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May 1929
1st Academy Awards
Host: Douglas Fairbanks
Outstanding Picture: Wings
Best Unique and Artistic Picture:Sunrise
Best Directing (Comedy): Lewis MILESTON (Two Arabian Knights)
Best Directing (Dramatic): Frank BORZAGE (7th Heaven)
Best Actor: Emil JANNINGS (The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh)
Best Actress: Janet GAYNOR (7th Heaven and Sunrise)
Best Writing (Original): Ben HECHT (Underworld)
Best Writing (Adaptation): Benjamin GLAZER (7th Heaven)
Most Nominations: 7th Heaven (5)
Most Awards:7th Heaven and Sunrise (3 each)
April 1930
2nd Academy Awards
Host: William C DeMille
Best Picture: The Broadway Melody
Best Actor: Warner BAXTER (In Old Arizona)
Best Actress: Mary PICKFORD (Coquette)
Best Director: Frank LLOYD (The Divine Lady)
Best Writing: Hanns KRÄLY (The Patriot)
Most Nominations: In Old Arizona and The Patriot (5 each)
Most Awards: No film received more than one award
November 1930
3rd Academy Awards
Host: Conrad Nagel
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Actor: George ARLISS (Disraeli)
Best Actress: Norma SHEARER (The Divorcee)
Best Director: Lewis MILESTONE (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Best Writing: Frances MARION (The Big House)
Most Nominations: The Love Parade (6)
Most Awards:All Quiet on the Western Front (2)
November 1931
4th Academy Awards
Host: Lawrence Grant
Best Picture: Cimarron
Best Actor: Lionel BARRYMORE (A Free Soul)
Best Actress: Marie DRESSLER (Min and Bill)
Best Director: Norman TAUROG (Skippy)
Best Original Story: John MONK (The Dawn Patrol)
Best Adapted Story: Howard ESTABROOK (Cimarron)
Most Nominations: Cimarron (7)
Most Awards:Cimarron (3)
November 1932
5th Academy Awards
Host: Conrad Nagel
Best Picture: Grand Hotel
Best Actor: Frederic MARCH (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) and Wallace BEERY (The Champ)
Best Actress: Helen HAYES (The Sin of Madelon Claudet)
Best Director: Victor BORZAGE (Bad Girl)
Best Original Story: Frances MARION (The Champ)
Best Adapted Story: Edwin J BURKE (Bad Girl)
Most Nominations: Arrowsmith and The Champ (4 each)
Most Awards:Bad Girl and The Champ (2 each)
March 1934
6th Academy Awards
Host: Will Rogers
Best Picture: Cavalcade
Best Actor: Charles LAUGHTON (The Private Life of Henry VIII)
Best Actress: Katharine HEPBURN (Morning Glory)
Best Director: Frank LLOYD (Cavalcade)
Best Original Story: Robert LORD (One Way Passage)
Best Adapted Story: Victor HEERMAN (Little Women)
Most Nominations: Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms and Lady for a Day (4 each)
Most Awards:Cavalcade (3)
February 1935
7th Academy Awards
Host: Irvin S Cobb
Best Picture: It Happened One Night
Best Actor: Clark GABLE (It Happened One Night)
Best Actress: Claudette COLBERT (It Happened One Night)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (It Happened One Night)
Best Original Story: Arthur CAESAR (Manhattan Melodrama)
Best Adapted Story: Robert RISKIN (It Happened One Night)
Best Score:One Night of Love
Best Song:“The Continental” (The Gay Divorcee)
Most Nominations: One Night of Love (6)
Most Awards:It Happened One Night (5)
March 1936
8th Academy Awards
Host: Frank Capra
Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Actor: Victor McLAGLEN (The Informer)
Best Actress: Bette DAVIS (Dangerous)
Best Director: John FORD (The Informer)
Best Original Story: Ben HECHT and Charles MacARTHUR (The Scoundrel)
Best Adaptation: Dudley NICHOLS (The informer)
Best Score:The informer
Best Song:“Lullaby of Broadway” (The Gold Diggers of 1935)
Most Nominations: Mutiny on the Bounty (8)
Most Awards:The Informer (4)
March 1937
9th Academy Awards
Host: George Jessel
Best Picture: The Great Ziegfield
Best Actor: Paul MUNI (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Actress: Luise RAINER (The Great Ziegfeld)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (Come and Get It)
Best Supporting Actress: Gale SONDERGAARD (Anthony Adverse)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (Mr Deeds Goes to Town)
