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Laurel Awards: 1959

Golden Laurel

Date:23 September

Top Female Supporting Performance
  Placings:
 

1. Some Came Running (1958) - Martha Hyer
2. Imitation of Life (1959) - Juanita Moore
3. Auntie Mame (1958) - Peggy Cass

  Other Nominees:
 
  • Separate Tables (1958) - Wendy Hiller
    - 4th place.
  • God's Little Acre (1958) - Tina Louise
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male Supporting Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Tunnel of Love (1958) - Gig Young
    2. Some Came Running (1958) - Arthur Kennedy (I)
    3. The Hanging Tree (1959) - Karl Malden

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Imitation General (1958) - Red Buttons
    - 4th place.
  • The Defiant Ones (1958) - Theodore Bikel
    - 5th place.

    • Top Producer/Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Alfred Hitchcock (I)
    2. Billy Wilder
    3. William Wyler

      Other Nominees:
     
  • George Stevens (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Stanley Kramer
    - 5th place.
  • Mervyn LeRoy
    - 6th place.
  • John Huston (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Anatole Litvak
    - 8th place.
  • Otto Preminger
    - 9th place.
  • Leo McCarey
    - 10th place.

    • Top Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Fred Zinnemann
    2. George Sidney (II)
    3. Richard Brooks (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Edward Dmytryk
    - 4th place.
  • Mark Robson (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Delmer Daves
    - 6th place.
  • Michael Curtiz
    - 7th place.
  • Douglas Sirk
    - 8th place.
  • John Sturges
    - 9th place.
  • Henry Koster
    - 10th place.

    • Top Cinematography - Color
      Placings:
     

    1. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) - James Wong Howe (I)
    2. Gigi (1958) - Joseph Ruttenberg
    3. Auntie Mame (1958) - Harry Stradling Sr.

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Brothers Karamazov (1958) - John Alton (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Imitation of Life (1959) - Russell Metty
    - 5th place.

    • Top Cinematography - Black and White
      Placings:
     

    1. The Defiant Ones (1958) - Sam Leavitt
    2. I Want to Live! (1958) - Lionel Lindon
    3. Run Silent Run Deep (1958) - Russell Harlan

      Other Nominees:
     
  • A Night to Remember (1958) - Geoffrey Unsworth
    - 4th place.
  • Desire Under the Elms (1958) - Daniel L. Fapp
    - 5th place.

    • Top Song
      Placings:
     

    1. Marjorie Morningstar (1958) - Sammy Fain; Paul Francis Webster
    - For the song "A Very Precious Love"
    2. Gigi (1958) - Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe
    - For the song "Gigi"
    3. Some Came Running (1958) - Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen
    - For the song "To Love and Be Loved"

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Hanging Tree (1959) - Mack David; Jerry Livingston
    - 4th place.
    - For the song "The Hanging Tree"
  • A Certain Smile (1958) - Sammy Fain; Paul Francis Webster
    - 5th place.
    - For the song "A Certain Smile"

    • Top Score
      Placings:
     

    1. Some Came Running (1958) - Elmer Bernstein
    2. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) - Dimitri Tiomkin
    3. I Want to Live! (1958) - Johnny Mandel

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Big Country (1958) - Jerome Moross
    - 4th place.
  • The Defiant Ones (1958) - Ernest Gold
    - 5th place.

    • Top Musical
      Placings:
     

    1. Gigi (1958)
    2. Damn Yankees! (1958)
    3. Mardi Gras (1958)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • tom thumb (1958)
    - 4th place.
  • Arrivederci Roma (1958)
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male Musical Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Mardi Gras (1958) - Pat Boone (I)
    2. Gigi (1958) - Louis Jourdan
    3. Gigi (1958) - Maurice Chevalier (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Damn Yankees! (1958) - Tab Hunter (I)
    - 4th place.
  • tom thumb (1958) - Russ Tamblyn
    - 5th place.

    • Top Female Musical Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Gigi (1958) - Leslie Caron
    2. Damn Yankees! (1958) - Gwen Verdon
    3. Never Steal Anything Small (1959) - Shirley Jones (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gigi (1958) - Hermione Gingold
    - 4th place.
  • The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) - Jayne Mansfield
    - 5th place.

