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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.
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 ...The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. History. Charles Rosher, the first recipient in 1928.
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 .
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Auntie Mame – Warner Bros. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lawrence Weingarten The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer Gigi – Arthur Freed Separate Tables– Harold Hecht
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer Gigi – Vincente Minnelli I Want to Live! – Robert Wise The Inn of the Sixth Happiness– Mark Robson
Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones Paul Newman – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof David Niven – Separate Tables Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live! Deborah Kerr – Separate Tables Shirley MacLaine – Some Came Running Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theodore Bikel – The Defiant Ones Lee J. Cobb – The Brothers Karamazov Burl Ives – The Big Country Arthur Kennedy – Some Came Running Gig Young – Teacher’s Pet
Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables Martha Hyer – Some Came Running Maureen Stapleton – Lonelyhearts Cara Williams – The Defiant Ones
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks, James Poe Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner The Horse’s Mouth – Alec Guinness I Want to Live! – Nelson Gidding, Don Mankiewicz Separate Tables– Terence Rattigan, John Gay
“Almost In Your Arms (Love Song From ‘Houseboat’)” – Houseboat – Music, Lyrics by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans “A Certain Smile” – A Certain Smile – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster “Gigi” – Gigi – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner “To Love And Be Loved” – Some Came Running – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sa...
Auntie Mame – William Ziegler Cowboy – William A. Lyon, Al Clark The Defiant Ones – Frederic Knudtson Gigi – Adrienne Fazan I Want to Live!– William Hornbeck
The Defiant Ones – Sam Leavitt Desire under the Elms – Daniel L. Fapp I Want to Live! – Lionel Lindon Separate Tables – Charles Lang, Jr. The Young Lions– Joe MacDonald
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.
Winners Announced: April 6, 1959. Venue: Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California. Hosts: Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven, Laurence Olivier. Eligibility Year: 1958. Major Wins: Gigi swept the board with 9 Oscars, including Best Picture. Susan Hayward took home Best Actress for I Want to Live!.
