Julie Andrews had been a huge hit in the stage production, but was bypassed for the film version of
FUNNY GIRL
OLIVER!
TOM JONES
MY FAIR LADY*
Andrews lost out to Audrey Hepburn for the role of the Cockney flower girl, but won the Oscar that year for MARY POPPINS.
The first time the Academy acknowledged the use of color in a motion picture was in 1936 for
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH*
THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Cinematographers W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson were honored for the film which made Marlene Dietrich look great in color.
