34th Academy Awards

34th Academy Awards
34th Academy Awards
Date	April 9, 1962
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture	West Side Story
Most awards	West Side Story (10)
Most nominations	Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	2 hours, 10 minutes
	← 33rd; Academy Awards; 35th →;

The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

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Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story. The film won 10 of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and both supporting acting Oscars, becoming the most successful musical in Oscars history.

Legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini received his first Best Director nomination for La Dolce Vita, while fellow Italian Sophia Loren became the second performer to win an Oscar for a non-English-language role, after Jane Wyman's American Sign Language performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and the first to win a regular Oscar for a film made entirely in a language other than English.^[1] Directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first pair to share an Oscar for the same film.^[1] George C. Scott became the first actor to refuse an award in advance, insisting that the Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in The Hustler be revoked. It was not, and he lost.^[1]

The most memorable event of the night came when Stan Berman, a New York City cabdriver famous for crashing celebrity parties, evaded security and made his way onstage to award Hope a homemade Oscar.^[2]

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Best Motion Picture	Best Directing
West Side Story – Robert Wise, producer Fanny – Joshua Logan, producer The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman, producer The Hustler – Robert Rossen, producer Judgment at Nuremberg – Stanley Kramer, producer	Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins – West Side Story Federico Fellini – La Dolce Vita J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone Robert Rossen – The Hustler Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg* as Hans Rolfe** Charles Boyer – Fanny as César Paul Newman – The Hustler as Eddie Felson Spencer Tracy – Judgment at Nuremberg as Dan Haywood Stuart Whitman – The Mark as Jim Fuller	*Sophia Loren – Two Women* as Cesira** Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly Piper Laurie – The Hustler as Sarah Packard Geraldine Page – Summer and Smoke as Alma Winemiller Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass as Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*George Chakiris – West Side Story* as Bernardo** Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg as Rudolph Peterson Peter Falk – Pocketful of Miracles as Joy Boy Jackie Gleason – The Hustler as Minnesota Fats George C. Scott – The Hustler as Bert Gordon	*Rita Moreno – West Side Story* as Anita** Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour as Mrs. Amelia Tilford Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg as Irene Hoffmann-Wallner Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Contessa Una Merkel – Summer and Smoke as Mrs. Winemiller
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay -- Written Directly for the Screen)	Best Writing (Screenplay -- Based on Material from Another Medium)
Splendor in the Grass – William Inge Ballad of a Soldier – Valentin Yezhov and Grigori Chukhrai La Dolce Vita – Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi General Della Rovere – Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli Lover Come Back – Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning	Judgment at Nuremberg – Abby Mann Breakfast at Tiffany's – George Axelrod The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman The Hustler – Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll West Side Story – Ernest Lehman
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary (Feature)
Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden) Harry and the Butler (Denmark) Immortal Love (Japan) The Important Man (Mexico) Plácido (Spain)	Sky Above and Mud Beneath The Grand Olympics
Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Best Short Subject (Live Action)
Project Hope Breaking the Language Barrier Cradle of Genius Kahl The Man in Gray	Seawards the Great Ships The Face of Jesus Play Ball! Rooftops of New York Very Nice, Very Nice
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Surogat Aquamania Beep Prepared Nelly's Folly The Pied Piper of Guadalupe	Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini El Cid – Miklós Rózsa Fanny – Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin Summer and Smoke – Elmer Bernstein
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)	Best Music (Song)
West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal Babes in Toyland – George Bruns Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Khovanshchina – Dmitri Shostakovich Paris Blues – Duke Ellington	*"Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's* – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer** "Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Mack David "Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid – Music by Miklós Rózsa; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster "Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
Best Sound	Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
West Side Story – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes The Children's Hour – Gordon E. Sawyer Flower Drum Song – Waldon O. Watson The Guns of Navarone – John Cox The Parent Trap – Robert O. Cook	The Hustler – Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan The Absent-Minded Professor – Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman The Children's Hour – Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle La Dolce Vita – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Piero Gherardi Judgment at Nuremberg – Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
Best Art Direction (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
West Side Story – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin Breakfast at Tiffany's – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer El Cid – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Veniero Colasanti and John Moore Flower Drum Song – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol Summer and Smoke – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams	The Hustler – Eugen Schüfftan The Absent-Minded Professor – Edward Colman The Children's Hour – Franz Planer Judgment at Nuremberg – Ernest Laszlo One, Two, Three – Daniel L. Fapp
Best Cinematography (Color)	Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
West Side Story – Daniel L. Fapp Fanny – Jack Cardiff Flower Drum Song – Russell Metty A Majority of One – Harry Stradling One-Eyed Jacks – Charles Lang	La Dolce Vita – Piero Gherardi The Children's Hour – Dorothy Jeakins Claudelle Inglish – Howard Shoup Judgment at Nuremberg – Jean Louis Yojimbo – Yoshirō Muraki
Best Costume Design (Color)	Best Film Editing
West Side Story – Irene Sharaff Babes in Toyland – Bill Thomas Back Street – Jean Louis Flower Drum Song – Irene Sharaff Pocketful of Miracles – Edith Head and Walter Plunkett	West Side Story – Thomas Stanford Fanny – William H. Reynolds The Guns of Navarone – Alan Osbiston Judgment at Nuremberg – Frederic Knudtson The Parent Trap – Philip W. Anderson
Best Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone – Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham The Absent-Minded Professor – Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett

34th Academy Awards

Awards

Honorary Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

See also

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