| 37th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 5, 1965 |
| Site | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium,Santa Monica, California |
| Hosted by | Bob Hope |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Directed by | Richard Dunlap |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | My Fair Lady |
| Most awards | My Fair Lady (8) |
| Most nominations | Mary Poppins (13) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
The37th Academy Awards were held on April 5, 1965, to honorfilm achievements of 1964. The ceremony was produced byMGM'sJoe Pasternak and hosted, for the 14th time, byBob Hope.
The Best Picture winner,George Cukor'sMy Fair Lady, was an adaptation of a 1956stage musical of the same name, which was itself based onGeorge Bernard Shaw'sPygmalion, which had been nominated for Best Picture in1938.Audrey Hepburn was controversially not nominated forBest Actress for her starring role asEliza Doolittle;[1] the unpopularity of her replacingJulie Andrews—who had originated the role on Broadway, and who was seen by producerJack Warner as having lacked star quality[1]—as well as the revelation that the majority of her singing was dubbed byMarni 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, butMy Fair Lady was said to have "made off awfully well, too."[1]
The ceremony saw the first recipient of theAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling,William J. Tuttle for7 Faces of Dr. Lao, albeit as anHonorary Award; it would not become a competitive category until1981.
This year was the first in which three films received 10 or more nominations (repeated at the50th,92nd and96th Academy Awards), and the only time in Oscar history that three films received 12 or more nominations:Becket andMy Fair Lady each received 12, whileMary 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 byJohnny Belinda for most Oscars losses with 11 (both movies won 1 out of 12 nominations). It was later equalled byThe Turning Point in1977 (0 for 11),The Color Purple in1985 (0 for 11),The Power of the Dog in2021 (1 for 12), andEmilia Pérez in2024 (2 for 13).
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Nominations were announced on February 23, 1965. Winners are listed first and highlighted withboldface.[2][3]
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[4]
| Name | Role | Performed |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Green Roger Edens | Musical arrangers | Orchestral |
| The New Christy Minstrels | Performers | "Chim Chim Cher-ee" fromMary Poppins |
| Andy Williams | Performer | "Dear Heart" fromDear Heart |
| Patti Page | Performer | "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" fromHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| Nancy Wilson | Performer | "My Kind of Town" fromRobin and the 7 Hoods |
| Jack Jones | Performer | "Where Love Has Gone" fromWhere 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 |
These films had multiple nominations:
| The following films received multiple awards.
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