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History of the Academy Awards

The 37th Academy Awards - 1964

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The thirty-seventh Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 5, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Bob Hope hosted the event.

The 1964 Academy Award Winners

Picture: My Fair Lady
Actor: Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)
Actress: Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins)
Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov (Topkapi)
Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova (Zorba the Greek)
Director: George Cukor (My Fair Lady)
Adapted Screenplay: Edward Anhalt (Beckett)
Original Screenplay: S. H. Barnett, story; Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff, screenplay (Father Goose)
Song: "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Mary Poppins)
Score: Mary Poppins (Original) / My Fair Lady (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Zorba the Greek (Black and White) / My Fair Lady (Color)
Costume Design: The Night of the Iguana (Black and White) / My Fair Lady (Color)
Art / Set Decoration: Zorba the Greek (Black and White)
Film Editing: Mary Poppins
Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy)
Sound: My Fair Lady
Sound Effects: Goldfinger
Visual Effects: Mary Poppins
Short Films: The Pink Phink (Cartoons) / Casals Conducts: 1964 (Live Action)
Documentaries: Nine From Litle Rock (Short) / Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun (Feature)

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