Thursday, March 21, 2013

The 28th Academy Awards (1956)


March 21st 1956 was the date of the 28th annual Academy Awards celebration at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California with Jerry Lewis as the host.

This would celebrate achievement in film for 1955 and the big winner of the night was "Marty", winner of the Best Picture, Best Director (Delbert Mann), Best Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky) and Best Actor (Ernest Borgnine)
Others winners included Best Actress (Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo), Best Supporting actor (Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts) and Best Supporting Actress (Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden)

Here is the original radio broadcast of the award ceremonies
(thanks Buck Benny OTR Podcast)








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