Bob Hope is host for the 32nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, telecast live from the RKO Pantages Theater, in Hollywood, California.                                                   

 Highlights of the opening-night ceremonies of the motion picture, HAWAII, at the DeMille Egyptian theaters in New York and Hollywood. Bert Parks interviews arriving celebrities including Julie Andrews, Bob Crane, Robert Wagner, Nancy Sinatra, George Jessel, Richard Crenna, Adam West, Jonathan Winters, Gregory Peck, Jill St. John, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Charlton Heston.                          

The New York and Hollywood movie premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" starring Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Alain Delon, Gert Frobe, and Orson Welles. Directed by Rene Clement.

In New York, Jack Lescoulie talks to Otto Preminger, Frederick March, Florence Eldrich, Leslie Caron, Ann Francis, John Erikson, Polly Bergen, and Barbara Rush.
In Los Angeles, Debbie Reynolds talks to Army Archerd.

Hosts: Jack Lescoulie and Army Archerd.                                                                                                       

The New York and Hollywood movie premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" starring Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Alain Delon, Gert Frobe, and Orson Welles. Directed by Rene Clement.

In New York, Jack Lescoulie talks to Otto Preminger, Frederick March, Florence Eldrich, Leslie Caron, Ann Francis, John Erikson, Polly Bergen, and Barbara Rush.
In Los Angeles, Debbie Reynolds talks to Army Archerd.

Duplicate of #15244.

Hosts: Jack Lescoulie and Army Archerd.                                                                                                                    

Bob Hope is the host for the 14th time of the 40th annual Academy Awards.He would host this gala event alone only one more time; 10 years later in 1978, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this annual presentation. Academy President Gregory Peck gives tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope commences the program with a monologue. Presenters and award winners include Carol Channing, Patty Duke, George Kennedy, and Katharine Hepburn. In a salute to the history of the Oscar and its first decade of development, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, MacDonald Carey, Diahann Carroll, Robert Morse, Barbara Rush, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Raye, Olivia
de Havilland, who salutes Oscar's second decade, Natalie Wood, Richard Crenna, Elke Sommer, Walter Matthau, Estelle Parsons, Dame Edith Evans, Grace Kelly, who salutes Oscar's third decade, Hal Ashby, Rosalind Russell, Anne Bancroft, who salutes Oscar's fourth decade, Danny Kaye, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Angie Dickinson,
Gene Kelly, Barbra Streisand, Robert Wise, Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Nichols, Sterling Silliphant, Stanley Kramer, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Julie Andrews, and Walter Mirisch. Bob Hope concludes with some serious remarks reflecting the assassination of Martin Luther King regarding bigotry and the purpose of motion pictures...to reflect the human condition. Hank Sims is the announcer. 

George Kennedy-Best supporting actor
Estelle Parsons_Best supporting actress
Alfred Hitchcock: Irving Thalberg Award.                                                                            

Bob Hope is the host for the 14th time of the 40th annual Academy Awards.He would host this gala event alone only one more time; 10 years later in 1978, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this annual presentation. Academy President Gregory Peck gives tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope commences the program with a monologue. Presenters and award winners include Carol Channing, Patty Duke, George Kennedy, and Katharine Hepburn. In a salute to the history of the Oscar and its first decade of development, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, MacDonald Carey, Diahann Carroll, Robert Morse, Barbara Rush, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Raye, Olivia
de Havilland, who salutes Oscar's second decade, Natalie Wood, Richard Crenna, Elke Sommer, Walter Matthau, Estelle Parsons, Dame Edith Evans, Grace Kelly, who salutes Oscar's third decade, Hal Ashby, Rosalind Russell, Anne Bancroft, who salutes Oscar's fourth decade, Danny Kaye, Rock Hudson, Shirley Jones, Angie Dickinson,
Gene Kelly, Barbra Streisand, Robert Wise, Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Nichols, Sterling Silliphant, Stanley Kramer, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Julie Andrews, and Walter Mirisch. Bob Hope concludes with some serious remarks reflecting the assassination of Martin Luther King regarding bigotry and the purpose of motion pictures...to reflect the human condition. Hank Sims is the announcer. 

George Kennedy-Best supporting actor
Estelle Parsons- Best supporting actress
Alfred Hitchcock: Irving Thalberg Award.   

See #1047 for details.