Step in time! Mary Poppins
Step In Time sequence from Mary Poppins
Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady
Events[]
Bob Hope returns to hosting duties at the Civic Auditorium in Hollywood. Audrey Hepburn was snubbed for Best Actress nomination for My Fair Lady because of the fact that she replaced Julie Andrews in that role and was dubbed by infamous soprano playback singer Marni Nixon. It had a lot of celebrities participating in the event including a performance by Judy Garland singing Cole Porter songs as a tribute to the recently late composer. William Tuttle was the only one to receive any honorary Oscars this year. He earned one for makeup work on 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. However, Pietro Vlahos, Ub Iwerks and Wadsworth E. Pohl earned a Scientific Technical Award for for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.
Winners[]
Casals Conducts: 1964 won Best Live Action Short
The Pink Phink won Best Animated Short
World Without Sun won Best Documentary Feature
Nine From Little Rock won Best Documentary Short
Italy won Best Foreign Language Film for their entry Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Night Of The Iguana won Best Black and White Costume Design
Goldfinger won Best Sound Effects
Becket won Best Adapted Screenplay
Father Goose won Best Original Screenplay
Topkapi won best Supporting Actor
Zorba The Greek won 3 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Black and White Art Direction and Best Black and White Cinematography
Mary Poppins won 5 Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (Chim Chim Cheeree), Best Film Editing and Best Special Effects
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My Fair Lady won 8 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Score Adaptation or Treatment, Best Sound Recording, Best Technicolor Art Direction, Best Technicolor Cinematography and Best Technicolor Costume Design