32nd Academy Awards
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Date | April 4, 1960 |
Site | RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, 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 |
Duration | 1 hour, 40 minutes |
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 4, 1960, and took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre to honor the best films of 1959.
The epic drama Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the year before by Gigi. Ben-Hur remained the most honored motion picture in Academy Award history until Titanic equaled the feat in 1997, followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
Ben-Hur was the third film to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, a feat not repeated until Mystic River in 2003. Director William 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 direct three Best Picture winners (following Mrs. Miniver in 1942 and The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946).
Awards[]
Nominations announced on February 22, 1960. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface[1]
Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
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Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
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Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Subject |
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Best Short Subjects – Cartoons | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
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Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Best Song |
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Best Sound | Best Art Direction, Black-and-White |
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Best Art Direction, Color | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
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Best Cinematography, Color | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White |
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Best Costume Design, Color | Best Film Editing |
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Best Special Effects | |
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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[]
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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[]
- Sammy Davis Jr. ("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)
- Frankie Vaughan ("The Best of Everything" from 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[]
- ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- Academy Awards ceremonies
- 1959 film awards
- 1960 in Los Angeles
- 1960 in American cinema
- April 1960 events in the United States