office failure (probably because of its very serious,  downbeat plot), while "The King and I" was a smash hit both  critically and financially. Because of this, Fox put all of its  Oscar campaign clout behind "The King and I". The result was that  "The King and I" was nominated for, and received, several Oscars,  while "Carousel" became the only Rodgers and Hammerstein film to be  completely shut out of the Academy Awards. Conductor and music  supervisor Alfred Newman (qv) led the orchestra for both films,  and won for "The King and I". One of "Carousel"s art directors,  Lyle R. Wheeler , and one of its set decorators,  Walter M. Scott (qv), also worked on "The King and I", and won  Oscars for that film.