Film Data For 1961
1) The Guns of Navarone- 187
2) The Hustler- 167
3) Breakfast at Tiffany’s- 161
4) Fanny- 159
5) West Side Story- 155
6) Judgement of Nuremberg- 150
7) The Parent Trap- 128
8) Exodus (1960)- 126
9) Splendor in the Grass- 122
10) The Mark- 117
11) The World of Suzie Wong (1960)- 77
12) A Raisin in the Sun- 60
13) The Alamo (1960)- 58
14) King of Kings- 52
15) Pocketful of Miracles- 48
16) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)- 42
17) The Absent-Minded Professor- 40
18) One-Eyed Jacks- 35
19) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone- 28
20) Come September- 27
21) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)- 25
22) Bachelor in Paradise- 24
20) Come September- 27
21) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)- 25
22) Bachelor in Paradise- 24
23) 101 Dalmatians- 23
24) Devil at 4 O'Clock- 21
Where the Boys Are (1960)- 21
26) Pepe (1960)- 20
Summer and Smoke- 20
28) The Pleasure of His Company- 19
29) Cimarron- 18
30) Francis of Assisi- 17
31) Romanoff and Juliet- 15
32) The Great Imposter- 14
Parrish- 14
34) La Dolce Vita (1960)- 13
The Grass is Greener- 13
36) The Village of the Damned- 12
37) Return to Peyton Place- 11
The Film Daily- Filmdom’s Famous Fives of 1961 (no vote counts given, but I believe they're listed in order of preference)
Best Performances by Male Stars
1) Paul Newman in The Hustler
2) Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone
3) Spencer Tracy in Judgement at Nuremberg
4) Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
5) Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Performances by Female Stars
1) Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2) Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
3) Natalie Wood in West Side Story
4) Leslie Caron in Fanny
5) Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Best Performances by Supporting Actors
1) George C. Scott in The Hustler
2) Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
3) Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone
4) Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks
Best Performances by Supporting Actresses
1) Rita Moreno in West Side Story
2) Piper Laurie in The Hustler
3) Mary Astor in Return to Peyton Place
4) Paula Prentiss in Where the Boys Are (1960)
5) Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Performances by Juvenile Actors
1) David Ladd in Misty
2) Tommy Kirk in The Absent-Minded Professor
3) Kevin Corcoran in Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
4) David Kory in Dondi
Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses
1) Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
2) Jill Haworth in Exodus (1960)
The Year’s Outstanding Directors
1) Robert Rossen for The Hustler
2) Joshua Logan for Fanny
3) Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story
4) Otto Preminger for Exodus (1960)
5) J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone
Best Photographed Pictures of the Year
1) Daniel Fapp for West Side Story
2) Oswald Morris and John Wilcox for The Guns of Navarone
3) Jack Cardiff for Fanny
4) Geoffrey Unsworth for The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
5) Franz F. Planer, Milton Kransner and Manuel Berenguer for King of Kings
Best Screenplays of the Year
1) Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll for The Hustler
2) Carl Foreman for The Guns of Navarone
3) William Inge for Splendor in the Grass
4) Julius J. Epstein for Fanny
5) Ernest Lehman for West Side Story
“Finds of the Year”
1) Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass
2) George Chakiris in West Side Story
3) Nancy Kwan in The World of Suzie Wong
4) Paula Prentiss in Where the Boys Are (1960)
5) Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
The National Board of Review (winners announced on December 19, 1961, Source: Tom O’Neil’s Movie Awards, 2001).
The Top Ten Pictures (in order of preference)
1) Question 7
2) The Hustler
3) West Side Story
4) The Innocents
5) The Hoodlum Priest
6) Summer and Smoke
7) The Young Doctors
8) Judgement at Nuremberg
9) One, Two, Three
10) Fanny
Best Director
Jack Clayton for The Innocents
Best Actor
Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Best Actress
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
Ruby Dee in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Foreign Films (in order of preference)
1) The Bridge (1959- Federal Republic of Germany)
2) La Dolce Vita (1960- Italy/France)
3) Two Women (1960- Italy/France)
4) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960- U.K.)
5) A Summer to Remember (1960- U.S.S.R.)
New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 28, 1961. Awards presented on January 20, 1962 at Sardi's restaurant in New York. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993).
Best Picture
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. Produced by Joshua Logan.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Produced by Carl Foreman.
The Hustler, Rossen. 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert Rossen.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Produced by Stanley Kramer.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Produced by Robert Wise.
Best Director
Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita (1960)(Astor Pictures)(Italian).
Stanley Kramer for Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Robert Rossen for The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone (Foreman, Columbia).
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Best Song
"Bachelor in Paradise" (Bachelor in Paradise, Richmond, MGM); Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Mack David.
"Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" (El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists); Music by Miklos Rozsa. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
"Moon River" (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount); Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
"Pocketful of Miracles" (Pocketful of Miracles, Franton, UA); Music by James Van Heusen. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"Town Without Pity" (Town Without Pity, Mirisch-Gloria, UA); Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. Henry Mancini.
El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists. Miklos Rozsa.
Fanny, Logan, Warner Bros. Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Dimitri Tiomkin.
Summer and Smoke, Wallis, Paramount. Elmer Bernstein.
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Babes in Toyland, Disney, Buena Vista. George Bruns.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Alfred Newman and Ken Darby.
Khovanshchina, Artkino (Russian). Dimitri Shostakovich.
Paris Blues, Pennebaker, UA. Duke Ellington.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
Best Film Editing
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. William H. Reynolds.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Alan Osbiston.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Frederic Knudtson.
The Parent Trap, Disney, Buena Vista. Philip W. Anderson.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Thomas Stanford.
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Dorothy Jeakins.
Claudelle Inglish, Warner Bros. Howard Shoup.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Jean Louis.
La Dolce Vita (1960), Astor Pictures (Italian). Piero Gherardi.
Yojimbo, Toho Company (Japanese). Yoshiro Muraki.
Best Costume Design (Color)
Babes in Toyland, Disney, Buena Vista. Bill Thomas.
Back Street, Hunter, U-I. Jean Louis.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Irene Shariff.
Pocketful of Miracles, Franton, UA. Edith Head and Walter Plunkett.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Irene Shariff.
Best Special Effects
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista Dist. Co. Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett.
