Which 1956 American drama film was Albert Akst nominated for an Academy Award on?
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Albert Akst Albert Akst (August 31, 1899 – 19 April 1958) was an American musician turned film editor, played saxophone in Meyer Davis Orchestra and on vaudeville until 1930. He became a film cutter of short subjects and later became an editor on 53 feature films, including Forbidden Passage, Johnny Eager, Ziegfeld Follies, Summer Stock, Brigadoon and Meet Me in Las Vegas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Somebody Up There Likes Me.
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film) Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American drama film based on the life of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano. Joseph Ruttenberg was awarded a 1956 Oscar in the category of Best Cinematography (Black and White). The film also won the Oscar for Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason). It was directed by Robert Wise.
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Return to the Truth Return to the Truth (Spanish: Retorno a la verdad) is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Susana Canales, Julio Peña and Germán Cobos.
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19th Academy Awards The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. "The Best Years of Our Lives" concerns the lives of three returning veterans from three branches of military service as they adjust to life on the home front after World War II.
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The Wolves (1956 film) The Wolves (Italian: Uomini e lupi ) is a 1956 Italian neorealistic drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.
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Taxa K 1640 efterlyses Taxa K 1640 efterlyses is a 1956 Danish drama film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and starring Poul Reichhardt.
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Julie (1956 film) Julie is a 1956 film noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Doris Day.
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That Certain Feeling (film) That Certain Feeling is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, and starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders. The cast also features Pearl Bailey and a young Jerry Mathers.
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Dakota Incident Dakota Incident is a 1956 Trucolor Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster starring Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund and Ward Bond.
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The Teahouse of the August Moon (film) The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film that satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945. The film starred Marlon Brando and was directed by Daniel Mann.
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We're All Necessary We're All Necessary (Spanish:Todos somos necesarios) is a 1956 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, starring Alberto Closas, Folco Lulli, Lída Baarová and Ferdinand Anton. It tells the story of three men who are released from prison and have doubts and regrets regarding their place in society. The film was a co-production with an Italian company. It competed in the Spanish section at the 1956 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Closas).
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Albert Mannheimer Albert Mannheimer (9 March 1913, New York City, New York - 19 March 1972, Los Angeles County, California) was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for "Born Yesterday", which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.
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Aankh Ka Nasha (1956 film) Aankh Ka Nasha is a 1956 Hindi film starring Anita Guha and M. Rajan in lead roles. Music is being composed by Dhani Ram.
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Picnic (1955 film) Picnic is a 1955 American Technicolor romantic comedy-drama film filmed in Cinemascope. It was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash from William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, directed the film version, which stars William Holden, Kim Novak, and Rosalind Russell, with Susan Strasberg and Cliff Robertson in supporting roles. "Picnic" was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two.
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Uranium Boom Uranium Boom is a 1956 American film directed by William Castle and starring Dennis Morgan and Patricia Medina.
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East of Eden (film) East of Eden is a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.
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Færgekroen Færgekroen is a 1956 Danish film directed by Poul Bang and starring Dirch Passer.
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The Country Girl (1954 film) The Country Girl is a 1954 American drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden. Adapted by George Seaton from Clifford Odets' 1950 play of the same name, the film is about an alcoholic has-been actor struggling with the one last chance he's been given to resurrect his career. Seaton won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It was entered in the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
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1956 in film The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.
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The Rains of Ranchipur The Rains of Ranchipur is a 1955 American drama film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Frank Ross from a screenplay by Merle Miller, based on the novel "The Rains Came" by Louis Bromfield. The music score was by Hugo Friedhofer and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner.
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Flat Top (film) Flat Top (also released as Eagles of the Fleet) is a 1952 American drama war film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, Richard Carlson, and William Schallert. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
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Attack (1956 film) Attack, also known as Attack!, is a 1956 American war film. It was directed by Robert Aldrich and starred Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen and Peter van Eyck. The cinematographer was Joseph Biroc.