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Memorable Moments. Ben Johnson. Supporting Actor winner for The Last Picture Show, with presenters Richard Harris and Sally Kellerman. Isaac Hayes. Original Song winner for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft. Cloris Leachman. Supporting Actress winner for The Last Picture Show with Raquel Welch and Gene Hackman. View More Memorable Moments.
44th Academy Awards. The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was the appearance of Betty Grable who made one of her last public appearances.
Best PictureBest DirectorThe French Connection – Philip D'Antoni, ...William Friedkin – The French Connection ...Gene Hackman – The French Connection as ...Jane Fonda – Klute as Bree Daniels ‡ ...Ben Johnson – The Last Picture Show as ...Cloris Leachman – The Last Picture Show ...The Hospital – Paddy Chayefsky ‡ ...The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman ...- April 10, 1972
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Cabaret – Cy Feuer Deliverance – John Boorman The Emigrants – Bengt Forslund The Godfather – Albert S. Ruddy Sounder– Robert B. Radnitz
Cabaret – Bob Fosse Deliverance – John Boorman The Emigrants – Jan Troell The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola Sleuth– Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Marlon Brando – The Godfather Michael Caine – Sleuth Laurence Olivier – Sleuth Peter O’Toole – The Ruling Class Paul Winfield – Sounder
Liza Minnelli – Cabaret Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt Cicely Tyson – Sounder Liv Ullmann – The Emigrants
Eddie Albert – The Heartbreak Kid James Caan – The Godfather Robert Duvall – The Godfather Joel Grey – Cabaret Al Pacino – The Godfather
Jeannie Berlin – The Heartbreak Kid Eileen Heckart – Butterflies Are Free Geraldine Page – Pete ‘n’ Tillie Susan Tyrrell – Fat City Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure
Cabaret – Jay Allen The Emigrants – Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund The Godfather – Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Pete ‘n’ Tillie – Julius J. Epstein Sounder– Lonne Elder, III
“Ben” – Ben – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black “Come Follow, Follow Me” – The Little Ark – Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean – Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman “The Morning After” – The Poseidon Adventure – Music, Lyrics by Al ...
Cabaret – David Bretherton Deliverance – Tom Priestley The Godfather – William Reynolds, Peter Zinner The Hot Rock – Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger The Poseidon Adventure– Harold F. Kress
Butterflies Are Free – Charles B. Lang Cabaret – Geoffrey Unsworth The Poseidon Adventure – Harold E. Stine 1776 – Harry Stradling, Jr. Travels with My Aunt– Douglas Slocombe
The 44th Academy Awards were presented on Monday, April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. They were hosted by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Davis, who had converted to Judaism in the Sixties, famously quipped, “Tonight, the Academy is honoring two films about my people, Shaft and Fiddler on the Roof.”
Stanley Kubrick [Producer] Fiddler on the Roof. Norman Jewison [Producer] The French Connection. Philip D'Antoni [Producer] The Last Picture Show. Stephen J. Friedman [Producer] Nicholas and Alexandra. Sam Spiegel.
Edward G. Boyle. Patrizia von Brandenstein. Ewa Braun. Raphaël Bretton. Gary J. Brink. Brigitte Broch. Hilyard M. Brown. John W. Brown (set decorator) Malcolm Brown (art director)