The Guns of Navarone, Carl Foreman Prod., Columbia. Visual: Bill Warrington and Audible: Vivian C. Greenham.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
Aquamania, Disney, Buena Vista. Walt Disney, producer.
Beep Prepared, Warner Bros. Chuck Jones, producer.
Ersatz (The Substitute), Zagred Film, Herts-Lion International.
Nelly's Folly, Warner Bros. Chuck Jones, producer.
Pied Piper of Guadalupe, Warner Bros. Friz Freleng, producer.
Best Live Action Short Subject
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!), Cine-Documents, Kingsley International.
The Face of Jesus, Jennings-Stern, Inc. Dr. John D. Jennings, producer.
Rooftops of New York, McCarty-Rush-Gaffney, Columbia.
Seawards the Great Ships, Templar Film Studios, Schoenfeld Films.
Very Nice, Very Nice, National Film Board of Canada, Kingsley International.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Breaking the Language Barrier, U.S. Air Force.
Cradle of Genius, Plough Prods., Lesser Films (Irish). Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, producers.
Kahl, Dido-Film-GmbH., AEG-Filmdienst (German).
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray) (Italian). Benedetto Benedetti, producer.
Project Hope, Klaeger Films. Frank P. Bibas, producer.
Best Documentary Feature
La Grande Olimipade (Olympic Games 1960), Cineriz (Italian).
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath), Rank Films (French). Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, producers.
Best Foreign Film
Harry and the Butler (Denmark).
Immortal Love (Japan).
The Important Man (Mexico).
Placido (1960- Spain).
Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden).
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Stanley Kramer
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Seaton
Honorary Awards
William Hendricks for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry (statuette).
Fred L. Metzler for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (statuette).
Jerome Robbins for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography (statuette).
Other directors mentioned:
Marlon Brando, One-Eyed Jacks
The Top Box-Office Hits of 1961 (According to Variety- lists U.S. and Canadian rental fees up to the end of the calendar year. Late 1960 releases that primarily earned revenue in 1961 are included. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Includes actual and estimated domestic rentals to theaters in U.S. and Canada, not box-office takes, which would be higher. If the final first-run rental take for films gaining $4,000,000 or more in rentals varies from the total originally listed, I'm showing that figure after the original total. Final first-run rentals data comes from Variety's January 9, 1963 "All-Time Top Film Grosses" list (only films taking $4,000,000 or more in rentals were mentioned on the "All-Time" list; unfortunately, I have no data for films with a final gross under $4,000,000 that may have ended up with a higher take than shown below). Occasionally a film will end up on the "All-Time" list with a lower rental box-office take than when the film originally appeared on the yearly list of top box-office films. This is due to the estimated rentals, which were sometimes revised to a lower amount for the All-Time list).
The Golden Laurel Awards for 1962 (Covers 1961 films, unless otherwise noted. Published in the Motion Picture Exhibitor Magazine on September 26th, 1962. Winners listed in order of preference).
Top Drama
1) The Guns of Navarone
2) The Hustler
3) Judgement at Nuremberg
4) Fanny
5) La Ciociara (1960)
Top Comedy
1) Lover Come Back
2) Bachelor in Paradise
3) Breakfast at Tiffany's
4) One, Two, Three
5) A Majority of One
Top Musical
1) West Side Story
2) Flower Drum Song
3) Babes in Toyland
4) Blue Hawaii
Top Action Drama
1) El Cid
2) Sergeants Three (1962)
3) The Comancheros
4) One-Eyed Jacks
5) A Thunder of Drums
Top General Entertainment
1) The Parent Trap
Top Male Dramatic Performance
1) Paul Newman in The Hustler
2) Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
3) Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone
4) Tony Curtis in The Outsider
5) Charles Boyer in Fanny
Top Female Dramatic Performance
1) Shirley MacLaine in The Children's Hour
2) Piper Laurie in The Hustler
3) Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
4) Audrey Hepburn in The Children's Hour
5) Leslie Caron in Fanny
Top Male Comedy Performance
1) Bob Hope in Bachelor in Paradise
2) Rock Hudson in Lover Come Back
3) Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
4) James Cagney in One, Two, Three
5) Brian Keith in The Parent Trap
Top Female Comedy Performance
1) Doris Day in Lover Come Back
2) Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
3) Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
4) Debbie Reynolds in The Second Time Around
5) Edie Adams in Lover Come Back
Top Action Performance
1) John Wayne in The Comancheros
2) Frank Sinatra in The Devil at 4 O'Clock
3) James Stewart in Two Rode Together
4) Kirk Douglas in The Last Sunset
5) Stuart Whitman in The Comancheros
Top Male Supporting Performance
1) Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
2) George Chakiris in West Side Story
3) Ed Begley in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
4) Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
5) Lee Marvin in The Comancheros
Top Female Supporting Performance
1) Rita Moreno in West Side Story
2) Fay Bainter in The Children's Hour
3) Thelma Ritter in The Second Time Around
4) Juanita Hall in Flower Drum Song
5) Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Musical Men:
24) Devil at 4 O'Clock- 21
Where the Boys Are (1960)- 21
26) Pepe (1960)- 20
Summer and Smoke- 20
28) The Pleasure of His Company- 19
29) Cimarron- 18
30) Francis of Assisi- 17
31) Romanoff and Juliet- 15
32) The Great Imposter- 14
Parrish- 14
34) La Dolce Vita (1960)- 13
The Grass is Greener- 13
36) The Village of the Damned- 12
37) Return to Peyton Place- 11
Best Performances by Male Stars
1) Paul Newman in The Hustler
2) Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone
3) Spencer Tracy in Judgement at Nuremberg
4) Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
5) Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Performances by Female Stars
1) Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2) Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
3) Natalie Wood in West Side Story
4) Leslie Caron in Fanny
5) Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Best Performances by Supporting Actors
1) George C. Scott in The Hustler
2) Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
3) Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone
4) Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks
Best Performances by Supporting Actresses
1) Rita Moreno in West Side Story
2) Piper Laurie in The Hustler
3) Mary Astor in Return to Peyton Place
4) Paula Prentiss in Where the Boys Are (1960)
5) Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Performances by Juvenile Actors
1) David Ladd in Misty
2) Tommy Kirk in The Absent-Minded Professor
3) Kevin Corcoran in Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
4) David Kory in Dondi
1) Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
2) Jill Haworth in Exodus (1960)
The Year’s Outstanding Directors
1) Robert Rossen for The Hustler
2) Joshua Logan for Fanny
3) Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story
4) Otto Preminger for Exodus (1960)
5) J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone
Best Photographed Pictures of the Year
1) Daniel Fapp for West Side Story
2) Oswald Morris and John Wilcox for The Guns of Navarone
3) Jack Cardiff for Fanny
4) Geoffrey Unsworth for The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
5) Franz F. Planer, Milton Kransner and Manuel Berenguer for King of Kings
Best Screenplays of the Year
1) Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll for The Hustler
2) Carl Foreman for The Guns of Navarone
3) William Inge for Splendor in the Grass
4) Julius J. Epstein for Fanny
5) Ernest Lehman for West Side Story
“Finds of the Year”
1) Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass
2) George Chakiris in West Side Story
3) Nancy Kwan in The World of Suzie Wong
4) Paula Prentiss in Where the Boys Are (1960)
5) Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
The Top Ten Pictures (in order of preference)
1) Question 7
2) The Hustler
3) West Side Story
4) The Innocents
5) The Hoodlum Priest
6) Summer and Smoke
7) The Young Doctors
8) Judgement at Nuremberg
9) One, Two, Three
10) Fanny
Best Director
Jack Clayton for The Innocents
Best Actor
Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
Ruby Dee in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Foreign Films (in order of preference)
1) The Bridge (1959- Federal Republic of Germany)
2) La Dolce Vita (1960- Italy/France)
3) Two Women (1960- Italy/France)
4) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960- U.K.)
