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32nd Academy Awards - April 4, 1960
The RKO Pantages Theater, Hollywood
Best Picture: Ben-Hur (November 19, 1959)
• 'Ben-Hur' Rides Again (August 10, 1958)

33rd Academy Awards - April 17, 1961
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: The Apartment (June 16, 1960)
• The Wilder — and Funnier — Touch (January 24, 1960)
• 'Apartment' With View, by I.A.L. Diamond (June 12, 1960)
• Jack Lemmon: They Loved Him in Moscow (August 29, 1965)

34th Academy Awards - April 9, 1962
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: West Side Story (October 19, 1961)
• Director Robbins' Dance Rehearsals Whip 'West Side Story' Into Shape (July 3, 1960)
• Oscar Triumphs of 'West Side Story' Seen as Victory for Independents (April 15, 1962)
• Natalie Wood: Young Veteran in Starry Quest (April 19, 1964)

35th Academy Awards - April 8, 1963
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia (December 17, 1962)
• Desert Caravan on the Trail of 'Lawrence' (June 25, 1961)
• Producer on the Long Trek With 'Lawrence of Arabia' (July 15, 1962)

36th Academy Awards - April 13, 1964
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: Tom Jones (October 8, 1963)
• Cinematic 'Tom Jones' (November 13, 1963)

37th Academy Awards - April 5, 1965
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: My Fair Lady (October 22, 1964)
• A 'Fair Lady' Takes Screen Shape (September 29, 1963)

38th Academy Awards - April 18, 1966
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: The Sound of Music (March 3, 1965)
• Biggest Money-Making Movie of All Time — How Come? (November 20, 1966)

39th Academy Awards - April 10, 1967
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons (December 13, 1966)
• Less Pomp, More Circumstance (July 24, 1966)
• Whatever Happened to the Common Man? (December 18, 1966)

40th Academy Awards - April 10, 1968
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night (August 3, 1967)
• Why Does White America Love Sidney Poitier So? (September 10, 1967)

41st Academy Awards - April 14, 1969
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Best Picture: Oliver! (December 12, 1968)

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Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter, Shirley MacLaine as Miss Kubelick, and Edie Adams star in Billy Wilder's "The Apartment." (United Artists)

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