32nd Academy Awards (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.Winner - Best Motion Picture
Winner - Best Director for William Wyler
Winner - Charlton Heston
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Griffith
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Karl Tunberg
Winner - Best Dramatic of Comedy Score for Miklós Rózsa
Winner - Best Sound Recording for Franklin Milton
Winner - Best Art Direction, Color
Winner - Best Cinematography, Color for Robert L. Surtees
Winner - Best Costume Design, Color for Elizabeth Haffenden
Winner - Best Film Editing for Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
Winner - Best Special Effects for A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald and Milo Lory - DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen GazzaraAn upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Actor for James Stewart
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Arthur O'Connell
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Wendell Mayes
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Sam Leavitt
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Louis R. Loeffler - DirectorJack ClaytonStarsLaurence HarveySimone SignoretHeather SearsAn ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Jack Clayton
Nominated - Best Actor for Laurence Harvey
Winner - Best Actress for Simone Signoret
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Hermione Baddeley
Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Neil Paterson - 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.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for George Stevens
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Ed Wynn
Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Alfred Newman
Winner - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Winner - Best Cinematography, Black and White for William C. Mellor
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAudrey HepburnPeter FinchEdith EvansAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Fred Zinnemann
Nominated - Best Actress for Audrey Hepburn
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Robert Anderson
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Franz Waxman
Nominated - Best Sound Recording for George Groves
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Franz Planer
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Walter Thompson - 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.Nominated - Best Director for Billy Wilder
Nominated - Best Actor for Jack Lemmon
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Charles Lang, Jr.
Winner - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Orry-Kelly - DirectorDaniel MannStarsPaul MuniDavid WayneBetsy PalmerAn aspiring journalist's story of his aged uncle doctor leads to the uncle's life being profiled on TV.Nominated - Best Actor for Paul Muni
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White - DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.Nominated - Best Actress for Doris Day
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Frank DeVol
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsElizabeth TaylorKatharine HepburnMontgomery CliftA surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.Nominated - Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn
Nominated - Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White - DirectorVincent ShermanStarsPaul NewmanBarbara RushAlexis SmithA promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Robert Vaughn
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Harry Stradling, Sr.
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Howard Shoup - DirectorDouglas SirkStarsLana TurnerJohn GavinSandra DeeAn aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Susan Kohner
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Juanita Moore - 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.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Ernest Lehman
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color
Nominated - Best Film Editing for George Tomasini - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudAlbert RémyClaire MaurierA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCary GrantTony CurtisJoan O'BrienDuring World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Ingmar Bergman
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (France)
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsVolker BohnetFritz WepperMichael HinzIn 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Germany)
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsMax CroisetMary DresselhuysBernard DroogAn independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Netherlands)
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Italy)
- DirectorAstrid Henning-JensenStarsEdvin AdolphsonJimmy StermanAsbjørn AndersenYoung boy whose father was from Denmark and mother from a tropical island must live with his paternal aunt in Denmark. His skin color becomes an issue right away and he decides to escape and live in the forest.Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Denmark)
- 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.Winner - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorDavid L. WolperStarsEsther GoddardHolger N. ToftoyMike WallaceThe history of the beginning of man's reach for space travel. Some previously classified American and Russia footage is inter-spliced with Mike Wallace interviewing people about their first-hand experiences.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorBert HaanstraDocumentary about Dutch glass production in the 50s.Winner - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorLes ClarkJoshua MeadorWolfgang ReithermanStarsJane FowlerPaul FreesClarence NashDonald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorFrancis ThompsonThis film illustrates the basic facts of human reproduction shown through the lives of a young farm couple with one child.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- 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.Winner - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorRalph KeeneStarsStephen MurrayA look at the wildlife living on the seashore in the UK.Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- StarsWinston HiblerIn this Oscar®-nominated short, a submerged reef is the home of many strange creatures. We see mating, birth, and development of the young into adults, with the laws of nature being fulfilled as the battle for survival goes continually on.Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorRichard LesterPeter SellersStarsRichard LesterPeter SellersDick BentleyThere is no plot as such. This is a slapstick comedy. It shows a lots of gags.Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorShirley ClarkeWheaton GalentineIrving JacobyA documentary short subject about the construction of a new skyscraper in late 1950s Manhattan, the Tishman building on prestigious Fifth Avenue.Nominated - Best Live Action Short