Best Original Story: Pierre COLLINGS and Sheridan GIBNEY (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Adapted Story: Pierre COLLINGS and Sheridan GIBNEY (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Score:Anthony Adverse
Best Song:“The Way You Look Tonight” (Swing Time)
Most Nominations: Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth and The Great Ziegfeld (7 each)
Most Awards:Anthony Adverse (4)
March 1938
10th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Burns
Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola
Best Actor: Spencer TRACY (Captains Courageous)
Best Actress: Luise RAINER (The Good Earth)
Best Supporting Actor: Joseph SCHILDKRAUT (The Life of Emile Zola)
Best Supporting Actress: Alice BRADY (In Old Chicago)
Best Director: Leo McCAREY (The Awful Truth)
Best Original Story: William A WELLMAN and Robert CARSON (A Star is Born)
Best Adapted Story: Heinz HERALD, Geza HERCZEG et. al (The Life of Emile Zola)
Best Score:One Hundred Men and a Girl
Best Song:“Sweet Leilani” (Waikiki Wedding)
Most Nominations: The Life of Emile Zola (10)
Most Awards:The Life of Emile Zola (3)
February 1939
11th Academy Awards
Host: N/A
(First Awards without an official host)
Best Picture: You Can’t Take it With You
Best Actor: Spencer TRACY (Boys Town)
Best Actress: Bette DAVIS (Jezebel)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (Kentucky)
Best Supporting Actress: Fay BAINTER (Jezebel)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (You Can’t Take it With You)
Best Original Story: Eleanore GRIFFIN and Dore SCHARY (Boys Town)
Best Adapted Story: George BERNARD SHAW, Ian DALRYMPLE et. al. (Pygmalion)
Best Score:The Adventures of Robin Hood
Best Song:“Thanks for the Memory” (The Big Broadcast of 1938)
Most Nominations: You Can’t Take it With You (7)
Most Awards:The Adventures of Robin Hood (3)
February 1940
12th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Gone With the Wind
Best Actor: Robert DONAT (Goodbye Mr Chips)
Best Actress: Vivien LEIGH (Gone With the Wind)
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas MITCHELL (Stagecoach)
Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDANIEL (Gone With the Wind)
Best Director: Victor FLEMING (Gone With the Wind)
Best Original Story: Lewis R FOSTER (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
Best Adapted Story: Sidney HOWARD (Gone With the Wind)
Best Scoring: Stagecoach
Best Original Score:The Wizard of Oz
Best Song:“Over the Rainbow” (The Wizard of Oz)
Most Nominations: Gone With the Wind (13)
Most Awards:Gone With the Wind (8)
February 1941
13th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Rebecca
Best Actor: James STEWART (The Philadelphia Story)
Best Actress: Ginger ROGERS (Kitty Foyle)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (The Westerner)
Best Supporting Actress: Jane DARWELL (The Grapes of Wrath)
Best Director: John FORD (The Grapes of Wrath)
Best Original Screenplay: Preston STURGES (The Great McGinty)
Best Screenplay: Donald Ogden STEWART (The Philadelphia Story)
Best Scoring: Tin Pan Alley
Best Original Score:Pinocchio
Best Song:“When You Wish Upon a Star” (Pinocchio)
Most Nominations: Rebecca (11)
Most Awards:The Thief of Bagdad (3)
February 1942
14th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley
Best Actor: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)
Best Actress: Joan FONTAINE (Suspicion)
Best Supporting Actor: Donald CRISP (How Green Was My Valley)
Best Supporting Actress: Mary ASTOR (The Great Lie)
Best Director: John FORD (How Green Was My Valley)
Best Original Screenplay: Herman J MANKIEWZICZ and Orson WELLES (Citizen Kane)
Best Screenplay: Sidney BUCHMAN and Seton I MILLER (Here Comes Mr Jordan)
Best Musical Scoring: Dumbo
Best Dramatic Scoring: All That Money Can Buy
Best Song:“The Last Time I Saw Paris” (Lady Be Good)
Most Nominations: Sergeant York (11)
Most Awards:How Green Was My Valley (5)
March 1943
15th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Mrs Miniver
Best Actor: James CAGNEY (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Best Actress: Greer GARSON (Mrs Miniver)
