The 29th Annual Academy Awards
The 29th Academy Awards, held on March 27th, 1957 to honor the films of 1956 with Jerry Lews hosting again. It is the first time in which all Best Picture nominees are in color.
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"As the 80th Academy Awards rolls around--finally!-- I thought I'd look back at the 29th Oscars for the year 1956. From the pit, Johnny Green conducts a medley of film themes. Academy President George Seaton appears announces the show's theme, a celebration of 50 Years of the Movies. Seaton then intros Jerry Lewis, the host from Hollywood. In his second and final year as host (or as they are referred Master of Ceremonies), Lewis proves just the ticket for a show which temporarily lost Bob Hope when Chrysler gave sponsorship to Oldsmobile. Jerry introduces lovely Celeste Holm who is ho..."
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For only the second time since 1937 when Supporting Actor/Actress awards were first given, the top 6 awards of Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Director went to 6 different movies (the first time this happened was 1953). The six films in 1957 were respectively Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The King and I (1956), Anastasia (1956), Lust for Life (1956), Written on the Wind (1956) and Giant (1956). This will not happen again for 49 years. However, if you extend the list to include writing, and rank Best Screenplay - Original above Best Screenplay - Adaptation (this was the first year the writing awards were so named), then 1957 gives the top 7 awards to 7 different movies (The Red Balloon (1956)) and this certainly is unique.
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The 29th Academy Awards, held on March 27th, 1957 to honor the films of 1956 with Jerry Lews hosting again. It is the first time in which all Best Picture nominees are in color.