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The Brave One Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Brave One has 3 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 3 award records

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The Brave One: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1956Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientMerrill G. White
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAround the World in 80 Days
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
Film year1956Sound Recording
Credited nominee / recipientKing Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe King and I
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
Film year1956Writing (Original Story)
Credited nominee / recipientDalton Trumbo
Source context

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.

Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Brave One with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

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Film Editing 1956 film year · Ceremony 29
Sound Recording 1956 film year · Ceremony 29
  • The Brave One This film
    King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Eddy Duchin Story
    Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Friendly Persuasion
    Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The King and I
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
    ★ Winner
  • The Ten Commandments
    Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
    Nominee
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