Best Supporting Actor: Van HEFLIN (Johnny Eager)
Best Supporting Actress: Teresa WRIGHT(Mrs Miniver)
Best Director: William WYLER (Mrs Miniver)
Best Original Screenplay: Michael KANIN and Ring LARDNER Jnr (Woman of the Year)
Best Screenplay: George FROESCHEL, James HILTON et. al. (Mrs Miniver)
Best Musical Scoring: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Now, Voyager
Best Song:“White Christmas” (Holiday Inn)
Most Nominations: Mrs Miniver (12)
Most Awards:Mrs Miniver (6)
March 1944
16th Academy Awards
Host: Jack Benny
Best Picture: Casablanca
Best Actor: Paul LUKAS (Watch on the Rhine)
Best Actress: Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette)
Best Supporting Actor: Charles COBURN (The More the Merrier)
Best Supporting Actress: Katina PAXINOU (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
Best Director: Michael CURTIZ (Casablanca)
Best Original Screenplay: Norman KRASNA (Princess O’Rourke)
Best Screenplay: Julius J EPSTEIN, Philip G EPSTEIN et. al. (Casablanca)
Best Musical Scoring: This is the Army
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Song of Bernadette
Best Song:“You’ll Never Know” (Hello, Frisco, Hello)
Most Nominations: The Song of Bernadette (12)
Most Awards:The Song of Bernadette (4)
March 1945
17th Academy Awards
Hosts: John Cromwell and Bob Hope
Best Picture: Going My Way
Best Actor: Bing CROSBY (Going My Way)
Best Actress: Ingrid BERGMAN (Gaslight)
Best Supporting Actor: Barry FITZGERALD (Going My Way)
Best Supporting Actress: Ethel BARRYMORE (None But the Lonely Heart)
Best Director: Leo McCAREY (Going My Way)
Best Original Screenplay: Lamar TROTTI (Wilson)
Best Screenplay: Frank BUTLER and Frank CAVETT (Going My Way
Best Musical Scoring: Cover Girl
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Since You Went Away
Best Song:“Swinging on a Star” (Going My Way)
Most Nominations: Going My Way and Wilson (10 each)
Most Awards:Going My Way (7)
March 1946
18th Academy Awards
Hosts: James Stewart and Bob Hope
Best Picture: The Lost Weekend
Best Actor: Ray MILLAND (The Lost Weekend)
Best Actress: Joan CRAWFORD (Mildred Pierce)
Best Supporting Actor: James DUNN (A Tree Grows in Brookyln)
Best Supporting Actress: Anne REVERE (National Velvet)
Best Director: Billy WILDER (The Lost Weekend)
Best Original Screenplay: Richard SCHWEIZER (Marie-Louise)
Best Screenplay: Charles BRACKETT and Billy WILDER (The Lost Weekend)
Best Musical Scoring: Anchors Away
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Spellbound
Best Song:“It Might as Well Be Spring” (State Fair)
Most Nominations: The Bells of St Mary’s (8)
Most Awards:The Lost Weekend (4)
March 1947
19th Academy Awards
Hosts: Jack Benny
Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor: Fredric MARCH (The Best Yewars of Our Lives)
Best Actress: Olivia de HAVILLAND (To Each His Own)
Best Supporting Actor: Harold RUSSELL (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Supporting Actress: Anne BAXTER (The Razor’s Edge)
Best Director: William WYLER (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Original Screenplay: Muriel BOX and Sydney BOX (The Seventh Veil)
Best Screenplay: Robert E SHERWOOD (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Musical Scoring: The Jolson Story
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Song:“On the Athcison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (The Harvey Girls)
Most Nominations: The Best Years of Our Lives (8)
Most Awards:The Best Years of Our Lives (7)
March 1948
20th Academy Awards
Hosts: Agnes Moorehead and Dick Powell
Best Picture: Gentleman’s Agreement
Best Actor: Ronald COLMAN (A Double Life)
Best Actress: Loretta YOUNG (The Farmer’s Daughter)
Best Supporting Actor: Edward GWENN (Miracle on 34th Street)
Best Supporting Actress: Celeste HOLM (Gentleman’s Agreement)
Best Director: Eliza KAZAN (Gentleman’s Agreement)
Best Original Screenplay: Sidney SHELDON (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer)
Best Screenplay: George SEATON (Miracle on 34th Street)
Best Musical Scoring: Mother Wore Tights
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: A Double Life
