37th Annual Academy Awards Results and Commentary (1965)
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The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium once again played host to the Oscars® when Bob Hope took to the stage on Monday, April 5th, 1965 to introduce the 37th Annual Academy Awards.
One of the highlights of the ceremony — the last to be entirely broadcast in black & white — was a medley of the late Cole Porter’s songs performed by Judy Garland.
My Fair Lady took home eight Oscars including Best Picture, a Best Director statuette for George Cukor and Best Actor recognition for Rex Harrison.
Mary Poppins, which had led the pack with 13 nominations, took home five Oscars including Best Actress for Julie Andrews.
Results
Best Picture
- My Fair Lady
Jack L. Warner [Producer]
Best Directing
- My Fair Lady
George Cukor
Best Actor
- My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison
Best Actress
- Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Topkapi
Peter Ustinov
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Zorba the Greek
Lila Kedrova
Best Foreign Language Film
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Zorba the Greek
Vassilis Fotopoulos
Best Art Direction (Color)
- My Fair Lady
Gene Allen [Art Direction], Cecil Beaton [Art Direction] and George James Hopkins [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Zorba the Greek
Walter Lassally
Best Cinematography (Color)
- My Fair Lady
Harry Stradling Sr.
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- The Night of the Iguana
Dorothy Jeakins
Best Costume Design (Color)
- My Fair Lady
Cecil Beaton
Best Documentary (Feature)
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Nine from Little Rock
Charles Guggenheim
Best Film Editing
- Mary Poppins
Cotton Warburton
Best Music (Scoring of Music - adaptation or treatment)
- My Fair Lady
Andre Previn
Best Music (Score - substantially original)
- Mary Poppins
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Best Music (Song)
- Mary Poppins "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Richard M. Sherman [Music and Lyrics by] and Robert B. Sherman [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- The Pink Phink
David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
Best Short Subject (Live Action)
- Casals Conducts: 1964
Edward Schreiber
Best Sound
- My Fair Lady
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and George R. Groves [Sound Director]
Best Sound Effects
- Goldfinger
Norman Wanstall
Best Special Visual Effects
- Mary Poppins
Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske
Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)
- Becket
Edward Anhalt
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay - written directly for the screen)
- Father Goose
S.H. Barnett [Story by], Peter Stone [Screenplay by] and Frank Tarloff [Screenplay by]
Honorary Award
- William Tuttle
Note: …for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class I)
- Petro Vlahos, Wadsworth E. Pohl and Ub Iwerks
Note: …for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)
- Sidney P. Solow [of Consolidated Film Industries], Edward Reichard [of Consolidated Film Industries], Carl Hauge [of Consolidated Film Industries] and Job Sanderson [of Consolidated Film Industries]
Note: …for the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer. - Pierre Angenieux
Note: …for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)
- Milton Forman [of ColorTran Industries], Richard B. Glickman [of ColorTran Industries] and Daniel J. Pearlman [of ColorTran Industries]
Note: …for advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps. - Stewart Filmscreen Corporation
Note: …for a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography. - Anthony Paglia and 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department
Note: …for an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures. - Edward Reichard [of Consolidated Film Industries] and Carl Hauge [of Consolidated Film Industries]
Note: …for the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers. - Edward Reichard [of Consolidated Film Industries], Leonard L. Sokolow [of Consolidated Film Industries] and Carl Hauge [of Consolidated Film Industries]
Note: …for the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film. - Nelson Tyler
Note: for the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System.