39th Academy Awards

39th Academy Awards
39th Academy Awards
Date	April 10, 1967
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture	A Man for All Seasons
Most awards	A Man for All Seasons (6)
Most nominations	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (13)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	2 hours, 31 minutes
	← 38th; Academy Awards; 40th →;

The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.

Only two of the Best Picture nominees were nominated for Best Director: A Man for All Seasons and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Both were adaptations of stage dramas.

This year, six films won multiple Oscars—A Man for All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Grand Prix, Fantastic Voyage, A Man and a Woman, and Born Free—a record that was later tied in 2010, 2012, and 2017, and surpassed in 2020/21, when seven films won at least two Oscars.

Winners and nominees[]

Fred Zinnemann, Best Director and Best Picture winner

Paul Scofield, Best Actor winner

Elizabeth Taylor, Best Actress winner

Walter Matthau, Best Supporting Actor winner

Claude Lelouch, Best Original Screenplay co-winner

John Barry, Best Original Score winner and Best Original Song co-winner

Don Black, Best Original Song co-winner

Ken Thorne, Best Adapted Score winner

Haskell Wexler, Best Cinematography (Black & White) winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().^[1]^[2]

Best Picture	Best Director
A Man for All Seasons – Fred Zinnemann, producer Alfie – Lewis Gilbert, producer The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – Norman Jewison, producer The Sand Pebbles – Robert Wise, producer Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Ernest Lehman, producer	Fred Zinnemann – A Man for All Seasons Michelangelo Antonioni – Blowup Claude Lelouch – A Man and a Woman Richard Brooks – The Professionals Mike Nichols – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons* as Sir Thomas More** Alan Arkin – The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming as Lt. Yuri Rozanov Richard Burton – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George Michael Caine – Alfie as Alfie Elkins Steve McQueen – The Sand Pebbles as Jake Holman	*Elizabeth Taylor – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* as Martha** Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman as Anne Gauthier Ida Kamińska – The Shop on Main Street as Rozália Lautmannová Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl as Georgina "Georgy" Parkin Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan! as Leonie Delt
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Walter Matthau – The Fortune Cookie* as "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich** Mako – The Sand Pebbles as Po-han James Mason – Georgy Girl as James Leamington George Segal – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Nick Robert Shaw – A Man for All Seasons as King Henry VIII	*Sandy Dennis – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* as Honey** Wendy Hiller – A Man for All Seasons as Alice More Jocelyne LaGarde – Hawaii as Queen Malama Kanakoa Vivien Merchant – Alfie as Lily Geraldine Page – You're a Big Boy Now as Margery Chanticleer
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
A Man and a Woman – Screenplay by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven; Story by Claude Lelouch Blowup – Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Edward Bond and Tonino Guerra; Story by Michelangelo Antonioni The Fortune Cookie – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond Khartoum – Robert Ardrey The Naked Prey – Clint Johnston and Don Peters	A Man for All Seasons – Robert Bolt based on his play Alfie – Bill Naughton based on his play The Professionals – Richard Brooks based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – William Rose based on the novel Off-Islanders by Nathaniel Benchley Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Ernest Lehman based on the play by Edward Albee
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
A Man and a Woman (France) The Battle of Algiers (Italy) Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia) Pharaoh (Poland) Three (Yugoslavia)	The War Game The Face of a Genius Helicopter Canada The Really Big Family Le Volcan interdit
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Short Subject, Live Action
A Year Toward Tomorrow – Edmond A. Levy Adolescence Cowboy The Odds Against Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából	Wild Wings – Edgar Anstey Turkey the Bridge – Derek Williams The Winning Strain – Leslie Winik
Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Best Original Music Score
A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature – John Hubley and Faith Hubley The Drag – Carlos Marchiori The Pink Blueprint – David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng	Born Free – John Barry The Bible: In the Beginning... – Toshiro Mayuzumi Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein The Sand Pebbles – Jerry Goldsmith Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Alex North
Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment	Best Song
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ken Thorne The Gospel According to St. Matthew – Luis Bacalov Return of the Seven – Elmer Bernstein The Singing Nun – Harry Sukman Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – Al Ham	*"Born Free" from Born Free* – Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black** "Alfie" from Alfie – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David "Georgy Girl" from Georgy Girl – Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale "My Wishing Doll" from Hawaii – Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David "A Time for Love" from An American Dream – Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound
Grand Prix – Gordon Daniel Fantastic Voyage – Walter Rossi	Grand Prix – Franklin Milton Gambit – Waldon O. Watson Hawaii – Gordon E. Sawyer The Sand Pebbles – James Corcoran Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – George Groves
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White	Best Art Direction, Color
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins The Fortune Cookie – Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle The Gospel According to St. Matthew – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Luigi Scaccianoce Is Paris Burning? – Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frédérix and Pierre Guffroy Mister Buddwing – Art Direction: George Davis and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt	Fantastic Voyage – Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith and Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss Gambit – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John P. Austin and John McCarthy Jr. Juliet of the Spirits – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Piero Gherardi The Oscar – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton and James W. Payne The Sand Pebbles – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant and William Kiernan
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Best Cinematography, Color
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Haskell Wexler The Fortune Cookie – Joseph LaShelle Georgy Girl – Kenneth Higgins Is Paris Burning? – Marcel Grignon Seconds – James Wong Howe	A Man for All Seasons – Ted Moore Fantastic Voyage – Ernest Laszlo Hawaii – Russell Harlan The Professionals – Conrad Hall The Sand Pebbles – Joseph MacDonald
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	Best Costume Design, Color
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Irene Sharaff The Gospel According to St. Matthew – Danilo Donati Mandragola – Danilo Donati Mister Buddwing – Helen Rose Morgan! – Jocelyn Rickards	A Man for All Seasons – Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden Gambit – Jean Louis Hawaii – Dorothy Jeakins Juliet of the Spirits – Piero Gherardi The Oscar – Edith Head
Best Film Editing	Best Special Visual Effects
Grand Prix – Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo Fantastic Voyage – William B. Murphy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – Hal Ashby and J. Terry Williams The Sand Pebbles – William H. Reynolds Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Sam O'Steen	Fantastic Voyage – Art Cruickshank Hawaii – Linwood G. Dunn

