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- 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?BEST MOTION PICTURE
01. Anatomy of a murder · Otto Preminger
02. The diary of Anne Frank · George Stevens
03. Room at the top · John Woolf · James Woof
04. The nun's story · Henry Blanke
05. Ben-Hur · Sam Zimbalist - 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.BEST DIRECTING
01. Jack Clayton · Room at the top
02. George Stevens · The diary of Anne Frank
03. Billy Wilder · Some like it hot
04. Fred Zinnemann · The nun's story
05. William Wyler · Ben-Hur - 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?BEST ACTOR
01. James Stewart · Anatomy of a murder
02. Jack Lemmon · Some like it hot
03. Laurence Harvey · Room at the top
04. Charlton Heston · Ben-Hur
05. Paul Muni · The last angry man - 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.BEST ACTRESS
01. Simone Signoret · Room at the top
02. Elizabeth Taylor · Suddenly, last summer
03. Audrey Hepburn · The nun's story
04. Doris Day · Pillow talk
05. Katharine Hepburn · Suddenly, last summer - 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?BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Arthur O'Connell · Anatomy of a murder
02. George C. Scott · Anatomy of a murder
03. Hugh Griffith · Ben-Hur
04. Robert Vaughn · The young Philadelphians
05. Ed Wynn · The diary of Anne Frank - 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.BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Susan Kohner · Imitation of life
02. Juanita Moore · Imitation of life
03. Shelley Winters · The diary of Anne Frank
04. Hermione Baddeley · Room at the top
05. Thelma Ritter · Pillow talk - 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?BEST WRITING (Screenplay based on material from another medium)
01. Anatomy of a murder · Wendell Mayes
02. Room at the top · Neil Paterson
03. Some like it hot · Billy Wilder · I. A. L. Diamond
04. The nun's story · Robert Anderson
05. Ben-Hur · Karl Tunberg - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.BEST WRITING (Story and screenplay written directly for the screen)
01. Wild strawberries · Ingmar Bergman
02. North by Northwest · Ernest Lehman
03. The 400 blows · François Truffaut · Marcel Moussy
04. Operation petticoat · Paul King · Joseph Stone · Stanley Shapiro · Maurice Richlin
05. Pillow talk · Russell Rouse · Clarence Greene · Stanley Shapiro · Maurice Richlin - 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)
01. Ben-Hur · Robert L. Surtees
02. Porgy and Bess · Leon Shamroy
03. The nun's story · Franz Planer
04. The five pennies · Daniel L. Fapp
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The big fisherman · Lee Garmes - 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 (B/W)
01. The diary of Anne Frank · William C. Mellor
02. Anatomy of a murder · Sam Leavitt
03. The young Philadelphians · Harry Stradling Sr.
04. Some like it hot · Charles Lang Jr.
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Career · Joseph Lashelle - 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.BEST ART DIRECTION (B/W)
01. Suddenly, last summer · Oliver Messel · William Kellner · Scot Simon
02. The diary of Anne Frank · Lyle R. Wheeler · George W. Davis · Walter M. Scott · Stuart A. Reiss
03. Some like it hot · Ted Haworth · Edward G. Boyle
04. The last angry man · Carl Anderson · William Kiernan
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Career · Hal Pereira · Walter Tyler · Sam Comer · Arthur Krams - 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 ART DIRECTION (Color)
01. North by Northwest · Robert Boyle · William A. Horning · Merrill Pye · Henry Grace · Frank McElvy
02. Ben-Hur · William A. Horning · Edward Carfagno · Hugh Hunt
03. Journey to the center of the Earth · Lyle R. Wheeler · Franz Bachelin · Herman A. Blumenthal · Walter M. Scott · Joseph Kish
04. Pillow talk · Richard H. Riedel · Russell A. Gausman · Ruby R. Levitt
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The big fisherman · John Decuir · Julia Heron - 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 MUSIC (Scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture)
01. The diary of Anne Frank · Alfred Newman
02. Ben-Hur · Miklos Rozsa
03. The nun's story · Franz Waxman
04. Pillow talk · Frank Devol
05. On the beach · Ernest Gold - 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 MUSIC (Scoring of a musical picture)
01. Sleeping beauty · George Bruns
02. Porgy and Bess · Andre Previn · Ken Darby
03. The five pennies · Leith Stevens
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Li'l abner · Nelson Riddle · Joseph J. Lilley
Say one for me · Lionel Newman - 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 FILM EDITING
01. North by Northwest · George Tomasini
02. Ben-Hur · Ralph E. Winters · John D. Dunning
03. Anatomy of a murder · Louis R. Loeffler
04. On the beach · Frederic Knudtson
05. The nun's story · Walter Thompson - 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
01. Ben-Hur · Franklin E. Milton · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
02. Journey to the Center of the Earth · Carl Faulkner · 20th Century Fox
03. Porgy and Bess · Gordon E. Sawyer · Fred Hynes · Samuel Goldwyn · Todd-Ao
04. Libel! · A. W. Watkins · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London
05. The nun's story · George R. Groves · Warner Bros. - 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 (B/W)
01. Some like it hot · Orry-Kelly
02. The young Philadelphians · Howard Shoup
03. The diary of Anne Frank · Charles LeMaire · Mary Wills
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Career · Edith Head
The gazebo · Helen Rose - 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.BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Color)
01. Porgy and Bess · Irene Sharaff
02. Ben-Hur · Elizabeth Haffenden
03. The five pennies · Edith Head
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The best of everything · Adele Palmer
The big fisherman · Renie - 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
01. Ben-Hur · A. Arnold Gillespie · Robert MacDonald · Milo Lory
02. Journey to the center of the Earth · L. B. Abbott · James B. Gordon · Carl Faulkner - 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
01. Black Orpheus · France
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The bridge · West Germany
The great war · Italy
Paw · Denmark
The village on the river · The Netherlands - 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.BEST SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)
01. Mexicali Shmoes · John W. Burton
02. The violinist · Ernest Pintoff
03. Moonbird · John Hubley
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Noah's Park · Walt Disney