32nd Academy Awards
32nd Academy Awards | |
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Date | April 4, 1960 |
Site | RKO Pantages Theatre, (Hollywood, California) |
Hosted by | Bob Hope |
Produced by | Arthur Freed |
Directed by | Alan Handley |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Ben-Hur |
Most awards | Ben-Hur (11) |
Most nominations | Ben-Hur (12) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | NBC |
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the
William Wyler's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. This total was later tied by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003. Wyler became the third (and most recent) person to win more than two Best Director awards (following Frank Capra and John Ford), as well as the only person to date to direct three Best Picture winners (following Mrs. Miniver in 1942 and The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946).
Most of the stars were absent as a result of an incident involving
A highlight of the ceremony came during the presentation of the award for
Awards
Nominations announced on February 22, 1960. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[3]
Academy Honorary Awards
- Buster Keaton "for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen". (Statuette)
- Lee De Forest"for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture". (Statuette)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Presenters and performers
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Presenters
- Richard Conte and Angie Dickinson (Presenters: Art Direction Awards)
- Gary Cooper (Presenter: Best Motion Picture)
- Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh (Presenters: Writing Awards)
- Edward Curtiss (Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
- Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas (Presenters: Costume Design Awards)
- Doris Day (Presenter: Best Original Song)
- Olivia de Havilland (Presenters: Best Supporting Actor)
- Edmond O'Brien (Presenters: Best Supporting Actress)
- Mitzi Gaynor (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
- Haya Harareet (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
- Susan Hayward (Presenter: Best Actor)
- Rock Hudson (Presenter: Best Actress)
- Eric Johnston (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
- B. B. Kahane (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
- Gene Kelly (Presenter: Music Awards)
- Hope Lange and Carl Reiner (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
- Barbara Rush (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
- Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (Presenters: Best Sound Recording)
- John Wayne (Presenter: Best Director)
Performers
- André Previn, conductor the Academy Awards orchestra
- High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head)
- Gogi Grant ("Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Young Land)
- Joni James ("The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies)
- Frankie Laine ("The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree)
- The Best of Everything)
Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also
- 17th Golden Globe Awards
- 1959 in film
- 2nd Grammy Awards
- 11th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 12th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 13th British Academy Film Awards
- 14th Tony Awards
References
- ^ a b c
Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 841. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
- ^ "Room at the Top and Pillow Talk Win Writing Awards: 1960 Oscars". YouTube.
- ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.