Best Song:“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” (Song of the South)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Shoeshine (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Gentleman’s Agreement (8)
Most Awards:Gentleman’s Agreement and Miracle on 34th Street (3 each)
March 1949
21st Academy Awards
Hosts: Robert Montgomery
Best Picture: Hamlet
Best Actor: Laurence OLIVIER (Hamlet)
Best Actress: Jane WYMAN (Johnny Belinda)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Supporting Actress: Claire TREVOR (Key Largo)
Best Director: John HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Screenplay: John HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Musical Scoring: Easter Parade
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Red Shoes
Best Song:“Buttons and Bows” (The Paleface)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Monsieur Vincent (France / French)
Most Nominations: Johnny Belinda (12)
Most Awards:Hamlet (4)
March 1950
22nd Academy Awards
Hosts: Paul Douglas
Best Picture: All the King’s Men
Best Actor: Broderick CRAWFORD (All the King’s Men)
Best Actress: Olivia de HAVILLAND (The Heiress)
Best Supporting Actor: Dean JAGGER (Twelve O’Clock High)
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCAMBRIDGE (All the King’s Men)
Best Director: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (A Letter to Three Wives)
Best Screenplay: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (A Letter to Three Wives)
Best Story and Screenplay: Robert PIROSH (Battleground)
Best Musical Scoring: On the Town
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Heiress
Best Song:“Baby, it’s Cold Outside” (Neptune’s Daughter)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: The Bicycle Thief (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: The Heiress (8)
Most Awards:The Heiress (4)
March 1951
23rd Academy Awards
Hosts: Fred Astaire
Best Picture: All About Eve
Best Actor: José FERRER (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Best Actress: Judy HOLLIDAY (Born Yesterday)
Best Supporting Actor: George SANDERS (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actress: Josephine HULL (Harvey)
Best Director: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (All About Eve)
Best Screenplay: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (All About Eve)
Best Story and Screenplay: Charles BRACKETT, Billy WILDER and anor. (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Musical Scoring: Annie Get Your Gun
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Sunset Boulevard
Best Song:“Mona Lisa” (Captain Carey, USA)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: The Walls of Malapaga (Italy and France / Italian and French
Most Nominations: All About Eve (14)
Most Awards:All About Eve (6)
March 1952
24th Academy Awards
Hosts: Danny Kaye
Best Picture: An American in Paris
Best Actor: Humphrey BOGART (The African Queen)
Best Actress: Vivien LEIGH (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Supporting Actor: Karl MALDEN (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Supporting Actress: Kim HUNTER (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Director: George STEVENS (A Place in the Sun)
Best Screenplay: Michael WILSON and Harry BROWN (A Place in the Sun)
Best Story and Screenplay: Alan Jay LERNER (An American in Paris)
Best Musical Scoring: An American in Paris
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: A Place in the Sun
Best Song:“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (Here Comes the Groom)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Rashomon (Japan / Japanese)
Most Nominations: A Streetcare Named Desire (12)
Most Awards:An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun (6 each)
March 1953
25th Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel and Frederic March
Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth
Best Actor: Gary COOPER (High Noon)
Best Actress: Shirley BOOTH (Come Back, Little Sheba)
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony QUINN (Viva Zapata!)
