32nd Academy Awards Ceremony
(1960)
100 minutes
Drama / Family / News
April 4, 1960 at RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
Hosted by Bob Hope
BEST PICTURE
Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
Room at the Top
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
BEST DIRECTOR
William Wyler – Ben-Hur
Jack Clayton – Room at the Top
Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot
George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank
Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
BEST ACTOR
Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man
BEST ACTRESS
Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
Doris Day – Pillow Talk
Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer
Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
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
Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Pillow Talk – Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman
The 400 Blows – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy
Operation Petticoat – Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Room at the Top – Neil Paterson
Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes
Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg
Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
The Nun's Story – Robert Anderson
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Serengeti Shall Not Die
The Race for Space
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Glas
Donald in Mathmagic Land
From Generation to Generation
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Golden Fish
Between the Tides
Mysteries of the Deep
The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film
Skyscraper
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Moonbird
Mexicali Shmoes
Noah's Ark
The Violinist
BEST DRAMATIC OR COMEDY SCORE
Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
On the Beach – Ernest Gold
Pillow Talk – Frank DeVol
The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman
The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Porgy and Bess – André Previn and Ken Darby
L'il Abner – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley
Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns
The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
"The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
"The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies – Music and Lyric by Sylvia Fine
"The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyric by Mack David
"Strange Are The Ways of Love" from The Young Land – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
BEST SOUND RECORDING
Ben-Hur – Franklin Milton, MGM Studio Sound Department
Journey to the Center of the Earth – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Libel – A. W. Watkins, MGM London Studio Sound Department
Porgy and Bess – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Todd-AO Sound Department
The Nun's Story – George Groves, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
BEST ART DIRECTION, BLACK AND WHITE
The Diary of Anne Frank – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
Career – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Arthur Krams
Some Like It Hot – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Suddenly, Last Summer – Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon
The Last Angry Man – Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
BEST ART DIRECTION, COLOR
Ben-Hur – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
Journey to the Center of the Earth – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler; Set Decoration: Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal
North by Northwest – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy
Pillow Talk – Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt
The Big Fisherman – Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BLACK AND WHITE
The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor
Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt
Career – Joseph LaShelle
Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang, Jr.
The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling, Sr.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, COLOR
Ben-Hur – Robert L. Surtees
Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy
The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes
The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp
The Nun's Story – Franz Planer
BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BLACK AND WHITE
Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly
Career – Edith Head
The Diary of Anne Frank – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
The Gazebo – Helen Rose
The Young Philadelphians – Howard Shoup
BEST COSTUME DESIGN, COLOR
Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden
Porgy and Bess – Irene Sharaff
The Best of Everything – Adele Palmer
The Big Fisherman – Renie
The Five Pennies – Edith Head
BEST FILM EDITING
Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler
North by Northwest – George Tomasini
On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson
The Nun's Story – Walter Thompson
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ben-Hur – A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald and Milo Lory
Journey to the Center of the Earth – L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon and Carl Faulkner
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Black Orpheus (France)
The Bridge (Germany)
The Village on the River (Netherlands)
The Great War (Italy)
Paw (Denmark)
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Buster Keaton
Lee De Forest
JEAN HORSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Bob Hope
PRESENTERS
Richard Conte and Angie Dickinson (Art Direction and Set Decoration Awards)
Gary Cooper (Best Picture)
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh (Writing Awards)
Edward Curtiss (Cinematography Awards)
Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas (Costume Design Awards)
Doris Day (Best Original Song)
Olivia de Havilland and Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor)
Mitzi Gaynor (Documentary Awards)
Haya Harareet (Best Visual Effects)
Susan Hayward (Best Actor)
Rock Hudson (Best Actress)
Eric Johnston (Best Foreign Language Film)
B.B. Kahane (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
Gene Kelly (Music Awards)
Hope Lange and Carl Reiner (Short Subjects Awards)
Barbara Rush (Best Film Editing)
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (Best Sound Recording)
John Wayne (Best Director)
PERFORMERS
Sammy Davis Jr. ("High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head)
Gogi Grant ("Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Young Land )
Joni James ("The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies)
Frankie Laine ("The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree)
Frankie Vaughan ("The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything)
