Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s
See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1963
Screenplay based on material from another medium
Summary: Tom Jones, a presumed child, is taken in and raised as the child of an English gentleman. Tom is a likable, free spirited man in adulthood, with a great love for the beutiful Sophie Western, but has an inability to resist the advances of any other attractive lady. Despite this weakness, Tom eventually finds his proper place in love and life.
Director: Tony Richardson
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Produced by: Woodfall/Woodfall Film Productions, Ltd.
Written by: Henry Fielding and John Osborne
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Screenplay written directly for the screen
Summary: The history of Western expansion in the US as told by the story of one pioneer family's history. Zebulon Prescott takes his family from New York, heading West in the early 1800s. His children and grandchildren eventually reach the westen shore after years of struggle and hardship.
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and Richard Thorpe
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Produced by: MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)
Written by: John Gay and James R. Webb
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