The Exhibitor (1960)

"Ben-Hur" Captures 12 Nominations As "Oscar" Derby Roiis Into High HOLLYWOOD — Nominations for the 32nd Annual Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were announced last week by B. B, Kahane, president. Active members of each Academy branch selected the nominations in their respective fields and mailed their secret ballots directly to Price Waterhouse and Co., international auditing firm, for tabulation. All members voted for the “Best Picture” category. The “Oscars” will be presented April 4 at 7:30 (PST) in the Hollywood RKO Pantages as part of a star-studded show carried by the combined radio and television facilities of the National Broadcasting Company and the Canadian Broadcasting Company. The complete list of nominations for the 32nd Annual Academy Awards follows: For the best performance by an actor: Laurence Harvey, “Room at the Top,” Con¬ tinental Distributing, Inc.; Charlton Heston, “Ben-Hur,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Jack Lenunon, “Some Like it Hot,” UA; Paul Muni, “The Last Angry Man,” Columbia; James Stewart, “Anatomy of a Murder,” Columbia. For the best performance by an actor in a supporting role: Hugh Griffith, “Ben-Hur”; Arthur O’Con¬ nell, “Anatomy of a Murder”; George C. Scott, in “Anatomy of a Murder”; Robert Vaughn, “The Young Philadelphians,” War¬ ner Bros.; Ed Wynn, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” 20th Century-Fox. For the best performance by an actress: Doris Day, “Pillow Talk,” Universal-Inter¬ national; Audrey Hepburn, “The Nim’s Story,” Warner Bros.; Katharine Hepburn, “Suddenly, Last Summer,” Columbia; Si¬ mone Signoret, “Room at the Top”; Elizabeth Taylor, “Suddenly, Last Summer.” For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role: Hermione Baddeley, “Room at the Top”; Susan Kohner, “Imitation of Life,” UniversalInternational; Juanita Moore, “Imitation of Life”; Thelma Ritter, “Pillow Talk”; Shelley Winters, “The Diary of Anne Frank.” For the best achievement in art direction of a black-and-white picture: “Career,” Paramoimt; “The Diary of Anne Frank”; “The Last Angry Man”; “Some Like it Hot”; “Suddenly, Last Summer.” For the best achievement in art direction of a color picture: “Ben-Hur,” “The Big Fisherman,” Buena Vista; “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” 20th-Fox; “North by Northwest,” MetroGoldwyn-Mayer; “Pillow Talk.” For the best motion picture of the year: “Anatomy of a Murder,” “Ben-Hur,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Nun’s Story,” “Room at the Top.” For the best achievement in cinematography of a black-and-white picture: “Anatomy of a Murder,” “Career,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Some Like it Hot,” “The Yoimg Philadelphians.” For the best achievement in cinematography of a color picture: “Ben-Hur,” “The Big Fisherman,” “The Five Pennies,” Paramount, “The Nun’s Story,” “Porgy and Bess,” Columbia. For the best achievement in costume design of a black-and-white picture: “Career,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Gazebo,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, “Some Like it Hot,” “The Young Philadelphians.” For the best achievement in costume design of a color picture: “Ben-Hur,” “The Best of Everything,” 20th-Fox, “The Big Fisherman,” “The Five Pennies,” “Porgy and Bess.” For the best achievement in directing: “Ben-Hur,” William Wyler; “The Diary of Anne Frank,” George Stevens; “The Nun’s Story,” Fred Zinnemann; “Room at the Top,” Jack Clayton; “Some Like it Hot,” Billy Wilder. For the best achievement in film editing: “Anatomy of a Murder,” “Ben-Hur,” “North by Northwest,” “The Nun’s Story,” “On the Beach,” UA. Best scoring of a musical picture: “The Five Pennies,” “Li’l Abner,” Para¬ mount, “Porgy and Bess,” “Say One for Me,” 20th-Fox, “Sleeping Beauty,” Buena Vista. Best music score of a dramatic or comedy picture: “Ben-Hur,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Nun’s Story,” “On the Beach,” “Pillow Talk.” Best song first used in an eligible picture: “The Best of Everything” from “The Best of Everything,” “The Five Pennies” from “The Five Pennies,” “The Hanging Tree” from “The Hanging