Best Supporting Actress: Gloria GRAHAME (The Bad and the Beautiful)
Best Director: John FORD (The Quiet Man)
Best Screenplay: Charles SCHNEE (The Bad and the Beautiful)
Best Story and Screenplay: T E B CLARKE (The Lavender Hill Mob)
Best Musical Scoring: With a Song in My Heart
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: High Noon
Best Song:“The Ballad of High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling)” (High Noon)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Forbidden Games (France / French)
Most Nominations: High Noon, Moulin Rouge and The Quiet Man (7 each)
Most Awards:The Bold and the Beautiful (5)
March 1954
26th Academy Awards
Hosts: Donald O’Connor and Frederic March
Best Picture: From Here to Eternity
Best Actor: William HOLDEN (Stalag 17)
Best Actress: Audrey HEPBURN (Roman Holiday)
Best Supporting Actor: Frank SINATRA (From Here to Eternity)
Best Supporting Actress: Donna REED (From Here to Eternity)
Best Director: Fred ZINNEMANN (From Here to Eternity)
Best Screenplay: Daniel TARADASH (From Here to Eternity)
Best Story and Screenplay: Charles BRACKETT, Walter REISCH and Anor. (Titanic)
Best Story: Dalton TRUMBO (Roman Holiday)
Best Musical Scoring: Call Me Madam
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Lili
Best Song:“Secret Love” (Calamity Jane)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: None Awarded
Most Nominations: From Here to Eternity (13)
Most Awards:From Here to Eternity (8)
March 1955
27th Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope and Thelma Ritter
Best Picture: On the Waterfront
Best Actor: Marlon BRANDO (On the Waterfront)
Best Actress: Grace KELLY (The Country Girl)
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O’BRIEN (The Barefoot Contessa)
Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie SAINT (On the Waterfront)
Best Director: Elia KAZAN (On the Waterfront)
Best Screenplay: George SEATON (The Barefoot Contessa)
Best Story and Screenplay: Budd SCHULBERG (On the Waterfront)
Best Story: Philip YORDAN (Broken Lance)
Best Musical Scoring: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The High and the Mighty
Best Song:“Three Coins in the Fountain” (Three Coins in the Fountain)
Foreign Language Honorary Award:Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)(Japan / Japanese)
Most Nominations: On the Waterfront (12)
Most Awards:On the Waterfront (8)
March 1956
28th Academy Awards
Hosts: Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert and Joseph L Mankiewicz
Best Picture: Marty
Best Actor: Ernest BORGNINE (Marty)
Best Actress: Anna MAGNANI (The Rose Tattoo)
Best Supporting Actor: Jack LEMMON (Mister Roberts)
Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden)
Best Director: Delbert MANN (Marty)
Best Screenplay: Paddy CHAYEFSKY (Marty)
Best Story and Screenplay: William LUDWIG and Sonia LEVIEN (Interrupted Melody)
Best Motion Picture Story: Daniel FUCHS (Love Me or Leave Me)
Best Musical Scoring: Oklahoma!
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
Best Song:“Love is a Many-Splendored Thing” (Love is a Many-Splendored Thing)
Foreign Language Honorary Award:Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan / Japanese)
Most Nominations: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Marty and The Rose Tattoo (8 each)
Most Awards:Marty (4)
March 1957
29th Academy Awards
Hosts: Jerry Lewis and Celeste Holm
Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days
Best Actor: Yul BRYNNER (The King and I)
Best Actress: Ingrid BERGMAN (Anastasia)
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony QUINN (Lust for Life)
Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy MALONE (Written on the Wind)
Best Director: George STEVENS (Giant)
Best Screenplay - Original: Albert LAMORISSE (The Red Balloon)
Best Screenplay - Adapted : James POE, John FARROW and anor. (Around the World in 80 Days)
Best Story: Dalton TRUMBO (The Brave One)
Best Musical Scoring: The King and I
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Around the World in 80 Days
Best Song:“Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be” (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Best Foreign Language Film: La Strada (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Giant (10)
Most Awards:Around the World in 80 Days and The King and I (5 each)
March 1958
30th Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Donald Duck
Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor: Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Best Actress: Joanne WOODWARD (The Three Faces of Eve)
Best Supporting Actor: Red BUTTONS (Sayonara)
Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi UMEKI (Sayonara)
Best Director: David LEAN (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Best Screenplay - Original: George WELLS (Designing Woman)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Pierre BOULLE et. al. (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Best Scoring: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Song:“All the Way” (The Joker is Wild)
Best Foreign Language Film: Nights of Cabiria (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Sayonara (10)
Most Awards:The Bridge on the River Kwai (7 each)
April 1959
31st Academy Awards
Hosts: Jerry lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven and Laurence Olivier
Best Picture: Gigi
Best Actor: David Niven (Separate Tables)
Best Actress: Susan HAYWARD (I Want to Live!)
