Events[]
Same old host, Same old place. The most memorable event of that night was when the host earned homemade Oscar given by the taxi driver who had to sneak backstage to give the "award" to him. Jackie Gleason and Judy Garland were considered the front runners but both were defeated. This is the first year that the director award was shared by two people for the same movie.(West Side Story) Stanley Kramer earned the Irving G Thalberg Award, George Seaton earned the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and 3 Honorary Oscars were given out. One to Jerome Robbins for choreographic achievements on film, one to William L. Hendriks for his combat short A Force In Readiness, and one to Fred L. Metzler for his service with AMPAS.
Winners[]
Ersatz( The Substitute) won Best Animated Short
Sky Above and Mud Beneath won Best Documentary Feature
Project Hope won Best Documentary Short
Seawards The Great Ships Best Live Action Short
Sweden won Best Foreign Language Film for their entry Through A Glass Darkly
The Guns Of Navarone won Best Special Effects
La Dolce Vita won Best Black and White Costume Design
Splendor In The Grass won Best Original Screenplay
Two Women won Best Actress
The Hustler won 2 Academy Awards for Best Black and White Art Direction and Best Black and White Cinematography
Breakfast At Tiffany's won its 2 Academy Awards for Best Dramatic or Comedy Score and Best Original Song (Moon River)
Judgment At Nuremberg won its 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay
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West Side Story won 10 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Musical Score, Best Sound Recording, Best Technicolor Art Direction, Best Technicolor Cinematography, Best Technicolor Costume Design, and Best Film Editing