The 37th Academy Awards were held on April 5, 1965, to honor film achievements of 1964. The ceremony was produced by MGM's Joe Pasternak and hosted, for the 14th time, by Bob Hope.

37th Academy Awards
DateApril 5, 1965
SiteSanta Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Hosted byBob Hope
Produced byJoe Pasternak
Directed byRichard Dunlap
Highlights
Best PictureMy Fair Lady
Most awardsMy Fair Lady (8)
Most nominationsMary Poppins (13)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC

The Best Picture winner, George Cukor's My Fair Lady, was an adaptation of a 1956 stage musical of the same name, which was itself based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, which had been nominated for Best Picture in 1938. Audrey Hepburn was controversially not nominated for Best Actress for her starring role as Eliza Doolittle;[1] the unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews—who had originated the role on Broadway, and who was seen by producer Jack Warner as having lacked star quality[1]—as well as the revelation that the majority of her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (which wasn't approved by Hepburn herself) were seen as the main reasons for the snub. This was said to have "split the committee into two camps, pro and con, for and against the two ladies", and even led to talk of a write-in campaign for Hepburn.[1] Despite her having not been nominated, Hepburn was in attendance at the ceremony, with camera work playing up the tension between the two considerably.[1] Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar, but My Fair Lady was said to have "made off awfully well, too."[1]

The ceremony saw the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, William J. Tuttle for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, albeit as an Honorary Award; it would not become a competitive category until 1981.

This year was the first in which three films received 10 or more nominations (repeated at the 50th, 92nd and 96th Academy Awards), and the only time in Oscar history that three films received 12 or more nominations: Becket and My Fair Lady each received 12, while Mary Poppins received 13. Also, the five Best Director nominees corresponded to their films in the Best Picture category, for only the second occurrence throughout the era (1944–2008) in Oscar history, where the latter category was limited to five nominees only.

Becket tied the record set by Johnny Belinda for most Oscars losses with 11 (both movies won 1 out of 12 nominations). It was later equalled by The Turning Point in 1977 (0 for 11), The Color Purple in 1985 (0 for 11), and The Power of the Dog in 2021 (1 for 12).

Awards

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Jack L. Warner, Best Picture winner
George Cukor, Best Director winner
Rex Harrison, Best Actor winner
Julie Andrews, Best Actress winner
Peter Ustinov, Best Supporting Actor winner
Lila Kedrova, Best Supporting Actress winner
Richard M. Sherman, Best Song and Best Music Score - Substantially Original co-winner
Robert B. Sherman, Best Song and Best Music Score - Substantially Original co-winner
André Previn, Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment winner
Cecil Beaton, Best Costume Design, Color winner and Best Art Direction, Color co-winner
Walter Lassally, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White winner

Nominations were announced on February 23, 1965. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[2][3]

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Foreign Language Film Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject Best Live Action Short Subject
Best Short Subject — Cartoons Best Music Score - Substantially Original
Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment Best Song
Best Sound Effects Best Sound
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White Best Art Direction, Color
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Best Cinematography, Color
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Best Costume Design, Color
Best Film Editing Best Special Visual Effects

Academy Honorary Award

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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.[4]

Presenters

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Name Role
Hank Simms Announcer for the 37th Academy Awards
Arthur Freed (AMPAS President) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Claudia Cardinale
Steve McQueen
Presenters of the awards for Best Sound
Angie Dickinson Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects
Alain Delon Presenter of the award for Best Special Visual Effects
Angela Lansbury Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Jimmy Durante
Martha Raye
Presenters of the awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject
Merle Oberon Presenter of the awards for Best Live Action Short Subject and Best Short Subject — Cartoons
Greer Garson
Dick Van Dyke
Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design
Debbie Reynolds Presenter of the awards for Best Music Score — Substantially Original and Best Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
Anthony Franciosa Presenter of the Scientific or Technical Awards
Rex Harrison Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Rosalind Russell Presenter of the Honorary Award to William Tuttle
Karl Malden Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Richard Chamberlain
Vince Edwards
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Rock Hudson
Jean Simmons
Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography
Elizabeth Ashley
Macdonald Carey
Presenters of the awards for Best Art Direction
Gene Kelly Introducer of the performance of the tribute to Cole Porter
Fred Astaire Presenter of the award for Best Song
Deborah Kerr Presenter of the awards for Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Audrey Hepburn Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Sidney Poitier Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Joan Crawford Presenter of the award for Best Director
Gregory Peck Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

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Name Role Performed
Johnny Green
Roger Edens
Musical arrangers Orchestral
The New Christy Minstrels Performers "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins
Andy Williams Performer "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart
Patti Page Performer "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Nancy Wilson Performer "My Kind of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods
Jack Jones Performer "Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone
Judy Garland Performer Cole Porter Medley:
"Use Your Imagination"
"Night and Day"
"I Get a Kick Out of You"
"You're the Top"
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
"Don't Fence Me In"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
"It's De-Lovely"
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
"So in Love"
"From This Moment On"
"Night and Day" (reprise)
Academy Awards Orchestra Performers "That's Entertainment" during the closing credits

Multiple nominations and awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 843. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
  2. ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1964" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".
  4. ^ Wiley, Mason; Bona, Damien (1996). Inside Oscar: the unofficial history of the Academy Awards (10. anniversary rev. ed., with new chapters on the winners, heartbreaks, and behind-the-scenes surprises ed.). New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-345-40053-6.