The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV)

Director:

Alan Handley

Release Date:

6 April 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Number In Title

Cast

Nick Adams	...	Himself - Performer
Buddy Adler	...	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Jack L. Warner
Anna Maria Alberghetti	...	Herself - Performer
Eddie Albert	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards
June Allyson	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Ingrid Bergman	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Picture
Dirk Bogarde	...	Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Red Buttons	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
James Cagney	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress
Cyd Charisse	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Joan Collins	...	Herself - Performer
Gary Cooper	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Wendell Corey	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Costume Design Awards
Tony Curtis	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
James Darren	...	Himself - Performer
Bette Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor
Doris Day	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards
Kirk Douglas	...	Himself (Performer: 'It's Alright With Us')
Irene Dunne	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor
Eddie Fisher	...	Himself - Performer
Rhonda Fleming	...	Herself - Performer
Anthony Franciosa	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
Arthur Freed	...	Himself - Best Picture Winner, as producer
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Herself - Performer: 'There's No Business Like Show Business'
Cary Grant	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Susan Hayward	...	Herself - Best Actress Winner
Harold Hecht	...	Himself - accepting Supporting Actress Award for Wendy Hiller
Van Heflin	...	Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Charlton Heston	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound
William Holden	...	Himself (in opening greeting)
Bob Hope	...	Himself - Co-host
Rock Hudson	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards
Burl Ives	...	Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner
Dean Jones	...	Himself - Performer
Louis Jourdan	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Howard Keel	...	Himself - Performer
Ernie Kovacs	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Costume Design Awards
Burt Lancaster	...	Himself - Performer: 'It's Alright With Us'
Angela Lansbury	...	Herself - Performer
Janet Leigh	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
Alan Jay Lerner	...	Himself - Writing Award Winner
Jerry Lewis	...	Himself - Co-host
Sophia Loren	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Shirley MacLaine	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects
Dean Martin	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Tony Martin	...	Himself - Performer
Vincente Minnelli	...	Himself - Best Director Winner
Juanita Moore	...	Herself- Best Supporting Actress Nominee
Lionel Newman	...	Himself - conducting orchestra
David Niven	...	Himself - Co-host / Best Actor Winner
Kim Novak	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actress
Laurence Olivier	...	Himself - Co-host
Gregory Peck	...	Himself- Presenter
Millie Perkins	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Director
Dick Powell	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Vincent Price	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards
Anthony Quinn	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor
John Raitt	...	Himself - Performer
Tony Randall	...	Himself - Co-host
Rosalind Russell	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Honorary Award to Maurice Chevalier
Mort Sahl	...	Himself - Co-host
Eva Marie Saint	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
Jean Simmons	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Harold Jacob Smith	...	Himself - Writing Award Winner
Robert Stack	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Connie Stevens	...	Herself - Performer
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Peter Ustinov	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects
Robert Wagner	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
John Wayne	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actor, and in opening greeting
Tuesday Weld	...	Herself - Performer
Shelley Winters	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
Natalie Wood	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Jane Wyman	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound
Dana Wynter	...	Herself - Performer
Nedrick Young	...	Himself - Writing Award Winner

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Pantages Theater - 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

Because of extensive last-minute streamlining by producer Jerry Wald, this may have been the only Academy Awards Ceremony to actually end earlier then scheduled, by almost twenty minutes. As co-host Jerry Lewis and several other Hollywood notables hopelessly tried everything they could think of to improvise through the extra time, NBC cut the broadcast short to air a short film about target shooting to fill-in until the next program (the local news, in most areas) aired.

Movie Connections:

Followed by The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

It's Great Not To Be Nominated