5) A Summer to Remember (1960- U.S.S.R.)
Best Picture
West Side Story (8 votes on ballot III)
Runner-up: Judgement at Nuremberg (3 votes)
Best Director
Robert Rossen, The Hustler (10 votes on ballot VI)
Runner-up: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story, 6 votes)
Best Actor
Maximilian Schell, Judgement at Nuremberg (10 votes on ballot VI)
Runner-up: James Cagney, One, Two, Three (4 votes)
3rd Place: Paul Newman, The Hustler (2 votes)
Best Actress
Sophia Loren, Two Women (11 votes on ballot VI)
Runner-up: Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke (4 votes)
3rd Place: Piper Laurie, The Hustler (1 vote)
On ballot I, Loren and Page both had 4 votes, and Laurie had 3 votes.
Best Screenplay
Abby Mann, Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Foreign Film
La Dolce Vita (1960- Italy)
The Golden Globes (Nominations announced on January 31, 1962. Awards presented on March 5, 1962. Source Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards)
Winners listed in bold print
Best Drama Picture
El Cid
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
Judgement at Nuremberg
Splendor in the Grass
Best Comedy Picture
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Majority of One
One, Two, Three
The Parent Trap
Pocketful of Miracles
Best Musical Picture
Babes in Toyland
Flower Drum Song
West Side Story
Best Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding
Bridge to the Sun
Judgement at Nuremberg
A Majority of One
Best Director
Stanley Kramer for Judgement at Nuremberg
Anthony Mann for El Cid
J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story
William Wyler for The Children's Hour
Best Actor, Drama
Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass
Maurice Chevalier in Fanny
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Actress, Drama
Leslie Caron in Fanny
Shirley MacLaine in The Children's Hour
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
Best Actor, Comedy or Musical
Fred Astaire in The Pleasure of His Company
Richard Beymer in West Side Story
Glenn Ford in Pocketful of Miracles
Bob Hope in Bachelor in Paradise
Fred MacMurray in The Absent-Minded Professor
Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
Bette Davis in Pocketful of Miracles
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
Rosalind Russell in A Majority of One
Miyoshi Umeki in Flower Drum Song
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris in West Side Story
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
George C. Scott in The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
Fay Bainter in The Children's Hour
Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Rita Moreno in West Side Story
Pamela Tiffin in One, Two, Three
Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Warren Beatty
Richard Beymer
George Chakiris
Bobby Darin
George C. Scott
Most Promising Newcomer- Female
Ann-Margret
Jane Fonda
Christine Kaufmann
Pamela Tiffin
Cordula Trantow
Best Foreign-Language Film
Two Women (Italy)
Silver Globes
Animas Tru Jano (Mexico)
The Good Soldier Schweik (Germany)
Best Original Score
Dimitri Tiomkin for The Guns of Navarone
Best Song
"Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington
World Film Favorites
Charlton Heston
Marlyn Monroe
Samuel Goldwyn International Award
The Mark
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Judy Garland
Special Merit Award
Samuel Bronston for El Cid
Special Journalistic Merit Award
Army Archerd, Daily Variety
Mike Connolly, Hollywood Reporter
Winners listed in bold print
Best Drama Picture
El Cid
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
Judgement at Nuremberg
Splendor in the Grass
Best Comedy Picture
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Majority of One
One, Two, Three
The Parent Trap
Pocketful of Miracles
Best Musical Picture
Babes in Toyland
Flower Drum Song
West Side Story
Best Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding
Bridge to the Sun
Judgement at Nuremberg
A Majority of One
Best Director
Stanley Kramer for Judgement at Nuremberg
Anthony Mann for El Cid
J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story
William Wyler for The Children's Hour
Best Actor, Drama
Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass
Maurice Chevalier in Fanny
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Actress, Drama
Leslie Caron in Fanny
Shirley MacLaine in The Children's Hour
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
Best Actor, Comedy or Musical
Fred Astaire in The Pleasure of His Company
Richard Beymer in West Side Story
Glenn Ford in Pocketful of Miracles
Bob Hope in Bachelor in Paradise
Fred MacMurray in The Absent-Minded Professor
Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
Bette Davis in Pocketful of Miracles
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
Rosalind Russell in A Majority of One
Miyoshi Umeki in Flower Drum Song
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris in West Side Story
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
George C. Scott in The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
Fay Bainter in The Children's Hour
Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Rita Moreno in West Side Story
Pamela Tiffin in One, Two, Three
Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Warren Beatty
Richard Beymer
George Chakiris
Bobby Darin
George C. Scott
Most Promising Newcomer- Female
Ann-Margret
Jane Fonda
Christine Kaufmann
Pamela Tiffin
Cordula Trantow
Best Foreign-Language Film
Two Women (Italy)
Silver Globes
Animas Tru Jano (Mexico)
The Good Soldier Schweik (Germany)
Best Original Score
Dimitri Tiomkin for The Guns of Navarone
Best Song
"Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington
World Film Favorites
Charlton Heston
Marlyn Monroe
Samuel Goldwyn International Award
The Mark
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Judy Garland
Special Merit Award
Samuel Bronston for El Cid
Special Journalistic Merit Award
Army Archerd, Daily Variety
Mike Connolly, Hollywood Reporter
The 1961 British Academy Awards (Source: Bo Smith- The BAFTA Film Awards, 1989)
Best Film from Any Source and Best British Film
Ballad of a Soldier (1959- USSR)- won for Best Film From Any Source (tie)
The Hustler (U.S.)- won for Best Film from Any Source (tie)
The Innocents (Great Britain)
Judgement at Nuremberg (U.S.)
