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* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young * Best Motion Picture - Michael Todd, Producer * Writing (Screenplay--Adapted) - James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
The 29th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 1957, to honor the films of 1956. In this year, Best International Feature Film became a competitive category, having been given as a Special Achievement Award since 1947 .
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.
On February 17, 1957, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to instruct Price Waterhouse & Co. “…to list five nominations, and in the event that one of these is declared ineligible under the By-Law provision, four nominations would appear on the final ballot.”
1957 Oscars 29th Academy Awards. Winners Announced: March 27, 1957. Venues: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California & NBC Century Theatre, New York City, New York. Hosts: Jerry Lewis and Celeste Holm.
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.
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Around the World in 80 Days also won Academy Awards for Color Cinematography (Lionel Lindon), Film Editing (Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax), Music – Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Victor Young), and Writing – Adapted Screenplay (James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman).
