"of the most important directors in her career. ""Friendly Persuasion"" (1956) was awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival. And in 1959, Wyler directed ""Ben-Hur"", which won 11 Oscars, a feat unequaled until ""Titanic"" in 1997. He had also assisted in the production of the . Wyler and its star, Charlton Heston, both knew what the film meant for MGM, which had massive investments in its final outcome, with the film's budget having gone from $7 million to $15 million, and the fact that MGM was already in dire financial straits. They were aware that if"
"Astaire"", it tied the record of five major wins. ""Playhouse 90"" only took home one award, but it did set the record (since broken) for most major nominations, with 14. ""Father Knows Best"" also set a milestone, becoming the first show to be nominated in every major category (series, writing, directing, and the four major acting categories). <ref name=""Winners/Nominees"">Emmys.com list of 1959 Nominees & Winners</ref> 11th Primetime Emmy Awards The 11th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 6, 1959, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was"
"31st Academy Awards The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The show's producer, Jerry Wald, started cutting numbers from the show to make sure it ran on time. He cut too much material and the ceremony ended 20 minutes early, leaving Jerry Lewis to attempt to fill in the time. Eventually, NBC cut to a re-run of a sports show. The film ""Gigi"" won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight (set by ""Gone with the Wind"" and tied by ""From Here to Eternity"" and ""On the Waterfront"")."
"11th Primetime Emmy Awards The 11th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 6, 1959, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Moulin Rouge Nightclub in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Raymond Burr. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. For the first time in Emmy history, all major categories were split into genre-specific fields, this would become standard for later ceremonies. The top show of the night was the NBC special, ""An Evening with Fred"
"11th Golden Globe Awards The 11th Golden Globe Awards, were held in Santa Monica, California at the Club Del Mar honoring the best in film for 1953 films, on January 22, 1954. ""' ""The Robe directed by Henry Koster"" ""' Spencer Tracy – ""The Actress"" ""' David Niven – ""The Moon is Blue"" ""' Audrey Hepburn – ""Roman Holiday"" ""' Grace Kelly – ""Mogambo"" ""' Frank Sinatra – ""From Here to Eternity"" ""' Fred Zinnemann – ""From Here to Eternity"" ""' ""Lili – Helen Deutsch"" ""' ""Alan Ladd together with Robert Taylor"" ""' ""Marilyn Monroe"" ""' ""Walt Disney"" for artistic"
"Ocean's 11 Ocean's 11 is a 1960 American heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five of the Rat Pack: Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop. Centered on a series of Las Vegas casino robberies, the film also stars Angie Dickinson, Cesar Romero, Richard Conte, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Norman Fell, Patrice Wymore, and Buddy Lester, and includes cameo appearances by Shirley MacLaine, Red Skelton, and George Raft. The film served as the primary inspiration for the ""Ocean's"" film series, a collection of heist films directed, edited or produced by Steven"
"""' ""Jack Cummings"" for producer at MGM for 30 years ""' ""Guy Madison"" for best western star 11th Golden Globe Awards The 11th Golden Globe Awards, were held in Santa Monica, California at the Club Del Mar honoring the best in film for 1953 films, on January 22, 1954. ""' ""The Robe directed by Henry Koster"" ""' Spencer Tracy – ""The Actress"" ""' David Niven – ""The Moon is Blue"" ""' Audrey Hepburn – ""Roman Holiday"" ""' Grace Kelly – ""Mogambo"" ""' Frank Sinatra – ""From Here to Eternity"" ""' Fred Zinnemann – ""From Here to Eternity"" ""' ""Lili –"
"11th Academy Awards The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host. This was also the first ceremony in which a foreign language film (Jean Renoir's ""Grand Illusion"") was nominated for Best Picture. Frank Capra became the first person to win three Best Director awards, to be followed by John Ford (who would go on to win four) and William Wyler. This was the first of only two times in Oscar history that three of the four acting awards were"