Tree,” Warner Bros., “High Hopes” from “A Hole in the Head,” UA, “Strange are the Ways of Love” from “The Young Land,” Columbia. For the best achievement in sound: “Ben-Hur,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “Libel!”, MGM, “The Nun’s Story,” “Porgy and Bess.” For best achievement in special effects: “Ben-Hur,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth.” For the best screenplay — based on material from another medium: “Anatomy of a Murder,” “Ben-Hur,” “The Nun’s Story,” “Room at the Top,” “Some Like it Hot.” For the best story and screenplay — written directly for the screen: “The 400 Blows,” Zenith International (French), “North by Northwest,” “Operation Petticoat,” Universal-International, “Pillow Talk,” “Wild Strawberries,” Janus Films (Swedish). For distinctive achievement in documentary production: Features: “The Race for Space,” Wolper, Inc., “Serengeti Shall Not Die,” Transocean-Film (Ger¬ man). Short Subjects: “Donald in Mathmagic Land,” Buena Vista, “From Generation to Generation,” Cullen As¬ sociates, “Glass,” George K. Arthur-Go Pic¬ tures, Inc. (The Netherlands). For the best foreign language picture of the year: “Black Orpheus” (France), “The Bridge” (Germany), “The Great War” (Italy), “Paw” (Denmark), “The Village on the River” (The Netherlands). For the best achievement in short subjects: Live action subjects: “Between the Tides” Lester A. Schoenfeld Films (British), “The Golden Fish” Columbia (French), “Mysteries of the Deep” Buena Fox Ups Brodsky In Publicity Dept. NEW YORK — Jack Brodsky has been named assistant publicity manager at 20th Century-Fox, it was announced by Edward E. Sullivan, publicity director. Brodsky will work imder Nat Weiss, publicity manager. In his new post, Brod¬ sky will continue to serve as the company’s New York press representative in addition to assuming additional responsibilities involving national promo¬ tional activity. Formerly a member of the Sunday department of he New York Times, Brodsky served with the U.S. Army in Ger¬ many in 1953-54 as a staff correspondent. Brodsky came to 20th-Fox in 1957 and has served as the company’s staff writer and trade press contact, prior to his present position. Fox International Names Jaffey To Promotion Post Herbert Jaffey has been appointed executive administrative assistant to Leslie F. Whelan, director of sales promotion, advertising, pub¬ licity and exploitation for 20th Centvny-Fox International Corporation, it was announced by Murray Silverstone, pres¬ ident. “The position has been newly created to facilitate 20th-Fox’s administration of an intensified overseas promotional program,” Whelan said. In the industry for 20 years, Jaffey started in the pressbook department of 20th Century-Fox. During served as Captain in the Special Services division with headquarters in Italy and was the entertainment director of the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Following his Army discharge, he was en¬ gaged by United Artists for special national exploitation work, and for the past 12 years he has served in various capacities in the Fox International publicity office. Kilpatrick Leaves Embassy NEW YORK — BiU Kilpatrick, long-time as¬ sociate of press agent Bill Doll and a publi¬ cist for such films as “Around The World In 80 Days,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Hercules,” and “Jack The Ripper,” has resigned from Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Pictures Corp. to be¬ come assistant to the president in charge of advertising and public relations for Konstan¬ tin Kaiser's Marathon TV Newsreel. New Address For Hoover SOUTH MIAMI, FLA.— George C. Hoover, executive director. Variety Clubs Interna¬ tional, annoimced that his new address is Crossroads Building, 7210 Red Road, or Post Office Drawer 228, South Miami, Fla. Vista, “The Running, Jumping and StandingStill Film” Kingsley-Union Films (British), “Skyscraper” Joseph Burstyn. Cartoons: “Mexicali Shmoes,” Warner Bros., “Moonbird,” Edward Harrison, “Noah’s Ark,” Buena Vista, “The Violinist,” Kingsley International. BRODSKY JAFFEY World War I, he 8 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR March 2. I960