The Academy Awards
1959 Best Picture Ben-Hur Anatomy of a Murder The Diary of Anne Frank The Nun’s Story Room at the Top Best Director William Wyler - Ben-Hur George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann - The Nun’s Story Jack Clayton - Room at the Top Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot Best Actor Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder Best Actress Simone Signoret - Room at the Top Doris Day - Pillow Talk Audrey Hepburn - The Nun’s Story Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer Best Supporting Actor Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur Arthur O’Connell - Anatomy of a Murder George C. Scott - Anatomy of a Murder Robert Vaughn - The Young Philadelphians Ed Wynn - The Diary of Anne Frank Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank Hermione Baddeley - Room at the Top Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talk Best Original Screenplay Pillow Talk The 400 Blows North by Northwest Operation Petticoat Wild Strawberries Best Adapted Screenplay Room at the Top Anatomy of a Murder Ben-Hur The Nun’s Story Some Like It Hot Best Musical Score Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur Alfred Newman - The Diary of Anne Frank Franz Waxman - The Nun’s Story Ernest Gold - On the Beach Frank DeVol - Pillow Talk Best Original Song “High Hopes” - A Hole in the Head “The Best of Everything” - The Best of Everything “The Five Pennies” - The Five Pennies “The Hanging Tree” - The Hanging Tree “Strange Are the Ways of Love” - The Young Land |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1959 Best Picture Ben-Hur Anatomy of a Murder The Best of Everything Journey to the Center of the Earth North by Northwest Sleeping Beauty Best Director William Wyler - Ben-Hur Henry Levin - Journey to the Center of the Earth Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest Fred Zinnemann - The Nun’s Story Lewis Milestone - Pork Chop Hill Best Actor Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur Anthony Franciosa - Career Curd Jurgens - The Blue Angel Fredric March - The Middle of the Night Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man Best Actress Kim Novak - Middle of the Night Audrey Hepburn - The Nun’s Story Deborah Kerr - Beloved Infidel Best Supporting Actor Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur Arthur Kennedy - A Summer Place Claude Rains - This Earth Is Mine Edward G. Robinson - A Hole in the Head Best Supporting Actress Dorothy McGuire - A Summer Place Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life Thelma Ritter - A Hole in the Head Juvenile Award Eddie Hodges Best Dramatic Screenplay Ben-Hur Anatomy of a Murder The Best of Everything North by Northwest A Summer Place Best Comedic Screenplay Some Like it Hot Darby O’Gill and the Little People A Hole in the Head Pillow Talk Best Musical Score Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur Franz Waxman - Beloved Infidel George Bassman - Middle of the Night Bernard Herrmann - North by Northwest Matty Malneck - Some Like It Hot Max Steiner - A Summer Place Best Original Song “The Best of Everything” - The Best of Everything “My Darling Irish Girl” - Darby O’Gill and the Little People “The Secret of Christmas” - Say One for Me “A Summer Place” - A Summer Place |