32nd Academy Awards

32nd Academy Awards
32nd Academy Awards
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
	←31st; Academy Awards; 33rd→;

The32nd Academy Awardsceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at theRKO Pantages Theatre,to honor thefilms of 1959.

William Wyler's Bible epicBen-Hurwon 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set theprevious yearbyGigi.This total was later tied byTitanicin1997andThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingin2003.Wyler became the third (and most recent) person to win more than two Best Director awards (followingFrank CapraandJohn Ford), as well as the only person to date to direct three Best Picture winners (followingMrs. Miniverin1942andThe Best Years of Our Livesin1946).

Most of the stars were absent as a result of an incident involvingJerry Lewis' staging of the closing number at the previous year's Oscars^[1]and ofa four-week actors' strike.^[1]The studios had their final pullout of support for the Academy during the year, in a sentiment echoed byParamount Pictures,which remarked, "why should Paramount sponsor a show that sponsors onlyMGM'sBen-Hur?"^[1]

A highlight of the ceremony came during the presentation of the award forBest Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:absent winnerStanley Shapiro(forPillow Talk) had his co-winner,Maurice Richlin,ask presenterTony Curtisto read his acceptance speech, which read, "I'm trapped downstairs in the gentleman's lounge. It seems I rented a faulty tuxedo. I'd like to thank you upstairs for this great honor." The audience roared in laughter.^[2]

Awards

William Wyler,Best Director winner

Charlton Heston,Best Actor winner

Simone Signoret,Best Actress winner

Hugh Griffith,Best Supporting Actor winner

Shelley Winters,Best Supporting Actress winner

Stanley Shapiro,Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen co-winner

Maurice Richlin,Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen co-winner

Jacques Cousteau,Best Live Action Short Film winner

Miklós Rózsa,Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture winner

André Previn,Best Scoring of a Musical Picture co-winner

Ken Darby,Best Scoring of a Musical Picture co-winner

Jimmy Van Heusen,Best Song co-winner

Sammy Cahn,Best Song co-winner

Edward Carfagno,Best Art Direction, Color co-winner

Ralph E. Winters,Best Film Editing co-winner

Nominations announced on February 22, 1960. Winners are listed first and highlighted withboldface.^[3]

