Showing posts with label Peter Ustinov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Ustinov. Show all posts

Friday, 15 March 2024

1965, Film and Television Awards: 37th Academy Awards

Best Picture
Winner: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • 'Becket'
  • 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • 'Mary Poppins'
  • 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Actor
Winner: Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in 'My Fair Lady'

Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins

Nominees:


  • Richard Burton as Thomas Becket in 'Becket'
  • Peter O'Toole as King Henry II of England in 'Becket'
  • Anthony Quinn as Alexis Zorba in 'Zorba the Greek'
  • Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove in 'Dr. Strangelove'

Best Actress
Winner: Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins in 'Mary Poppins'

Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins

Nominees:

  • Anne Bancroft as Jo Armitage in 'The Pumpkin Eater'
  • Sophia Loren as Filumena Marturano in 'Matrimonio all'italiana'
  • Debbie Reynolds as Molly Brown in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'
  • Kim Stanley as Myra Savage in 'Séance on a Wet Afternoon'

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson in 'Topkapi'

Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson

Nominees:

  • John Gielgud as King Louis VII of France in 'Becket'
  • Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady'
  • Edmond O'Brien as Senator Ray Clark in 'Seven Days in May'
  • Lee Tracy as Art Hockstader in 'The Best Man'

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense in 'Zorba the Greek'

Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense

Nominees:

  • Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins in 'My Fair Lady'
  • Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham in 'The Chalk Garden'
  • Grayson Hall as Judith Fellowes in 'The Night of the Iguana'
  • Agnes Moorehead as Velma Cruther in 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'

Best Director
Winner: George Cukor: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Peter Glenville: 'Becket'
  • Stanley Kubrick: 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • Robert Stevenson: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Michael Cacoyannis: 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff: 'Father Goose'

Poster 'Father Goose'

Nominees:

  • Alun Owen: 'A Hard Day's Night'
  • Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes: 'One Potato, Two Potato'
  • Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli: 'I compagni'
  • Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe de Broca: 'L'Homme de Rio'

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner: Edward Anhalt from Becket by Jean Anouilh: 'Becket'

Poster 'Becket'

Nominees:

  • Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George from Red Alert by Peter George: 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi from Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Alan Jay Lerner from My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw:  'My Fair Lady'
  • Michael Cacoyannis from The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis: 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: 'Ieri, oggi, domani' (Italy)

Poster 'Ieri, oggi, domani'

Nominees:

  • 'Kvarteret Korpen' (Sweden)
  • 'Sallah Shabati' (Israel)
  • 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' (France)
  • 'Woman in the Dunes' (Japan)

Best Music Score
Winner: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman: 'Mary Poppins'

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • Laurence Rosenthal: 'Becket'
  • Dimitri Tiomkin: 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'
  • Frank De Vol: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Henry Mancini: 'The Pink Panther'

Best Song
Winner: 'Chim Chim Cher-ee' from 'Mary Poppins', Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • 'Dear Heart' from 'Dear Heart', Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • 'Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte' from 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'; Music by Frank De Vol; Lyrics by Mack David
  • 'My Kind of Town' from 'Robin and the 7 Hoods'; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • 'Where Love Has Gone' from 'Where Love Has Gone'; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Best Cinematography, Color
Winner: Harry Stradling: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Becket'
  • William Clothier: 'Cheyenne Autumn'
  • Edward Colman: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Daniel L. Fapp: 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner: Walter Lassally: 'Zorba the Greek'

Poster 'Zorba the Greek'

Nominees:

  • Philip H. Lathrop: 'The Americanization of Emily'
  • Milton Krasner: 'Fate Is the Hunter'
  • Joseph Biroc: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Gabriel Figueroa: 'The Night of the Iguana'

Best Costume Design, Color
Winner: Cecil Beaton: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Margaret Furse: 'Becket'
  • Tony Walton: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Morton Haack: 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'
  • Edith Head and Moss Mabry: 'What a Way to Go!'

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner: Dorothy Jeakins: 'The Night of the Iguana'

Poster 'The Night of the Iguana'

Nominees:

  • Edith Head: 'A House Is Not a Home'
  • Norma Koch: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Howard Shoup: 'Kisses for My President'
  • René Hubert: 'The Visit'

Best Film Editing
Winner: Cotton Warburton: 'Mary Poppins'

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • Anne V. Coates: 'Becket'
  • Ted J. Kent: 'Father Goose'
  • Michael Luciano: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • William Ziegler: 'My Fair Lady'

Saturday, 15 July 2017

1968, Film: “Blackbeard's Ghost”

The American fantasy comedy film "Blackbeard's Ghost" is released on 8 February 1968 in the USA by Walt Disney Productions. The film, directed by Robert Stevenson, was written by Don DaGradi and Bill Walsh based on the novel with the same name by Ben Stahl from 1965. Main stars are Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. The music was composed by Robert F. Brunner.

Synopsis
Steve Walker (Dean Jones) arrives at the Godolphin College to take the position of track coach. He lodges at the Blackbeard's Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate. The daughters are trying to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss, Silky Seymour (Joby Baker), who wants to build a casino on the land...
Dean Jones as Steve Walker and Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and Dean Jones as Steve Walker
Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker, Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and
Dean Jones as Steve Walker
Main Cast
  • Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
  • Dean Jones as Steve Walker
  • Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker
  • Elsa Lanchester as Emily Stowecroft
  • Joby Baker as Silky Seymour
  • Elliott Reid as TV Commentator
  • Richard Deacon as Dean Wheaton
  • Norman Grabowski as Virgil
  • Kelly Thordsen as Motorcycle Officer
  • Michael Conrad as Pinetop Purvis
  • Herbie Faye as Croupier
Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
Joby Baker as Silky Seymour
Trivia
1968 was the 250th Anniversary year of the death (in 1718) of the real-life Blackbeard the Pirate (aka Edward Thatch or Edward Teach)


Trailer "Blackbeard's Ghost" (1968)