Le Trou (France)
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Rocco and His Brothers (Italy)
The Sundowners (G.B.)
A Taste of Honey (G.B.)- won for Best British Film
Whistle Down the Wind (G.B.)
The World of Apu (India)
Best British Actor
Dirk Bogarde in Victim
Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie
Best British Actress
Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey
Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners
Hayley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind
Best Foreign Actor
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
Vladimir Ivashov in Ballad of a Soldier
Philippe Leroy in Le Trou
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
Alberto Sordi in The Best of Enemies
Best Foreign Actress
Annie Girardot in Rocco and His Brothers
Piper Laurie in The Hustler
Sophia Loren in Two Women
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun
Jean Seberg in Breathless
Most Promising Newcomer
Anthony Hancock in The Rebel
Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey
Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey
Best British Screenplay
Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest for The Day the Earth Caught Fire (tie)
Ted Willis for Flame in the Streets
Carl Foreman for The Guns of Navarone
Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson for A Taste of Honey (tie)
Janet Green and John McCormick for Victim
Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall for Whistle Down the Wind
The Robert Flaherty Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
Volcano (Le Rendez-Vous du Diable) (France)
Best Short Film
Eyes of a Child(G.B.)
Let My People Go (G.B.)
Terminus (G.B.)
Best Specialized Film (no winner chosen)
Electron Microscopy
Mr. Marsh Comes to School (G.B.)
"O" for Oxygen
Best Animated Film
Do it Yourself Cartoon Kit (G.B.)
For Better . . . For Worse (G.B.)
101 Dalmatians (U.S.)
United Nations Award
The Best of Enemies (Italy)
Let My People Go (G.B.)
Take a Giant Step (U.S.)
Best Film from Any Source and Best British Film
Ballad of a Soldier (1959- USSR)- won for Best Film From Any Source (tie)
The Hustler (U.S.)- won for Best Film from Any Source (tie)
The Innocents (Great Britain)
Judgement at Nuremberg (U.S.)
Le Trou (France)
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Rocco and His Brothers (Italy)
The Sundowners (G.B.)
A Taste of Honey (G.B.)- won for Best British Film
Whistle Down the Wind (G.B.)
The World of Apu (India)
Best British Actor
Dirk Bogarde in Victim
Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie
Best British Actress
Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey
Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners
Hayley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind
Best Foreign Actor
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
Vladimir Ivashov in Ballad of a Soldier
Philippe Leroy in Le Trou
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
Alberto Sordi in The Best of Enemies
Best Foreign ActressAnnie Girardot in Rocco and His Brothers
Piper Laurie in The Hustler
Sophia Loren in Two Women
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun
Jean Seberg in Breathless
Most Promising Newcomer
Anthony Hancock in The Rebel
Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey
Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey
Best British Screenplay
Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest for The Day the Earth Caught Fire (tie)
Ted Willis for Flame in the Streets
Carl Foreman for The Guns of Navarone
Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson for A Taste of Honey (tie)
Janet Green and John McCormick for Victim
Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall for Whistle Down the Wind
The Robert Flaherty Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
Volcano (Le Rendez-Vous du Diable) (France)
Best Short Film
Eyes of a Child(G.B.)
Let My People Go (G.B.)
Terminus (G.B.)
Best Specialized Film (no winner chosen)
Electron Microscopy
Mr. Marsh Comes to School (G.B.)
"O" for Oxygen
Best Animated Film
Do it Yourself Cartoon Kit (G.B.)
For Better . . . For Worse (G.B.)
101 Dalmatians (U.S.)
United Nations Award
The Best of Enemies (Italy)
Let My People Go (G.B.)
Take a Giant Step (U.S.)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 26, 1962. Awards presented on April 9, 1962. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. Produced by Joshua Logan.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Produced by Carl Foreman.
The Hustler, Rossen. 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert Rossen.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Produced by Stanley Kramer.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Produced by Robert Wise.
Best Director
Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita (1960)(Astor Pictures)(Italian).
Stanley Kramer for Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Robert Rossen for The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone (Foreman, Columbia).
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Best Actor
Charles Boyer in Fanny (Mansfield, Warner Bros.).
Paul Newman in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Spencer Tracy in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Charles Boyer in Fanny (Mansfield, Warner Bros.).
Paul Newman in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Spencer Tracy in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Stuart Whitman in The Mark (Stross-Buchman, Continental) (British).
Best Actress
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Jurow-Shephard, Paramount).
Piper Laurie in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Sophia Loren in Two Women (Ponti, Embassy-Italian).
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke (Wallis, Paramount).
Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (Kazan, Warner Bros.).
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris in West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles (Franton, UA).
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
George C. Scott in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Best Supporting Actress
Fay Bainter in The Children’s Hour (Mirisch-Worldwide, UA).
Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Lotte Lenya in The Roman of Mrs. Stone (Seven Arts, Warner Bros.).
Una Merkel in Summer and Smoke (Wallis, Paramount).
Rita Moreno in West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. George Axelrod.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Carl Foreman.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Abby Mann.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Ernest Lehman.
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Ballad of a Soldier (1959), Kingsley International-M.J.P. (Russian). Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai.
General Della Rovere (1959), Continental Distributing (Italian). Sergio Amidei, Deigo Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.
La Dolce Vita, Astor Pictures (Italian). Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi.
Lover Come Back, Shapiro-Arwin, U-I. Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning.
Best Actress
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Jurow-Shephard, Paramount).
Piper Laurie in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Sophia Loren in Two Women (Ponti, Embassy-Italian).
Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke (Wallis, Paramount).
Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (Kazan, Warner Bros.).
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris in West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles (Franton, UA).
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
George C. Scott in The Hustler (Rossen, 20th Century-Fox).
Best Supporting Actress
Fay Bainter in The Children’s Hour (Mirisch-Worldwide, UA).
Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg (Kramer, UA).
Lotte Lenya in The Roman of Mrs. Stone (Seven Arts, Warner Bros.).
Una Merkel in Summer and Smoke (Wallis, Paramount).
Rita Moreno in West Side Story (Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA).
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. George Axelrod.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Carl Foreman.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Abby Mann.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Ernest Lehman.
Ballad of a Soldier (1959), Kingsley International-M.J.P. (Russian). Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai.
General Della Rovere (1959), Continental Distributing (Italian). Sergio Amidei, Deigo Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.
La Dolce Vita, Astor Pictures (Italian). Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi.
Lover Come Back, Shapiro-Arwin, U-I. Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning.
Splendor in the Grass, Kazan, Warner Bros. William Inge.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista. Edward Colman.
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Franz F. Planner.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Eugen Shuftan.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Ernest Laszlo.
One, Two, Three, Mirisch-Pyramid, UA. Daniel L. Fapp.
Best Cinematography (Color)
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. Jack Cardiff.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Russell Metty.
A Majority of One, Warner Bros. Harry Stradling, Sr.
One-Eyed Jacks, Pennebaker, Paramount. Charles Lang, Jr.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Daniel L. Fapp.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Black-and-White)
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista. Carroll Clark; Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman.
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Fernando Carrere; Edward G. Boyle.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Harry Horner; Gene Callahan.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Rudolph Sternad; George Milo.
La Dolce Vita, Astor Pictures (Italian). Piero Gherardi.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Color)
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.
El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists. Veniero Colasanti and John Moore.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright; Howard Bristol.
Summer and Smoke, Wallis, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Boris Leven; Victor A. Gangelin.
Best Sound
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista. Edward Colman.
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Franz F. Planner.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Eugen Shuftan.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Ernest Laszlo.
One, Two, Three, Mirisch-Pyramid, UA. Daniel L. Fapp.
Best Cinematography (Color)
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. Jack Cardiff.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Russell Metty.
A Majority of One, Warner Bros. Harry Stradling, Sr.
One-Eyed Jacks, Pennebaker, Paramount. Charles Lang, Jr.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Daniel L. Fapp.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Black-and-White)
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista. Carroll Clark; Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman.
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Fernando Carrere; Edward G. Boyle.
The Hustler, Rossen, 20th Century-Fox. Harry Horner; Gene Callahan.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Rudolph Sternad; George Milo.
La Dolce Vita, Astor Pictures (Italian). Piero Gherardi.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Color)
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.
El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists. Veniero Colasanti and John Moore.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright; Howard Bristol.
Summer and Smoke, Wallis, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Boris Leven; Victor A. Gangelin.
Best Sound
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Waldon O. Watson, sound director.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. John Cox, sound director.
The Parent Trap, Disney, Buena Vista. Robert O. Cook, sound director.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Fred Hynes, sound director and Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. John Cox, sound director.
The Parent Trap, Disney, Buena Vista. Robert O. Cook, sound director.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Fred Hynes, sound director and Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director.
Best Song
"Bachelor in Paradise" (Bachelor in Paradise, Richmond, MGM); Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Mack David.
"Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" (El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists); Music by Miklos Rozsa. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
"Moon River" (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount); Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
"Pocketful of Miracles" (Pocketful of Miracles, Franton, UA); Music by James Van Heusen. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"Town Without Pity" (Town Without Pity, Mirisch-Gloria, UA); Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jurow-Shephard, Paramount. Henry Mancini.
El Cid, Bronston, Allied Artists. Miklos Rozsa.
Fanny, Logan, Warner Bros. Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Dimitri Tiomkin.
Summer and Smoke, Wallis, Paramount. Elmer Bernstein.
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Babes in Toyland, Disney, Buena Vista. George Bruns.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Alfred Newman and Ken Darby.
Khovanshchina, Artkino (Russian). Dimitri Shostakovich.
Paris Blues, Pennebaker, UA. Duke Ellington.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
Best Film Editing
Fanny, Mansfield, Warner Bros. William H. Reynolds.
The Guns of Navarone, Foreman, Columbia. Alan Osbiston.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Frederic Knudtson.
The Parent Trap, Disney, Buena Vista. Philip W. Anderson.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Thomas Stanford.
The Children's Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide, UA. Dorothy Jeakins.
Claudelle Inglish, Warner Bros. Howard Shoup.
Judgement at Nuremberg, Kramer, UA. Jean Louis.
La Dolce Vita (1960), Astor Pictures (Italian). Piero Gherardi.
Yojimbo, Toho Company (Japanese). Yoshiro Muraki.
Best Costume Design (Color)
Babes in Toyland, Disney, Buena Vista. Bill Thomas.
Back Street, Hunter, U-I. Jean Louis.
Flower Drum Song, Hunter, U-I. Irene Shariff.
Pocketful of Miracles, Franton, UA. Edith Head and Walter Plunkett.
West Side Story, Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, UA. Irene Shariff.
Best Special Effects
The Absent-Minded Professor, Disney, Buena Vista Dist. Co. Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett.
The Guns of Navarone, Carl Foreman Prod., Columbia. Visual: Bill Warrington and Audible: Vivian C. Greenham.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
Aquamania, Disney, Buena Vista. Walt Disney, producer.
Beep Prepared, Warner Bros. Chuck Jones, producer.
Ersatz (The Substitute), Zagred Film, Herts-Lion International.
Nelly's Folly, Warner Bros. Chuck Jones, producer.
Pied Piper of Guadalupe, Warner Bros. Friz Freleng, producer.
Best Live Action Short Subject
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!), Cine-Documents, Kingsley International.
The Face of Jesus, Jennings-Stern, Inc. Dr. John D. Jennings, producer.
Rooftops of New York, McCarty-Rush-Gaffney, Columbia.
Seawards the Great Ships, Templar Film Studios, Schoenfeld Films.
Very Nice, Very Nice, National Film Board of Canada, Kingsley International.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Breaking the Language Barrier, U.S. Air Force.
