31st Academy Awards

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31st Academy Awards
Date April 6, 1959
Site Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA
Host Jerry Lewis
Mort Sahl
Tony Randall
Bob Hope
David Niven
Laurence Olivier
TV in the United States
Network NBC

The telecast of the 31st Academy Awards is among the most infamous.[citation needed] 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.

[edit] 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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