Oscars Rematch: 1959
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- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Picture!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
North by Northwest
Some Like It Hot - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Director!
Winner: William Wyler!
Nominees:
George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
Jack Clayton - Room at the Top
Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Actor!
Winner: Jack Lemmon!
Nominees:
Cary Grant - North by Northwest
Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top
Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Actress!
Winner: Marilyn Monroe!
Nominees:
Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: Stephen Boyd!
Nominees:
Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell - Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott - Anatomy of a Murder
Ed Wynn - The Diary of Anne Frank - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph SchildkrautDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Shelley Winters!
Nominees:
Hermione Baddeley - Room at the Top
Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talks - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Ernest Lehman!
Nominees:
Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy - The 400 Blows
Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin - Operation Petticoat
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin - Pillow Talk
Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond!
Nominees:
Wendell Mayes - Anatomy of a Murder
Karl Tunberg - Ben-Hur
Robert Anderson - The Nun's Story
Neil Paterson - Room at the Top - DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: Black Orpheus!
Nominees:
The Bridge
The Great War
Paw
The Village on the River - DirectorBernhard GrzimekStarsBernhard GrzimekHolger HagenHermann RockmannThe borders of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania were initially drawn without considering the herds of grass-eating wild animals. The recording of seasonal animal movements by the film team at the end of the 1950s forms the framework for action, so that based on this work, new boundaries of the park could be determined in such a way, that the most important animal populations are protected all year round. The beauty of the savannah landscape and the sideways glance at numerous wild animal species living there, some of which were presented to a broader audience for the first time in this film, fill this nature documentary.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: Serengeti Shall Not Die!
Nominees:
The Race for Space - DirectorBert HaanstraDocumentary about Dutch glass production in the 50s.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: Glas!
Nominees:
Donald in Mathmagic Land
From Generation to Generation - DirectorEdmond SéchanStarsLouis PaulGilbert HuguesJean-Marie MaillolsSimilar in design and technique to "The Red Baloon", and winner of the 1959 International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this is the story of a boy who has a goldfish as a pet, and the family cat has other plans for the goldfish, and a canary protects it by distracting the cat.Best Live Action Short!
Winner: The Golden Fish!
Nominees:
Between the Tides
Mysteries of the Deep
The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film
Skyscraper - DirectorJohn HubleyStarsMark HubleyRay HubleyTwo boys go outside at night to capture a bird.Best Animated Short!
Winner: Moonbird!
Nominees:
Mexicali Shmoes
Noah's Ark
The Violinist - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
On the Beach
Pillow Talk - DirectorLes ClarkClyde GeronimiEric LarsonStarsMary CostaBill ShirleyEleanor AudleyAfter being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.Best Musical Score!
Winner: Sleeping Beauty!
Nominees:
The Five Pennies
L'il Abner
Porgy and Bess
Say One for Me - DirectorFrank CapraStarsFrank SinatraEdward G. RobinsonEleanor ParkerWidower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible woman.Best Original Song!
Winner: "High Hopes", A Hole in the Head!
Nominees:
"The Best of Everything" - The Best of Everything!
"The Five Pennies" - The Five Pennies
"The Hanging Tree" - The Hanging Tree
"Strange Are The Ways of Love" - The Young Land - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Sound Recording!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Libel
The Nun's Story
Porgy and Bess - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Art Direction - Black and White!
Winner: Some Like It Hot!
Nominees:
Career
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Last Angry Man
Suddenly, Last Summer - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Art Direction - Color!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
The Big Fisherman
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph SchildkrautDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.Best Cinematography - Black and White!
Winner: The Diary of Anne Frank!
Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
Career
Some Like It Hot
The Young Philadelphians - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Cinematography - Color!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
North by Northwest
The Nun's Story - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Best Costume Design - Black and White!
Winner: Some Like It Hot!
Nominees:
Career
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Gazebo
The Young Philadelphians - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Costume Design - Color!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
The Best of Everything
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
Porgy and Bess - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Film Editing!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest
The Nun's Story
On the Beach - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Best Special Effects!
Winner: Ben-Hur!
Nominees:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth