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* Best Motion Picture - Sam Spiegel, Producer * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle Actor in a Supporting Role - Sessue Hayakawa
31st Academy Awards (1958): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Auntie Mame – Warner Bros. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lawrence Weingarten. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer. Gigi – Arthur Freed. Separate Tables – Harold Hecht. DIRECTING. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer.
The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957. Two violent deaths surrounded the Oscars during this ceremony. A plane crash took the life of producer Mike Todd , ending the then-latest marriage of Elizabeth Taylor , at that time a contender for the film Raintree County .
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which 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 .
The film had a total of nine nominations and nine Oscars and awards in almost every category including Best Picture (produced by the legendary MGM producer Arthur Freed), Best Director, Best Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Color Cinematography, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Song ("Gigi" by Lerner and Loewe), Best Musical Score (Andre Previn ...
30th Academy Awards (1958) - Movies from 1957. Highlights. Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Best Director: David Lean. Best Leading Actress: Joanne Woodward. Best Leading Actor: Alec Guinness. Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons. Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki. Best International Film: Nights of Cabiria.
The number of competitive categories, which had swelled to 30 in the previous year, was downsized to 24. James Stewart, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, and Bob Hope shared the hosting duties. Donald Duck hosted a seven-minute combined live-action and cartoon history of the movies.
