Were there any awards or nominations from the 1957 film, Raintree County?”
Raintree County is a 182-minute 1957 Technicolor film drama about the American Civil War. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge, Jr. In the credits for the film, the author’s name is misspelled as Ross Rockridge Jr. Raintree County was shot at various locations, including Dunleith, an antebellum mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, and two locations in Kentucky, one of which was at the Liberty Hall Historic Site on Wilkinson Street in Frankfort and the other in and around Danville. During filming, Montgomery Clift had an automobile accident which almost killed him. After several weeks of recovery, he returned to finish the film, but the left side of his face had been partially paralysed. Awards and nominations Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt), Best Costume Design
Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt), Best Costume Design and Best Music, Scoring. The film was shot in a 65 millimeter widescreen process called MGM Camera 65, which was also used for MGM’s 1959 version of Ben Hur.
