A 50-Year Memory: The Academy Awards

April 6 - The 31st Academy Awards ceremony is held.

* Best Picture: Gigi
* Best Director: Vincente Minnelli, Gigi
* Best Actor: David Niven, Separate Tables
* Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives, The Big Country
* Best Actress: Susan Hayward, I Want To Live!
* Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables
* Best Original Story and Screenplay: The Defiant Ones
* Best Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium: Gigi