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Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Charles Lang, Jr. Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - David Raksin Best Motion Picture - Harold Hecht, Producer
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 .
From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. After Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the most recent black-and-white films to win since then are Schindler's List (1993), Roma (2018) and Mank (2020).
Feb 5, 2014 · 32nd Academy Awards (1959): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Anatomy of a Murder – Otto Preminger. Ben-Hur – Sam Zimbalist. The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens. The Nun’s Story – Henry Blanke. Room at the Top – John Woolf, James Woolf. DIRECTING. Ben-Hur – William Wyler.
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.
31st Academy Awards (1958): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Auntie Mame – Warner Bros. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lawrence Weingarten. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer. Gigi – Arthur Freed. Separate Tables – Harold Hecht. DIRECTING. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer.
Apr 19, 2024 · From 1929 to 1967, there were separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. Floyd Crosby won the award for Tabu in 1931, the last silent film to win in this category. Hal Mohr won the only write-in Academy Award in 1935 for Cleopatra .