"competitive wins stood until ""Gigi"" (1958) won nine, and its overall record of ten was broken by ""Ben-Hur"" (1959) which won eleven. ""Gone with the Wind"" also held the record for most nominations until ""All About Eve"" (1950) secured fourteen. It was the longest American sound film made up to that point, and may still hold the record of the longest Best Picture winner depending on how it is interpreted. The running time for ""Gone with the Wind"" is just under 221 minutes, while ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962) runs for just over 222 minutes; however, including the overture, intermission, entr'acte,"
"1959 Cannes Film Festival The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the ""Orfeu Negro"" by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with ""Les Quatre Cents Coups"", directed by François Truffaut and closed with ""The Diary of Anne Frank"", directed by George Stevens. In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes"
"title. The others were: ""Ocean's 11"" (1960), ""Robin and the 7 Hoods"" (1964, with Joey Bishop absent and Bing Crosby replacing Peter Lawford), and ""4 for Texas"" with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress as the four in the title, Charles Bronson as a villain, and the Three Stooges as additional comedy relief. Sinatra said of these Rat Pack films: ""Of course they're not great movies, no one could claim that... but every movie I've made through my own company has made money."" The only Rat Pack film not produced by Sinatra was ""Ocean's 11"", which earned"
"his socially ambitious, self-pitying and unfaithful wife Mary St. John. Also in 1960, O'Hara's best-selling 1935 novel ""BUtterfield 8"" was released as a film under the same name. Elizabeth Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Gloria Wandrous. ""Ten North Frederick"" is a 1958 film based on O'Hara's 1955 novel of the same title. Gary Cooper starred as Joe Chapin, with Diane Varsi, Suzy Parker and Geraldine Fitzgerald in supporting roles. O'Hara called Cooper's performance ""sensitive, understanding and true."" ""A Rage to Live"" is a 1965 film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Suzanne Pleshette"
"(1959), ""Compulsion"" (1959), ""Inherit the Wind"" (1960), ""Judgment at Nuremberg"" (1961),and ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" (1962). Arguably, ""12 Angry Men"" and ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" stand as the cornerstones of early legal dramas, garnering extensive acclaim, recognition, and awards. Despite underwhelming box office performance, ""12 Angry Men"" was nominated in three different categories at the 30th Academy Awards and appears on half of the AFI 100 Years... series lists of films, which celebrate the greatest films in American cinema. Likewise, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" received even more acclaim, garnering three academy awards out of eight total nominations at the 35th"
"in 2004. Director William Wyler became the third (and most recent) person to win more than two Best Director awards (following Frank Capra and John Ford), as well as the only person to direct three Best Picture winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 32nd Academy Awards The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 4, 1960 and took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre to honor the best films of 1959. The epic drama ""Ben-Hur"" won"
"films topping the American Film Institute's AFI 100 list include Orson Welles's ""Citizen Kane"" (1941), which is frequently cited as the greatest film of all time, ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Godfather"" (1972), ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939), ""The Graduate"" (1967), ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and ""Sunset Boulevard"" (1950). The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, have been held annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929, and the Golden Globe Awards have been held"
"scope and grand spectacle, ""Ben-Hur"" still ranks among Hollywood's finest examples of pure entertainment."" ""Ben-Hur"" was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won an unprecedented 11. , only ""Titanic"" in 1998 and """" in 2004 have matched the film's wins. The lone category where ""Ben-Hur"" did not win was for Best Adapted Screenplay (losing to ""Room at the Top""), and most observers attributed this to the controversy over the writing credit. MGM and Panavision shared a special technical Oscar in March 1960 for developing the Camera 65 photographic process. ""Ben-Hur"" also won three Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture"
"a leading role Oscar. ""An American in Paris"" became the second color film to win Best Picture, after 1939's ""Gone with the Wind"". Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture was awarded to ""An American in Paris"", which, like ""A Place in the Sun"", received six Academy Awards. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" won four Oscars, including three of the acting"
