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Laurel Awards: 1962

Golden Laurel

Date:26 September

Top Female Supporting Performance
  Placings:
 

1. West Side Story (1961) - Rita Moreno (I)
2. The Children's Hour (1961) - Fay Bainter
3. The Second Time Around (1961) - Thelma Ritter

  Other Nominees:
 
  • Flower Drum Song (1961) - Juanita Hall
    - 4th place.
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Judy Garland (I)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Supporting Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Hustler (1961) - Jackie Gleason (I)
    2. West Side Story (1961) - George Chakiris
    3. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Ed Begley (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Montgomery Clift
    - 4th place.
  • The Comancheros (1961) - Lee Marvin
    - 5th place.

  • Top Producer/Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Alfred Hitchcock (I)
    2. Stanley Kramer
    3. Otto Preminger

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Delmer Daves
    - 4th place.
  • Billy Wilder
    - 5th place.
  • George Pal
    - 6th place.
  • Frank Capra
    - 7th place.
  • Elia Kazan
    - 8th place.
  • Howard Hawks
    - 9th place.
  • William Wyler
    - 10th place.

  • Top Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Fred Zinnemann
    2. George Seaton (I)
    3. Richard Brooks (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Henry King (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Vincente Minnelli
    - 5th place.
  • George Cukor
    - 6th place.
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    - 7th place.
  • Blake Edwards
    - 8th place.
  • Delbert Mann (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Edward Dmytryk
    - 10th place.

  • Top Cinematography, Black and White
      Placings:
     

    1. The Hustler (1961) - Eugen Schüfftan
    2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Ernest Laszlo
    3. The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) - Edward Colman


    Top Cinematography, Color
      Placings:
     

    1. West Side Story (1961) - Daniel L. Fapp
    2. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - Charles Lang (III)
    3. Fanny (1961) - Jack Cardiff


    Top Song
      Placings:
     

    1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Johnny Mercer; Henry Mancini
    - For the song "Moon River"

    2. Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Jimmy Van Heusen; Sammy Cahn
    - For the song "Pocketful of Miracles"

    3. Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - Henry Mancini; Mack David
    - For the song "Bachelor in Paradise"

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Town Without Pity (1961) - Dimitri Tiomkin; Ned Washington
    - 4th place.
    - For the song "Town Without Pity"
  • El Cid (1961) - Paul Francis Webster; Miklós Rózsa
    - 5th place.
    - For the song "Love Theme from El Cid"

  • Top Musical Score
      Placings:
     

    1. Babes in Toyland (1961) - George Bruns
    2. El Cid (1961) - Miklós Rózsa
    3. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Henry Mancini

      Other Nominees:
     
  • West Side Story (1961) - Saul Chaplin; Johnny Green (I); Sid Ramin; Irwin Kostal
    - 4th place.
  • Summer and Smoke (1961) - Elmer Bernstein
    - 5th place.

  • Top Musical
      Placings:
     

    1. West Side Story (1961)
    2. Flower Drum Song (1961)
    3. Babes in Toyland (1961)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Blue Hawaii (1961)
    - 4th place.

  • Top Music
      Placings:
     

    1. Dimitri Tiomkin
    2. André Previn
    3. Max Steiner (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Johnny Green (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Elmer Bernstein
    - 5th place.

  • Top General Entertainment
      Winner:
     

    Top Female New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. Ann-Margret
    2. Connie Stevens
    3. Pamela Tiffin

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Diane McBain
    - 4th place.
  • Carol Lawrence (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Deborah Walley
    - 6th place.
  • Vicki Trickett
    - 7th place.
  • Stella Stevens (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Sharon Hugueny
    - 9th place.
  • Geneviève Page
    - 10th place.

