Which 1956 American drama film was Albert Akst nominated for an Academy Award on?
Somebody Up There Likes Me
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.
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.
Why Girls Leave Home (1945 film)
Why Girls Leave Home is a 1945 American drama film directed by William Berke, wrote by Fanya Foss and Bradford Ropes, and starring Lola Lane, Sheldon Leonard and Pamela Blake.
 The film's composer, Walter Greene, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1945.
 Also Jay Livingston and Ray Evans was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Cat and the Canary". On the Bowery
On the Bowery is a 1956 American docufiction film directed by Lionel Rogosin.
 It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Emergency Hospital (film)
Emergency Hospital is a 1956 American drama film directed by Lee Sholem and written by Don Martin.
 The film stars Walter Reed, Margaret Lindsay, John Archer, Byron Palmer, Rita Johnson and Peg La Centra.
 The film was released on November 2, 1956, by United Artists. Giant (1956 film)
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.
 The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cardenas and Earl Holliman.
 "Giant " was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car accident before the film was released.
 Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role. A City Decides
A City Decides is a 1956 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the racial integration of St. Louis Public Schools.
 It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1956 American drama film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Sloan Wilson.
 The film focuses on Tom Rath, a young World War II veteran trying to balance his marriage and family life with the demands of a new job while dealing with the aftereffects of his war service.
 The film stars Gregory Peck as Rath and Jennifer Jones as his wife, with Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn and Marisa Pavan in supporting roles.
 It was entered at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Teenage Rebel
Teenage Rebel is a 1956 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Ginger Rogers and Michael Rennie.
 It was nominated for two Academy Awards; Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss). The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (film)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 American drama film.
 Academy Award winner Delbert Mann directed the work of Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire in the production.
 Shirley Knight garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and Lee Kinsolving was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor.
 Knight was also nominated for two Golden Globes.
 Mann's direction was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film.
 It was based on the Tony Award nominated play of the same name by William Inge.