Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964

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Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964 Jan 4, 2018 10:42:43 GMT OrsonSwelles, mattgarth, and 4 more like this

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Back in the 1970s I was in contact with former AMPAS head librarians Anthony Slide and Val Amendarez almost on a weekly basis asking them for copies of the official/legal credit listings for movie main and end titles. I cannot begin to tell you how helpful they were. Since I was interested in screen credits I eventually got around to the Oscar nominating process. During the 1970s Variety would publish each year the 10 preliminary selections in all of the technical categories. From these 10 selections the final five nominees were chosen. Over the course of my dealings with Slide and Almendarez they were able to provide the preliminary selections for the release years 1964-1979.

Since Oscar time is around the corner I thought I would share this info with you guys a year per day or as close to one a day as I can get, taking into account real life breaking in. It is fun to compare what was nominated and what was not.

So here is the first year, 1964. The final five nominees will be in bold print and the eventual winner will be underlined, bold and in italics.

CINEMATOGRAPHY (black & white)

The Americanization of Emily, Philip H. Lathrop

Dr. Strangelove, Gilbert Taylor

Fate is the Hunter, Milton Krasner

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, Joseph F. Biroc

Lady in a Cage, Lee Garmes

Lilith, Eugen Schuftan

Night Must Fall, Freddie Francis

Night of the Iguana, Gabriel Figueroa

The Pumpkin Eater, Oswald Morris

Zorba the Greek, Walter Lassally

CINEMATOGRAPHY (color)

Becket, Geoffrey Unsworth

Cheyenne Autumn, William Clothier

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Robert Krasker

Father Goose, Charles B. Lang, Jr.

Goldfinger, Ted Moore

Mary Poppins, Ben Colman

My Fair Lady, Harry Stradling, Sr.

Robin and the 7 Hoods, William H. Daniels

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Daniel L. Fapp

Zulu, Stephen Dade

COSTUME DESIGN (black & white)

The Americanization of Emily, Bill Thomas

Fate Is the hunter, Moss Mabry

A House Is Not a Home, Edith Head

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, Norma Koch

Kisses for My President, Howard Shoup

Masquerade, Beatrice Dawson

Night of the Iguana, Dorothy Jeakins

Of Human Bondage, Beatrice Dawson

The Visit, René Hubert

Youngblood Hawke, Howard Shoup

COSTUME DESIGN (color)

Becket, Margaret Furse

The Carpetbaggers, Edith Head

The Chalk Garden. Julie Harris

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Vierno Colasanti & John Moore

I'd Rather be Rich, Jean Louis

Mary Poppins, Tony Walton

My Fair Lady, Cecil Beaton

Send Me No Flowers, Jean Louis

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Morton Haack

What a Way to Go!, Edith Head & Moss Mabry

PRODUCTION DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, SET DECORATION (black & white)

The Americanization of Emily, George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Henry Grace, Robert Benton

Dr. Strangelove, Ken Adam and Peter Murton

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, William Glascow; Raphael Bretton

Lady in a Cage, Hal Pereira, Rudolph Sternad; Joseph Kish, Sam Comer

Night of the Iguana, Stephen Grimes

The Pumpkin Eater, Edward Marshall; Peter James

Seven Days in May, Cary Odell; Edward G. Boyle

The Visit, Leon Barsacq; Robert Christides

Youngblood Hawke, Leo K. Kuter; John P. Austin

Zorba the Greek, Vassili Fotopoulos

PRODUCTION DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, SET DECORATION (color)

Becket, John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Robert Cartwright

The Chalk Garden, Carmen Dillon; John Jarvis

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Vierno Colasanti & John Moore

Goldfinger, Ken Adam, Peter Murton; Freda Pearson

I'd Rather Be Rich, Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Howard Bristol

Mary Poppins, Tony Walton, Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Emil Kuri, Hal Gausman

My Fair Lady, Cecil Beaton, Gene Allen; George James Hopkins

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Hugh Hunt, Henry Grace

What a Way to Go!, Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Walter M. Scott; Stuart A. Reiss

The Yellow Rolls-Royce, Elliot Scot, Vincent Korda, William Kellner; John Jarvis, Pamela Cornell