  • Sleeper of the Year
      Winner:
     

    Top Female Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Doris Day (I)
    2. Shirley MacLaine
    3. Audrey Hepburn

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hayley Mills
    - 4th place.
  • Natalie Wood (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Elizabeth Taylor (I)
    - 6th place.
  • Debbie Reynolds (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Angie Dickinson
    - 8th place.
  • Shirley Jones (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Marilyn Monroe
    - 10th place.
  • Sandra Dee (I)
    - 11th place.
  • Sophia Loren
    - 12th place.
  • Kim Novak (I)
    - 13th place.
  • Paula Prentiss
    - 14th place.
  • Joanne Woodward (I)
    - 15th place.

  • Top Comedy
      Placings:
     

    1. Lover Come Back (1961)
    2. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
    3. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • One, Two, Three (1961)
    - 4th place.
  • A Majority of One (1961)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Hustler (1961) - Paul Newman (I)
    2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Maximilian Schell
    3. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Gregory Peck

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Outsider (1961) - Tony Curtis (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Fanny (1961) - Charles Boyer (I)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Producer
      Placings:
     

    1. Walt Disney
    2. Jerry Wald (I)
    3. Walter Mirisch

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Joe Pasternak
    - 4th place.
  • Hal B. Wallis
    - 5th place.
  • Ross Hunter (I)
    - 6th place.
  • Samuel Bronston
    - 7th place.
  • Pandro S. Berman
    - 8th place.
  • William Perlberg
    - 9th place.
  • George Seaton (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Carl Foreman (I)
    - 10th place.

  • Top Female Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Children's Hour (1961) - Shirley MacLaine
    2. The Hustler (1961) - Piper Laurie
    3. Splendor in the Grass (1961) - Natalie Wood (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Children's Hour (1961) - Audrey Hepburn
    - 4th place.
  • Fanny (1961) - Leslie Caron
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Rock Hudson
    2. Cary Grant
    3. Paul Newman (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Tony Curtis (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Kirk Douglas (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Robert Mitchum
    - 6th place.
  • Burt Lancaster
    - 7th place.
  • John Wayne (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Jerry Lewis (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Jack Lemmon (I)
    - 10th place.
  • Bob Hope (I)
    - 11th place.
  • William Holden (I)
    - 12th place.
  • Frank Sinatra
    - 13th place.
  • James Stewart (I)
    - 14th place.
  • Charlton Heston
    - 15th place.

  • Special Award
      Nominees:
     
  • Bing Crosby
    - 4th place.
    - "whose outstanding talents through the years have brought entertainment to family audiences the world over, as well as prestige and credit to the motion picture industry."

  • Top Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
    2. The Hustler (1961)
    3. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Fanny (1961)
    - 4th place.
  • La ciociara (1960)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. Maximilian Schell
    2. Warren Beatty
    3. Peter Falk (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • George Chakiris
    - 4th place.
  • Bobby Darin
    - 5th place.
  • Richard Beymer
    - 6th place.
  • Joey Bishop (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Tommy Sands (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Jason Robards
    - 9th place.
  • Karlheinz Böhm (I)
    - 10th place.

  • Top Action Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Comancheros (1961) - John Wayne (I)
    2. The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) - Frank Sinatra
    3. Two Rode Together (1961) - James Stewart (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Last Sunset (1961) - Kirk Douglas (I)
    - 4th place.
  • The Comancheros (1961) - Stuart Whitman
    - 5th place.

  • Top Female Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Lover Come Back (1961) - Doris Day (I)
    2. The Parent Trap (1961) - Hayley Mills
    3. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Audrey Hepburn

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Second Time Around (1961) - Debbie Reynolds (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Lover Come Back (1961) - Edie Adams
    - 5th place.

  • Top Action Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. El Cid (1961)
    2. Sergeants 3 (1962)
    3. The Comancheros (1961)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
    - 4th place.
  • A Thunder of Drums (1961)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - Bob Hope (I)
    2. Lover Come Back (1961) - Rock Hudson
    3. Lover Come Back (1961) - Tony Randall (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • One, Two, Three (1961) - James Cagney
    - 4th place.
  • The Parent Trap (1961) - Brian Keith (I)
    - 5th place.

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