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- 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 PICTURE
Some Like It Hot
North by Northwest
Ben-Hur
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Diary of Anne Frank
Anatomy of a Murder
Pillow Talk
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar)
Imitation of Life
Sleeping Beauty - 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 DIRECTOR
Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot
Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
William Wyler - Ben-Hur
George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Suddenly, Last Summer - 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 ACTOR
Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder
Cary Grant - North by Northwest
Rock Hudson - Pillow Talk
Tony Curtis - Some Like It Hot - 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 ACTRESS
Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
Doris Day - Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
Lana Turner - Imitation of Life - 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell - Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott - Anatomy of a Murder
Joseph Schildkraut - The Diary of Anne Frank
James Mason - North by Northwest
Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur - 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 SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talk
Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life
Eleanor Audley - Sleeping Beauty - 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 CASTING
Suddenly, Last Summer
Some Like It Hot
Pillow Talk
Imitation of Life
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank - 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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk - 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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Some Like It Hot
Anatomy of a Murder
Suddenly, Last Summer
Ben-Hur
Imitation of Life
The Nun's Story - 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 TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest
Sleeping Beauty
Pillow Talk
Imitation of Life
Some Like It Hot - 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 EDITING
Ben-Hur
North by Northwest
Anatomy of a Murder
Some Like It Hot
Pillow Talk
The Nun's Story - 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
The Diary of Anne Frank
Suddenly, Last Summer
Ben-Hur
Some Like It Hot
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest - 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 PRODUCTION DESIGN
Ben-Hur
The Diary of Anne Frank
Suddenly, Last Summer
Sleeping Beauty
Some Like It Hot
The Nun's Story - 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
Some Like It Hot
Ben-Hur
Imitation of Life
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Suddenly, Last Summer - 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 MAKE-UP & HAIR
Some Like It Hot
Ben-Hur
Imitation of Life
The Nun's Story
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar)
The Diary of Anne Frank - 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 VISUAL EFFECTS
Ben-Hur
North by Northwest - 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 SCORE
Ben-Hur
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar)
The Nun's Story
The Diary of Anne Frank - 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 SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Sleeping Beauty
Some Like It Hot - DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.BEST SONG
Pillow Talk - "Pillow Talk"
Sleeping Beauty - "Once Upon a Dream"
Imitation of Life - "Imitation of Life" - 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 DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Some Like It Hot - 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
Ben-Hur
North by Northwest
Sleeping Beauty
The Nun's Story
Some Like It Hot
The Diary of Anne Frank - 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 SOUND EDITING
North by Northwest
Ben-Hur
Sleeping Beauty
The Diary of Anne Frank - 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 STUNTS
Ben-Hur
North by Northwest - 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 ANIMATED FEATURE
Sleeping Beauty - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSharmila TagoreAlok ChakravartyThis final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.BEST FOREIGN FILM
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar)