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* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Eugen Shuftan Actor - Paul Newman
The Longest Day – Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir Period of Adjustment – Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story .
First Black Actor to Win: Sidney Poitier made history by becoming the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. Gregory Peck’s Moral High Ground: Peck won Best Actor for his iconic role as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, which also won Best Adapted Screenplay.
Bob Hope hosted the 34th Academy Awards when they took place on Monday, April 9th, 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. West Side Story was the big winner, taking home 10 out of its eleven nominations. Sophia Loren’s Best Actress win for La Ciociara became Oscar’s first subtitled winner.
The 1962 Best Picture winner's seven awards included Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Musical Score. Naturally, one of its Oscars was for the photography of its magnificent locale - the desert.
The Longest Day premiered in France on September 25, 1962, and in the United States on October 4. It received positive acclaim from critics and was a significant commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing black-and-white movie at the time.