Cradle of Genius, Plough Prods., Lesser Films (Irish). Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, producers.
Kahl, Dido-Film-GmbH., AEG-Filmdienst (German).
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray) (Italian). Benedetto Benedetti, producer.
Project Hope, Klaeger Films. Frank P. Bibas, producer.
Best Documentary Feature
La Grande Olimipade (Olympic Games 1960), Cineriz (Italian).
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath), Rank Films (French). Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, producers.
Harry and the Butler (Denmark).
Immortal Love (Japan).
The Important Man (Mexico).
Placido (1960- Spain).
Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden).
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Stanley Kramer
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Seaton
Honorary Awards
William Hendricks for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry (statuette).
Fred L. Metzler for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (statuette).
Jerome Robbins for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography (statuette).
Scientific or Technical
Class I (Statuette)
None.
Class II (Plaque)
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., for the development of a handheld high-power photographic lighting unit known as the Sun Gun Professional.
James Dale, S. Wilson, H.E. Rice, John Rude, Laurie Atkin, Wadsworth E. Pohl, H. Peasgood and Technicolor Corp. for a process of automatic selective printing.
20th Century-Fox Research Dept., under the direction of E.I. Sponable and Herbert E. Bragg, and Deluxe Laboratories, Inc., with the assistance of F.D. Leslie, R.D. Whitmore, A.A. Aiden, Endel Pool and James B. Gordon for a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspects ratios.
Class III (Citation)
Hurletron, Inc., Electric Eye Equipment Division, for an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers.
Wadsworth E. Pohl and Technicolor Corp. for an integrated sound and picture transfer process.
Directors Guild of America (Best Director award was presented on February 10, 1962 via a dual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001).
Best Director
Jerome Robbins, Robert E. Wise, West Side Story
Other finalists:
Best Director
Jerome Robbins, Robert E. Wise, West Side Story
Other finalists:
Blake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Stanley Kramer, Judgement at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen, The Hustler
J. Lee Thompson, The Guns of Navarone
Marlon Brando, One-Eyed Jacks
Frank Capra, Pocketful of Miracles
Jack Clayton, The Innocents
Peter Glenville, Summer and Smoke
John Huston, The Misfits
Elia Kazan, Splendor in the Grass
Henry Koster, Flower Drum Song
Philip Leacock, Hand in Hand
Mervyn LeRoy, A Majority of One
Joshua Logan, Fanny
Anthony Mann, El Cid
Robert Mulligan, The Great Imposter
Daniel Petrie, A Raisin in the Sun
Robert Stevenson, The Absent-Minded Professor
Peter Ustinov, Romanoff and Juliet
William Wyler, The Children's Hour
Writers Guild of America (Awards were presented on March 15, 1962 at the Hollywood Palladium. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards). (Winners in bold print).
Best Written Drama
Fanny, Julius Epstein, based on the play by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, adapted from the plays of Marcel Pagnol
The Hustler, Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen, based on the novel by Walter Tevis
The Innocents, William Archibald, Truman Capote, based on William Archibald's dramatization of the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Judgement at Nuremberg, Abby Mann
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Best Written Comedy
The Absent-Minded Professor, Bill Walsh, based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor
Breakfast at Tiffany's, George Axelrod, based on the novella by Truman Capote
A Majority of One, Leonard Spigelgass
One, Two, Three, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, based on the play by Ferenc Molnar
The Parent Trap, David Swift, based on the novel Das Doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kastner
Best Written Musical
Babes in Toyland, Ward Kimball, Lowell Hawley, based on the operetta by Victor Herbert and Glenn MacDonough
Blue Hawaii, Hal Kanter, story by Allan Weiss
Flower Drum Song, Joseph Fields, based on the novel by C.Y. Lee and the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Snow White and the Three Stooges, Noel Langley, Elwood Ullman, story by Charles Wick
West Side Story, Ernest Lehman, based on the musical by Arthur Laurents
Laurel Award
Philip Dunne
Valentine Davies Award
Mary McCall, Jr.
Berlin Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
Best Direction:
Bernhard Wicki, The Miracle of Father Malachias
Best Actor:
Peter Finch, No Love for Johnnie
Best Actress:
Anna Karina, A Woman is a Woman
Best Documentary:
Description of a Struggle (1960- Israel)
Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
Viridiana (Luis Bunuel, Spain) and Une aussi longue absence (Henri Colpi, France)(tied)
Best Director:
Yulia Solntzeva, History of the Flaming Years
Best Actor:
Anthony Perkins, Goodbye Again
Best Actress:
Sophia Loren, Two Women (1960)
Special Jury Prize:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Mother Joan of the Angels
International Critics Prize:
Hands in the Trap, Torre Nilsson
Chronicle of a Summer, Jean Rouch
Gary Cooper Award for Human Values:
A Raisin in the Sun
Catholic Film Office Award:
The Hoodlum Priest, Irvin Kershner
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film, Lion of St. Mark:
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, France)
Best Actor:
Toshiro Mifune, Yojimbo
Best Actress:
Suzanne Flon, Thou Shall Not Kill (Yugoslavia)
Special Jury Prize:
Peace to All Who Enter (Alexander Alov, USSR)
Catholic Film Office Award:
Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, Italy)
International Film Critics Award:
Il Brigante (Renato Castellani)
San Giorgio Prize:
Banditti a Orgasolo (Vittorio de Seta, Italy)
The New York Times Annual Ten Best List (in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
The Facts of Life (1960)
A Raisin in the Sun
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Fanny
The Hustler
Splendor in the Grass
West Side Story
El Cid
Judgement at Nuremberg
One, Two, Three
Best Foreign Films
Don Quixote (1957- Russia)
Breathless (1960- France)
La Dolce Vita (1960- Italy)
The Bridge (1959- Germany)
Two Women (1960- Italy)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958- Poland)
Rocco and His Brothers (Italy)
Purple Noon (1960- France)
Girl with a Suitcase (Italy)
A Summer to Remember (Russia)
