Peggy Lee and Jack Lemmon present the Oscar for Art Direction (Black-and-white) to Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams for “The Rose Tattoo,” and the Oscar for Art Direction (Color) to William Flannery, Jo Mielziner and Robert Priestley for “Picnic,” at the 28th Academy Awards in 1956. Hosted by Jerry Lewis.
Other unannounced nominees for Art Direction (Black-and-white): “Blackboard Jungle” (Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace), “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” (Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt), “The Man with the Golden Arm” (Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera), “Marty” (Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley).
Other unannounced nominees for Art Direction (Color): “Daddy Long Legs” (Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox), “Guys and Dolls” (Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol), “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” (Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs), “To Catch a Thief” (Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams).
