47th Academy Awards

47th Academy Awards
Date	Tuesday, April 8, 1975
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host	Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
Producer	Howard W. Koch
Director	Marty Pasetta
Highlights
Best Picture	The Godfather Part II
Most awards	The Godfather Part II (6)
Most nominations	Chinatown and The Godfather Part II (11)
TV in the United States
Network	NBC

The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra. This was the last year NBC aired the ceremonies before ABC secured broadcasting rights, which they still hold to this day.

The success of The Godfather Part II was notable; it received twice as many Oscars as its predecessor (six) and duplicated its feat of three Best Supporting Actor nominations (as of the 87th Academy Awards, the last film to receive three nominations in a single acting category). Between the two of them, father and son Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola won four awards, with Carmine winning for Best Original Score (with Nino Rota) and Francis for Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay (with Mario Puzo).

This was the only Oscars where all nominees in one category were released by the same studio: all five Best Costume Design nominations were for films released by Paramount Pictures.

Winners & Nominees

Francis Ford Coppola, Best Director winner

Art Carney, Best Actor winner

Ellen Burstyn, Best Actress winner

Robert De Niro, Best Supporting Actor winner

Ingrid Bergman, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Picture	Best Director
The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos Chinatown - Robert Evans The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola Lenny - Marvin Worth The Towering Inferno - Irwin Allen	Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II John Cassavetes - A Woman Under the Influence Bob Fosse - Lenny Roman Polanski - Chinatown François Truffaut - Day for Night
Best Actor	Best Actress
Art Carney - Harry and Tonto as Harry Coombes Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot Dustin Hoffman - Lenny as Lenny Bruce Jack Nicholson - Chinatown as J.J. "Jake" Gittes Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II as Michael Corleone	Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt Diahann Carroll - Claudine as Claudine Price Faye Dunaway - Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray Valerie Perrine - Lenny as Honey Bruce Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II as Young Vito Corleone Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno as Claiborne Jeff Bridges - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Lightfoot Michael V. Gazzo - The Godfather Part II as Frankie "Five Angels" Pentangeli Lee Strasberg - The Godfather Part II as Hyman Roth	Ingrid Bergman - Murder on the Orient Express as Greta Ohlsson Valentina Cortese - Day for Night as Severine Madeline Kahn - Blazing Saddles as Lili von Shtupp Diane Ladd - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Florence "Flo" Castleberry Talia Shire - The Godfather Part II as Constanzia "Connie" Corleone
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Chinatown - Robert Towne Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola Day for Night - François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean-Louis Richard Harry and Tonto - Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld	The Godfather Part II - Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd Lenny - Julian Barry Murder on the Orient Express - Paul Dehn Young Frankenstein - Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks
Best Foreign Language Film
Amarcord - Italy Cats' Play - Hungary The Deluge - Poland Lacombe, Lucien - France The Truce - Argentina
Best Animated Short Film	Best Live Action Short Film
Closed Mondays - Lighthouse Productions - Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner The Family That Dwelt Apart - National Film Board of Canada - Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall Hunger - National Film Board of Canada - Peter Foldes and René Jodoin Voyage to Next - Hubley Studio - John Hubley and Faith Hubley Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Wolfgang Reitherman	One-Eyed Men Are Kings - Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan Climb - Dewitt Jones The Concert - Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin Planet Ocean - George V. Casey The Violin - Andrew Welsh and George Pastic
Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Best Documentary
Don't - Robin Lehman, Producer City Out of Wilderness Exploreatorium John Muir's High Sierra Naked Yoga	Hearts and Minds Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art The 81st Blow The Wild and the Brave
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
The Towering Inferno - Joseph F. Biroc and Fred J. Koenekamp Chinatown - John A. Alonzo Earthquake - Philip Lathrop Lenny - Bruce Surtees Murder on the Orient Express - Geoffrey Unsworth	The Godfather Part II - Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson Chinatown -Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby R. Levitt Earthquake - Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy The Island at the Top of the World - Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman The Towering Inferno - William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton
Best Costume Design	Best Sound
The Great Gatsby - Theoni V. Aldredge Chinatown - Anthea Sylbert Daisy Miller - John Furniss The Godfather Part II - Theadora Van Runkle Murder on the Orient Express - Tony Walton	Earthquake - Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr. Chinatown - Charles Grenzbach and Larry Jost The Conversation - Walter Murch and Art Rochester The Towering Inferno - Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis Young Frankenstein - Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa
Best Film Editing	Best Original Song
The Towering Inferno—Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress Blazing Saddles—John C. Howard, Danford Greene Chinatown—Sam O'Steen Earthquake—Dorothy Spencer The Longest Yard—Michael Luciano	"We May Never Love Like This Again" — The Towering Inferno • Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" — Benji • Music: Euel Box • Lyrics: Betty Box "Blazing Saddles" — Blazing Saddles • Music: John Morris • Lyrics: Mel Brooks "Wherever Love Takes Me" — Gold • Music: Elmer Bernstein • Lyrics: Don Black "Little Prince" — The Little Prince • Music: Frederick Loewe • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Best Original Dramatic Score	Best Original Song Score and Adaptation
The Godfather Part II – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith Murder on the Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett Shanks – Alex North The Towering Inferno – John Williams	The Great Gatsby – Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle The Little Prince – Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley Phantom of the Paradise – Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton

