46th Academy Awards

46th Academy Awards

Date	April 2, 1974
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Hosted by	John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven
Produced by	Jack Haley, Jr.
Directed by	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	The Sting
Most awards	The Sting (7)
Most nominations	The Exorcist and The Sting (10)
TV in the United States
Network	NBC
Duration	3 hours, 23 minutes

The 46th Academy Awards were presented on April 2, 1974, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds and David Niven.

While David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the award for Best Picture, a streaker named Robert Opel ran out from backstage, a moment which showed David Niven's natural aplomb as he quickly quipped about the man's "shortcomings".

Winners and nominees

Jack Lemmon, Best Actor winner

Glenda Jackson, Best Actress winner

John Houseman, Best Supporting Actor winner

Tatum O'Neal, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().^[1]

Best Picture	Best Director
The Sting – Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips American Graffiti – Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank	George Roy Hill – The Sting George Lucas – American Graffiti Ingmar Bergman – Cries and Whispers William Friedkin – The Exorcist Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger* as Harry Stoner** Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris as Paul Jack Nicholson – The Last Detail as Billy "Badass" Buddusky Al Pacino – Serpico as Frank Serpico Robert Redford – The Sting as Johnny Hooker	*Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class* as Vicki Allessio** Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil Marsha Mason – Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were as Katie Morosky Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Pritchett-Walden
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*John Houseman – The Paper Chase* as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.** Vincent Gardenia – Bang the Drum Slowly as Dutch Jack Gilford – Save the Tiger as Phil Jason Miller – The Exorcist as Father Damien Karras Randy Quaid – The Last Detail as Larry Meadows	*Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon* as Addie Loggins** Linda Blair – The Exorcist as Regan MacNeil Candy Clark – American Graffiti as Debbie Dunham Madeline Kahn – Paper Moon as Trixie Delight Sylvia Sidney – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Sting – David S. Ward American Graffiti – George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman Save the Tiger – Steve Shagan A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank and Jack Rose	The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty The Last Detail – Robert Towne The Paper Chase – James Bridges Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent Serpico – Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Great American Cowboy – Kieth Merrill Always a New Beginning – John D. Goodell Journey to the Outer Limits – Alexander Grasshoff Battle of Berlin (Schlacht um Berlin) – Franz Baake and Jost von Morr Walls of Fire – Herbert Kline and Edmund Penney	Princeton: A Search for Answers – Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers Background Christo's Valley Curtain Four Stones for Kanemitsu Paisti ag obair
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
The Bolero – Allan Miller and William Fertik Clockmaker – Richard Gayer Life Times Nine – Pen Densham and John Watson	Frank Film – Frank Mouris The Legend of John Henry – Nick Bosustow and David Adams Pulcinella – Emanuele Luzzati and Guilo Gianini
Best Original Dramatic Score	Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
The Way We Were – Marvin Hamlisch Cinderella Liberty – John Williams The Day of the Dolphin – Georges Delerue Papillon – Jerry Goldsmith A Touch of Class – John Cameron	The Sting – Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber Tom Sawyer – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
Best Original Song	Best Sound Mixing
*"The Way We Were" — The Way We Were* • Music: Marvin Hamlisch • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman** "(You're So) Nice to Be Around" — Cinderella Liberty • Music: John Williams • Lyrics: Paul Williams "Live and Let Die" — Live and Let Die • Music: Paul McCartney and Lyrics: Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney "Love" — Robin Hood • Music: George Bruns • Lyrics: Floyd Huddleston "All That Love Went to Waste" — A Touch of Class • Music: George Barrie • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn	The Exorcist – Robert Knudson and Christopher Newman The Day of the Dolphin – Richard Portman and Larry Jost The Paper Chase – Donald O. Mitchell and Larry Jost Paper Moon – Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz The Sting – Ronald Pierce and Robert R. Bertrand
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Costume Design
Day for Night – France The House on Chelouche Street – Israel L'Invitation – Switzerland The Pedestrian – Germany (West) Turkish Delight – Netherlands	The Sting – Edith Head Cries and Whispers – Marik Vos Ludwig – Piero Tosi Tom Sawyer – Don Feld The Way We Were – Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
The Sting – Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne Brother Sun, Sister Moon – Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta, Carmelo Patrono The Exorcist – Bill Malley, Jerry Wunderlich Tom Sawyer – Philip Jefferies, Robert de Vestel The Way We Were – Stephen Grimes, William Kiernan (posthumous nomination)	Cries and Whispers – Sven Nykvist The Exorcist – Owen Roizman Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Jack Couffer The Sting – Robert L. Surtees The Way We Were – Harry Stradling Jr.
Best Film Editing
The Sting — William H. Reynolds American Graffiti — Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas The Day of the Jackal — Ralph Kemplen The Exorcist — Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay Jonathan Livingston Seagull — Frank P. Keller, James Galloway

Streaking incident

The 46th Academy Awards ceremony is perhaps best remembered as the ceremony in which a streaker named Robert Opel ran across the stage naked while flashing a peace sign with his hand. In response, host David Niven jokingly quipped, "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings." ^[2]^[3] In 2001, this incident was voted as the most memorable Oscar moment in history, coming in first over Marlon Brando's 1972 boycott of the 45th Academy Awards, in which he nominated Sacheen Littlefeather to explain why he would not be coming to collect his Oscar for The Godfather.

