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32nd Academy Awards

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Hosted by
  
Bob Hope

Directed by
  
Alan Handley

Most awards
  
Ben-Hur (11)

Other ceremonies
  
1959, 1961

Producer
  
Arthur Freed

Produced by
  
Arthur Freed

Best Picture
  
Ben-Hur

Date
  
4 April 1960

Host
  
Bob Hope

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Site
  
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California

Location
  
Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States

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The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960.

Contents

The epic drama Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars and broke the all-time record of nine set the year before by Gigi. Ben-Hur remained the most honored motion picture in Academy Award history until Titanic equaled the feat in 1997. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King equalled the feat again in 2003.

Ben-Hur was the third film to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, a feat not repeated until Mystic River in 2004. The director William Wyler became the third (and most recent) person to win more than two Best Director awards (following Frank Capra and John Ford), as well as the only person to direct three Best Picture winners.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Academy Honorary Awards

  • Buster Keaton "for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen." (Statuette)
  • Lee De Forest "for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.” (Statuette)

    • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • Bob Hope

    • Presenters

  • Richard Conte and Angie Dickinson (Presenters: Art Direction – Set Decoration Awards)
  • Gary Cooper (Presenter: Best Picture)
  • Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh (Presenters: Writing Awards)
  • Edward Curtiss (Presenter: Cinematography Awards)
  • Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas (Presenters: Costume Design Awards)
  • Doris Day (Presenter: Best Original Song)
  • Olivia de Havilland (Presenters: Best Supporting Actor)
  • Edmond O'Brien (Presenters: Best Supporting Actress)
  • Mitzi Gaynor (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
  • Haya Harareet (Presenter: Best Visual Effects)
  • Susan Hayward (Presenter: Best Actor)
  • Rock Hudson (Presenter: Best Actress)
  • Eric Johnston (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
  • B. B. Kahane (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
  • Gene Kelly (Presenter: Music Awards)
  • Hope Lange and Carl Reiner (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
  • Barbara Rush (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
  • Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (Presenters: Best Sound Recording)
  • John Wayne (Presenter: 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)

    • References

    32nd Academy Awards Wikipedia
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