The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959)

USA, 6 April
black and white, 4:3
mono, English

An American television directed by Alan Handley.

Premise

Coverage of the 31st Acamedy Awards ceremony.

Credits

Crew
Director: Alan Handley
Production Company: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Producer: Jerry Wald
Producer for NBC: Alan Handley
Locations: Pantages Theater, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast
Nick Adams
Buddy Adler
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Eddie Albert
June Allyson
Ingrid Bergman
Dirk Bogarde
Red Buttons
James Cagney
Cyd Charisse
Joan Collins
Gary Cooper
Wendell Corey
Tony Curtis
James Darren
Bette Davis
Doris Day
Kirk Douglas
Irene Dunne
Eddie Fisher
Rhonda Fleming
Anthony Franciosa
Arthur Freed
Mitzi Gaynor
Cary Grant
Susan Hayward
Harold Hecht
Van Heflin
Charlton Heston
William Holden
Bob Hope
Rock Hudson
Burl Ives
Dean Jones
Louis Jourdan
Howard Keel
Ernie Kovacs
Burt Lancaster
Angela Lansbury
Janet Leigh
Alan Jay Lerner
Jerry Lewis
Sophia Loren
Shirley MacLaine
Dean Martin
Tony Martin
Vincente Minnelli
Juanita Moore
Lionel Newman
David Niven
Kim Novak
Laurence Olivier
Gregory Peck
Millie Perkins
Dick Powell
Vincent Price
Anthony Quinn
John Raitt
Tony Randall
Rosalind Russell
Mort Sahl
Eva Marie Saint
Jean Simmons
Harold Jacob Smith
Robert Stack
Connie Stevens
Elizabeth Taylor
Peter Ustinov
Robert Wagner
John Wayne
Tuesday Weld
Shelley Winters
Natalie Wood
Jane Wyman
Dana Wynter
Nedrick Young

Extracts included in
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996)