Other notable events

First-time nominee George Lucas made his debut at the Academy Awards with his nostalgic teen drama American Graffiti. It was nominated for Best Picture (Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz), Director & Original Screenplay (Lucas), Editor (Marcia Lucas), and Candy Clark for Best Supporting Actress.
Jack Lemmon won his second career Oscar that night; his first was for 1955's Mister Roberts. As he accepted the award, he announced that "In recent years, especially, there has been a great deal of criticism about this award. And probably, a great deal of that criticism is very justified; I would just like to say that, whether it is justified or not, I think it is one hell of a honor and I am thrilled, and I thank you all, very, very much."
Katharine Hepburn made her first and only appearance at the ceremony to present The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to her longtime friend Lawrence Weingarten. Whenever she won an Oscar, she always had either the presenter or another person associated with her film accept it on her behalf. Upon taking the stage, she received a standing ovation, to which she replied "I'm living proof that a person can wait forty-one years to be unselfish."
Coincidentally, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens, who were all ex-wives of Eddie Fisher's, each appeared in some form.
This was Susan Hayward's last public appearance before she died of brain cancer in 1975.
At 10 years, 148 days of age, Tatum O'Neal won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Paper Moon. She became the youngest winner of an Oscar, a feat unmatched to this day.
During the ceremony, the whole in memoriam tribute was for legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn, who had died at age 94, three months prior to the event. He is the only person to have an Academy Awards ceremony dedicated solely to him.
Longtime film veteran/comedian Groucho Marx was presented with an Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the cinema.
Julia Phillips became the first female producer to win for Best Picture.
With Tatum O'Neal being 10 years old and John Houseman being 71 years old, this was the biggest age gap ever for 2 acting wins.

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: The Exorcist and The Sting
6 nominations: The Way We Were
5 nominations: American Graffiti, Cries and Whispers and A Touch of Class
4 nominations: Paper Moon
3 nominations: Cinderella Liberty, The Last Detail, Paper Chase, Save the Tiger and Tom Sawyer
2 nominations: The Day of the Dolphin, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Last Tango in Paris, Serpico and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

The following films received multiple awards.

7 wins: The Sting
2 wins: The Exorcist and The Way We Were

Presenters and performers

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

Presenters

Name	Role
Simms, HankHank Simms	Announcer for the 46th Academy Awards
Mirisch, WalterWalter Mirisch (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Blair, LindaLinda Blair Billy Dee Williams	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Caan, JamesJames Caan Raquel Welch	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Valenti, JackJack Valenti	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Henri Langlois
Bergen, CandiceCandice Bergen Marcel Marceau	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
Benjamin, RichardRichard Benjamin Paula Prentiss	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Hitchcock, AlfredAlfred Hitchcock	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Lew Wasserman
Sidney, SylviaSylvia Sidney Paul Winfield	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Falk, PeterPeter Falk Twiggy	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Lawford, PeterPeter Lawford Cicely Tyson	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Brynner, YulYul Brynner	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
O'Connor, DonaldDonald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds	Presenters of the award for Best Adapted Score
Cher !Cher Henry Mancini	Presenters of the award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Mason, MarshaMarsha Mason Neil Simon	Presenter of the award for Best Original Screenplay
Dickinson, AngieAngie Dickinson Jason Miller	Presenters of the award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Ann-Margret !Ann-Margret Burt Bacharach	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Borgnine, ErnestErnest Borgnine Cybill Shepherd	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Bronson, CharlesCharles Bronson Jill Ireland	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
MacLaine, ShirleyShirley MacLaine Walter Matthau	Presenter of the award for Best Director
Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn	Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Lemmon, JackJack Lemmon	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Groucho Marx
Hayward, SusanSusan Hayward Charlton Heston	Presenters of the award for Best Actress
Minnelli, LizaLiza Minnelli Gregory Peck	Presenters of the award for Best Actor
Taylor, ElizabethElizabeth Taylor	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Mancini, HenryHenry Mancini	Musical arranger Conductor	Orchestral
Minnelli, LizaLiza Minnelli	Performer	"Oscar"
Academy Awards Chorus, Academy Awards Chorus	Performers	"Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge during the Academy Awards' 45th Anniversary montage
Cannon, DyanDyan Cannon	Performer	"All the Love That Went to Waste" from A Touch of Class
Stevens, ConnieConnie Stevens	Performer	"Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die
Foster, JodieJodie Foster Johnny Whitaker	Performers	"Love" from Robin Hood
Lee, PeggyPeggy Lee	Performer	"The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
Savalas, TellyTelly Savalas	Performer	"You're So Nice to Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty
Academy Awards Orchestra, Academy Awards Orchestra	Performers	“Hooray for Hollywood” (orchestral) during the closing credits

References

↑ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
↑ Boyer Sagert, Kelly (2007). The 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 129. ISBN 0-313-33919-8.
↑ Frawley, Frawley (2004). And the stars spoke back. Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-8108-5157-1.

External links

The Life of Oscar Streaker, Robert Opel @WFMU

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Records Most wins per ceremony Oscar season Governors Awards Pre-show

Merit awards	Best Picture Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Adapted Screenplay Original Screenplay Animated Feature Documentary Feature Foreign Language Film Animated Short Film Documentary Short Subject Live Action Short Film Cinematography Costume Design Film Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Original Song Original Musical Production Design Sound Editing Sound Mixing Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Special Achievement Academy Award Student Academy Award

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