- 1959 Oscars were held at the RKO Pantages Theatre on April
4, 1960
- Host: Bob Hope
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| 1959
Nominees and Winners: |
| Best Motion Picture |
| Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, producer
(Columbia) |
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Ben-Hur, Sam Zimbalist, producer (MGM) |
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The Diary of Anne Frank, George Stevens, producer
(Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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The Nun's Story, Henry Blanke, producer (Warner
Bros.) |
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Room at the Top, John and James Woolf, producers
(Continental) |
| Best Actor |
Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top |
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Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur |
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Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot |
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Paul Muni, The Last Angry Man |
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James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder |
| Best Actress |
Doris Day, Pillow Talk |
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Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story |
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Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer |
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Simone Signoret, Room at the Top |
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Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur |
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Arthur O'Connell, Anatomy of a Murder |
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George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder |
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Robert Vaughn, The Young Philadelphians |
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Ed Wynn, The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Hermione Baddeley, Room at the Top |
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Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life |
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Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life |
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Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk |
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Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Directing |
Jack Clayton, Room at the Top |
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George Stevens, The Diary of Anne Frank |
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Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot |
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William Wyler, Ben-Hur |
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Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story |
| Writing |
| Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium |
Robert Anderson, The Nun's Story |
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Wendell Mayes, Anatomy of a Murder |
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Neil Paterson, Room at the Top |
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Karl Tunberg, Ben-Hur |
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Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, Some Like
It Hot |
| Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen |
Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries |
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Ernest Lehman, North by Northwest |
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Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, story; Stanley
Shapiro and Maurice Richlin, screenplay, Pillow
Talk |
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François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, The 400
Blows |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
Charles Lang, Jr., Some Like It Hot |
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Joseph LaShelle, Career |
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Sam Leavitt, Anatomy of a Murder |
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William C. Mellor, The Diary of Anne Frank |
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Harry Stradling, Sr., The Young Philadelphians |
| Color |
Daniel L. Fapp, The Five Pennies |
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Lee Garmes, The Big Fisherman |
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Franz Planer, The Nun's Story |
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Leon Shamroy, Porgy and Bess |
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Robert L. Surtees, Ben-Hur |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
Carl Anderson, art direction; William Kiernan,
set decoration, The Last Angry Man |
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Ted Haworth, art direction; Edward G. Boyle, set
decoration, Some Like It Hot |
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Oliver Messel and William Kellner, art direction;
Scot Slimon, set decoration, Suddenly, Last Summer |
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Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam
Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Career |
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Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction;
Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss, set decoration,
The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Color |
John DeCuir, art direction; Julia Heron, set decoration,
The Big Fisherman |
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William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye,
art direction; Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy, set
decoration, North by Northwest |
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William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno, art
direction; Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Ben-Hur |
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Richard H. Riedel, art direction; Russell A. Gausman
and Ruby R. Levitt, set decoration, Pillow Talk |
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Lyle R. Wheeler, art direction, Franz Bachelin
and Herman A. Blumenthal, set decoration; Walter
M. Scott and Joseph Kish, Journey to the Center
of the Earth |
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| Sound |
MGM London Studio Sound Dept., Libel! |
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MGM Studio Sound Dept. Ben-Hur |
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Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept. and Todd-AO Sound
Dept., Porgy and Bess |
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Journey
to the Center of the Earth |
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Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Nun's Story |
| Music |
| Song |
“The Best of Everything,” The Best of Everything,
Alfred Newman, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
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“The Five Pennies,” The Five Pennies, Sylvia
Fine, music and lyrics |
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“The Hanging Tree,” The Hanging Tree, Jerry
Livingston, music; Mack David, lyrics |
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“High Hopes,” A Hole in the Head, James
Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics] |
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“Strange Are the Ways of Love,” The Young Land,
Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Frank DeVol, Pillow Talk |
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Ernest Gold, On the Beach |
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Miklos Rozsa, Ben-Hur |
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Franz Waxman, The Nun's Story |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
George Bruns, Sleeping Beauty |
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Lionel Newman, Say One for Me |
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André Previn and Ken Darby, Porgy and Bess |
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Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley, Li'l Abner |
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Leith Stevens, The Five Pennies |
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| Film Editing |
Frederic Knudtson, On the Beach |
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Louis R. Loeffler, Anatomy of a Murder |
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Walter Thompson, The Nun's Story |
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George Tomasini, North by Northwest |
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Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning, Ben-Hur |
| Costume Design |
| Black-and-White |
Edith Head, Career |
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Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, The Diary of
Anne Frank |
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Orry-Kelly, Some Like It Hot |
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Helen Rose, The Gazebo |
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Howard Shoup, The Young Philadelphians |
| Color |
Elizabeth Haffenden, Ben-Hur |
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Edith Head, The Five Pennies |
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Adele Palmer, The Best of Everything |
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Renie, The Big Fisherman |
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Irene Sharaff, Porgy and Bess |
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| Special Effects |
L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon, visual; Carl Faulkner,
audible, Journey to the Center of the Earth |
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A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald, visual;
Milo Lory, audible, Ben-Hur |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Mexicali Shmoes (Speedy Gonzales Series)
(John W. Burton, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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Moonbird (Storyboard, Inc.; Edward Harrison) |
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Noah's Ark (Walt Disney Productions; Buena
Vista) |
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The Violinist (Pintoff Productions; Kingsley
International) |
| Live Action |
Between the Tides (British Transport Films;
Lester A. Schoenfeld Films) |
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The Golden Fish (Les Requins Associes;
Columbia) |
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Mysteries of the Deep (Walt Disney Productions;
Buena Vista) |
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The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film
(Lion International Films; Kingsley-Union Films) |
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Skyscraper (Tishman Realty and Construction
Co.; Burstyn Film Enterprises) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
Donald in Mathmagic Land (Walt Disney Productions;
Buena Vista) |
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From Generation to Generation (Cullen Associates;
Maternity Center Association) |
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Glass (Netherlands Government; George
K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc.) |
| Feature |
The Race for Space (David L. Wolper, producer;
Wolper, Inc.) |
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Serengeti Shall Not Die (Okapia-Film
GmbH Production; Transocean-Film) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
Black Orpheus, France |
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The Bridge, Federal Republic of Germany—West |
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The Great War, Italy |
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Paw, Denmark |
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The Village on the River, Netherlands |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
Bob Hope |
| Honorary Awards |
To Lee De Forest for his pioneering inventions
that brought sound to the motion picture |
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To Buster Keaton for his unique talents that
brought immortal comedies to the screen |
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