"Dickinson Janet Munro Stella Stevens Tuesday Weld"" Edward R. Murrow The Nun's Story Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur ""(For directing the chariot race)"" Francis X. Bushman ""(For a famous silent film star)"" Ramon Novarro ""(For a famous silent film star)"" Hedda Hopper Louella Parsons Doris Day Rock Hudson Room at the Top Bing Crosby 17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960. ""' Anthony Franciosa - ""Career"" ""' Jack Lemmon - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' Elizabeth Taylor - ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" ""' Marilyn Monroe -"
"Ocean's Eleven Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh, and a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. It features an ensemble cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, and Julia Roberts. The film was a success at the box office and with critics, and was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2001 with $450 million. Soderbergh directed two sequels, ""Ocean's Twelve"" in 2004 and ""Ocean's Thirteen"" in 2007, which make up the ""Ocean's Trilogy"". ""Ocean's 8"", a spin-off with an all-female lead cast, was released in"
"Inn of the Sixth Happiness"" ""Do Aankhen Barah Haath"" Rock Hudson Deborah Kerr The Ann Sothern Show Letter to Loretta The Red Skelton Show Toast of the Town Tonight! Bradford Dillman John Gavin Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Linda Cristal Susan Kohner Tina Louise Red Skelton David Ladd ""(For best juvenile actor)"" Shirley MacLaine ""(For most versatile actress)"" Maurice Chevalier 16th Golden Globe Awards The 16th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1958 films, were held on March 5, 1959. ""' David Niven – ""Separate Tables"" ""' Danny Kaye – ""Me and the Colonel"" ""' Susan Hayward – ""I"
"nominations without a win. ""Citizen Kane"", often later designated as the greatest film ever made in a number of polls, was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but won only one, for Best Original Screenplay. A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and marked with a dagger symbol (). These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 14th Academy Awards The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The"
"that night, making him the only host in Oscar history to have won an award during the same ceremony. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 31st Academy Awards The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The show's producer, Jerry Wald, started cutting numbers from the show to make sure it ran on time. He cut too much material and the ceremony ended 20 minutes early, leaving Jerry Lewis to attempt to fill in the time. Eventually,"
"television production with Peter Falk, Robert Lansing, and Sal Mineo directed by Seymour Robbie. Brown wrote the novel ""A Walk in the Sun"" in 1944, which was made into a film with the same name in 1945. Director Lewis Milestone asked Brown to come to Hollywood as a screenwriter where he worked on films including ""Sands of Iwo Jima"" (1949), ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951) (winning an Oscar), ""Eight Iron Men"" based on his play ""A Sound of Hunting"", and ""Ocean's 11"" (1960). Brown also was credited for his work on the first ""Ocean's 11"" when it was remade"
"""A Greek Tragedy"", ""The Mission"", ""Precious Images"", ""Round Midnight"", ""Top Gun"", and ""Women – for America, for the World"" with one. The nominees for the 59th Academy Awards were announced on February 11, 1987, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Wise, president of the Academy, actor Don Ameche, and actress Anjelica Huston. ""Platoon"" and ""A Room with a View"" led all nominees with eight each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 30, 1987. Marlee Matlin was the first deaf performer to win an Oscar and the youngest winner in the Best"
"eleven Oscar nominations, winning three: ""The King and I"" (1956), ""Cleopatra"" (1963), and ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1969). His son, John DeCuir Jr. is also a production designer. John DeCuir John DeCuir (June 4, 1918 – October 29, 1991) was a Hollywood art director and production designer known for his elaborate set designs that were illustrated with his own watercolor paintings. He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets. In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions noted for their elaborate sets. At home with"
