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Encyclopedia > 31st Academy Awards
31st Academy Awards
Date April 6, 1959
Site Pantages Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
Host Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven and Laurence Olivier

The telecast of the 31st Academy Awards is among the most infamous. 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. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are multiple venues named the Pantages Theatre: In Los Angeles, the Pantages is an art deco theatre on Hollywood Boulevard which features touring Broadway shows. ... ... For other uses, see California (disambiguation). ... Philippe Halsman portrait of Martin and Lewis in 1951 Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and film director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Randall in 2003 Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was a Jewish-American comic actor. ... Bob Hope KBE, KCSG, (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was a famous British-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel. ... David Niven was the second unofficial James Bond. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award winning English actor, Academy Award nominated director, and an Academy Award winning producer. ... Jerry Wald, born Jerome Irving Wald (16 September 1911 - 13 July 1962), was a producer and screenwriter for motion pictures and radio shows. ... Philippe Halsman portrait of Martin and Lewis in 1951 Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and film director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ...


Awards

Best Picture : Gigi Gigi is a 1945 novel by the French sentimental romance writer Colette about a wealthy cultured man of fashion who discovers that he is in love with a young Parisian girl who is being groomed for a career as a grande cocotte, and eventually marries her. ...


Best Director : Vincente Minnelli, Gigi To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gigi is a 1945 novel by the French sentimental romance writer Colette about a wealthy cultured man of fashion who discovers that he is in love with a young Parisian girl who is being groomed for a career as a grande cocotte, and eventually marries her. ...


Best Actor : David Niven, Separate Tables David Niven was the second unofficial James Bond. ... Separate Tables is a 1958 film, based on the play by Terence Rattigan and directed by Delbert Mann. ...


Best Supporting Actor : Burl Ives, The Big Country Burl Ives, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was a successful folk music singer, author and actor. ... The Big Country was a 1958 American movie starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors. ...


Best Actress : Susan Hayward, I Want To Live! Susan Hayward Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress. ... I Want to Live! is a 1958 film which tells the true story of a woman, Barbara Graham, falsely accused of murder, who faces execution. ...


Best Supporting Actress : Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables Wendy Hiller in I Know Where Im Going! (1945) Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 – May 14, 2003) was a distinguished English film and stage actress. ... Separate Tables is a 1958 film, based on the play by Terence Rattigan and directed by Delbert Mann. ...


Best Original Story and Screenplay : Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, The Defiant Ones This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ...


Best Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium : Alec Guiness, The Horse’s Mouth The Swan Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 - August 5, 2000) was a British actor who became one of the most versatile and best loved performers of his generation. ...


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