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31st Academy Awards
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award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1958
Key facts
- Date
- April 6, 1959
- Site
- Pantages Theatre , Hollywood , California, USA
- Hosted by
- Jerry Lewis , Mort Sahl , Tony Randall , Bob Hope , David Niven , and Laurence Olivier
- Produced by
- Jerry Wald
- Directed by
- Alan Handley
- Best picture
- Gigi
- Most awards
- Gigi (9)
- Most nominations
- The Defiant Ones and Gigi (9)
- Network
- NBC
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 32nd Academy Awards
- Follows
- 30th Academy Awards
- Location
- Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- Producer
- Jerry Wald
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959
- Image
- 31st Acad Awards.jpg
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- Commons category
- 1959 Academy Awards
- point in time
- 1959-04-06
- edition number
- 31
- presenter
- Laurence Olivier
- awarded for period
- 1958-00-00
- broadcast by
- NBC
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Encyclopedic overview
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight, first set by Gone with the Wind in 1939.
Gigi set a new record for biggest Oscars sweep, winning all nine of its nominations, which would be broken in 1960, when Ben-Hur won eleven of its twelve nominations. Finally, Gigi was the last film until The Last Emperor to win Best Picture without any acting nominations.
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