"Tony wins. At the age of thirty-two years and thirty-eight days, Damien Chazelle became the youngest person to win Best Director; Norman Taurog was only two hundred and twenty-two days older than Chazelle when he won Best Director for the 1931 comedy ""Skippy"". Kevin O'Connell finally ended the longest losing streak in Oscar history after 20 unsuccessful nominations for sound mixing, winning for ""Hacksaw Ridge"". ""Moonlight""s Dede Gardner became the first woman to win twice for producing, following her previous Best Picture win for ""12 Years a Slave"". Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double"
"Awards since 1930, locked himself into a booth and was able to broadcast for a few minutes before security guards broke down the door. Partial radio coverage was permitted again at the 1942 ceremony. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The following twenty-six films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: 11th Academy Awards The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host. This was also the first ceremony in which a foreign language film"
"to win the award for the same film. Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise first accomplished this feat for co-directing 1961's ""West Side Story"". This was also the second time in Oscar history (the first being 1964's 37th Academy Awards) that none of the four acting winners was American. Daniel Day-Lewis became the eighth person to win Best Actor twice. Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard was the fifth person to win for a non-English speaking performance and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category, after Sophia Loren who won for 1961's ""Two Women"". Cate Blanchett became the eleventh"
"huge crowds, has had to be expressly strengthened and shored up"". There have been other stage adaptations since the initial production in 1899, including a London production staged in 2009 at the O2 arena featuring a live chariot race. The book was also adapted for motion pictures in 1907, 1925, 1959, 2003, 2016, and as an American television miniseries in 2010. The 1959 film adaptation, starring Charlton Heston and featuring the famous chariot race, won a record eleven Academy Awards and was the top-grossing film of 1960. Notes Bibliography Ben-Hur (play) Ben-Hur was an 1899 theatrical adaption of the novel"
"17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960. ""' Anthony Franciosa - ""Career"" ""' Jack Lemmon - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' Elizabeth Taylor - ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" ""' Marilyn Monroe - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' William Wyler - ""Ben-Hur"" ""' ""Ben-Hur"" ""' ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' ""Porgy and Bess"" Ernest Gold - ""On the Beach"" ""' Stephen Boyd - ""Ben-Hur"" ""' Susan Kohner - ""Imitation of Life"" ""' ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" Barry Coe Troy Donahue George Hamilton James Shigeta"" Angie"
"did not screen in Los Angeles until 1972. Chaplin had received honorary Academy Awards in 1929 and 1972. ""Cabaret"", Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical, set a record for the most Oscars won without winning Best Picture. Best Picture winner ""The Godfather"" received only three Academy Awards. This year was the first time that two African American women received nominations for Best Actress. This was also the first year when all the Oscar winners were brought out on stage at the end of the ceremony. Winners are listed first in boldface. The following 15 films received multiple nominations."
"this song in the opening credits of this film. A known cover-version is by Frankie Laine who performed this song at the 32nd Academy Awards. The film's score was composed by Max Steiner. The Hanging Tree The Hanging Tree is a 1959 Technicolor Western film directed by Delmer Daves. Karl Malden took over directing duties for several days when Daves fell ill. The film stars Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, George C. Scott and Malden and is set in the gold fields of Montana during the gold rush of the 1860s and '70s. The story follows a doctor who saves a"
"16th Golden Globe Awards The 16th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1958 films, were held on March 5, 1959. ""' David Niven – ""Separate Tables"" ""' Danny Kaye – ""Me and the Colonel"" ""' Susan Hayward – ""I Want to Live!"" ""' Rosalind Russell – ""Auntie Mame"" ""' Burl Ives – ""The Big Country"" ""' Hermione Gingold – ""Gigi"" ""' Vincente Minnelli – ""Gigi"" ""' ""The Defiant Ones"" ""' ""Gigi"" ""' ""Auntie Mame"" ""' ""Das Mädchen Rosemarie"" (West Germany) ""' ""L'Eau vive"" (France) ""' ""The Year Long Road"" (Yugoslavia) ""' ""A Night to Remember"" ""' ""The"