FILM EDITING

Becket, Anne V. Coates

Dr. Strangelove, Anhony Harvey

Fail-Safe, Robert Rosenbloom

Father Goose, Ted J. Kent

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, Michael Luciano

The Killers, Richard Belding

Mary Poppins, Cotton Warburton

My Fair Lady, William Ziegler

Seven Days in May, Ferris Webster

Zorba the Greek, Michael Cacoyannis

ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE

Becket, Laurence Rosenthal

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Dimitri Tiomkin

Dead Ringer, Andre Previn

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, Frank DeVol

Marnie, Bernard Herrmann

Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman

The Pink Panther, Henry Mancini

Séance on a Wet Afternoon, John Barry

Seven Days in May, Jerry Goldsmith

Zorba the Greek, Mikis Theodorakis

ADAPTED MUSIC SCORE (no preliminaries, only the nominees)

A Hard Day's Night, George Martin

Mary Poppins, Irwin Kostal

My Fair Lady, Andre Previn

Robin and the Seven Hoods, Nelson Riddle

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

SONG

Dear Heart, "Dear Heart" - Heney Mancini; Jay Evans and Jerry Livingston

Father Goose, "Pass Me By" - Cy Coleman; Caroline Leigh

From Russia with Love, "From Russia with Love" - Lionel Bart

Goldfinger, "Goldfinger" - John Barry; Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley

Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, "Hush…Hush Sweet Charlotte" - Frank DeVol; Mack David

I'd Rather Be Rich, "I'd Rather Be Rich" - David Shire; Robert Maltby, Jr.

Mary Poppins "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman

Robin and the Seven Hoods, "My Kind of Town" - James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

A Shot in the Dark, "Shadow of Paris" - Henry Mancini; Robert Wells

Where Love Has Gone, "Where Love Has Gone" - James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

SOUND

Becket, Shepperton Studio Sound Dept. (John Cox, Bob Jones; Buster Ambler)

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Pinewood Studio Sound Dept. (Gordon McCallum; David Hildyard)

Father Goose, Universal Studio Sound Dept. (Waldon O. Watson; William Russell)

Goldfinger, Pinewood Studio Sound Dept. (Gordon McCallum; Dudley Messenger)

Lady in a Cage, Glen Glenn Sound Dept. (John K. Wilkinson, Frank McWhorter, Al Cuesta)

Mary Poppins, Disney Studio Sound Dept. (Robert O. Cook; Dean Thomas)

My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept. (George R. Groves, Murray Spivack; Francis J.Schied)

The 7th Dawn, Shepperton Studio Sound Dept. (John Cox, Red Law; Basil Fenton-Smith)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, MGM Studio Sound Dept. (Franklin Milton; Larry Jost)

Zulu, MGM British Studio Sound Dept. (A.W. Watkins, J.B. Smith; Claude Hitchcock)

NOTE:The nomination for sound went to the studio sound department instead of the credited sound personnel. I have added the credited personnel.

SOUND EFFECTS (only the 2 nominees)

Goldfinger, Norman Wanstall

The Lively Set, Robert L. Bratton

VISUAL EFFECTS (only the 2 nominees)

Mary Poppins, Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, Eustace Lycett

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Jim Danforth

MAKE-UP (special award, no nominees)

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, William Tuttle

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Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964 Jan 4, 2018 15:14:22 GMT

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That is a fascinating look inside AMPAS in the '60s. I notice that these are all technical categories but don't understand whether the first selection of 10 was created by a round of voting by Academy members or if they were picked by the Academy administration or some other way. May I assume that the Best Picture, Direction, and acting category nominations were selected the same way it is done today with the Academy branches voting in the first round for nominees and the entire membership determining the winner of the Oscar?

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Jan 4, 2018 15:14:22 GMT mikef6 said:

That is a fascinating look inside AMPAS in the '60s. I notice that these are all technical categories but don't understand whether the first selection of 10 was created by a round of voting by Academy members or if they were picked by the Academy administration or some other way. May I assume that the Best Picture, Direction, and acting category nominations were selected the same way it is done today with the Academy branches voting in the first round for nominees and the entire membership determining the winner of the Oscar?

mikef6 I am not really sure how things were done in the 1960s. I think it was done the same as today.

