31st Academy Awards

31st Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards | name = 31st
date = April 6, 1959
site = Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA
host = Jerry Lewis
Mort Sahl
Tony Randall
Bob Hope
David Niven
Laurence Olivier
producer = Jerry Wald
director =Alan Handley
network = NBC
last = 30th
next = 32nd

The telecast of the 31st Academy Awards is among the most infamous.Fact|date=June 2007 The show’s producer Jerry Wald started cutting numbers from the show to make sure it ran on time. Unfortunately, he cut too much material and the ceremony ended 20 minutes early, leaving Jerry Lewis to attempt to fill in the time. Eventually, NBC cut to a re-run of a sports show.

Awards

Best Picture : "Gigi"

Best Director : Vincente Minnelli, "Gigi"

Best Actor : David Niven, "Separate Tables"

Best Supporting Actor : Burl Ives, "The Big Country"

Best Actress : Susan Hayward, "I Want To Live!"

Best Supporting Actress : Wendy Hiller, "Separate Tables"

Best Original Story and Screenplay : Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, "The Defiant Ones"

Best Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium : Alan Jay Lerner, "Gigi"


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