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Award ceremony for films of 1960
The
33rd Academy Awards
, honoring the
best in film for 1960
, were held on April 17, 1961, hosted by
Bob Hope
at the
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
in
Santa Monica, California
. This was the first ceremony to be aired on
ABC television
, which has aired the Academy Awards ever since (except between 1971 and 1975, when they were aired on
NBC
for the first time since
the previous year
).
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Billy Wilder
's
The Apartment
won Best Picture, the last black-and-white film to do so until
Schindler's List
and
The Artist
at the
66th
and
84th Academy Awards
, respectively.
Elizabeth Taylor
, who had a near-fatal bout with pneumonia a short time before the ceremony, was viewed as having received her Oscar out of sympathy rather than for her performance in
Butterfield 8
.
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Gary Cooper
was selected by the Academy Board of Governors to receive an
Academy Honorary Award
"for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry". Cooper was too ill to attend the ceremony, though his condition was not publicly disclosed;
James Stewart
, a close friend of Cooper, accepted the Oscar on his behalf. Stewart's emotional speech hinted that something was seriously wrong, and the following day newspapers ran the headline, "Gary Cooper has cancer". Cooper died less than four weeks later.
Rising star
Hayley Mills
was selected by the Academy Board of Governors as the year's recipient of the
Academy Juvenile Award
for her breakthrough and acclaimed performance in
Walt Disney
's
Pollyanna
. She was the last recipient of the award; going forward, juvenile actors could officially compete in competitive categories. This was the first year a
red carpet
lined the walk into the theater.
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Winners and nominees
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Billy Wilder
(right); Best Picture and Best Director winner and Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen co-winner
Richard Brooks
; Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium winner
Nominees were announced on February 27, 1961. Winners are listed first and highlighted with
boldface
.
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Academy Honorary Awards
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- Gary Cooper
"for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry".
- Stan Laurel
"for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy".
Academy Juvenile Award
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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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Presenters and performers
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Presenters
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Performers
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Multiple nominations and awards
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These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also
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References
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