Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1960)

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6 Motion Picture Daily NOMINATIONS for 1959 'OSCAR MOTION PICTURE "Anatomy of a Murder," Otto Preminger, Columbia Pictures, Otto Preminger, producer. "Ben-Hur," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sam Zimbalist, producer. "The Diary of Anne Frank," 20th Century-Fox, George Stevens, producer. "The Nun's Story," Warner Brothers, Henry Blanke, producer. "Room at the Top," Romulus Films, Ltd., (British), Continental Distributing, Inc., John and James Woolf, producers. ACTOR Laurence Harvey in "Room at the Top," Romulus Films, Ltd., Continental Distributing, Inc. Charlton Heston in "Ben-Hur," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot," Ashton Productions and the Mirisch Co., United Artists. Paul Muni in "The Last Angry Man," Fred Kohlmar Prods., Columbia. James Stewart in "Anatomy of a Murder," Otto Preminger, Columbia. ART DIRECTION IBLACK & WHITE) "Career," Hal Wallis Prods., Paramount, Hal Pereira and Walter Tylel decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams. "The Diary of Anne Frank," Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; set d tion by Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss. "The Last Angry Man," Carl Anderson; set decoration by William Kiernar "Some Like It Hot," Ted Haworth; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle. "Suddenly, Last Summer," Oliver Kessel and William Kellner; set deco by Scot Slimon. ART DIRECTION (COLOR) "Ben-Hur," William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Hunt. "The Big Fisherman," Rowland V. Lee Prods., Buena Vista Film Distributin; John Decuir; set decoration by Julia Heron. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, Inc. Cooga Mooga Film Prods., Inc., 20th Century-Fox, Lyle R. Wheeler, Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal; set decoration by Walter M. Scot Joseph Kish. "North by Northwest," William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Py decoration by Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy. "Pillow Talk," Richard H. Riedel; set decoration by Russell A. Gausmai Ruby R. Levitt. SUPPORTING ACTOR Hugh Griffith in "Ben-Hur," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur O'Connell in "Anatomy of a Murder," Preminger-Columbia. George C. Scott in "Anatomy of a Murder," Preminger-Columbia. Robert Vaughn in "The Young Philadelphians," Warner Brothers. Ed Wynn in "The Diary of Anne Frank," 20th Century-Fox. ACTRESS Doris Day in "Pillow Talk," Arwin Prods., Universal-International. Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story," Warner Brothers. Katharine Hepburn in "Suddenly, Last Summer," Horizon Prods., Columbia. Simone Signoret in "Room at the Top," Romulus Films, Ltd., Continental Distributing, Inc. Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer," Horizon Prods., Columbia. SUPPORTING ACTRESS Hermione Baddeley in "Room at the Top," Romulus Films, Ltd., Continental Distributing, Inc. Susan Kohner in "Imitation of Life," Universal-International. Juanita Moore in "Imitation of Life," Universal-International. Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk," Arwin Prods., Universal-International. Shelley Winters in "The Diary of Anne Frank," 20th Century-Fox. DIRECTION "Ben-Hur," M-G-M, William Wyler. "The Diary of Anne Frank," 20th Century-Fox, George Stevens. "The Nun's Story," Warner Brothers, Fred Zinnemann. "Room at the Top," Romulus Films, Continental Distributing, Jack Clayton. "Some Like It Hot," Ashton Prods, and Mirisch Co., U. A., Billy Wilder. SCREENPLAY I Based on material from another medium) "Anatomy of a Murder," screenplay by Wendell Mayes. "Ben-Hur," screenplay by Carl Tunberg. "The Nun's Story," screenplay by Robert Anderson. "Room at the Top," screenplay by Neil Paterson. "Some Like It Hot," screenplay by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. STORY AND SCREENPLAY "The 400 Blows," Les Films du Carrosse et Sedif (French) Zenith International, story and screenplay by Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy. "North by Northwest," M-G-M, story and screenplay by Ernest Lehman. "Operation Petticoat," Granart Co., Universal-International, story by Paul King and Joseph Stone; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin. "Pillow Talk," story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Green; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin. "Wild Strawberries," Svensk Filmindustri, Janus Films (Swedish), story and screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. FILM EDITING "Anatomy of a Murder," Louis R. Loeffler. "Ben-Hur," Ralph E. Winters and John Dunning. "North by Northwest," George Tomasini. "The Nun's Story," Walter Thompson. "On the Beach," Lonitas Prods., United Artists, Frederic Knudtson. by CINEMATOGRAPHY IBLACK & WHITE) "Anatomy of a Murder," photographed by Sam Leavitt. "Career," photographed by Joseph Lashelle. "The Diary of Anne Frank," photographed by William C. Mellor. "Some Like It Hot," photographed by Charles Lang, Jr. "The Young Philadelphians," photographed by Harry Stradling, Sr. CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR) "Ben-Hur," photographed by Robert L. Surtees. "The Big Fisherman," photographed by Lee Garmes. "The Five Pennies," Dena Prods., Paramount, photographed by Daniel "The Nun's Story," photographed by Franz Planer. "Porgy and Bess," Samuel Goldwyn Prods., Columbia, photographed Shamroy. , COSTUME DESIGN IBLACK & WHITE) "Career," Edith Head. "The Diary of Anne Frank," Charles Lemaire and Mary Wills. "The Gazebo," Avon Prods. M-G-M, Helen Rose. "Some Like It Hot," Orry-Kelly. "The Young Philadelphians," Howard Shoup. COSTUME DESIGN ICOLORi "Ben-Hur," Elizabeth Haffenden. "The Best of Everything," Company of Artists, Inc., 20th Century-Fox, Palmer. "The Big Fisherman," Renie. "The Five Pennies," Edith Head. "Porgy and Bess," Irene Sharaff. MOTION PICTURE SCORE (For the most effective scoring of a musical) "The Five Pennies," Leith Stevens. "Li'l Abner," Panama and Frank, Paramount, Nelson Riddle and Jose Lilley. "Porgy and Bess," Andre Previn and Ken Darby. , "Say One for Me," Bing Crosby Prods., 20th Century-Fox, Lionel Newman "Sleeping Beauty," Walt Disney Prods., Buena Vista Film Distribution George Bruns. MOTION PICTURE SCORE (For the most effective scoring of a drama or comedy \ "Ben-Hur," Miklos Rozsa. "The Diary of Anne Frank," Alfred Newman. "The Nun's Story," Franz Waxman. "On the Beach," Ernest Gold. "Pillow Talk," Frank Devol. BEST SONG "The Best of Everything," music by / "The Best of Everything," from Newman, lyrics by Sammy Cahn. "The Five Pennies," from "The Five Pennies," music and lyrics by Sylvia Ft "The Hanging Tree," from "The Hanging Tree," Baroda Prods., Warner music by Jerry Livingston, lyrics by Mack David. "High Hopes," from "A Hole in the Head," Sincap Prods., United Artists, by James Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn. "Strange Are the Ways of Love," from "The Young Land," C. V. Whitne. tures, !'ne , Columbia, music by D'mitri Tiomk'n, lyrics by Ned Washington