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David Kossoff (right) gazes in fascination at his old friend, Alfie Bass, from whose funeral he has just returned, in this scene from “ The Bespoke Overcoat ,” which won a special award. Paul Scofield, who won an award as the most promising new- comer to films in “ That Lady,” is seen here in the film with Olivia de Havilland. Sir Laurence Olivier attended the British Film Academy performance with his wife, Vivien Leigh. He won three awards for “ Richard III ” and is seen here with the bronze replica of the statuette created by Henry Moore for the awards. Claire Bloom and Laurence Oli “ Ric The British Film Academy 1955 Awards Presentation was made by Vivien Leigh at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London, on March 1st, 1956. The Academy announced its Film Awards for the first time in 1948, and annually they are the result of the personal vote of each of the Academy's members, who now number some four hundred and fifty film-makers and executives. The films from which the winners are chosen must have been shown publicly in the United Kingdom during the Award-year, or in the case of documentaries, either shown publicly or have been available for non- theatrical showing independently of the cinemas. After the awards had been received, there was a gala premiere of A Town Like Alice. Laurence Olivier received an award for being chosen the best British actor of the British Screen. His film, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III, also gained awards for being the best film of the year 1955, and the best British film during the same period. For the best actress of the year the award went to Miss Katie Johnson, the seventy- eight year old actress of stage and screen BRITISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDS Henry Moore was commissioned by the British Film Academy in 1948 to create five replicas of a bronze figure which could pass each year to the five units responsible for producing a film which has won an award. (See photograph on this page.) The Academy Awards to Actors and Actresses are in the form of a Wedgwood plaque, in blue and white Jasper. They are decorated by the traditional figure of Apollo, God of Light and the Arts, an adaptation of the fifth in a series of nine Muses originally modelled for Wedgwood by John Flaxman in 1777. The figure is surrounded by a traditional oak leaf cluster and the wording is in gold.