33rd Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1961)

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• Date of Ceremony: Monday, April 17, 1961
• For films released in: 1960
• Location: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
• Host(s): Bob Hope (video)

• Results & Commentary
• Nominations List

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Changes were afoot for Hollywood’s biggest night in its 33rd year. For starters, it was no longer in Hollywood.

With the RKO Pantages unavailable, the Academy needed to find a place big enough for all the nominees and guests. They found that place in nearby Santa Monica at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. This venue was Oscar®’s home until 1969.

Another change had ABC now broadcasting the show, a change that would remain in place through 1970.

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

• The Apartment: 10
• The Alamo: 7
• Pepe: 7
• Sons and Lovers: 7
• Spartacus: 6
• Never on Sunday: 5
• The Facts of Life: 5
• The Sundowners: 5
• Elmer Gantry: 5