31st Academy Awards

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==Events==
Bob Hope, Laurence Olivier, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Jerry Lewis, and David Niven share hosting duties at the Pantages. The producer of the program was so keen on making sure the ceremony ended on time, that he overdid his job by cutting too much of the material prompting Jerry Lewis to fill in the time gap. Jack Warner received an Irving G Thalberg Award while Maurice Chevalier received an Honorary Oscar for half a century's worth of contributions to the entertainment industry.
==Winners==
Knighty Knight Bugs won Best Animated Short
White Wilderness won Best Documentary Feature
Ama Girls won Best Documentary Short
Grand Canyon won Best Live Action Short
France won Best Foreign LAnguage Film for their entry My Uncle
South Pacific won Best Sound Recording
The Old Man and the Sea won Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
Tom Thumb won Best Special Effects
I Want To Live won Best Actress
The Big Country won Best Supporting Actor
Separate Tables won 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress
The Defiant Ones won its 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Black and White Cinematography
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Gigi won all 9 of its Academy Awards it was nominated for:
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Musical Score, Best Original Song (title song), Best Art Direction, Best Technicolor Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Film Editing
Category:50's ceremonies
Category:Clean sweep years
Category:Opposite leading acting/opposite supporting acting yrs.