April 17, 1961 Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA Hosted by Bob Hope
MOTION PICTURE
“The Alamo”
“The Apartment”
“Elmer Gantry”
“Sons and Lovers”
“The Sundowners”
DIRECTOR
Jack Cardiff – “Sons and Lovers”
Jules Dassin – “Never on Sunday”
Alfred Hitchcock – “Psycho”
Billy Wilder – “The Apartment”
Fred Zinnemann – “The Sundowners”
ACTOR
Trevor Howard – “Sons and Lovers”
Burt Lancaster – “Elmer Gantry”
Jack Lemmon – “The Apartment”
Laurence Olivier – “The Entertainer”
Spencer Tracy – “Inherit the Wind”
ACTRESS
Greer Garson – “Sunrise at Campobello”
Deborah Kerr – “The Sundowners”
Shirley MacLaine – “The Apartment”
Melina Mercouri – “Never on Sunday”
Elizabeth Taylor – “BUtterfield 8”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Falk – “Murder, Inc.”
Jack Kruschen – “The Apartment”
Sal Mineo – “Exodus”
Peter Ustinov – “Spartacus”
Chill Wills – “The Alamo”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shirley Jones – “Elmer Gantry”
Glynis Johns – “The Sundowners”
Shirley Knight – “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”
Janet Leigh – “Psycho”
Mary Ure – “Sons and Lovers”
ART DIRECTION (BLACK & WHITE)
“The Apartment” Art Direction: Alexandre Trauner; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
“The Facts of Life” Art Direction: Joseph McMillan Johnson and Kenneth A. Reid; Set Decoration: Ross Dowd
“Psycho” Art Direction: Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo
“Sons and Lovers” Art Direction: Thomas N. Morahan; Set Decoration: Lionel Couch
“Visit to a Small Planet” Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
“Cimarron” Art Direction: George Davis and Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and Otto Siegel
“It Started in Naples” Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arrigo Breschi
“Pepe” Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
“Spartacus” Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Eric Orbom; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron
“Sunrise at Campobello” Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK & WHITE)
“The Apartment” – Joseph LaShelle
“The Facts of Life” – Charles Lang
“Inherit the Wind” – Ernest Laszlo
“Psycho” – John L. Russell
“Sons and Lovers” – Freddie Francis
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
“The Alamo” – William H. Clothier
“BUtterfield 8” – Joseph Ruttenberg and Charles Harten
“Exodus” – Sam Leavitt
“Pepe” – Joseph MacDonald
“Spartacus” – Russell Metty
COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK & WHITE)
“The Facts of Life” – Edith Head and Edward Stevenson
“Never on Sunday” – Deni Vachlioti
“The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond” – Howard Shoup
“Seven Thieves” – Bill Thomas
“The Virgin Spring” – Marik Vos
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
“Can-Can” – Irene Sharaff
“Midnight Lace” – Irene Lentz
“Pepe” – Edith Head
“Spartacus” – Bill Thomas and Valles
“Sunrise at Campobello” – Marjorie Best
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“The Horse with the Flying Tail”
“Rebel in Paradise”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Beyond Silence”
“A City Called Copenhagen”
“George Grosz’ Interregnum”
“Giuseppina”
“Universe”
FILM EDITING
“The Alamo” – Stuart Gilmore
“The Apartment” – Daniel Mandell
“Inherit the Wind” – Frederic Knudtson
“Pepe” – Viola Lawrence and Al Clark
“Spartacus” – Robert Lawrence
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
“Kapo” (Italy)
“La Vérité” (France)
“Macario” (Mexico)
“The Ninth Circle” (Yugoslavia)
“The Virgin Spring” (Sweden)
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Goliath II”
“High Note”
“Mouse and Garden”
“Munro”
“A Place in the Sun”
SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION)
“The Creation of Woman”
“Day of the Painter”
“Islands of the Sea”
“A Sport Is Born”
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
“The Alamo” – Dimitri Tiomkin
“Elmer Gantry” – André Previn
“Exodus” – Ernest Gold
“The Magnificent Seven” – Elmer Bernstein
“Spartacus” – Alex North
Scoring of a Musical Picture
“Bells Are Ringing” – André Previn
“Can-Can” – Nelson Riddle
“Let’s Make Love” – Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen
“Pepe” – Johnny Green
“Song Without End” – Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman
SONG
“The Green Leaves of Summer” from “The Alamo” Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
“The Facts of Life” from “The Facts of Life” Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
“The Second Time Around” from “High Time” Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“Never on Sunday” from “Never on Sunday” Music and Lyrics by Manos Hatzidakis
“Faraway Part of Town” from “Pepe” Music by André Previn; Lyrics by Dory Previn
SOUND
“The Alamo” – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes
“The Apartment” – Gordon E. Sawyer
“Cimarron” – Franklin Milton
“Pepe” – Charles Rice
“Sunrise at Campobello” – George Groves
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“The Last Voyage” – Augie Lohman
“The Time Machine” – Gene Warren and Tim Baar
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“Elmer Gantry” – Richard Brooks
“Inherit the Wind” – Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith
“Sons and Lovers” – Gavin Lambert and T. E. B. Clarke
“The Sundowners” – Isobel Lennart
“Tunes of Glory” – James Kennaway
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“The Angry Silence” – Richard Gregson, Michael Craig and Bryan Forbes
“The Apartment” – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
“The Facts of Life” – Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
“Hiroshima, My Love” – Marguerite Duras
“Never on Sunday” – Jules Dassin
Academy Honorary Award
Gary Cooper “for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry”
Academy Honorary Award
Stan Laurel “for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy”