I know that the Academy published each year all of the movies which were eligible for nomination (theatrically released with paid admission in the Los Angeles area for a period if one week during the calendar for which the eligibility is claimed).

I do not know if the Academy still publishes this list or not.

From my understanding, concerning the technical categories, each branch votes for all eligible movies, the 10 receiving the most votes become the preliminary selections. Then the 10 titles are voted for again and the 5 with the most votes become the final nominees and then the entire Academy votes for the eventual winner.

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Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964 Jan 5, 2018 5:46:40 GMT

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Jan 5, 2018 0:50:19 GMT gunshotwound said:

Jan 4, 2018 15:14:22 GMT mikef6 said:

That is a fascinating look inside AMPAS in the '60s. I notice that these are all technical categories but don't understand whether the first selection of 10 was created by a round of voting by Academy members or if they were picked by the Academy administration or some other way. May I assume that the Best Picture, Direction, and acting category nominations were selected the same way it is done today with the Academy branches voting in the first round for nominees and the entire membership determining the winner of the Oscar?

mikef6 I am not really sure how things were done in the 1960s. I think it was done the same as today.

I know that the Academy published each year all of the movies which were eligible for nomination (theatrically released with paid admission in the Los Angeles area for a period if one week during the calendar for which the eligibility is claimed).

I do not know if the Academy still publishes this list or not.

From my understanding, concerning the technical categories, each branch votes for all eligible movies, the 10 receiving the most votes become the preliminary selections. Then the 10 titles are voted for again and the 5 with the most votes become the final nominees and then the entire Academy votes for the eventual winner.

That's pretty much what I thought. I had just never heard of that first round voting before. Thanks.

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Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964 Jan 5, 2018 15:54:27 GMT

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Post by teleadm on Jan 5, 2018 15:54:27 GMT

Just a few notations from me...

Having seen the beautifully restored Zulu, it should at least have been nominated for it's color cinematography, since it was made outdoors under the open skies, and not inside a controlled studio under a roof.

The Fall of the Roman Empire, it must have been a huge prestige loss not to even having been nominated for PRODUCTION DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, SET DECORATION (color)
, since they must have costed millions.

Zorba the Greek, though I didn't like the movie at all, the Mikis Theodorakis theme and music is so merry making that even my half working body wan't to dance around to the twang of the bouzouki, it should at least have been nominated for ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
, or the jury just thought that the Greeks got theirs with Never on Sunday...

The 7 Faces of Dr Lao, There wasn't even an Oscar for best Make-up back then???

The above was just a few personal reflections

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Jan 5, 2018 15:54:27 GMT teleadm said:

Just a few notations from me...

Having seen the beautifully restored Zulu, it should at least have been nominated for it's color cinematography, since it was made outdoors under the open skies, and not inside a controlled studio under a roof.

The Fall of the Roman Empire, it must have been a huge prestige loss not to even having been nominated for PRODUCTION DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, SET DECORATION (color)
, since they must have costed millions.

Zorba the Greek, though I didn't like the movie at all, the Mikis Theodorakis theme and music is so merry making that even my half working body wan't to dance around to the twang of the bouzouki, it should at least have been nominated for ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
, or the jury just thought that the Greeks got theirs with Never on Sunday...

The 7 Faces of Dr Lao, There wasn't even an Oscar for best Make-up back then???

The above was just a few personal reflections

teleadm I agree with about Zulu's photography and set designs for The Fall of the Roman Empire.

Make-up did not become a regular category until 1981. Before then a special achievement Oscar was awarded twice. For The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and for Planet of the Apes.

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Preliminary Oscar Selections for 1964

Post by gunshotwound on Jan 4, 2018 10:42:43 GMT

Post by mikef6 on Jan 4, 2018 15:14:22 GMT

Post by gunshotwound on Jan 5, 2018 0:50:19 GMT

Post by mikef6 on Jan 5, 2018 5:46:40 GMT

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