1964-Hollywood
The movies that we saw in 1964 and the people who made them a part of
our final year.  


That Was The Year That Was-1964, Page 3
1964 Academy Awards
The 1964 Academy Awards were presented April 5, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium.
Best Picture       
 Becket, Hal B. Wallis, producer (Paramount)
 
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick,
producer (Columbia)
 
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, producers (Buena Vista)
 
My Fair Lady, Jack L. Warner, producer (Warner Bros.)
 Zorba the Greek, Michael Cacoyannis, producer (International Classics)
Best Actor       
 Richard Burton, Becket
 
Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
 Peter O'Toole, Becket
 Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek
 Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Best Actress        
 
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
 Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater
 Sophia Loren, Marriage Italian Style
 Debbie Reynolds, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
 Kim Stanley, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Actor in a Supporting Role  
 
John Gielgud, Becket
 Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady
 Edmond O'Brien, Seven Days in May
 Lee Tracy, The Best Man
 
Peter Ustinov, Topkapi
Actress in a Supporting Role    
 
Gladys Cooper, My Fair Lady
 Dame Edith Evans, The Chalk Garden
 Grayson Hall, The Night of the Iguana
 
Lila Kedrova, Zorba the Greek
 Agnes Moorehead, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Directing       
 
Michael Cacoyannis, Zorba the Greek
 
George Cukor, My Fair Lady
 Peter Glenville, Becket
 Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
 Robert Stevenson, Mary Poppins
Writing        
Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium  
 Edward Anhalt, Becket
 Michael Cacoyannis, Zorba the Greek
 Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
 Alan Jay Lerner, My Fair Lady
 Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins
Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
 
Age, Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli, The Organizer
 S. H. Barnett, story; Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff, screenplay, Father Goose
 Orville H. Hampton, story; Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes, screenplay, One Potato,
Two Potato
 Alun Owen, A Hard Day's Night
 Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe De Broca, That
Man From Rio

Cinematography        Black-and-White        Joseph Biroc, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte

 Gabriel Figueroa, The Night of the Iguana
 Milton Krasner, Fate Is the Hunter
 Walter Lassally, Zorba the Greek
 Philip H. Lathrop, The Americanization of Emily
Color        William H. Clothier, Cheyenne Autumn
 Edward Colman, Mary Poppins
 Daniel L. Fapp, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
 Harry Stradling, My Fair Lady
 Geoffrey Unsworth, Becket

Art Direction        Black-and-White        George W. Davis, Hans Peters and Elliot Scott,
art direction; Henry Grace and Robert R. Benton, set decoration, The Americanization
of Emily
 Vassilis Fotopoulos, Zorba the Greek
 William Glasgow, art direction; Raphael Bretton, set decoration, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet
Charlotte
 Stephen Grimes, The Night of the Iguana
 Cary Odell, art direction; Edward G. Boyle, set decoration, Seven Days in May
Color        Gene Allen and Cecil Beaton, art direction; George James Hopkins, set
decoration, My Fair Lady
 John Bryan and Maurice Carter, art direction; Patrick McLoughlin and Robert
Cartwright, set decoration, Becket
 Carroll Clark and William H. Tuntke, art direction; Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman, set
decoration, Mary Poppins
 George W. Davis and Preston Ames, art direction; Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt, set
decoration, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
 Jack Martin Smith and Ted Haworth, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss,
set decoration, What a Way to Go!

Sound        MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Unsinkable Molly Brown
 Shepperton Studio Sound Dept., Becket
 Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Father Goose
 Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Mary Poppins
 Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., My Fair Lady
Music        Song        “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman and
Robert B. Sherman, music and Iyrics
 “Dear Heart,” Dear Heart, Henry Mancini, music; Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Iyrics
 “Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte,” Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Frank DeVol,
music; Mack David, Iyrics
 “My Kind of Town,” Robin and the 7 Hoods, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn,
Iyrics
 “Where Love Has Gone,” Where Love Has Gone, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy
Cahn, Iyrics
Musical Score, Substantially Original        Frank DeVol, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte
 Henry Mancini, The Pink Panther
 Laurence Rosenthal, Becket
 Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Mary Poppins
 Dimitri Tiomkin, The Fall of the Roman Empire
Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment        Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack
Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson and Irwin Kostal, Mary Poppins
 George Martin, A Hard Day's Night
 André Previn, My Fair Lady
 Nelson Riddle, Robin and the 7 Hoods
 Leo Shuken, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Film Editing        Anne Coates, Becket
 Ted J. Kent, Father Goose
 Michael Luciano, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte
 Cotton Warburton, Mary Poppins
 William Ziegler, My Fair Lady
Costume Design        Black-and-White        Edith Head, A House Is Not a Home
 Rene Hubert, The Visit
 Dorothy Jeakins, The Night of the Iguana
 Norma Koch, Hush . . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte
 Howard Shoup, Kisses for My President
Color        Cecil Beaton, My Fair Lady
 Margaret Furse, Becket
 Morton Haack, The Unsinkable Molly Brown
 Edith Head and Moss Mabry, What a Way to Go!
 Tony Walton, Mary Poppins

Special Visual Effects        Jim Danforth, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
 Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske and Eustace Lycett, Mary Poppins
Sound Effects        Robert L. Bratton, The Lively Set
 Norman Wanstall, Goldfinger
Short Subjects        Cartoon        Christmas Cracker (National Film Board of Canada;
Favorite Films of California)
 How to Avoid Friendship (Self-Help Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations)
 Nudnik #2 (Nudnik Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations)
 The Pink Phink (Pink Panther Series) (Mirisch-Geoffrey Productions; United Artists)
Live Action Subject        Casals Conducts: 1964 (Thalia Films; Beckman Film Corp.)
 Help! My Snowman's Burning Down (Carson Davidson Productions; Pathé
Contemporary Films)
 The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes (Robert Clouse Associates; Topaz Film Corp.)

Documentary        Short Subject        Breaking the Habit (American Cancer Society;
Modern Talking Picture Service)
 Children Without (Guggenheim Productions; National Education Association)
 Kenojuak (National Film Board of Canada)
 Nine From Little Rock (Guggenheim Productions; U.S. Information Agency)
 140 Days Under the World (New Zealand National Film Unit; Rank Film Distributors
of New Zealand)
Feature        The Finest Hours (Le Vien Films, Ltd.; Columbia)
 Four Days in November (David L. Wolper Productions; United Artists)
 The Human Dutch (Bert Haanstra, producer; Haanstra Filmproductie)
 Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun (Filmad Les Requins Associes-Orsay-
CEIAP; Columbia)
 Over There, 1914—18 (Zodiac Productions; Pathé Contemporary Films)

Foreign Language Film        Raven's End, Sweden
 Sallah, Israel
 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, France
 Woman in the Dunes, Japan
 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Italy
Honorary Award        To William Tuttle for his outstanding makeup achievement for 7
Faces of Dr. Lao