Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Marty
Harold Hecht, producer
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
Best Director
Winner
Delbert Mann
Marty
Elia Kazan— East of Eden
David Lean— Summertime
Joshua Logan— Picnic
John Sturges— Bad Day at Black Rock
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
James Cagney— Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean— East of Eden
Frank Sinatra— The Man with the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy— Bad Day at Black Rock
Best Actress
Winner
Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
Susan Hayward— I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn— Summertime
Jennifer Jones— Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker— Interrupted Melody
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Arthur Kennedy— Trial
Joe Mantell— Marty
Sal Mineo— Rebel Without a Cause
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Jo Van Fleet
East of Eden
Betsy Blair— Marty
Peggy Lee— Pete Kelly's Blues
Marisa Pavan— The Rose Tattoo
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
Interrupted Melody
Best Screenplay
Winner
Paddy Chayefsky
Marty
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Alfred Newman
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
Oklahoma!
Best Original Song
Winner
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
James Wong Howe
The Rose Tattoo
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Robert Burks
To Catch a Thief
Best Film Editing
Winner
Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Picnic
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen
The Rose Tattoo
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
William Flannery, Jo Mielziner
Picnic
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Helen Rose
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Charles LeMaire
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Dept.)
Oklahoma!
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Paramount SFX Dept.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Speedy Gonzales
Warner Bros. — Speedy Gonzales' only Oscar win
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Helen Keller in Her Story
Nancy Hamilton