34th Academy Awards
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award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1961
Key facts
- Date
- April 9, 1962
- Site
- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium , Santa Monica, California
- Hosted by
- Bob Hope
- Produced by
- Arthur Freed
- Directed by
- Richard Dunlap
- Best picture
- West Side Story
- Most awards
- West Side Story (10)
- Most nominations
- Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11)
- Network
- ABC
- Duration
- 2 hours, 10 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 35th Academy Awards
- Follows
- 33rd Academy Awards
- Location
- California
- Producer
- Arthur Freed
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962
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- point in time
- 1962-04-09
- edition number
- 34
- presenter
- Bob Hope
- awarded for period
- 1961-00-00
- broadcast by
- American Broadcasting Company
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Encyclopedic overview
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story. The film won 10 of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and both supporting acting Oscars, becoming the most successful musical in Oscars history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “34th Academy Awards” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.