Time Magazine’s Best Films of 1961 (in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
The Facts of Life (1960)
101 Dalmatians
Shadows
A Cold Wind in August
The Honeymoon Machine
Homicidal
The Hustler
The Mark
El Cid
Best Foreign Films
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
L'Avventura (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Kitchen
The Five-Day Lover
Throne of Blood (1957)
1) The Guns of Navarone- $8,600,000 (final rentals of $12,500,000)
2) The Absent-Minded Professor- $8,200,000 (final rentals of $9,000,000)
3) The Parent Trap- $8,000,000 (final rentals of $9,300,000)
4) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)- $7,500,000 (final rentals of $7,900,000)
5) Exodus (1960)- $7,350,000 (final rentals of $8,700,000)
6) The World of Suzie Wong (1960)- $7,300,000
7) The Alamo (1960)- $7,250,000
8) Gone With the Wind (1939 reissue)- $6,000,000
9) 101 Dalmatians- $5,800,000 (final rentals of $6,300,000)
10) Splendor in the Grass- $5,100,000 (Splendor also placed at #19 on Variety's 1962 list- final rentals of $5,500,500)
11) Come September- $4,500,000 (final rentals of $7,500,000)
North to Alaska (1960)- $4,500,000 (final rentals of $5,000,000)
Fanny- $4,500,000
14) Pepe (1960)- $4,300,000 (final rentals of $4,800,000)
One-Eyed Jacks- $4,300,000
16) Parrish- $4,200,000
17) The Misfits- $3,900,000 (final rentals of $4,100,000)
18) The Sundowners (1960)- $3,800,000
19) Midnight Lace (1960)- $3,500,000
20) Never on Sunday (1960)- $3,300,000
Where the Boys Are (1960)- $3,300,000
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)- $3,300,000
Great Britain's Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1961 (according to the Motion Picture Herald's poll of British film exhibitors)
1) Hayley Mills
2) Sophia Loren
3) Kenneth More
4) Elizabeth Taylor
5) John Mills
6) Peter Sellers
7) Audrey Hepburn
8) Dirk Bogarde
9) Jack Lemmon
10) John Wayne
Great Britain's Top Box-Office films (according to the Motion Picture Herald- listed in order of precedence)
1) Swiss Family Robinson
2) The Magnificent Seven
3) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
4) 101 Dalmatians
5) Pollyanna
6) The Rebel
7) The Sundowners
8) Whistle Down the Wind
9) Butterfield 8
10) Carry On Regardless
11) The Parent Trap
12) The Long and the Short and the Tall
1) Hayley Mills
2) Sophia Loren
3) Kenneth More
4) Elizabeth Taylor
5) John Mills
6) Peter Sellers
7) Audrey Hepburn
8) Dirk Bogarde
9) Jack Lemmon
10) John Wayne
Great Britain's Top Box-Office films (according to the Motion Picture Herald- listed in order of precedence)
1) Swiss Family Robinson
2) The Magnificent Seven
3) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
4) 101 Dalmatians
5) Pollyanna
6) The Rebel
7) The Sundowners
8) Whistle Down the Wind
9) Butterfield 8
10) Carry On Regardless
11) The Parent Trap
12) The Long and the Short and the Tall
Top Drama
1) The Guns of Navarone
2) The Hustler
3) Judgement at Nuremberg
4) Fanny
5) La Ciociara (1960)
Top Comedy
1) Lover Come Back
2) Bachelor in Paradise
3) Breakfast at Tiffany's
4) One, Two, Three
5) A Majority of One
Top Musical
1) West Side Story
2) Flower Drum Song
3) Babes in Toyland
4) Blue Hawaii
Top Action Drama
1) El Cid
2) Sergeants Three (1962)
3) The Comancheros
4) One-Eyed Jacks
5) A Thunder of Drums
Top General Entertainment
1) The Parent Trap
Top Male Dramatic Performance
1) Paul Newman in The Hustler
2) Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
3) Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone
4) Tony Curtis in The Outsider
5) Charles Boyer in Fanny
1) Shirley MacLaine in The Children's Hour
2) Piper Laurie in The Hustler
3) Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
4) Audrey Hepburn in The Children's Hour
5) Leslie Caron in Fanny
Top Male Comedy Performance
1) Bob Hope in Bachelor in Paradise
2) Rock Hudson in Lover Come Back
3) Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
4) James Cagney in One, Two, Three
5) Brian Keith in The Parent Trap
Top Female Comedy Performance
1) Doris Day in Lover Come Back
2) Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
3) Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
4) Debbie Reynolds in The Second Time Around
5) Edie Adams in Lover Come Back
Top Action Performance
1) John Wayne in The Comancheros
2) Frank Sinatra in The Devil at 4 O'Clock
3) James Stewart in Two Rode Together
4) Kirk Douglas in The Last Sunset
5) Stuart Whitman in The Comancheros
Top Male Supporting Performance
1) Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
2) George Chakiris in West Side Story
3) Ed Begley in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
4) Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg
5) Lee Marvin in The Comancheros
Top Female Supporting Performance
1) Rita Moreno in West Side Story
2) Fay Bainter in The Children's Hour
3) Thelma Ritter in The Second Time Around
4) Juanita Hall in Flower Drum Song
5) Judy Garland in Judgement at Nuremberg
Musical Men:
1) Dimitri Tiomkin
2) Andre Previn
3) Max Steiner
4) Johnny Green
5) Elmer Bernstein
Top New Female Personalities:
1) Ann-Margret
2) Connie Stevens
3) Pamela Tiffin
4) Diane McBain
5) Carol Lawrence
6) Deborah Walley
7) Vicki Trickett
8) Stella Stevens
9) Sharon Hugueny
10) Genevieve Page
Top New Male Personalities:
Top Male Star
1) Rock Hudson
2) Cary Grant
3) Paul Newman
4) Tony Curtis
5) Kirk Douglas
6) Robert Mitchum
7) Burt Lancaster
8) John Wayne
9) Jerry Lewis
10) Jack Lemmon
11) Bob Hope
12) William Holden
13) Frank Sinatra
14) James Stewart
15) Charlton Heston
Top Female Star
1) Doris Day
2) Shirley MacLaine
3) Audrey Hepburn
4) Hayley Mills
5) Natalie Wood
6) Elizabeth Taylor
7) Debbie Reynolds
8) Angie Dickinson
9) Shirley Jones
10) Marilyn Monroe
11) Sandra Dee
12) Sophia Loren
13) Kim Novak
14) Paula Prentiss
15) Joanne Woodward
1) Rock Hudson
2) Cary Grant
3) Paul Newman
4) Tony Curtis
5) Kirk Douglas
6) Robert Mitchum
7) Burt Lancaster
8) John Wayne
9) Jerry Lewis
10) Jack Lemmon
11) Bob Hope
12) William Holden
13) Frank Sinatra
14) James Stewart
15) Charlton Heston
Top Female Star
1) Doris Day
2) Shirley MacLaine
3) Audrey Hepburn
4) Hayley Mills
5) Natalie Wood
6) Elizabeth Taylor
7) Debbie Reynolds
8) Angie Dickinson
9) Shirley Jones
10) Marilyn Monroe
11) Sandra Dee
12) Sophia Loren
13) Kim Novak
14) Paula Prentiss
15) Joanne Woodward
Top New Female Personalities:
1) Ann-Margret
2) Connie Stevens
3) Pamela Tiffin
4) Diane McBain
5) Carol Lawrence
6) Deborah Walley
7) Vicki Trickett
8) Stella Stevens
9) Sharon Hugueny
10) Genevieve Page
Top New Male Personalities:
1) Maximilian Schell
2) Warren Beatty
3) Peter Falk
4) George Chakiris
5) Bobby Darin
6) Richard Beymer
7) Joey Bishop
8) Tommy Sands
9) Jason Robards, Jr.
