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- Niven was a co-host of this year's Academy Awards ceremony. To date, he is the only actor to win an Oscar in the same year serving as a host.
- Sidney Poitier became the first African-American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Wendy Hiller was not present at the awards ceremony. Harold Hecht, the film's producer, accepted on her behalf.
- William A. Horning's nomination and win was posthumously, as he died after completing his work on Gigi (1958) and in the midst of the production on Ben-Hur (1959) and La Mort aux trousses (1959); the last two films would earn him Oscar nominations and a win (for Ben-Hur alone) the next year.
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- James Algar accepting this award.
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- James Algar accepting this award.
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- Frederick Loewe(music)Alan Jay Lerner(lyrics)For the song "Gigi"
- For the song "Almost in Your Arms (Love Song from Houseboat)"
- Sammy Fain(music)Paul Francis Webster(lyrics)For the song "A Certain Smile"
- Jimmy Van Heusen(music)Sammy Cahn(lyrics)For the song "To Love and Be Loved"
- Sammy Fain(music)Paul Francis Webster(lyrics)For the song "A Very Precious Love"
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- James Algar accepting this award.
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- Fred Hynes(Todd-AO SSD)
- Gordon Sawyer(Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
- Leslie I. Carey(Universal-International SSD)
- George Dutton(Paramount SSD)
- Carlton W. Faulkner(20th Century-Fox SSD)
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- Nedrick Young had been blacklisted at the time and the Oscar went to his pseudonym 'Nathan E. Douglas'. In 1993 AMPAS restored Young's credit upon the request of his widow and recommendation of the Academy's writers branch.
- William Bowers(screenplay)James Edward Grant(screenplay/story)
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- WinnerFor his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century.
- Winner
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Event date
April 6, 1959
Event location
Los Angeles, California, USA