40th Annual Academy Awards
April 10, 1968
(Show postponed 2 days for the funeral of
Dr. Martin Luther King)

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host: Bob Hope
Televised over ABC
Welcoming remarks and introduction of Bob Hope:Academy President Gregory Peck
Sound:Carol Channing
Supporting Actor:Patty Duke
Oscar®'s first decade:Katharine Hepburn (on film)
Cinematography:Dustin Hoffman & Katharine Ross
Short Subjects:MacDonald Carey & Diahann Carroll
Letter from Gen. William Westmoreland commending the USO, read by Martha Raye
Documentary Awards:Robert Morse & Barbara Rush
Oscar®'s second decade:Olivia De Havilland (on film)
Costume Design:Eva Marie Saint
Honorary Award to Arthur Freed:Bob Hope
Special Visual Effects:Natalie Wood
Sound Effects:Richard Crenna & Elke Sommer
Supporting Actress:Walter Matthau
Oscar®'s third decade:Princess Grace of Monaco (on film)
Film Editing:Dame Edith Evans
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:Rosalind Russell
Foreign Film:Danny Kaye
Art Direction:Rock Hudson & Shirley Jones
Scoring Awards:Angie Dickinson & Gene Kelly
Oscar®'s fourth decade:Anne Bancroft (on film)
Song:Barbra Streisand
Thalberg Award:Robert Wise
Director:Leslie Caron
Writing Awards:Claire Bloom & Rod Steiger
Actor:Audrey Hepburn
Actress:Sidney Poitier
Best Picture:Julie Andrews
"The Bare Necessities"-- Louis Armstrong
"The Eyes of Love"-- Lainie Kazan
"The Look of Love"-- Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66
"Talk to the Animals"-- Sammy Davis, Jr.
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"-- Angela Lansbury & The Ronald Field Dancers

Rod Steiger, Estelle Parsons and George Kennedy with their Oscars® for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor
(Katharine Hepburn was filming in France.)
Elmer Bernstein (with presenter Angie Dickinson) and his Oscar® for
Best Original Score
Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (c., with presenters Angie Dickinson and Gene Kelly) and their Oscars® for Best Adapted Score
Sammy Davis, Jr., (performer) and Barbra Streisand (presenter) with the Oscar® for Best Song
Show Producer:Arthur Freed
Telecast Produced and Directed for ABC:Richard Dunlap
Musical Director:Elmer Bernstein