38th Academy Awards

Award ceremony for films of 1965

38th Academy Awards

Date| April 18, 1966
Site| Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Hosted by| Bob Hope
Produced by| Joe Pasternak
Directed by| Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture| The Sound of Music
Most awards|  Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music (5)
Most nominations| Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music (10)
TV in the United States
Network| ABC

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The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope, and were the first Oscars to be broadcast live in color.[1] Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended the ceremony, escorted by actor George Hamilton.[1]

The most successful films of the year were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each with ten nominations and five wins, with the former winning Best Picture. Both films are in the top 10 inflation-adjusted commercially successful films ever made,[2] and both would go on to appear on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century.

The Sound of Music was the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since Hamlet, and would be the last until Titanic at the 70th Academy Awards. Othello became the third film (of four to date) to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture. William Wyler received the last of his record twelve Best Director nominations for The Collector.

## Awards

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Robert Wise, Best Picture and Best Director winner

Lee Marvin, Best Actor winner

Julie Christie, Best Actress winner

Martin Balsam, Best Supporting Actor winner

Shelley Winters, Best Supporting Actress winner

Nominees were announced on February 21, 1966. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[3]

Best Picture | Best Directing

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* The Sound of Music – Robert Wise, producer‡
* Darling – Joseph Janni, producer
* Doctor Zhivago – Carlo Ponti, producer
* Ship of Fools – Stanley Kramer, producer
* A Thousand Clowns – Fred Coe, producer

* Robert Wise – The Sound of Music‡
* William Wyler – The Collector
* John Schlesinger – Darling
* David Lean – Doctor Zhivago
* Hiroshi Teshigahara – Woman in the Dunes

Best Actor | Best Actress

* Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn‡
* Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Alec Leamas
* Laurence Olivier – Othello as Othello
* Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
* Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools as Dr. Wilhelm "Willi" Schumann

* Julie Christie – Darling as Diana Scott‡
* Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music as Maria von Trapp
* Samantha Eggar – The Collector as Miranda Grey
* Elizabeth Hartman – A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcey
* Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools as La Condesa

Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* Martin Balsam – A Thousand Clowns as Arnold Burns‡
* Ian Bannen – The Flight of the Phoenix as "Ratbags" Crow
* Tom Courtenay – Doctor Zhivago as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov
* Michael Dunn – Ship of Fools as Carl Glocken
* Frank Finlay – Othello as Iago

* Shelley Winters – A Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey‡
* Ruth Gordon – Inside Daisy Clover as Lucile Clover
* Joyce Redman – Othello as Emilia
* Maggie Smith – Othello as Desdemona
* Peggy Wood – The Sound of Music as the Mother Abbess

Best Writing (Story and Screenplay -- Written Directly for the Screen) | Best Writing (Screenplay -- Based on Material from Another Medium)

* Darling – Frederic Raphael‡
* Casanova 70 – Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi d'Amico
* Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines – Jack Davies and Ken Annakin
* The Train – Franklin Coen and Frank Davis
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Jacques Demy

* Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak‡
* Cat Ballou – Walter Newman and Frank Pierson from The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor
* The Collector – Stanley Mann and John Kohn from The Collector by John Fowles
* Ship of Fools – Abby Mann from Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
* A Thousand Clowns – Herb Gardner from A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner

Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary (Feature)

* The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)‡
* Blood on the Land (Greece)
* Dear John (Sweden)
* Kwaidan (Japan)
* Marriage Italian Style (Italy)

* The Eleanor Roosevelt Story‡
* The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
* The Forth Road Bridge
* Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
* To Die in Madrid

Best Documentary (Short Subject) | Best Short Subject (Live Action)

* To Be Alive!‡
* Mural on Our Street
* Nyitany
* Point of View
* Yeats Country

* The Chicken – Claude Berri‡
* Fortress of Peace – Lothar Wolff
* Skaterdater
* Snow
* Time Piece – Jim Henson

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) | Best Music (Music Score -- Substantially Original)

* The Dot and the Line‡
* Clay or the Origin of Species
* The Thieving Magpie

* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre‡
* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Alex North
* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Alfred Newman
* A Patch of Blue – Jerry Goldsmith
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy

Best Music (Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment) | Best Music (Song)

* The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal‡
* Cat Ballou – Frank De Vol
* The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage
* A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand

* "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper – Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster‡
* "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
* "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy
* "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
* "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat? – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David

Best Sound Effects | Best Sound

* The Great Race – Treg Brown ‡
* Von Ryan's Express – Walter Rossi

* The Sound of Music – James Corcoran and Fred Hynes ‡
* The Agony and the Ecstasy – James Corcoran
* Doctor Zhivago – A. W. Watkins and Franklin Milton
* The Great Race – George Groves
* Shenandoah – Waldon O. Watson

