History of the Academy Awards

The thirty-third Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Bob Hope hosted the event.

The 1960 Academy Award Winners

Picture: The Apartment
Actor: Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)
Actress: Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfield 8)
Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov (Spartacus)
Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry)
Director: Billy Wilder (The Apartment)
Adapted Screenplay: Richard Brooks (Elmer Gantry)
Original Screenplay: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (The Apartment)
Song: "Never on Sunday" (Never on Sunday)
Score: Exodus (Dramatic or Comedy) / Song Without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) (Musical)
Cinematography: Sons and Lovers (Black and White) / Spartacus (Color)
Costume Design: The Facts of Life (Black and White) / Spartacus (Color)
Art / Set Decoration: The Apartment (Black and White) / Spartacus (Color)
Film Editing: The Apartment
Foreign Language Film: The Virgin Spring (Sweden)
Sound: The Alamo
Special Effects: The Time Machine
Short Films: Munro (Cartoons) / Day of the Painter (Live Action)
Documentaries: Giuseppina (Short) / The Horse With the Flying Tail (Feature)

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