"Marty" winning Best Picture

Harold Hecht accepting the Oscar® for Best Picture for "Marty" at the 28th Academy Awards® in 1956. Presented by Audrey Hepburn and hosted by Jerry Lewis, co-hosted in New York by Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

[@leisulin]

Audrey was the cutest actress of all time, with the prettiest smile. No other actress comes close.

[@chelseaaneke]

Not even Grace Kelly or Elizabeth Taylor?

[@leisulin]

MarlonBrando Lover Nope. Not even Grace Kelly or Elizabeth Taylor.

[@chelseaaneke]

***** I love how she and Elizabeth stepped out of the Hollywood world to help people in need. That's a true angel.

[@leisulin]

MarlonBrando Lover That may be so, but I was simply referring to her appearance and manner.

[@sarcasticsugar4466]

***** I agree. Audrey was Audrey. She was so magical and wonderful without even trying. And what a beauty she was - those eyes!

[@heyimhad2275]

Her smile after she kisses him omg😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️

[@bentleyamor944]

Ikr she is just sooo gorgeous and beautiful 😍😚❤

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

If I could clone anyone, it would be Audrey. Class & beauty, not to mention kindness & talent.

[@michaelplurad8121]

1:41 Omg that smile!

[@renewingthemind2789]

Michael Plurad she looks so genuinely happy for the winner!

[@vlove562]

Everything about this woman was stunning. Out of this world.

[@lurking0death]

Audry exuded femininity and graciousness. Even the tone of her speaking voice spins a charm. Classiest movie star of the feminine persuasion....along with Leslie Caron. European gold plated elegance.

[@roter13]

I actually got to hold that Oscar and take a picture with it. My former boss is Harold's son and he brought it to the office.

[@sivvybee]

She was so damn Beautiful.

[@bentleyamor944]

True

[@cak813]

A well-deserved Oscar for “Marty”. 70+ years later, it’s still a wonderful movie. I loved seeing how elegantly everyone was dressed, too. The Academy Awards really were quite the event in those days. I don’t even bother watching them anymore.

[@Oscars]

Jerry Lewis and Audrey Hepburn closing out the Oscars in 1956.

[@deniselowe5863]

Cool

[@melan1e]

Good grief, she was beautiful! !!

[@TheLoneComic]

And the Best Actor Oscar instantly made Earnest Borgnine a big screen legend in the greater public mind, though his talent was widely known by everyone in the industry already. He made only 5000 dollars for the role of Marty, much like Sylvester Stallone took a small amount of money over a very large amount in order to maintain creative control over "Rocky." Said Earnest Borgnine: [on his $5,000 salary for playing the eponymous lead in "Marty", which won him a Best Actor Oscar] ...I would have done it for nothing. Let this be a lesson to your creators out there about what it takes to get to the top. And don't bullshit me that does not matter. Just for social context on the times he lived in and the attitudes that were prevalent, he also said, "I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. I'm glad we sent the men off to war. They came back with a sense of responsibility and respect. We should have grabbed the women, given them a bath, put a chastity belt on them, and put them in secretary school." The Lone Comic TM Defender of Creativity and Entertainment SM

[@MandyAbela]

Wow, this was gorgeous..

[@BrendanMcNerney]

So much class back then!!

[@scottmiller6495]

What a great time in the world, Jerry Lewis and Audrey Hepburn we're marvelous and in spite of what people think now, Jerry Lewis was a great man and terrific entertainer and all the years with his Labor day Telethons for over 40 years and his work with Muscular Dystrophy plus everything else, he gets my vote and Respect!!! R.IP. PERIOD!!!!!

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Back when nearly every nominated movie was worth seeing.

[@marym5037]

Jerry you were absolutely gorgeous! My God!!!!

[@jaytaylor7740]

Audrey H. is absolutely bewitching here. I could listen to her list nominees all night. And how nice not to have to hear winners thank everybody under the sun. They knew how to get off looking good.

[@dtzjones7632]

These were times when the Oscars meant something and we're well deserved and appreciated💐

[@Rinesmyth]

Indeed.

[@edemir2010]

Oh, yeah, it's true. Magic times.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Times long gone and that shall never come back unfortunately.

[@angelcastaneda529]

I mean sometimes, you get moments like that Oscars mistake in 2017 or Parasite winning.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

She's just so stunning and her smile brightens up my whole day

[@CaptainNavman]

one of the most beautiful of women

[@dec23]

OMG! She is sooo adorable! I love her. Wish I was him. I would have said "Uh, you missed! :) "

[@tiffanimai8317]

Audrey... a class act. Love the way people enunciate words with such dinigity and clarity. Such a rare talent to find nowadays.

[@will.a.benjamin]

My, she looks absolutely stunning here. Love you Audrey.

[@lindashelley3635]

Benny Young Audrey ALWAYS looked stunning.

[@will.a.benjamin]

Linda Shelley Oh I know, you're right. It's just that I think she looks exceptional here.

[@wilburwilbur6616]

What an elegantly Patrician tone of presenting the most important award in the Academy Awards...and it is presented by one of the Most Unforgettable Women in the World!