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) | Best Art Direction (Color)

* Ship of Fools – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish‡
* King Rat – Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
* A Patch of Blue – Art Direction: George Davis and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson
* The Slender Thread – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton and Joseph Kish
* The Spy Who Came In from the Cold – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Ted Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin

* Doctor Zhivago – Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni‡
* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Art Direction: John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Art Direction: Richard Day, William J. Creber and David S. Hall (posthumous nomination); Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean and Norman Rockett
* Inside Daisy Clover – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
* The Sound of Music – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) | Best Cinematography (Color)

* Ship of Fools – Ernest Laszlo‡
* In Harm's Way – Loyal Griggs
* King Rat – Burnett Guffey
* Morituri – Conrad Hall
* A Patch of Blue – Robert Burks

* Doctor Zhivago – Freddie Young‡
* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Leon Shamroy
* The Great Race – Russell Harlan
* The Greatest Story Ever Told – William C. Mellor (posthumous nomination) and Loyal Griggs
* The Sound of Music – Ted D. McCord

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) | Best Costume Design (Color)

* Darling – Julie Harris‡
* Morituri – Moss Mabry
* A Rage to Live – Howard Shoup
* Ship of Fools – Jean Louis and Bill Thomas
* The Slender Thread – Edith Head

* Doctor Zhivago – Phyllis Dalton‡
* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Vittorio Nino Novarese
* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Marjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese
* Inside Daisy Clover – Edith Head and Bill Thomas
* The Sound of Music – Dorothy Jeakins

Best Film Editing | Best Special Visual Effects

* The Sound of Music – William H. Reynolds‡
* Cat Ballou – Charles Nelson
* Doctor Zhivago – Norman Savage
* The Flight of the Phoenix – Michael Luciano
* The Great Race – Ralph E. Winters

* Thunderball – John Stears‡
* The Greatest Story Ever Told – J. McMillan Johnson

### Honorary Award

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* To Bob Hope for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy.

### Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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* Edmond L. DePatie

### Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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* William Wyler

## Multiple nominations and awards

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These films had multiple nominations:

* 10 nominations: Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music
* 8 nominations: Ship of Fools
* 5 nominations: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Cat Ballou, Darling, The Great Race, The Greatest Story Ever Told and A Patch of Blue
* 4 nominations: Othello, A Thousand Clowns and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
* 3 nominations: The Collector and Inside Daisy Clover
* 2 nominations: The Flight of the Phoenix, King Rat, Morituri, The Slender Thread and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

The following films received multiple awards.

* 5 wins: Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music
* 3 wins: Darling
* 2 wins: Ship of Fools

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## Presenters and performers

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

### Presenters

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Name | Role

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Hank Simms | Announcer for the 38th Academy Awards
Arthur Freed (AMPAS President) | Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Patty Duke
George Hamilton | Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Dorothy Malone | Presenter of the award for Best Special Visual Effects
Lila Kedrova | Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Yvette Mimieux | Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects
Lana Turner
James Garner | Presenters of the Costume Design Awards
Milton Berle
Phyllis Diller | Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Don Knotts
Elke Sommer | Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Peter Ustinov | Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Jason Robards | Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Warren Beatty
Debbie Reynolds | Presenters of the awards for Best Art Direction
Angie Dickinson | Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Edmond L. DePatie
Richard Johnson
Kim Novak | Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography
James Coburn
Virna Lisi | Presenters of the Music Awards
Gregory Peck | Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Natalie Wood | Presenter of the award for Best Song
Shirley MacLaine | Presenter of the award for Best Director
George Peppard
Joanne Woodward | Presenters of the Writing Awards
Arthur Freed | Presenter of the Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Award to William Wyler
Julie Andrews | Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Rex Harrison | Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Arthur Freed | Presenter of the Honorary Gold Medal to Bob Hope
Jack Lemmon | Presenter of the award for Best Picture

### Performers

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Name | Role | Performed

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Johnny Green | Musical arranger and conductor | Orchestral
Academy Awards Chorus | Performers | “The Academy Awards Song (Mr. Oscar)” during the opening presentation
The Smothers Brothers | Performers | "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou
Michel Legrand
Jane Morgan | Performers | "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Barbara McNair | Performer | "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper
Robert Goulet | Performer | "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race
Liza Minnelli | Performer | "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat?

## See also

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* 23rd Golden Globe Awards
* 1965 in film
* 8th Grammy Awards
* 17th Primetime Emmy Awards
* 18th Primetime Emmy Awards
* 19th British Academy Film Awards
* 20th Tony Awards
* List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ a b Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 844\. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
2. ^ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". Boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
3. ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

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