Academy Honorary Award

• Jean Renoir

• Howard Hawks

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Arthur B. Krim

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 11 nominations: Chinatown and The Godfather Part II
• 8 nominations: The Towering Inferno
• 6 nominations: Lenny and Murder on the Orient Express
• 4 nominations: Earthquake
• 3 nominations: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Blazing Saddles, The Conversation and Day for Night
• 2 nominations: The Great Gatsby, Harry and Tonto, The Little Prince, A Woman Under the Influence and Young Frankenstein

The following films received multiple awards.

• 6 wins: The Godfather Part II
• 3 wins: The Towering Inferno
• 2 wins: The Great Gatsby

Presenters and performers

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

Presenters

Name	Role
Hank Simms	Announcer for the 47th Academy Awards
Walter Mirisch (AMPAS President)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Ryan O'Neal Tatum O'Neal	Explained the voting rules to the public and presented the award for Best Supporting Actor
Francis Ford Coppola	Received the award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of Robert de Niro
Roddy McDowall Brenda Vaccaro	Presenters of the Short Subjects Awards
Lauren Hutton Danny Thomas	Presenters of the Documentary Awards
Ingrid Bergman	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Jean Renoir
Bob Hope	Presenter of the Special Achievement Award to Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock for their work in Earthquake
Gene Kelly	Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
Joseph Bottoms Deborah Raffin	Presenters of the award for Best Sound
John Wayne	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Howard Hawks
Diahann Carroll Johnny Green	Presenters of the Music Awards
Lauren Bacall	Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design
Peter Falk Katharine Ross	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Susan Blakely O.J. Simpson	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Jon Voight Raquel Welch	Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography
Macdonald Carey Jennifer O'Neill	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Susan George Jack Valenti	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Frank Sinatra	Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Arthur J. Krim
Goldie Hawn Robert Wise	Presenters of the award for Best Director
James Michener	Presenter of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
Glenda Jackson	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Jack Lemmon	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Warren Beatty	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
Johnny Green	Musical arranger Conductor	Orchestral
Frankie Laine	Performer	"Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles
Jack Jones	Performer	“Little Prince” from The Little Prince
Aretha Franklin	Performer	"Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold
Frankie Laine Jack Jones Aretha Franklin	Performers	"We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" from Benji
Frank Sinatra Shirley MacLaine Sammy Davis, Jr. Bob Hope Academy Awards Orchestra	Performers	"That's Entertainment!"

See also

• 32nd Golden Globe Awards
• 1974 in film
• 17th Grammy Awards
• 26th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 27th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 28th British Academy Film Awards
• 29th Tony Awards