    • Top General Entertainment
      Winner:
     

    Top Female New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. Sandra Dee (I)
    2. Susan Kohner
    3. Cara Williams

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gwen Verdon
    - 4th place.
  • Angie Dickinson
    - 5th place.
  • Peggy Cass
    - 6th place.
  • Fay Spain
    - 7th place.
  • Linda Cristal
    - 8th place.
  • France Nuyen
    - 9th place.
  • Jill Corey (I)
    - 10th place.

    • Sleeper of the Year
      Winner:
     

    Top Female Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Doris Day (I)
    2. Elizabeth Taylor (I)
    3. Susan Hayward (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Debbie Reynolds (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Ingrid Bergman (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Marilyn Monroe
    - 6th place.
  • Natalie Wood (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Shirley MacLaine
    - 8th place.
  • Lana Turner
    - 9th place.
  • Jean Simmons (I)
    - 10th place.
  • Deborah Kerr
    - 11th place.
  • Kim Novak (I)
    - 12th place.
  • Dorothy McGuire (I)
    - 13th place.
  • Dorothy Malone
    - 14th place.
  • Eleanor Parker (I)
    - 15th place.

    • Top Comedy
      Placings:
     

    1. Houseboat (1958)
    2. The Mating Game (1959)
    3. The Perfect Furlough (1958)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
    - 4th place.
  • The Geisha Boy (1958)
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Some Came Running (1958) - Frank Sinatra
    2. Separate Tables (1958) - David Niven (I)
    3. The Defiant Ones (1958) - Sidney Poitier

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - Paul Newman (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Al Capone (1959) - Rod Steiger
    - 5th place.

    • Top Producer
      Placings:
     

    1. Buddy Adler
    2. Sol C. Siegel
    3. Walt Disney

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Samuel Goldwyn
    - 4th place.
  • Arthur Freed
    - 5th place.
  • Jerry Wald (I)
    - 6th place.
  • Sam Spiegel (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Joe Pasternak
    - 8th place.
  • Ross Hunter (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Henry Blanke
    - 10th place.

    • Top Female Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - Elizabeth Taylor (I)
    2. I Want to Live! (1958) - Susan Hayward (I)
    3. Some Came Running (1958) - Shirley MacLaine

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Home Before Dark (1958) - Jean Simmons (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Separate Tables (1958) - Deborah Kerr
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Rock Hudson
    2. Frank Sinatra
    3. Marlon Brando

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cary Grant
    - 4th place.
  • William Holden (I)
    - 5th place.
  • James Stewart (I)
    - 6th place.
  • Gary Cooper (I)
    - 7th place.
  • John Wayne (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Glenn Ford (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Jerry Lewis (I)
    - 10th place.
  • Pat Boone (I)
    - 11th place.
  • Bing Crosby
    - 12th place.
  • Bob Hope (I)
    - 13th place.
  • Dean Martin (I)
    - 14th place.
  • Jeff Chandler (I)
    - 15th place.

    • Top Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. Imitation of Life (1959)
    2. Some Came Running (1958)
    3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Defiant Ones (1958)
    - 4th place.
  • I Want to Live! (1958)
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. John Gavin (I)
    2. Bradford Dillman
    3. Sidney Poitier

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Ricky Nelson (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Stuart Whitman
    - 5th place.
  • Kerwin Mathews
    - 6th place.
  • Gary Crosby (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Ray Walston
    - 8th place.
  • James Darren
    - 9th place.
  • Dean Jones (I)
    - 10th place.

    • Top Action Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Hanging Tree (1959) - Gary Cooper (I)
    2. Rio Bravo (1959) - Dean Martin (I)
    3. The Bravados (1958) - Gregory Peck

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Trap (1959) - Richard Widmark
    - 4th place.
  • Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) - Audie Murphy (I)
    - 5th place.

    • Top Female Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Auntie Mame (1958) - Rosalind Russell
    2. The Mating Game (1959) - Debbie Reynolds (I)
    3. The Tunnel of Love (1958) - Doris Day (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) - Joanne Woodward (I)
    - 4th place.
  • The Reluctant Debutante (1958) - Kay Kendall
    - 5th place.

    • Top Action Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. The Vikings (1958)
    2. Rio Bravo (1959)
    3. The Big Country (1958)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Hanging Tree (1959)
    - 4th place.
  • The Trap (1959)
    - 5th place.

    • Top Male Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Houseboat (1958) - Cary Grant
    2. The Mating Game (1959) - Tony Randall (I)
    3. The Horse's Mouth (1958) - Alec Guinness

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bell Book and Candle (1958) - Ernie Kovacs (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Mon oncle (1958) - Jacques Tati
    - 5th place.

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