| 33rd Academy Awards | |
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| Date | April 17, 1961 |
| Site | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California |
| Hosted by | Bob Hope |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Directed by | Richard Dunlap |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Apartment |
| Most awards | The Apartment (5) |
| Most nominations | The Apartment (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
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The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic AuditoriuminSanta Monica, California. This was the first ceremony to be aired on ABC television, which has aired the Academy Awards ever since (except between 1971 and 1975, when they were aired on NBC for the first time since the previous year).[1]
Billy Wilder's The Apartment won Best Picture, the last black-and-white film to do so until Schindler's List and The Artist at the 66th and 84th Academy Awards, respectively.
Elizabeth Taylor, who had a near-fatal bout with pneumonia a short time before the ceremony, was viewed as having received her Oscar out of sympathy rather than for her performance in Butterfield 8.[1]
Gary Cooper was selected by the Academy Board of Governors to receive an Academy Honorary Award "for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry". Cooper was too ill to attend the ceremony, though his condition was not publicly disclosed; James Stewart, a close friend of Cooper, accepted the Oscar on his behalf. Stewart's emotional speech hinted that something was seriously wrong, and the following day newspapers ran the headline, "Gary Cooper has cancer". Cooper died less than four weeks later.
Rising star Hayley Mills was selected by the Academy Board of Governors as the year's recipient of the Academy Juvenile Award for her breakthrough and acclaimed performance in Walt Disney's Pollyanna. She was the last recipient of the award; going forward, juvenile actors could officially compete in competitive categories. This was the first year a red carpet lined the walk into the theater.[2]
Nominees were announced on February 27, 1961. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[3]
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These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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