - All That Heaven Allows
Auguste Le Briton & Jean-Pierre Melville - Bob The Gambler
William Rose - The Ladykillers
Cesare Zavattini - Umberto D.

Adapted Screenplay:
James Agee - The Night Of The Hunter
A.I. Bezzerides - Kiss Me Deadly
Henri-Georges Clouzot & Jerome Geronimi - The Wages Of Fear
Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jerome Geronimi, Frederic Grendel & Rene Masson - Diabolique
*Fuji Yahiro & Yoshikata Yoda - Sansho The Bailiff*

Foreign Film:
Floating Clouds (Japan)
Journey To Italy (Italy)
*Sansho The Bailiff (Japan)*
Umberto D. (Italy)
The Wages Of Fear (France)

[Reza]

1955
Best Picture
*All That Heaven Allows
East of Eden
Les diaboliques
The Night of the Hunter
Summertime

Best
James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me
*James Dean, East of Eden
Rock Hudson, All That Heaven Allows
Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter
Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock

Best Actress
Doris Day, Love Me or Leave Me
*Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
Melina Mercouri, Stella
Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody
Jane Wyman, All That Heaven Allows

Best Supporting Actor
Arthur Kennedy, Trial
Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts
*Raymond Massey, East of Eden
Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
Arthur O'Connell, Picnic

Best Supporting Actress
Betsy Blair, Marty
*Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter
Agnes Moorehead, All That Heaven Allows
Susan Strasberg, Picnic

Best Director
Henri-Georges Cluzot, Les Diaboliques
Elia Kazan, East of Eden
Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter
David Lean, Summertime
*Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows

[Big Magilla]

1955

Best Picture
All That Heaven Allows
*East of Eden
Marty
Picnic
Summertime

Best Actor
Ernest Borgnine, Marty
*James Dean, East of Eden
Henry Fonda, Mister Roberts
Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter
Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock

Best Actress
Doris Day, Love Me or Leave Me
Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow
*Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
Jennifer Jones, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Jane Wyman, All That Heaven Allows

Best Supporting Actor
Arthur Kennedy, Trial
*Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts
Raymond Massey, East of Eden
Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
Arthur O'Connell, Picnic

Best Supporting Actress
Betsy Blair, Marty
Lillian Gish, The Night of the Hunter
*Rosalind Russell, Picnic
Susan Strasberg, Picnic
Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden

Best Director
Elia Kazan, East of Eden
*David Lean, Summertime
Joshua Logan, Picnic
Delbert Mann, Marty
Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows