35th Academy Awards

The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra.

35th Academy Awards
Date	April 8, 1963
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Hosted by	Frank Sinatra
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture	Lawrence of Arabia
Most awards	Lawrence of Arabia (7)
Most nominations	Lawrence of Arabia (10)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
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The year's most successful film was David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, with 10 nominations and 7 wins, including Best Picture and Lean's second win for Best Director. For his role as T. E. Lawrence, Peter O'Toole received his first of eight career nominations for Best Actor, all unsuccessful; as of the 94th Academy Awards, O'Toole and Glenn Close share the record for the most acting nominations with no wins.

Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker earned the rare distinction of winning two acting Oscars (Best Actress for Anne Bancroft and Best Supporting Actress for Patty Duke) without a nomination for Best Picture. The only other film to do this to date was Hud, the following year.

Ceremony

The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-using sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford was not.^[1]

Crawford told the other nominated actresses that, as a courtesy, she would accept their awards for them should they be unavailable on the night of the ceremony. Davis did not object as her rival had often done this, but, on the night of the ceremony, she was livid when Crawford took the stage, wearing what was described as a "radiant smile",^[2] to cheerfully accept the award on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who had a Broadway commitment. Davis believed that Crawford had told other Oscar voters to vote for The Miracle Worker star in order to upstage her. The rekindled animosity between the two resulted in Crawford leaving the cast of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, a planned follow-up to Baby Jane that began filming the next summer, early in production.^[1]

Awards

David Lean, Best Director winner

Gregory Peck, Best Actor winner

Anne Bancroft, Best Actress winner

Ed Begley, Best Supporting Actor winner

Patty Duke, Best Supporting Actress winner, youngest person to receive an Oscar in a competitive category at the time^[3]

Pietro Germi, Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen co-winner

Henry Mancini, Best Song co-winner

Johnny Mercer, Best Song co-winner

Nominations announced on February 25, 1963. Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text.^[4]

Best Picture	Best Directing
Lawrence of Arabia – Sam Spiegel, producer The Longest Day – Darryl F. Zanuck, producer The Music Man – Morton DaCosta, producer Mutiny on the Bounty – Aaron Rosenberg, producer To Kill a Mockingbird – Alan J. Pakula, producer	David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia Frank Perry – David and Lisa Pietro Germi – Divorce Italian Style Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actor	Best Actress
Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus Finch Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Stroud Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce Italian Style as Ferdinando Cefalù Peter O'Toole – Lawrence of Arabia as T. E. Lawrence	Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker as Anne Sullivan Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Jane Hudson Katharine Hepburn – Long Day's Journey into Night as Mary Tyrone Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth as Alexandra Del Lago Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen-Clay
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ed Begley – Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Boss Finley Victor Buono – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Edwin Flagg Telly Savalas – Birdman of Alcatraz as Feto Gomez Omar Sharif – Lawrence of Arabia as Sherif Ali Terence Stamp – Billy Budd as Billy Budd	Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller Mary Badham – To Kill a Mockingbird as Scout Shirley Knight – Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley Angela Lansbury – The Manchurian Candidate as Mrs. Eleanor Iselin Thelma Ritter – Birdman of Alcatraz as Elizabeth McCartney Stroud
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen)	Best Writing (Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium)
Divorce Italian Style – Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi Freud: The Secret Passion – Story by Charles Kaufman; Screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt Last Year at Marienbad – Alain Robbe-Grillet That Touch of Mink – Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman	To Kill a Mockingbird – Horton Foote David and Lisa – Eleanor Perry Lawrence of Arabia – Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson[a] Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov The Miracle Worker – William Gibson
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary (Feature)
Sundays and Cybele (France) Electra (Greece) The Four Days of Naples (Italy) Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) (Brazil) Tlayucan (Mexico)	Black Fox Alvorada
Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Best Short Subject (Live Action)
Dylan Thomas The John Glenn Story The Road to the Wall	Heureux Anniversaire Big City Blues The Cadillac The Cliff Dwellers Pan
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Music (Music Score -- Substantially Original)
The Hole Icarus Montgolfier Wright Now Hear This Self Defense ... for Cowards A Symposium on Popular Songs	Lawrence of Arabia – Maurice Jarre Freud – Jerry Goldsmith Mutiny on the Bounty – Bronisław Kaper Taras Bulba – Franz Waxman To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein
Best Music (Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment)	Best Music (Song)
The Music Man – Ray Heindorf Billy Rose's Jumbo – Georgie Stoll Gigot – Michel Magne Gypsy – Frank Perkins The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Leigh Harline	"Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer "Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty – Music by Bronisław Kaper; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster "Song From Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw – Music by André Previn; Lyric by Dory Langdon "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side – Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyric by Mack David
Best Sound	Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Lawrence of Arabia – John Cox Bon Voyage! – Robert O. Cook The Music Man – George R. Groves That Touch of Mink – Waldon O. Watson What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Joseph D. Kelly	To Kill a Mockingbird – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert Days of Wine and Roses – Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins The Longest Day – Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Léon Barsacq and Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Béchir Period of Adjustment – Art Direction: George Davis and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Richard Pefferle The Pigeon That Took Rome – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy
Best Art Direction (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Lawrence of Arabia – Art Direction: John Box and John Stoll; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni The Music Man – Art Direction: Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins Mutiny on the Bounty – Art Direction: George Davis and Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt That Touch of Mink – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Art Direction: George Davis and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Richard Pefferle	The Longest Day – Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz Birdman of Alcatraz – Burnett Guffey To Kill a Mockingbird – Russell Harlan Two for the Seesaw – Ted D. McCord What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Ernest Haller
Best Cinematography (Color)	Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Lawrence of Arabia – Freddie Young Gypsy – Harry Stradling Hatari! – Russell Harlan Mutiny on the Bounty – Robert Surtees The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Paul C. Vogel	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Norma Koch Days of Wine and Roses – Don Feld The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Edith Head The Miracle Worker – Ruth Morley Phaedra – Denny Vachlioti
Best Costume Design (Color)	Best Film Editing
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Mary Wills Bon Voyage! – Bill Thomas Gypsy – Orry-Kelly The Music Man – Dorothy Jeakins My Geisha – Edith Head	Lawrence of Arabia – Anne V. Coates The Longest Day – Samuel E. Beetley The Manchurian Candidate – Ferris Webster The Music Man – William H. Ziegler Mutiny on the Bounty – John McSweeney Jr.
Best Special Effects
The Longest Day – Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont Mutiny on the Bounty – Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Milo B. Lory

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Steve Broidy

Presenters and performers

Presenters

• George Chakiris (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
• Wendell Corey (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Joan Crawford (Presenter: Best Director)
• Bette Davis (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Olivia de Havilland (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Van Heflin (Presenter: Short Subjects Awards)
• Audrey Hepburn and Eva Marie Saint (Presenter: Best Costume Design)
• Gene Kelly (Presenter: Best Art Direction)
• Sophia Loren (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Karl Malden (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
• Rita Moreno (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
• Donna Reed (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
• Ginger Rogers (Presenter: Best Original Score)
• Maximilian Schell (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Frank Sinatra (Presenter: Best Original Song)
• Miyoshi Umeki (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
• Shelley Winters (Presenter: Best Sound Recording and Best Special Effects)

Performers

• Alfred Newman (musical director)
• Robert Goulet ("Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses, "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty, "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw, "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night and "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side)

Multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
10	Lawrence of Arabia
8	To Kill a Mockingbird
7	Mutiny on the Bounty
6	The Music Man
5	Days of Wine and Roses
	The Longest Day
	The Miracle Worker
	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
4	Birdman of Alcatraz
	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
3	Divorce Italian Style
	Gypsy
	Sweet Bird of Youth
	That Touch of Mink
2	Bon Voyage!
	David and Lisa
	Freud: The Secret Passion
	The Manchurian Candidate
	Two for the Seesaw

Films with multiple awards

Awards	Film
7	Lawrence of Arabia
3	To Kill a Mockingbird
2	The Longest Day
	The Miracle Worker

See also

• 5th Grammy Awards
• 14th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 15th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 16th British Academy Film Awards
• 16th Tony Awards
• 20th Golden Globe Awards
• 1962 in film

Notes

1. Michael Wilson's original screenplay of Lawrence of Arabia was rewritten by Robert Bolt, retaining Wilson's characters and characterizations. Bolt received sole credit as Wilson was blacklisted at the time. Wilson's nomination was retroactively granted by the Academy Board of Directors on September 26, 1995.