30th ceremony (1957) WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Winner

NOTE: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle's novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.

30th ceremony (1957) JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
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30th ceremony (1957) HONORARY AWARD
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29th ceremony (1956) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

La Strada

Winner

NOTE: For the 29th Academy Awards, the name(s) of the producer(s) were included in the nomination for the Foreign Language Film category.

29th ceremony (1956) WRITING (Motion Picture Story)

The Brave One

Winner

NOTE: The name of the writer credited with authorship, Robert Rich, turned out to be an alias. Two decades later, the mystery was officially solved and the Academy statuette went (on May 2, 1975, presented by then Academy president Walter Mirisch) to its rightful owner, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted in 1956 by the industry for political affiliations. Robert Rich (who had nothing to do with the film industry) is a nephew of the King Brothers, producers of the film. They chose his name to be the alias for Dalton Trumbo on the screenplay.

29th ceremony (1956) IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
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29th ceremony (1956) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
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