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Ben-Hur–Sam Zimbalist,producer(posthumous award)‡ Anatomy of a Murder–Otto Preminger,producer The Diary of Anne Frank–George Stevens,producer The Nun's Story–Henry Blanke,producer Room at the Top–John WoolfandJames Woolf,producers	William Wyler–Ben-Hur‡ George Stevens–The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann–The Nun's Story Jack Clayton–Room at the Top Billy Wilder–Some Like It Hot
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Charlton Heston–Ben-HurasJudah Ben-Hur‡ Laurence Harvey–Room at the Topas Joe Lampton Jack Lemmon–Some Like It Hotas Jerry/ "Daphne" Paul Muni–The Last Angry Manas Dr. Sam Abelman James Stewart–Anatomy of a Murder*as Paul Biegler	*Simone Signoret–Room at the Topas Alice Aisgill‡ Doris Day–Pillow Talkas Jan Morrow Audrey Hepburn–The Nun's Storyas Sister Luke Katharine Hepburn–Suddenly, Last Summeras Violet Venable Elizabeth Taylor–Suddenly, Last Summer*as Catherine Holly
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Hugh Griffith–Ben-HurasSheik Ilderim‡ Arthur O'Connell–Anatomy of a Murderas Parnell McCarthy George C. Scott–Anatomy of a Murderas Claude Dancer Robert Vaughn–The Young Philadelphiansas Chester A. "Chet" Gwynn Ed Wynn–The Diary of Anne Frank*asAlbert Dussell	*Shelley Winters–The Diary of Anne FrankasPetronella van Daan‡ Hermione Baddeley–Room at the Topas Elspeth Susan Kohner–Imitation of Lifeas Sarah Jane Juanita Moore–Imitation of Lifeas Annie Johnson Thelma Ritter–Pillow Talk*as Alma
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Pillow Talk– Story byRussell RouseandClarence Greene;Screenplay byStanley ShapiroandMaurice Richlin‡ The 400 Blows–François TruffautandMarcel Moussy North by Northwest–Ernest Lehman Operation Petticoat– Story by Paul King, Joseph J. Stone; Screenplay byStanley ShapiroandMaurice Richlin Wild Strawberries–Ingmar Bergman(Refused Nomination)	Room at the Top–Neil Patersonbased onthe novelbyJohn Braine‡ Anatomy of a Murder–Wendell Mayesbased onthe novelbyRobert Traver Ben-Hur–Karl Tunbergbased onthe novelbyLew Wallace The Nun's Story–Robert Andersonbased onthe novelbyKathryn Hulme Some Like It Hot–Billy WilderandI. A. L. Diamondbased on a story byRobert Thoerenand M. Logan
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Black Orpheus(France)‡ The Bridge(West Germany) The Great War(Italy) Paw(Denmark) The Village on the River(Netherlands)	Serengeti Shall Not Die–Bernhard Grzimek‡ The Race for Space–David L. Wolper
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Subject
Glass–Bert Haanstra Donald in Mathmagic Land–Walt Disney From Generation to Generation– Edward F. Cullen	The Golden Fish–Jacques Cousteau‡ Between the Tides– Ian Ferguson Mysteries of the Deep–Walt Disney The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film–Peter Sellers Skyscraper–Shirley ClarkeandWillard Van Dyke
Best Short Subjects – Cartoons	Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Moonbird–John Hubley‡ Mexicali Shmoes–John W. Burton Noah's Ark–Walt Disney The Violinist–Ernest Pintoff	Ben-Hur–Miklós Rózsa‡ The Diary of Anne Frank–Alfred Newman The Nun's Story–Franz Waxman On the Beach–Ernest Gold Pillow Talk–Frank De Vol
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	Best Song
Porgy and Bess–André PrevinandKen Darby‡ The Five Pennies–Leith Stevens Li'l Abner–Nelson RiddleandJoseph J. Lilley Say One for Me–Lionel Newman Sleeping Beauty–George Bruns	"High Hopes"fromA Hole in the Head– Music byJimmy Van Heusen;Lyrics bySammy Cahn‡ "The Best of Everything" fromThe Best of Everything– Music byAlfred Newman;Lyrics bySammy Cahn "The Five Pennies" fromThe Five Pennies– Music and Lyrics bySylvia Fine "The Hanging Tree"fromThe Hanging Tree– Music byJerry Livingston;Lyrics byMack David "Strange Are The Ways of Love" fromThe Young Land– Music byDimitri Tiomkin;Lyrics byNed Washington
Best Sound	Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Ben-Hur–Franklin Milton‡ Journey to the Center of the Earth–Carlton W. Faulkner Libel–A. W. Watkins The Nun's Story–George Groves Porgy and Bess–Gordon E. SawyerandFred Hynes	The Diary of Anne Frank– Art Direction:Lyle R. WheelerandGeorge W. Davis;Set Decoration:Walter M. ScottandStuart A. Reiss‡ Career– Art Direction:Hal PereiraandWalter Tyler;Set Decoration:Samuel M. ComerandArthur Krams The Last Angry Man– Art Direction:Carl Anderson;Set Decoration:William Kiernan Some Like It Hot– Art Direction:Ted Haworth;Set Decoration:Edward G. Boyle Suddenly, Last Summer– Art Direction:Oliver MesselandWilliam Kellner;Set Decoration:Scott Slimon
Best Art Direction, Color	Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Ben-Hur– Art Direction:William A. Horning(posthumous award)andEdward Carfagno;Set Decoration:Hugh Hunt‡ The Big Fisherman– Art Direction:John DeCuir;Set Decoration:Julia Heron Journey to the Center of the Earth– Art Direction:Lyle R. Wheeler,Franz BachelinandHerman A. Blumenthal;Set Decoration:Walter M. ScottandJoseph Kish North by Northwest– Art Direction:William A. Horning(posthumous nomination),Robert F. Boyle,andMerrill Pye;Set Decoration:Henry GraceandFrank R. McKelvy Pillow Talk– Art Direction:Richard H. Riedel(posthumous nomination);Set Decoration:Russell A. GausmanandRuby R. Levitt	The Diary of Anne Frank–William C. Mellor‡ Anatomy of a Murder–Sam Leavitt Career–Joseph LaShelle Some Like It Hot–Charles Lang The Young Philadelphians–Harry Stradling, Sr.
Best Cinematography, Color	Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Ben-Hur–Robert Surtees‡ The Big Fisherman–Lee Garmes The Five Pennies–Daniel L. Fapp The Nun's Story–Franz Planer Porgy and Bess–Leon Shamroy	Some Like It Hot–Orry-Kelly‡ Career–Edith Head The Diary of Anne Frank–Charles LeMaireandMary Wills The Gazebo–Helen Rose The Young Philadelphians–Howard Shoup
Best Costume Design, Color	Best Film Editing
Ben-Hur–Elizabeth Haffenden‡ The Best of Everything–Adele Palmer The Big Fisherman–Renié The Five Pennies–Edith Head Porgy and Bess–Irene Sharaff	Ben-Hur–Ralph E. WintersandJohn D. Dunning‡ Anatomy of a Murder–Louis R. Loeffler North by Northwest–George Tomasini The Nun's Story–Walter Thompson On the Beach–Frederic Knudtson
Best Special Effects
Ben-Hur– Visual Effects byA. Arnold GillespieandRobert MacDonald;Audible Effects byMilo B. Lory‡ Journey to the Center of the Earth– Visual Effects byL. B. Abbottand James B. Gordon; Audible Effects by Carl Faulkner

