38th Academy Awards
Date	April 18, 1966
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture	The Sound of Music
Most awards	Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music (5)
Most nominations	Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music (10)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
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The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope, and were the first Oscars to be broadcast live in color.^[1] Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended the ceremony, escorted by actor George Hamilton.^[1]

The most successful films of the year were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each with ten nominations and five wins, with the former winning Best Picture. Both films are in the top 10 inflation-adjusted commercially successful films ever made,^[2] and both would go on to appear on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century.

The Sound of Music was the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since Hamlet, and would be the last until Titanic at the 70th Academy Awards. Othello became the third film (of four to date) to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture. William Wyler received the last of his record twelve Best Director nominations for The Collector.

The ceremony was unsuccessful at starting a rivalry between Julie Christie and Julie Andrews, the two British contenders for Best Actress.^[1] It also contained what was described as a "moving" film from Patricia Neal, then recovering from a severe, near-fatal, stroke.^[1]

Awards

Robert Wise, Best Picture and Best Director winner

Lee Marvin, Best Actor winner

Julie Christie, Best Actress winner

Martin Balsam, Best Supporting Actor winner

Shelley Winters, Best Supporting Actress winner

Nominees were announced on February 21, 1966. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.^[3]

Best Picture	Best Director
The Sound of Music – Robert Wise, producer‡ Darling – Joseph Janni, producer Doctor Zhivago – Carlo Ponti, producer Ship of Fools – Stanley Kramer, producer A Thousand Clowns – Fred Coe, producer	Robert Wise – The Sound of Music‡ William Wyler – The Collector John Schlesinger – Darling David Lean – Doctor Zhivago Hiroshi Teshigahara – Woman in the Dunes
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou* as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn*‡ Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came In from the Cold* as Alec Leamas Laurence Olivier – Othello as Othello Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools as Dr. Wilhelm "Willi" Schumann	*Julie Christie – Darling* as Diana Scott*‡ Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music* as Maria von Trapp Samantha Eggar – The Collector as Miranda Grey Elizabeth Hartman – A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcey Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools as La Condesa
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Martin Balsam – A Thousand Clowns* as Arnold Burns*‡ Ian Bannen – The Flight of the Phoenix* as "Ratbags" Crow Tom Courtenay – Doctor Zhivago as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov Michael Dunn – Ship of Fools as Carl Glocken Frank Finlay – Othello as Iago	*Shelley Winters – A Patch of Blue* as Rose-Ann D'Arcey*‡ Ruth Gordon – Inside Daisy Clover* as Lucile Clover Joyce Redman – Othello as Emilia Maggie Smith – Othello as Desdemona Peggy Wood – The Sound of Music as the Mother Abbess
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Darling – Frederic Raphael‡ Casanova 70 – Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi d'Amico Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines – Jack Davies and Ken Annakin The Train – Franklin Coen and Frank Davis The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Jacques Demy	Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak‡ Cat Ballou – Walter Newman and Frank Pierson from The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor The Collector – Stanley Mann and John Kohn from The Collector by John Fowles Ship of Fools – Abby Mann from Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter A Thousand Clowns – Herb Gardner from A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)‡ Blood on the Land (Greece) Dear John (Sweden) Kwaidan (Japan) Marriage Italian Style (Italy)	The Eleanor Roosevelt Story‡ The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles The Forth Road Bridge Let My People Go: The Story of Israel To Die in Madrid
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Short Subject, Live Action
To Be Alive!‡ Mural on Our Street Nyitany Point of View Yeats Country	The Chicken – Claude Berri‡ Fortress of Peace – Lothar Wolff Skaterdater Snow Time Piece – Jim Henson
Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Best Music Score - Substantially Original
The Dot and the Line‡ Clay or the Origin of Species The Thieving Magpie	Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre‡ The Agony and the Ecstasy – Alex North The Greatest Story Ever Told – Alfred Newman A Patch of Blue – Jerry Goldsmith The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy
Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment	Best Song
The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal‡ Cat Ballou – Frank De Vol The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand	*"The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper* – Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster*‡ "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou* – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat? – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound
The Great Race – Treg Brown ‡ Von Ryan's Express – Walter Rossi	The Sound of Music – James Corcoran and Fred Hynes ‡ The Agony and the Ecstasy – James Corcoran Doctor Zhivago – A. W. Watkins and Franklin Milton The Great Race – George Groves Shenandoah – Waldon O. Watson
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White	Best Art Direction, Color
Ship of Fools – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish‡ King Rat – Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle A Patch of Blue – Art Direction: George Davis and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson The Slender Thread – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton and Joseph Kish The Spy Who Came In from the Cold – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Ted Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin	Doctor Zhivago – Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni‡ The Agony and the Ecstasy – Art Direction: John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni The Greatest Story Ever Told – Art Direction: Richard Day, William J. Creber and David S. Hall (posthumous nomination); Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean and Norman Rockett Inside Daisy Clover – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins The Sound of Music – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Best Cinematography, Color
Ship of Fools – Ernest Laszlo‡ In Harm's Way – Loyal Griggs King Rat – Burnett Guffey Morituri – Conrad Hall A Patch of Blue – Robert Burks	Doctor Zhivago – Freddie Young‡ The Agony and the Ecstasy – Leon Shamroy The Great Race – Russell Harlan The Greatest Story Ever Told – William C. Mellor (posthumous nomination) and Loyal Griggs The Sound of Music – Ted D. McCord
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	Best Costume Design, Color
Darling – Julie Harris‡ Morituri – Moss Mabry A Rage to Live – Howard Shoup Ship of Fools – Jean Louis and Bill Thomas The Slender Thread – Edith Head	Doctor Zhivago – Phyllis Dalton‡ The Agony and the Ecstasy – Vittorio Nino Novarese The Greatest Story Ever Told – Marjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese Inside Daisy Clover – Edith Head and Bill Thomas The Sound of Music – Dorothy Jeakins
Best Film Editing	Best Special Visual Effects
The Sound of Music – William H. Reynolds‡ Cat Ballou – Charles Nelson Doctor Zhivago – Norman Savage The Flight of the Phoenix – Michael Luciano The Great Race – Ralph E. Winters	Thunderball – John Stears‡ The Greatest Story Ever Told – J. McMillan Johnson

