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Best Motion Picture - Harold Hecht, Producer Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Terence Rattigan, John Gay The Sheepman
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight set by Gone with the Wind and tied by From Here to Eternity and On the Waterfront.
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorGigi – Arthur Freed, producer ‡ Auntie ...Vincente Minnelli – Gigi ‡ Richard Brooks ...David Niven – Separate Tables as Major ...Susan Hayward – I Want to Live! as ...Burl Ives – The Big Country as Rufus ...Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables as Pat ...The Defiant Ones – Nedrick Young and ...Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner from the novella ...It was the most-honored motion picture in Academy Awards history up to that time and for many years - until 1997, with its record-breaking eleven Oscars from twelve nominations. And it was the most expensive film of its time, budgeted at $15 million.
31st Academy Awards Best Motion Picture 1959. 1. Gigi (1958) G | 115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance. Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler 's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi .
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorBen-Hur – Sam Zimbalist, producer ( ...William Wyler – Ben-Hur ‡ George Stevens ...Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur as Judah ...Simone Signoret – Room at the Top as ...Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim ...Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank ...Pillow Talk – Story by Russell Rouse and ...Room at the Top – Neil Paterson based on ...The 31st Academy Awards took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre on Monday, April 6, 1959 and were hosted by Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven and Laurence Olivier. Best Picture Gigi broke the previous record of most wins taking home nine Oscars out of nine nominations.
29 wins & 13 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1960 Winner Oscar. Best Picture. Sam Zimbalist. Posthumously. Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mary Taylor accepted the award on his behalf. 1960 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Charlton Heston. 1960 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
