37th Academy Awards


The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup.
The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's My Fair Lady, was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady. The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London. Audrey Hepburn, the female lead of the film, was controversially not nominated for Best Actress. The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews – who had originated the role on Broadway and, coincidentally, the Best Actress nominee of the year for Mary Poppins – as well as the revelation that the majority of her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon were seen as the main reasons for the snub.
The ceremony was produced by MGM's Joe Pasternak and hosted, for the 14th time, by Bob Hope. The awards show was a star-studded one, including an appearance by Judy Garland, who sang a medley of Cole Porter songs in tribute to the composer, who had died in October 1964.
This event marked the first time that more than two films had received ten or more nominations, and the only time in Oscar history that three films got twelve or more nominations: Becket and My Fair Lady each received twelve, while Mary Poppins received thirteen.

Awards

Nominations were announced on February 23, 1965. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface
Best PictureBest Director

  • George Cukor – My Fair Lady
  • * Peter GlenvilleBecket
  • * Stanley Kubrick – Dr. Strangelove
  • * Robert StevensonMary Poppins
  • * Michael Cacoyannis – Zorba the Greek
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady as Professor Henry Higgins
  • * Richard BurtonBecket as Thomas Becket
  • * Peter O'TooleBecket as King Henry II of England
  • * Anthony QuinnZorba the Greek as Alexis Zorba
  • * Peter SellersDr. Strangelove as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove
  • Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins as Mary Poppins
  • * Sophia LorenMarriage Italian Style as Filumena Marturano
  • * Anne BancroftThe Pumpkin Eater as Jo Armitage
  • * Debbie ReynoldsThe Unsinkable Molly Brown as Molly Brown
  • * Kim StanleySéance on a Wet Afternoon as Myra Savage
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Peter Ustinov – Topkapi as Arthur Simon Simpson
  • * John GielgudBecket as King Louis VII of France
  • * Stanley HollowayMy Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle
  • * Edmond O'BrienSeven Days in May as Senator Ray Clark
  • * Lee TracyThe Best Man as Art Hockstader
  • Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek as Madame Hortense
  • * Gladys CooperMy Fair Lady as Mrs. Higgins
  • * Edith EvansThe Chalk Garden as Mrs. St. Maugham
  • * Grayson HallThe Night of the Iguana as Judith Fellowes
  • * Agnes MooreheadHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Velma Cruther
  • Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenBest Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  • Father Goose – S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff
  • * A Hard Day's NightAlun Owen
  • * One Potato, Two Potato – Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes
  • * The OrganizerAgenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli
  • * That Man from RioJean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe de Broca
  • BecketEdward Anhalt from Becket by Jean Anouilh
  • * Dr. Strangelove – Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George from Red Alert by Peter George
  • * Mary Poppins – Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi from Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
  • * My Fair LadyAlan Jay Lerner from My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
  • * Zorba the Greek – Michael Cacoyannis from The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Best Foreign Language FilmBest Song

  • "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary PoppinsMusic and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
  • * "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • * "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Music by Frank De Vol; Lyrics by Mack David
  • * "My Kind of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • * "Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • Best Documentary FeatureBest Documentary Short Subject
  • Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun
  • * 14-18
  • * The Finest Hours
  • * Four Days in November
  • * The Human Dutch
  • Nine from Little Rock
  • * 140 Days Under the World
  • * Breaking the Habit
  • * Children Without
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  • Best Live Action Short SubjectBest Short Subject — Cartoons
  • * Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
  • * The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
  • The Pink Phink
  • * Christmas Cracker
  • * How to Avoid Friendship
  • * Nudnik #2
  • Best Music Score - Substantially OriginalBest Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment
  • Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
  • * BecketLaurence Rosenthal
  • * The Fall of the Roman EmpireDimitri Tiomkin
  • * Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Frank De Vol
  • * The Pink Panther – Henry Mancini
  • My Fair Lady – André Previn
  • * A Hard Day's NightGeorge Martin
  • * Mary PoppinsIrwin Kostal
  • * Robin and the 7 HoodsNelson Riddle
  • * The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson and Leo Shuken
  • Best Sound EffectsBest Sound
  • GoldfingerNorman Wanstall
  • * The Lively SetRobert Bratton
  • My Fair LadyGeorge Groves
  • * BecketJohn Cox
  • * Father Goose – Waldon O. Watson
  • * Mary Poppins – Robert O. Cook
  • * The Unsinkable Molly BrownFranklin Milton
  • Best Art Direction, Black-and-WhiteBest Art Direction, Color
  • Zorba the Greek – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Vassilis Photopoulos
  • * The Americanization of Emily – Art Direction: George Davis, Hans Peters and Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Robert R. Benton
  • * Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphaël Bretton
  • * The Night of the Iguana – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Stephen B. Grimes
  • * Seven Days in May – Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
  • My Fair Lady – Art Direction: Gene Allen and Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • * Becket – Art Direction: John Bryan and Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin and Robert Cartwright
  • * Mary Poppins – Art Direction: Carroll Clark and William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman
  • * The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Art Direction: George Davis and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt
  • * What a Way to Go! – Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith and Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteBest Cinematography, Color
  • Zorba the Greek – Walter Lassally
  • * The Americanization of Emily – Philip H. Lathrop
  • * Fate Is the HunterMilton Krasner
  • * Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteJoseph Biroc
  • * The Night of the IguanaGabriel Figueroa
  • My Fair LadyHarry Stradling
  • * BecketGeoffrey Unsworth
  • * Cheyenne AutumnWilliam Clothier
  • * Mary PoppinsEdward Colman
  • * The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Daniel L. Fapp
  • Best Costume Design, Black-and-WhiteBest Costume Design, Color
  • The Night of the Iguana – Dorothy Jeakins
  • * A House Is Not a HomeEdith Head
  • * Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteNorma Koch
  • * Kisses for My PresidentHoward Shoup
  • * The VisitRené Hubert
  • My Fair Lady – Cecil Beaton
  • * BecketMargaret Furse
  • * Mary PoppinsTony Walton
  • * The Unsinkable Molly BrownMorton Haack
  • * What a Way to Go! – Edith Head and Moss Mabry
  • Best Film EditingBest Special Visual Effects
  • Mary Poppins – Cotton Warburton
  • * Becket – Anne V. Coates
  • * Father Goose – Ted J. Kent
  • * Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteMichael Luciano
  • * My Fair LadyWilliam Ziegler
  • Mary PoppinsPeter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske '
  • * 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' – Jim Danforth
  • Academy Honorary Award

  • William Tuttle "for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao."

    Presenters and performers

  • The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

    Presenters

    Performers

    Multiple nominations and awards

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    The following films received multiple awards.