- DirectorJohn HubleyStarsMark HubleyRay HubleyTwo boys go outside at night to capture a bird.Winner - Best Animated Short
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancTom HollandA pair of not-too-bright Mexican cats, one shorter-tempered than the other, decide to chase Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico. And when their schemes - involving use of guitars, a fishing rod, dynamite, and land mines - all backfire, they decide to try catching Slowpoke Rodriguez, Mexico's slowest mouse. But the short-tempered cat learns too late that Slowpoke packs a gun.Nominated - Best Animated Short
- DirectorBill JusticeStarsJerome CourtlandJeanne BrunsJames MacDonaldNoah gets the word: build an ark in seven days. His sons cut the necessary trees in three days, and much furious sawing and hammering follows. But there's no rest, as they need to round up all the animals. Noah boards the animals, then his sons, their wives, and his wife (who packed a ferocious picnic). The rains and flood begin. The animals soon develop cabin fever and get restless, but Mrs. Noah has the answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage beast." His sons find instruments and begin playing; everyone dances. But Harry the hippo dances with everyone but his wife; Noah goes to her, and while she tells him not to mention Harry's name, Noah convinces her that Harry is thinking only of her. The rains end; Noah sends a dove out who brings back an olive branch. They land on Mount Ararat and disembark.Nominated - Best Animated Short
- DirectorErnest PintoffStarsCarl ReinerHarry is a violinist who loves to play, but without feeling. When he is told that he plays terribly he tries to change how he plays, learning a very important lesson.Nominated - Best Animated Short
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred AstaireAfter a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Ernest Gold
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Frederic Knudtson - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsSidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.Winner - Best Musical Score for André Previn and Ken Darby
Nominated - Best Sound Recording for Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Leon Shamroy
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Color for Irene Sharaff - DirectorMelvin FrankStarsLeslie ParrishStubby KayePeter PalmerAs Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li'l Abner by catching him in the traditional race.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDebbie ReynoldsBing CrosbyRobert WagnerFather Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly. There are many musical numbers, and the conclusion is a televised benefit show hosted by Father Conroy, and Tony must choose between Holly and national fame.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Lionel Newman
- 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.Nominated - Best Musical Score for George Bruns
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsDanny KayeBarbara Bel GeddesLouis ArmstrongDanny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Leith Stevens
Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Five Pennies"
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Daniel L. Fapp
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Color for Edith Head - 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.Winner - Best Original Song for "High Hopes"
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsHope LangeStephen BoydSuzy ParkerAn expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Best of Everything"
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Color for Adele Palmer - DirectorDelmer DavesKarl MaldenVincent ShermanStarsGary CooperMaria SchellKarl MaldenUnusual western about a doctor with a dark past, whose life is complicated and ultimately redeemed by a young thief, and a pretty Swiss immigrant whom he nurses back to health.Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Hanging Tree"
- DirectorTed TetzlaffStarsPatrick WayneYvonne CraigDennis HopperAn American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.Nominated - Best Original Song for "Strange Are The Ways of Love"
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsJames MasonPat BooneArlene DahlAn Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.Nominated - Best Sound Recording for Carlton W. Faulkner
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color
Nominated - Best Special Effects for L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon and Carl Faulkner - DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsDirk BogardeOlivia de HavillandPaul MassieA shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.Nominated - Best Sound Recording for A. W. Watkins
- DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsDean MartinAnthony FranciosaShirley MacLaineMore than anything in the world, Sam Lawson wants to be a successful actor. Is he willing to sacrifice his wife, happiness and personal reputation to achieve his goal?Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Joseph LaShelle
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Edith Head - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsHoward KeelJohn SaxonSusan KohnerExploring the life of Peter, from being a successful fisherman to becoming a follower of Jesus Christ and being dependent on Jesus Christ.Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Lee Garmes
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Color for Renie - DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsGlenn FordDebbie ReynoldsCarl ReinerTV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.Nominated - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Helen Rose