Best Supporting Actor: Burl IVES (The Big Country)
Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller (Separate Tables)
Best Director: Vincente MINNELLI (Gigi)
Best Screenplay - Original: Nedrick YOUNG and Harold Jacob SMITH (The Defiant Ones)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Alan Jay LERNER (Gigi)
Best Scoring (Dramatic or Comedy): The Old Man and the Sea
Best Scoring (Musical): Gigi
Best Song:“Gigi” (Gigi)
Best Foreign Language Film: My Uncle (France / French)
Most Nominations: The Defiant Ones and Gigi (9 each)
Most Awards:Gigi (9)
April 1960
32nd Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Charlton HESTON (Ben-Hur)
Best Actress: Simone SIGNORET (Room at the Top)
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh GRIFFITH (Ben-Hur)
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley WINTERS (The Diary of Anne Frank)
Best Director: William WYLER (Ben-Hur)
Best Screenplay - Original: Russell ROUSE, Clarence GREENE et. al. (Pillow Talk)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Neil PATERSON (Room at the Top)
Best Scoring (Dramatic or Comedy): Ben-Hur
Best Scoring (Musical): Porgy and Bess
Best Song:“High Hopes” (A Hole in the Head)
Best Foreign Language Film: Black Orpheus (France / French)
Most Nominations: Ben-Hur (12)
Most Awards:Ben-Hur (11)
April 1961
33rd Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope
Best Picture: The Apartment
Best Actor: Burt LANCASTER (Elmer Gantry)
Best Actress: Elizabeth TAYLOR (Butterfield 8)
Best Supporting Actor: Peter USTINOV (Spartacus)
Best Supporting Actress: Shirley JONES (Elmer Gantry)
Best Director: Billy WILDER (The Apartment)
Best Screenplay - Original: Billy WILDER and IAL DIAMOND (The Apartment)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Richard BROOKS (Elmer Gantry)
Best Scoring (Dramatic or Comedy): Exodus
Best Scoring (Musical): Song Without End
Best Song:“Never on Sunday” (Never on Sunday)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Virgin Spring (Sweden / Swedish)
Most Nominations: The Apartment (10)
Most Awards:The Apartment (5)
April 1962
34th Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope
Best Picture: West Side Story
Best Actor: Maximilian SCHELL (Judgment at Nuremberg)
Best Actress: Sophia LOREN (Two Women)
Best Supporting Actor: George CHAKIRIS (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actress: Rita MORENO (West Side Story)
Best Director: Robert WISE and Jerome ROBBINS (West Side Story)
Best Screenplay - Original: William INGE (Splendor in the Grass)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Abby MANN (Judgment at Nuremberg)
Best Scoring (Dramatic or Comedy): Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Best Scoring (Musical): West Side Story
Best Song:“Moon River” (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Best Foreign Language Film: Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden / Swedish)
Most Nominations: Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11 each)
Most Awards:West Side Story (10)
April 1963
35th Academy Awards
Hosts: Frank Sinatra
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory PECK (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Best Actress: Anne BANCROFT (The Miracle Worker)
Best Supporting Actor: Ed BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth)
Best Supporting Actress: Patty DUKE (The Miracle Worker)
Best Director: David LEAN (Lawrence of Arabia)
Best Screenplay - Original: Ennio de COCINI, Alfredo GIANNETTI and anor. (Divorce Italian Style)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Horton FOOTE (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Best Scoring (Substanially Original): Lawrence of Arabia
Best Scoring (Adaptation or Treatment): Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man
Best Song:“Days of Wine and Roses” (Days of Wine and Roses)
Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (France / French)
Most Nominations: Lawrence of Arabia (10)
Most Awards:Lawrence of Arabia (7)
April 1964
36th Academy Awards
Hosts: Jack Lemmon
Best Picture: Tom Jones
Best Actor: Sidney POITIER (Lilies of the Field)
Best Actress: Patricia NEAL (Hud)
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn DOUGLAS (Hud)
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret RUTHERFORD (The V.I.P.s)
Best Director: Tony RICHARDSON (Tom Jones)
Best Screenplay - Original: James R WEBB (How the West Was Won)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: John OSBORNE (Tom Jones)
Best Scoring (Substanially Original): Tom Jones
Best Scoring (Adaptation or Treatment): Irma la Douce
Best Song:“Call Me Irresponsible” (Papa’s Delicate Condition)
Best Foreign Language Film: 8 1/2 (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Tom Jones (10)
Most Awards:Tom Jones and Cleopatra (4 each)
April 1965
37th Academy Awards
Hosts: Bob Hope
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex HARRISON (My Fair Lady)
Best Actress: Julie ANDREWS (Mary Poppins)
Best Supporting Actor: Peter USTINOV (Topkapi)
Best Supporting Actress: Lila KEDROVA (Zorba the Greek)
Best Director: George CUKOR (My Fair Lady)
Best Screenplay - Original: S H BARNETT, Peter STONE and anor. (Father Goose)
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Edward ANHALT (Becket)
Best Scoring (Substanially Original): Mary Poppins
Best Scoring (Adaptation or Treatment): My Fair Lady
Best Song:“Chim Chim Cher-ee” (Mary Poppins)
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Mary Poppins (13)
Most Awards:My Fair Lady (8)