[@CDU916]

That gorgeous, genuine smile when she announces Marty as the winner! ❤️ And the humblest of best picture speeches ever! Oh, that these days could return.

[@donotstressmeowt]

THE ICON AUDREY HEPBURN

[@bentleyamor944]

She is sooo amazing

[@NeoSeer]

Amazing beauty and class.

[@ludadevyatovska4997]

спасибо

[@victoriachase9550]

I watch Marty quite often. Masterpiece!

[@abdsamad1959]

They should have done a movie togther..the beauty n geek kind of plot..could have a huge box office hit

[@msw8839]

@@marym5037 yes he was.

[@scottmiller6495]

This was avery deserving award Marty was a great movie and Ernest Borgnine was fabulous oh yeah!!!!

[@bentleyamor944]

Audrey Hepburn is sooo beautiful,amazing, gorgeous,cute could continue describing her. Love her 😍😚❤👑

[@MeMyIdea]

Simply Perfection & Timeless Elegance . . . AUDREY HEPBURN • GIVENCHY by HUBERT de GIVENCHY

[@officialkp6]

God she’s damn beautiful I love her and miss her I will always love you Audrey

[@diro71]

Audrey is sooo beautiful !

[@meplife7313]

ahhh two of my favourites together on stage.

[@leanderrowe2800]

Audrey Hepburn is always my favorite actress of all time. She is beautiful both inside and out.

[@robertromero8692]

She is beauty, grace, and style personified.

[@maureenkolkey6316]

Handsome Jerry 😘

[@marym5037]

Yes Maureen! He was gorgeous

[@lornawilson5872]

Especially when mid age..lyk. During the 70 ' S

[@sirharrypotter24]

Marty is a personal favourite of mine! Adorable film! Rarely make 'em like that anymore! Just a feel good film! This years feel good film: Dumplin'.

[@evanwolf6618]

'Marty' was originally made for television and starred William Bendix.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Until tonight MARTY was the last to win the Oscar for best picture and the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

[@eunahhunter4936]

Which one has since then?

[@teeking461]

@@eunahhunter4936 Parasite (2019).

[@D4RK4NG3L_]

So much class and beauty ,she looks like a real cinderella ,im 28 and these classic moments in cinema make me think wtf happened to now,Rest in peace to all the Greats👏💯❤

[@beatlessteve1010]

Yes she is the perfect cinderella

[@szewei85]

What a gem she was🥰🥰

[@artistadesconhecido8655]

Seems like an angel.

[@BradandColin]

My God that man is lucky. Gotta love her smile at 1:40

[@Mariam121688]

OMG she is great!!!!

[@recklessoldier]

How cute was Audreyyy !!

[@bentleyamor944]

Really really really (continue) cute

[@keithhyttinen8275]

"Marty" is on my list of top ten films. Great movie!

[@Harringtonml54]

It bugs me when someone is referred to as a "former Academy Award winner." The award hasn't been rescinded. One is "an Academy Award Winner" or a "previous Academy Award winner." Just a personal pet peeve.

[@alexpantoja1516]

I agree! Once someone wins an academy award, they’re an academy award winner for life, but saying former sounds like the award has been revoked or something, so it makes more sense to say “Academy Award Winner”

[@casper7319]

They used to do this back in the day. It wasn't until the 70s when movie previews started putting a huge emphasis on "Academy Award Winner ____" that people started referring to the title as an ever present thing rather than something past tense

[@rah62]

It must hurt to be that pedantic.

[@evoman1776]

Man, just a few minutes earlier, Grace Kelly had presented the best actor award in her last Hollywood appearance and now Audrey Hepburn. To watch the Oscars back then was to watch true elegance and class. The degeneration of the Oscars is off the scale from where it once was.

[@alejandrasantisodarocha7987]

one of my favorite people ever omg she's so cute

[@bentleyamor944]

Ikr Audrey is absolutely gorgeous and beautiful as well as cute 😍❤😚

[@vegetasolo1221]

Back when the academy awards was serious

[@sarcasticsugar4466]

One of the most deserving wins, and one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@aminahshabazz8689]

I love how he basically told everyone to get up and get the hell out!!! 😃

[@laurenvandevendel7743]

Audrey is obviously stunning and perfect here. There is something about Jerry Lewis too that I've always thought was so attractive when he was out of character.

[@spockboy]

Audrey is an angel.

[@dsscam]

Jerry Lewis was the BEST of the BEST at comedy. Audrey Hepburn was the most beautiful of them all. Amazing how technology has progressively gotten so much better through the years and people have gotten so much worse.

[@frangodesatanas.6963]

She was lovely

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

Imagine getting such a cute kiss from Audrey 💫

[@5tivi]

love the Tom & Jerry music

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

RIP Andre Previn 1929-2019

[@aiminghighnoexcuses3061]

I love watching these times. A whole different world. With classic actresses and actors with class and humor. Marty was a great movie. Glad Ernest won. A far cry from mckales navy. Lol.

[@rickram1961]

The Golden Age of the Academy Awards!

