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).