10) Karl Boehm
The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1961 (according to Quigley Publishing’s poll of film exhibitors)
1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Rock Hudson
3) Doris Day
4) John Wayne
5) Cary Grant
6) Sandra Dee
7) Jerry Lewis
8) William Holden
9) Tony Curtis
10) Elvis Presley
The Next Fifteen:
11) Burt Lancaster
12) Frank Sinatra
13) Debbie Reynolds
14) Jack Lemmon
15) Glenn Ford
16) Kirk Douglas
17) Paul Newman
18) Charlton Heston
19) Susan Hayward
20) Gregory Peck
21) Marlon Brando
22) James Stewart
23) Shirley MacLaine
24) Troy Donahue
25) Natalie Wood
1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Rock Hudson
3) Doris Day
4) John Wayne
5) Cary Grant
6) Sandra Dee
7) Jerry Lewis
8) William Holden
9) Tony Curtis
10) Elvis Presley
The Next Fifteen:
11) Burt Lancaster
12) Frank Sinatra
13) Debbie Reynolds
14) Jack Lemmon
15) Glenn Ford
16) Kirk Douglas
17) Paul Newman
18) Charlton Heston
19) Susan Hayward
20) Gregory Peck
21) Marlon Brando
22) James Stewart
23) Shirley MacLaine
24) Troy Donahue
25) Natalie Wood
The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Hayley Mills
2) Nancy Kwan
3) Horst Buchholtz
4) Carol Lynley
5) Dolores Hart
6) Paula Prentiss
7) Jim Hutton
8) Juliet Prowse
9) Connie Stevens
10) Warren Beatty
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Ten Worst:
King of Kings; Parrish (tied)
By Love Possessed
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Last Sunset
The Young Doctors
Ada
Flower Drum Song
Babes in Toyland
Sergeant's Three (1962)
The Kirk Douglas Award for Worst Actor:
Richard Beymer, West Side Story
Worst Actress:
Susan Hayward, Back Street
Worst Supporting Actor:
Robert Ryan as John the Baptist, King of Kings
Worst Supporting Actress:
Sandra Dee, Romanoff and Juliet; Come September
The Uncrossed Heart:
(to the least promising young actor of the year)
Richard Beymer, West Side Story
The Worst All-Around Performance by a Cast in Toto:
King of Kings, with special mention to Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan and Frank Thring
The Last Sunset, with special mention to Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone and Carol Lynley
The Best Argument for Vivisection:
Lad a Dog (1962)
The Worst Duos of the Year:
Troy Donahue and Connie Stevens
Natalie Wood and (1) Warren Beatty, (2) Richard Beymer, (3) Anyone
The Greatest Setback to Christianity Since The Robe:
King of Kings
The Hon. "W.W." Corrigan Memorial Palm:
(to the worst director)
Elai Kazan, Splendor in the Grass
The Tin Pan:
(to the most nauseating movie song of the year)
"Pocketful of Miracles"
The Merino Award:
Rita Moreno for saving West Side Story from Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood
The Once-Was-Enough Award:
The Second Time Around
The Wilde Oscar:
(to that actor willing to flout convention and reputation in the pursuit of artistic fulfillment)
Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Great Ceremonial Hot Dog:
(for the worst scenes of the cinema season)
Kirk Douglas fighting a mad dog, The Last Sunset
Salome's Dance in King of Kings
Richard Beymer singing "Maria" in West Side Story
The Along-the-Mohawk Grant:
(for the most drummed-up publicity campaign of the year)
Jayne Mansfield, her husband, and her publicity agent for the heroism they displayed during and after their near-tragic boating traffic
The Arrested-Development Oblation:
(to that adult actor who displays the lowest level of maturity)
Jerry Lewis, The Errand Boy
The Cellophane Figleaf:
This trophy, awarded annually for false modesty, is this year given to Warren Beatty, most of whose publicity has been based on his constant statements that he wants no publicity from the fact that he is Shirley MacLaine's brother
The Vanity Fair Citation:
(to that actress who most tirelessly champions the cause of womanhood)
Sophia Loren for carrying to court her fight to be billed above Charlton Heston for her performance in El Cid
The Ok-Doc-Break-the-Arm-Again Award:
This citation, awarded annually for the most flagrant example of miscasting, goes this year to the producers of A Majority of One for putting Alec Guinness in the role of a Japanese businessman and Rosalind Russell in the role of a Jewish housewife
The Luce Laurel:
Awarded in 1960 to Shirley MacLaine for gracing, if not monopolizing, the pages of Life magazine, this year goes to. . .
Shirley MacLaine for gracing, if not monopolizing, the pages of Life magazine
The "Any Connection?" Prize:
(awarded annually to those films which would best appear as double features)
The Unstoppable Man and The Explosive Generation
Anatomy of a Psycho and The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Capture That Capsule and You Have to Run Fast
The Sergeant Was a Lady and Marines, Let's Go
Deadly Companions and Snow White and the Three Stooges
Thank You:
Victor Mature for not making a picture this year
The Roscoe Award:
Natalie Wood for so gallantly persisting in her career despite a total inability to act
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