Film Weekly 1963-64 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1963)

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Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Horizon Pictures-Columbia. Foreign Language Picture: The Nights of Cabiria. Dino De Laurentiis (Italy). Honorary Awards: Charles Bracket, B. B. Kahane, G. B. "Bronco" Billy Anderson. Jean Hersholt Memorial Award: Samuel Goldwyn. 1958 Actor: David Niven, Separate Tables. Actress: Susan Hayward, I Want to Live. Picture: Gigi, Arthur Freed Productions-MGM. Foreign Language Picture: Mon Oncle, SpectraGray-Alter Films (France). Honorary Award: Maurice Chevalier. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Jack L. Warner. 1959 Actor: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur. Actress: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top. Picture: Ben-Hur, MGM. Jean Hersholt Memorial Award: Bob Hope. 1960 Actor: Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry. Actress: Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8. Picture: The Apartment, Mirisch Co. -United Artists. 1961 Actor: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg. Actress: Sophia Loren, Two Women. Picture: West Side Story, Mirisch Co. -United Artists. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Stanley Kramer. Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: George Seaton. Special Honorary Awards: Fred L. Metzler for his service to the Academy. Jerome Robbins for his outsanding choreography on film. Bill L. Hendricks for his patriotic service in pro¬ ducing the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness. British Film Academy Awards THE SOCIETY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS, LTD. 80 Great Portland St., London W. 1., England. (MUSeum 2357) OFFICERS President HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT Chairman Anthony Havelock-Allan Vice-Chairmen Edgar Anstey James Bredin Secretary Mrs. P. J. Steele On Jan. I, 1959 the British Film Academy was merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television Arts, Ltd. in order to continue the work of both groups in a single organization. Objects of the SFTA are "To promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among persons engaged in film and television production; to create and maintain a high stand¬ ard of qualification and performance in such per¬ sons; and to encourage and promote experiment and research in the arts, sciences and techniques of film and television production." Among its varied activities are fhe annual British Film Aca¬ demy Awards and those of the Guild of Tele¬ vision Producers and Directors. Its members are senior film-makers or produc¬ tion executives and producers or directors of TV programmes. Associate members are others working creatively in film or TV and Affiliates are those not creatively involved but who work in professional contact with those who are. 1962 UK ACADEMY AWARDS Film From Any Sources: Lawrence of Arabia (Columbia ) . British Film: Lawrence of Arabia. United Nations Award: Reach for Glory (UK). Short Film: Incident at Owl Creek (France). Specialized Film: Four Line Conics (Canada). Animated Film: The Apple (UK). British Screenplay: Lawrence of Arabia (Robert Bolt). British Actress: Leslie Caron in The L-Shaped Room. British Actor: Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. Foreign Acress: Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker (USA). Foreign Actor: Burt Lancaster in Bird Man of Alcatraz (USA). Most Promising Newcomer: Tom Courtenay in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (UK). WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS The Best Picture from any Source: 1947 — The Best Years of Our Lives; 1948 — Hamlet; 1949 — The Bicycle Thief; 1950 — All About Eve; 1951 — La Ronde; 1952 — Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953 — Jeux Interdits; 1954 — Le Salaire de la Peur; 1955 — Richard III; 1956 — Gervaise; 1957 — The Bridge on the River Kwai; 1958 — Room at the Top; 1959 — Ben-Hur; 1960 — The Apartment; 1961 — (Tie) Ballad of a Soldier and The Hustler. The Best British Picture: 1947 — Odd Man Out; 1948— The Fallen Idol; 1949— The Third Man; 1950 — The Blue Lamp; 1951 — The Lavender Hill Mob; 1952 — Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953 — Genevieve; 1954 — Hobson's Choice; 1955 — Richard III; 1956 — Reach for the Sky; 1957 — The Bridge on the River Kwai; 1958 — Room at the Top; 1959 — Sapphire; 1960 — Saturday Night and Sun¬ day Morning; 1961 — A Taste of Honey. The Best Documentary Picture: 1947 — The World Is Rich; 1948 — The Louisiana Story; 1949 — Daybreak in Udi; 1950 — The Undefeated; 1951 — Beaver Valley; 1952 — Royal Journey; 1953 — The Conquest of Everest; 1954 — The Great Adventure; 1955 — The Vanishing Prairie; 1956 — On the Bow¬ ery; 1957 — Journey Into Spring; 1958 — Glass; 1959 — Seven Cities of Antarctica; 1960 — High Journey. Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields: 1948 — Atomic Physics; 1949 — La Famille Martin; 1950 — The True Face of Japan (This Modern Age); 1951 — Gerald McBoing-Boing; 1952 — Animated Genesis; 1953 — The Romance of Transportation; 1954 — Time Out of War; 1955 — The Bespoke Overcoat; 1956— The Red Balloon; 1957— A Chairy Tale; 1958 — The Children's Film Foundation; 1959 — This is the BBC; 1960 — Dispute. United Nations Award for the Besit Picture Illustrating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: 1949 — The Search; 1950 — In¬ truder in the Dust; 1951 — Four in a Jeep; 1952 — Cry the Beloved Country; 1953 — World With¬ out End; 1954 — The Divided Heart; 1955 — Chil¬ dren of Hiroshima; 1956 — Race for Life; 1957 — The Happy Road; 1958 — The Defiant Ones; 1959 — On the Beach; 1960 — Hiroshima, Mon Amour; 1961 — Let My People Go. Robert Flaherty Award for the Best FeatureLength Documentary: 1959 — The Savage Eye; 1961 — Volcano. 146