- 1960 Oscars were held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
on April 17, 1961
- Host: Bob Hope
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| 1960
Nominees and Winners: |
| Best Motion Picture |
| The Alamo, John Wayne, producer (United Artists) |
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The Apartment, Billy Wilder, producer (United
Artists) |
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Elmer Gantry, Bernard Smith, producer (United
Artists) |
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Sons and Lovers, Jerry Wald, producer (Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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The Sundowners, Fred Zinnemann, producer (Warner
Bros.) |
| Best Actor |
Trevor Howard, Sons and Lovers |
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Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry |
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Jack Lemmon, The Apartment |
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Laurence Olivier, The Entertainer |
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Spencer Tracy, Inherit the Wind |
| Best Actress |
Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello |
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Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners |
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Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment |
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Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday |
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Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Peter Falk, Murder, Inc. |
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Jack Kruschen, The Apartment |
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Sal Mineo, Exodus |
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Peter Ustinov, Spartacus |
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Chill Wills, The Alamo |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Glynis Johns, The Sundowners |
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Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry |
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Shirley Knight, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs |
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Janet Leigh, Psycho |
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Mary Ure, Sons and Lovers |
| Directing |
Jack Cardiff, Sons and Lovers |
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Jules Dassin, Never on Sunday |
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Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho |
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Billy Wilder, The Apartment |
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Fred Zinnemann, The Sundowners |
| Writing |
| Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium |
Richard Brooks, Elmer Gantry |
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James Kennaway, Tunes of Glory |
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Gavin Lambert and T. E. B. Clarke, Sons and
Lovers |
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Isobel Lennart, The Sundowners |
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Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, Inherit
the Wind |
| Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen |
Jules Dassin, Never on Sunday |
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Marguérite Duras, Hiroshima, Mon Amour |
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Richard Gregson and Michael Craig, story; Bryan
Forbes, screenplay, The Angry Silence |
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Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, The Facts of
Life |
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Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, The Apartment |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
Freddie Francis, Sons and Lovers |
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Charles B. Lang, Jr., The Facts of Life |
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Joseph LaShelle, The Apartment |
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Ernest Laszlo, Inherit the Wind |
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John L. Russell, Psycho |
| Color |
William H. Clothier, The Alamo |
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Sam Leavitt, Exodus |
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Joe MacDonald, Pepe |
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Russell Metty, Spartacus |
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Joseph Ruttenberg and Charles Harten, Butterfield
8 |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy, art direction;
George Milo, set decoration, Psycho |
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Joseph McMillan Johnson and Kenneth A. Reid, art
direction; Ross Dowd, set decoration, The Facts
of Life |
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Tom Morahan, art direction; Lionel Couch, set
decoration, Sons and Lovers |
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Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam
Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Visit
to a Small Planet |
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Alexander Trauner, art direction; Edward G.
Boyle, set decoration, The Apartment |
| Color |
Edward Carrere, art direction; George James Hopkins,
set decoration, Sunrise at Campobello |
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George W. Davis and Addison Hehr, art direction;
Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and Otto Siegel, set decoration,
Cimarron |
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Alexander Golitzen and Eric Orbom, art direction;
Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron, set decoration,
Spartacus |
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Ted Haworth, art direction; William Kiernan, set
decoration, Pepe |
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Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction;
Sam Comer and Arrigo Breschi, set decoration, It
Started in Naples |
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| Sound |
Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Pepe |
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MGM Studio Sound Dept., Cimarron |
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Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept. and Todd-AO Sound
Dept., The Alamo |
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Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The Apartment |
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Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Sunrise at Campobello |
| Music |
| Song |
“The Facts of Life,” The Facts of Life,
Johnny Mercer, music and lyrics |
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“Faraway Part of Town,” Pepe, André Previn,
music; Dory Langdon, lyrics |
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“The Green Leaves of Summer,” The Alamo,
Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics |
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“Never on Sunday,” Never on Sunday,
Manos Hadjidakis, music and lyrics |
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“The Second Time Around,” High Time, James
Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Elmer Bernstein, The Magnificent Seven |
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Ernest Gold, Exodus |
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Alex North, Spartacus |
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André Previn, Elmer Gantry |
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Dimitri Tiomkin, The Alamo |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Johnny Green, Pepe |
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Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen, Let's Make
Love |
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André Previn, Bells Are Ringing |
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Nelson Riddle, Can-Can |
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Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman, Song Without
End |
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| Film Editing |
Stuart Gilmore, The Alamo |
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Frederic Knudtson, Inherit the Wind |
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Robert Lawrence, Spartacus |
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Viola Lawrence and Al Clark, Pepe |
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Daniel Mandell, The Apartment |
| Costume Design |
| Black-and-White |
Edith Head and Edward Stevenson, The Facts
of Life |
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Howard Shoup, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond |
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Bill Thomas, Seven Thieves |
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Deni Vachlioti, Never on Sunday |
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Marik Vos, The Virgin Spring |
| Color |
Marjorie Best, Sunrise at Campobello |
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Edith Head, Pepe |
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Irene, Midnight Lace |
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Irene Sharaff, Can-Can |
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Bill Thomas and Valles, Spartacus |
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| Special Effects |
A.J. Lohman, visual, The Last Voyage |
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Gene Warren and Tim Baar, visual, The Time Machine |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Goliath II (Walt Disney Productions; Buena
Vista) |
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High Note (Looney Tune Series) (Warner
Bros.) |
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Mouse and Garden (Sylvester the Cat
Series) (Warner Bros.) |
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Munro (Noveltoon Series) (Rembrandt
Films; Film Representations) |
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A Place in the Sun (Frantisek Vystrecil,
producer; George K. Arthur-Go Pictures) |
| Live Action |
The Creation of Woman (Trident Films, Inc.;
Sterling World Distributors) |
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Day of the Painter (Little Movies; Kingsley-Union
Films) |
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Islands of the Sea (True Life Adventure
Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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A Sport Is Born (Sports Illustrated
Series) (Leslie Winik, producer; Paramount) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
Beyond Silence (U.S. Information Agency) |
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A City Called Copenhagen (Statens Filmcentral;
Danish Government Film Office) |
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George Grosz' Interregnum (Charles Carey
and Altina Carey, producers; Educational Communications
Corp.) |
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Giuseppina (James Hill Production; Lester
A. Schoenfeld Films) |
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Universe (National Film Board of Canada;
Lester A. Schoenfeld Films) |
| Feature |
The Horse With the Flying Tail (Walt
Disney Productions; Buena Vista) |
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Rebel in Paradise (Robert D. Fraser, producer;
Tiare Co.) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
Kapo, Italy |
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La Verité, France |
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Macario, Mexico |
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The Ninth Circle, Yugoslavia |
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The Virgin Spring, Sweden |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
Sol Lesser |
| Honorary Awards |
To Gary Cooper for his many memorable screen
performances and the international recognition he, as
an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry |
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To Stan Laurel for his creative pioneering in
the field of cinema comedy |
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To Hayley Mills for Pollyana, the most
outstanding juvenile performance during 1960 |
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