Honorary Awards[]

Yakima Canutt "for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere."
Y. Frank Freeman "for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood."

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[]

Robert Wise

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]

George Bagnall

Multiple nominations and awards[]

These films had multiple nominations:

13 nominations: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
8 nominations: A Man for All Seasons and The Sand Pebbles
7 nominations: Hawaii
5 nominations: Alfie and Fantastic Voyage
4 nominations: The Fortune Cookie, Georgy Girl, A Man and a Woman and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
3 nominations: Gambit, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Grand Prix and The Professionals
2 nominations: Blowup, Born Free, Is Paris Burning?, Juliet of the Spirits, Mister Buddwing, Morgan! and The Oscar

The following films received multiple awards:

6 wins: A Man for All Seasons
5 wins: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3 wins: Grand Prix
2 wins: Born Free, Fantastic Voyage and A Man and a Woman

Trivia[]

The Academy Awards broadcast was almost canceled because of a strike involving the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the theatrical performers union governing live telecasts. However, the dispute was settled three hours before the ceremony was scheduled to begin. Bob Hope's opening monologue makes many references to this, and he claims that as late as 30 minutes before broadcast it was uncertain whether the telecast would go on.^[3]
Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave were both nominated for Best Actress. This was the first time in 25 years that two sisters were nominated in that category (Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were nominated for Best Actress in 1941).
This was the only time in the history of the Academy Awards that all Best Actress nominees were born outside of the United States.
Patricia Neal, making her first Hollywood appearance since a near-fatal stroke of two years before, received a standing ovation from the audience.
California's governor, Ronald Reagan, was among the guests in the audience. He was a longtime Academy member and supporter.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"'s 13 nominations constitute the second and, as of 2020, most recent instance of a film being nominated in every category for which it was eligible. The first film to achieve this feat was 1931's Cimarron.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" was also the first film to receive an acting nomination for every credited cast member.
This was the last year that separate awards were given for black-and-white and color films in Cinematography, Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Costume Design.
Mitzi Gaynor's performance of the song "Georgy Girl" is often cited as being one of the most heralded performances on an Oscar broadcast.

Presenters and performers[]

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters[]

Name	Role
Hank Simms	Announcer of the 39th Academy Awards
Arthur Freed (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Dean Jones Raquel Welch	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Shelley Winters	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Ann-Margret Omar Sharif	Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography
Irene Dunne	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Olivia de Havilland	Presenter of the Short Subjects Awards
Diahann Carroll	Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects
Richard Harris Barbara Rush	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Fred MacMurray	Presenter of the award for Best Special Visual Effects
Candice Bergen Robert Mitchum	Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design
Sidney Poitier	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Jack Valenti	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Y. Frank Freeman
Lee Remick James Stewart	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Charlton Heston	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Yakima Canutt
Patricia Neal	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Rock Hudson Vanessa Redgrave	Presenters of the awards for Best Art Direction
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers	Presenters of the Writing Awards
Arthur Freed	Presenter of the Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Award to Robert Wise
Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke	Presenters of the Music Awards
Dean Martin	Presenter of the award for Best Song
Lee Marvin	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Rosalind Russell	Presenter of the award for Best Director
Julie Christie	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Audrey Hepburn	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers[]

Name	Role	Performed
Johnny Green	Musical arranger and conductor	Orchestral
Dionne Warwick	Performer	"Alfie" from Alfie
Roger Williams The Young Americans	Performers	"Born Free" from Born Free
Mitzi Gaynor	Performer	"Georgy Girl" from Georgy Girl
John Davidson	Performer	"A Time for Love" from An American Dream
Jackie DeShannon	Performer	"My Wishing Doll" from Hawaii

References[]

^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1966" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
^ The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1967 Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, posted to YouTube by The Oscars (official channel)

External links[]

The 39th Annual Academy Awards at IMDb
List of winners at Infoplease

[Oscars1967-1] "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

[2] "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1966" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".

[3] The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1967 Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, posted to YouTube by The Oscars (official channel)

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