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

Bob Hope

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Richard ConteandAngie Dickinson(Presenters: Art Direction Awards)
Gary Cooper(Presenter: Best Motion Picture)
Tony CurtisandJanet Leigh(Presenters: Writing Awards)
Edward Curtiss (Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
Arlene DahlandFernando 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 LangeandCarl Reiner(Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
Barbara Rush(Presenter: Best Film Editing)
Robert WagnerandNatalie Wood(Presenters: Best Sound Recording)
John Wayne(Presenter: Best Director)

Performers

André Previn,conductor the Academy Awards orchestra
Sammy Davis Jr.( "High Hopes"fromA Hole in the Head)
Gogi Grant( "Strange Are the Ways of Love" fromThe Young Land)
Joni James( "The Five Pennies" fromThe Five Pennies)
Frankie Laine( "The Hanging Tree"fromThe Hanging Tree)
Frankie Vaughan( "The Best of Everything" fromThe Best of Everything)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

12 nominations:Ben-Hur
8 nominations:The Diary of Anne FrankandThe Nun's Story
7 nominations:Anatomy of a Murder
6 nominations:Room at the TopandSome Like It Hot
5 nominations:Pillow Talk
4 nominations:The Five Pennies,Porgy and Bess
3 nominations:The Big Fisherman;Career;Journey to the Center of the Earth;North by Northwest;Suddenly, Last SummerandThe Young Philadelphians
2 nominations:The Best of Everything,Imitation of Life,The Last Angry ManandOn the Beach

The following films received multiple awards.

11 wins:Ben-Hur
3 wins:The Diary of Anne Frank
2 wins:Room at the Top

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.Archivedfrom the original on July 6, 2011.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.

[Oscars_'59_Notes-1] Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975).The People's Almanac.Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 841.ISBN 0-385-04060-1.

[2] "Room at the Top and Pillow Talk Win Writing Awards: 1960 Oscars".YouTube.

[Oscars1960-3] "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org.Archivedfrom the original on July 6, 2011.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.

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