Honorary Award

Bob Hope "for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy".

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

William Wyler

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Edmond L. DePatie

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music
8 nominations: Ship of Fools
5 nominations: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Cat Ballou, Darling, The Great Race, The Greatest Story Ever Told and A Patch of Blue
4 nominations: Othello, A Thousand Clowns and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
3 nominations: The Collector and Inside Daisy Clover
2 nominations: The Flight of the Phoenix, King Rat, Morituri, The Slender Thread and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

The following films received multiple awards.

5 wins: Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music
3 wins: Darling
2 wins: Ship of Fools

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name	Role
Hank Simms	Announcer for the 38th Academy Awards
Arthur Freed (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Patty Duke George Hamilton	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Dorothy Malone	Presenter of the award for Best Special Visual Effects
Lila Kedrova	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Yvette Mimieux	Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects
Lana Turner James Garner	Presenters of the Costume Design Awards
Milton Berle Phyllis Diller	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Don Knotts Elke Sommer	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Peter Ustinov	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Jason Robards	Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Warren Beatty Debbie Reynolds	Presenters of the awards for Best Art Direction
Angie Dickinson	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Edmond L. DePatie
Richard Johnson Kim Novak	Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography
James Coburn Virna Lisi	Presenters of the Music Awards
Gregory Peck	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Natalie Wood	Presenter of the award for Best Song
Shirley MacLaine	Presenter of the award for Best Director
George Peppard Joanne Woodward	Presenters of the Writing Awards
Arthur Freed	Presenter of the Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Award to William Wyler
Julie Andrews	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Rex Harrison	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Arthur Freed	Presenter of the Honorary Gold Medal to Bob Hope
Jack Lemmon	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Johnny Green	Musical arranger and conductor	Orchestral
Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	“The Academy Awards Song (Mr. Oscar)” during the opening presentation
The Smothers Brothers	Performers	"The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou
Michel Legrand Jane Morgan	Performers	"I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Barbara McNair	Performer	"The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper
Robert Goulet	Performer	"The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race
Liza Minnelli	Performer	"What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat?

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 844. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
^ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". Boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Awards of Merit

Proposed awards	Popular Film

Special awards

Governors Awards	Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Special Achievement Academy Award
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards	Academy Award of Merit (non-competitive) Scientific and Engineering Award Technical Achievement Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Student Awards	Student Academy Award

Former awards

Merit Awards	Assistant Director Dance Direction Sound Editing Story
Special Awards	Academy Juvenile Award

Ceremonies
(years of film release)

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