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. None of the four acting awards went to American actors, something not repeated until the 80th Academy Awards were awarded for 2007.

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 replacement of Julie Andrews – the stage actress from the original play (and ironically the Best Actress winner of the year) – as well as the revelation that her singing performance was dubbed by Marni Nixon were seen as the main reasons for the snub.

The producer of the ceremony was MGM film producer Joe Pasternak. The master of ceremonies was Bob Hope making it his 14th time hosting the show. The awards show was star-studded with many top celebrities participating, including an appearance by Judy Garland, who sang a medley of Cole Porter songs in tribute to the composer, who died in October 1964.

This year marked the only time in Oscar history where 3 films got 12 or more nominations. Becket and My Fair Lady both with 12 nominations and Mary Poppins with 13. This marked the first year since the inception of the Supporting Actor and Actress categories wherein the acting Oscars were all won by non-American actors. This feat would again later be repeated at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony in 2008.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface^[1][2]

Best Picture	Best Director
My Fair Lady – Jack L. Warner Becket – Hal B. Wallis Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – Stanley Kubrick Mary Poppins – Walt Disney and Bill Walsh Zorba the Greek – Michael Cacoyannis	George Cukor – My Fair Lady Peter Glenville – Becket Stanley Kubrick – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Robert Stevenson – Mary Poppins Michael Cacoyannis – Zorba the Greek
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady Richard Burton – Becket Peter O'Toole – Becket Anthony Quinn – Zorba the Greek Peter Sellers – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater Sophia Loren – Marriage Italian-Style Debbie Reynolds – The Unsinkable Molly Brown Kim Stanley – Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Peter Ustinov – Topkapi John Gielgud – Becket Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May Lee Tracy – The Best Man	Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek Gladys Cooper – My Fair Lady Edith Evans – The Chalk Garden Grayson Hall – The Night of the Iguana Agnes Moorehead – Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Father Goose – S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff A Hard Day's Night – Alun Owen The Organizer – Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli That Man from Rio – Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe de Broca One Potato, Two Potato – Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes	Becket – Edward Anhalt Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George Mary Poppins – Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi My Fair Lady – Alan Jay Lerner Zorba the Greek – Michael Cacoyannis
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Original Song
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy) Raven's End (Sweden) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France) Sallah Shabati (Israel) The Woman in the Dunes (Japan)	"Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins – Music and Lyric by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Music by Frank De Vol; Lyric by Mack David "My Kind of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun The Finest Hours Four Days in November The Human Dutch Over There, 1914-18	Nine from Little Rock Breaking the Habit Children Without Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak 140 Days Under the World
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
Casals Conducts: 1964 Help! My Snowman's Burning Down The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes	The Pink Phink Christmas Cracker How to Avoid Friendship Nudnik #2
Best Original Score	Best Adaptation or Treatment Score
Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Becket – Laurence Rosenthal Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Frank De Vol The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin The Pink Panther – Henry Mancini	My Fair Lady – André Previn A Hard Day's Night – George Martin Mary Poppins – Irwin Kostal Robin and the 7 Hoods – Nelson Riddle The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliot, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson and Leo Shuken
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Goldfinger – Norman Wanstall The Lively Set – Robert L. Bratton	My Fair Lady – George Groves Becket – John Cox Father Goose – Waldon O. Watson Mary Poppins – Robert O. Cook The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Franklin Milton
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
Zorba the Greek – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Vassilis Fotopoulos Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton Seven Days in May – Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle The Americanization of Emily – Art Direction: George Davis, Hans Peters and Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Robert R. Benton The Night of the Iguana – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Stephen Grimes	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 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 White	Best Cinematography, Color
Zorba the Greek – Walter Lassally Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Joseph Biroc Fate Is the Hunter – Milton Krasner The Americanization of Emily – Philip H. Lathrop The Night of the Iguana – Gabriel Figueroa	My Fair Lady – Harry Stradling Becket – Geoffrey Unsworth Cheyenne Autumn – William H. Clothier Mary Poppins – Edward Colman The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Daniel L. Fapp
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
The Night of the Iguana – Dorothy Jeakins A House Is Not a Home – Edith Head Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Norma Koch Kisses for My President – Howard Shoup The Visit – Rene Hubert	My Fair Lady – Cecil Beaton Becket – Margaret Furse Mary Poppins – Tony Walton The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Morton Haack What a Way to Go! – Edith Head and Moss Mabry
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Mary Poppins – Cotton Warburton Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Michael Luciano Becket – Anne Coates Father Goose – Ted J. Kent My Fair Lady – William H. Ziegler	Mary Poppins – Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske and Eustace Lycett 7 Faces of Dr. Lao – Jim Danforth

Academy Honorary Award

• William Tuttle

Presenters and performers

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

Presenters

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

See also

• 22nd Golden Globe Awards
• 1964 in film
• 7th Grammy Awards
• 16th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 17th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 18th British Academy Film Awards
• 19th Tony Awards

References