[@jeffersonborges9932]

Indeed! The 50's and the 60's were the golden age of Hollywood!

[@SuicideboysGrey59]

She’s so babie 🥺 and @ 1:40 her smile is so big and genuine it makes my heart flutter

[@richardhouseholder8123]

One of Hecht's sons went missing in the 1980s and was the subject of a segment on the tv show Unsolved Mysteries.

[@anime_world292]

I think I'm in love with this woman

[@smichelle65]

I believe it was at this Oscars that someone captured a very intriguing photo of Hollywood's two classy, beautiful young "princesses", Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, chatting backstage. If only they'd done a movie together.

[@emilytan4888]

She so adorableeeee

[@imhuman213]

This is just the coolest thing ever! My favorite actor AND actress!!!!!!! Favorite Lewis movie would be Sailor Beware w/ Dean Martin, and fave Audrey movie would be Roman Holiday.

[@abdsamad1959]

They way audrey dressed, she didn't looked like she was in the 50s

[@nickivyow4756]

She was in her fifties?

[@alazjaw.8968]

@@nickivyow4756 no, he means the year 1956 (the 50’s)

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

I believe that man with Ms. Colbert is Joseph L Mankewicz , Grandfather of TCM host Josh Mankewicz

[@joaolima9579]

Que saudades!! Dois anjos do cinema que já nos deixaram!!!!! Vieram ao mundo para nós dá alegria 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@juliadavidking23]

Her accent...😍💫

[@Mannizilla]

💖Audrey💖

[@roccopagliari8828]

omg she is gorgeous!!!!

[@dwnstringer]

class pure class. Unlike today

[@davidm9618]

Yes, today is pure Trump style.

[@davidverster9523]

Todays so called stars have no respect..even for themselves...deviants

[@Cosmic86x]

Jerry Lewis has probably never washed that cheek again :D Audrey Hepburn was so incredibly lovely and gorgeous.

[@bartekkubica1802]

Jerry Lewis was a lucky man!

[@cbreeze1600]

Audrey and grace wow to much

[@user-jo9uq9vi6m]

オードリーの笑顔ってどうしてあんなに魅力的なのだろうか。

[@BlookbugIV]

Because you’re human

[@d__b3102]

life is too short... this one was 64 years ago 😞😔😔😔😔

[@beew584]

The camera man struggled not to follow Audrey at the start of the Marty acceptance speech lol

[@c.s.oneill2079]

Who wouldn't? 😊

[@Nadia-jw9mr]

Audrey was the beautiful on the world #👑🌹💕

[@amyclarke41]

love her and her beliefs later in life 😊

[@contractmed1]

Well there were at least two people that night who got the best gift of their lives Harold Hecht and Jerry Lewis.

[@marym5037]

Audry! You lucky woman !

[@aliguvenc4769]

True decision, well deserved

[@yedamonteiro1904]

Jerry Lewis eta como era lindo

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Yay!

[@user-xn3pb1gv3f]

可愛い💖

[@JRobbySh]

Borgnine was one of those outsize personalities who just dominate. Vital to the last days when he was past 90!

[@retuture6689]

Princesa Audrey

[@marym5037]

Jerry....

[@retuture6689]

Hermosa historia de una monja

[@drstrangelove6558]

Lewis is still alive! too bad he dont do Comedy Pictures anymore!!!! ;(

[@toniwilson2602]

dr strangelove .... Sadly we lost Jerry recently on August 20, 2017

[@PatrolOfficer161]

I always wondered how the company of "Hecht-Lancaster" could produce Marty without Burt Lancaster getting an award also. Apparently he wasn't involved in Marty since Harold Hecht was individually named as the producer.

[@rubberman72000]

jerry got to flirt with grace kelly and audrey hepburn on the same night dont get no better than that

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

When Oscar acceptance speeches were short and eloquent and when the show ended so early, Jerry Lewis had to stretch and stretch and stretch. Also shows that Lewis was capable of ad libbing effectively and being humble. It's interesting that they didn't need big production numbers or even scenes from the movies. Why not? Because most people had seen the nominated films and actors. This was the first Oscar broadcast of which I was aware because my mother was rooting for Borgnine and Magnani to win for acting, and had marked her choices in the little boxes in TV Guide, where you checked off your picks. She was still excited the next morning that two actors had won for playing working class people..

[@anthonywirth995]

Well said.

[@jeffersonborges9932]

''Marty'' is amazing! A great movie. Audrey lovely and stunning as always! Academy Channel could you please upload ''Ordinary People'' winning Best Picture? Thank you!

[@taniaadams392]

What did Jerry say after the kiss? “I can’t wait to go home and to see if it fits on the ....”??

[@bumpkin4316]

mantle

[@eisenjeisen6262]

I think i saw that movie Marty, which was taken up in the Bronx??? or the stardust ballroom??? also in the Bronx???

[@orchidlilly7518]

Audrey has humanitarian & is humble. If it wasn't for Earnest and all that were involved, the writer/producer would be lost, where was his mind?\

[@JRobbySh]

Jerry was at his best in those days.