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35th Academy Awards
Date April 8, 1963
Site Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Hosted by Frank Sinatra
Produced by Arthur Freed
Directed by Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture Lawrence of Arabia
Most awards Lawrence of Arabia (7)
Most nominations Lawrence of Arabia (10)
TV in the United States
Network ABC

The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra.

The year's most successful film was David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, with 10 nominations and 7 wins, including Best Picture and Lean's second win for Best Director. For his role as T. E. Lawrence, Peter O'Toole received his first of eight career nominations for Best Actor, all unsuccessful; as of the 94th Academy Awards, O'Toole and Glenn Close share the record for the most acting nominations with no wins. To date, Lawrence of Arabia is the only Best Picture winner with no female speaking roles. Although there were bets made on Omar Sharif, and Angela Lansbury receiving awards in the supporting categories, their wins failed to materialize.

Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker earned the rare distinction of winning two acting Oscars (Best Actress for Anne Bancroft and Best Supporting Actress for Patty Duke) without a nomination for Best Picture. The only other film to do this to date was Hud, the following year.

Ceremony

The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-using sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford was not.

Crawford told the other nominated actresses that, as a courtesy, she would accept their awards for them should they be unavailable on the night of the ceremony. Davis did not object as her rival had often done this, but, on the night of the ceremony, she was livid when Crawford took the stage, wearing what was described as a "radiant smile", to cheerfully accept the award on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who had a Broadway commitment. Davis believed that Crawford had told other Oscar voters to vote for The Miracle Worker star in order to upstage her. The rekindled animosity between the two resulted in Crawford leaving the cast of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, a planned follow-up to Baby Jane that began filming the next summer, early in production.

Awards

David Lean, Best Director winner
Gregory Peck, Best Actor winner
Anne Bancroft, Best Actress winner
Ed Begley, Best Supporting Actor winner
Patty Duke, Best Supporting Actress winner, youngest person to receive an Oscar in a competitive category at the time
Pietro Germi, Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen co-winner
Henry Mancini, Best Song co-winner
Johnny Mercer, Best Song co-winner

Nominations announced on February 25, 1963. Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text.

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  • Divorce Italian Style – Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi
    • Freud: The Secret Passion – Story by Charles Kaufman; Screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt
    • Last Year at Marienbad – Alain Robbe-Grillet
    • That Touch of Mink – Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster
    • Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman
Best Foreign Language Film Best Documentary Feature
  • Black Fox
    • Alvorada
Best Documentary Short Best Live Action Short Subject
  • Dylan Thomas
    • The John Glenn Story
    • The Road to the Wall
  • Heureux Anniversaire
    • Big City Blues
    • The Cadillac
    • The Cliff Dwellers
    • Pan
Best Short Subjects – Cartoons Best Music Score — Substantially Original
  • The Hole
    • Icarus Montgolfier Wright
    • Now Hear This
    • Self Defense ... for Cowards
    • A Symposium on Popular Songs
Best Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment Best Song
  • "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
    • "Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty – Music by Bronisław Kaper; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
    • "Song From Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw – Music by André Previn; Lyric by Dory Langdon
    • "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
    • "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side – Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyric by Mack David
Best Sound Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
  • Lawrence of Arabia – John Cox
    • Bon Voyage! – Robert O. Cook
    • The Music Man – George R. Groves
    • That Touch of Mink – Waldon O. Watson
    • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Joseph D. Kelly
  • To Kill a Mockingbird – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert
    • Days of Wine and Roses – Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
    • The Longest Day – Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Léon Barsacq and Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Béchir
    • Period of Adjustment – Art Direction: George Davis and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Richard Pefferle
    • The Pigeon That Took Rome – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy
Best Art Direction, Color Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
  • Lawrence of Arabia – Art Direction: John Box and John Stoll; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
    • The Music Man – Art Direction: Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Art Direction: George Davis and Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt
    • That Touch of Mink – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo
    • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Art Direction: George Davis and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Richard Pefferle
  • The Longest Day – Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz
    • Birdman of Alcatraz – Burnett Guffey
    • To Kill a Mockingbird – Russell Harlan
    • Two for the Seesaw – Ted D. McCord
    • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Ernest Haller
Best Cinematography, Color Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Norma Koch
    • Days of Wine and Roses – Don Feld
    • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Edith Head
    • The Miracle Worker – Ruth Morley
    • Phaedra – Denny Vachlioti
Best Costume Design, Color Best Film Editing
  • Lawrence of Arabia – Anne V. Coates
    • The Longest Day – Samuel E. Beetley
    • The Manchurian Candidate – Ferris Webster
    • The Music Man – William H. Ziegler
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – John McSweeney Jr.
Best Special Effects
  • The Longest Day – Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Milo B. Lory

Honorary Academy Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

  • Alfred Newman (musical director)
  • Robert Goulet ("Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses, "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty, "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw, "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night and "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side)

Multiple nominations and awards

See also

  • 5th Grammy Awards
  • 14th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • 15th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • 16th British Academy Film Awards
  • 16th Tony Awards
  • 20th Golden Globe Awards
  • 1962 in film
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