32nd Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1960)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, April 4, 1960
  • For films released in: 1959
  • Location: RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California
  • Host(s): Bob Hope (video)
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The Sixties had arrived and two changes would happen in the next year. The 32nd Academy Awards marked the last time the ceremony was held at the RKO Pantages and the final of three years in which the telecast was sponsored entirely by the film industry.

Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:

  • Ben-Hur: 12
  • The Nun's Story: 8
  • The Diary of Anne Frank: 8
  • Anatomy of a Murder: 7
  • Some Like It Hot: 6
  • Room at the Top: 6
  • Pillow Talk: 5
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