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The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Frank Sinatra.

Trivia

• "Host Frank Sinatra nearly missed the show because he forgot his parking sticker and was turned away from the arrivals area by security guards. He had to park his own car elsewhere and run to the auditorium, barely arriving in time."[1]

• Joan Crawford was infuriated when Bette Davis was nominated for an Oscar and she was overlooked. She contacted the Best Actress nominees who were unable to attend the ceremonies and offered to accept the award on their behalf should they win. When Anne Bancroft was declared the winner for The Miracle Worker, Crawford triumphantly pushed her way past Davis and swept onstage to pick up the trophy. Davis later commented, "It would have meant a million more dollars to our film if I had won. Joan was thrilled I hadn't."^[1]

The Awards

Feature Films

Directing

• Achievement in Directing: David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia

Acting

Writing

Music

• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): Days of Wine and Roses from Days of Wine and Roses - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

References

External links

• The 35th Annual Academy Awards Synopsis at IMDb
• The 35th Annual Academy Awards "Episode" at the Internet Movie Database