David Lean winning an Oscar® for "Lawrence of Arabia"

[Jaujaujau01]

this is the best oscar speech I've ever heard

[MovieJon]

Note how much emphasis and pronunciation JC puts on announcing each name and the respect she accords the occasion (not to mention the moderately suspenseful way she regards reading the winner's name) versus the sloppy, goofy schlubs that get up there and stumble their way through it now.

[pearlone]

Class.

[puccini007]

A year of masterpieces and master filmmakers behind them

[myrnaloysboy]

Joan Crawford was the greatest movie star of them all. We love you Joan.

[hankaaron1961]

Sir David Lean. Long movies, short speeches.

[SonnyJamesJefferson]

I find it interesting that Joan states that one of the nominees is Frank Perry for David and Lisa. Frank Perry went on to direct Mommie Dearest, a film about Joan's life.

[thistleinfotech]

Lawrence of Arabia is the best film in the history of cinema. David Lean - one of the greatest directors of all time. He should have won for Doctor Zhivago too; The Sound of Music was rubbish compared to that.

[ToughXArmy69]

A great star Joan Crawford awarding the Oscar justly to David Lean for the masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia.

RIP David Lean, Maurice Jarre, Alec Guinness, Sam Spiegel and Mike Frankovich ( Columbia) for the masterwork that is Lawrence

[selma1930]

NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!

[desoki99]

Omar Sharif should have won an award for his role. he is really an astonishing actor. I love him and Egypt.

[119musicalsouls]

David Lean always portrayed women as people of character and interest, not just ditsy beauties like Hollywood has done for years. Not only did he elevate women's characters, he elevated the entire film industry with his enormous scope and vision. Long live Sir Lean in our fondest memories of film!

[119musicalsouls]

Yeah.  EXACTLY.

[119musicalsouls]

I have been watching Lean's films for nearly 45 years since the age of about nine when I first watched Oliver Twist 5 times in a row on the old TV movie of the week runs, later Lawrence, Zhivago, Ryans Daughter, A Passage to India repeatedly, some as many as 27 times - I wished I could have been Lean's seventh wife if only for a few torturous weeks. A magnificent filmmaker, director, editor, artist. His films were often better even than the books. Classic beauty.

[AgesFlow]

Class Act.

[wilco9971]

if anyone doubts lean's ability, just listen to what spielberg, who knows everything about directing, says about him. Undoubtedly one of the greatest and he produced films on a scale which i'm sure will never be seen again

[TheChopinesque]

I wish David Lean hadn't died before he was going to direct Nostromo.

[TheNapalmDude]

Lawrence of Arabia is one of the most awe-inspiring films ever made

[mlpolax]

Damn, Faye Dunaway even SOUNDED just like her in Mommie Dearest.

[drazulao]

SIR DAVID LEAN, the Best Director Ever.

Lawrence of Arabia is the greatest film ever made. Every detail is perfect: the sets, the plot, the cast, the music. I wish I could see this master piece on the silver screen. There will never be epics like this one, Doctor Zhivago and Bridge on the River kwai.

Thank you soy much for your legacy SIR.

[pretzelberg]

drazulao "I wish I could see this master piece on the silver screen"

I was born some years after the film's release but did see the 70mm rerelease in 89 on the biggest screen in the UK (Marble Arch). Kassim against the red sky: it really was as if he were on the stage in front of you, robes flapping in the breeze etc.

[michael918273645]

I'd have to go with Kubrick and 2001.

[drazulao]

SIR DAVID LEAN. The Greatest Director ever.

Lawrence of Arabia is the most amazing movie I've ever seen. Everything is perfect: the plot, the locations, the music, the cast. I wish I could see it on the big screen. I also love Doctor Zhivado and Bridge on the River Kwai. There will never be epics like this.

[RlrbladeMan07]

Lawrence Of Arabia is my favorite movie and frankly the finest film I have ever seen. Kudos to David Lean as well as Sam Spiegel, Alec Guiness and of course to Peter O Toole who should have won the Oscar.

Columbia Pictures has named a building on the Sony Lot after David Lean.

[zzzzz87]

Joan Crawford looks terrible there.

[maipisimo67]

If you wanna watch an old actress who looks terrible, go to Sophia Loren 2009, Sophia looks macabre in spite of everything today exist, botox, surgeries, silicons, etc

Miss Crawford in 1963 looked still great.

[teamcrumb]

Sophia Loren is 75 years old. Are you seriously saying that the onset of age should always be allayed by plastic surgery? Well I think that's crackers. Age can't be kept away by that stuff, look at the women (Jackie Stalone) who spend their later years having surgery to fight off age and end up looking like a swollen shiny testicle. One of my Nans is 81 and looks like one of the old ladies in Greendale (where Postman Pat works) Sophia Loren looks like a goddess that has aged. Quite right too.

[119musicalsouls]

Age has a different kind of beauty than your plastic mind could ever grasp.

[robsisk9]

zzzz87, you are fucking high-that is a woman aging magnificently!

[pisiorak]

he thought she wanted the oscar back

[Milordvega]

For directing such a long movie, h esurely gave a very brief acceptance speech. Would that today's awardees did the same!

[RobertDominkovic]

I love the way how she talks. I hate nothing more than mumbling idiots.

[selma1930]

Mommie, no more wire hangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NGS712]

His face reminds me slightly of Claude Rains.

[alfriendo2008]

Short and slightly sour from a man that gave the world such epic films.....interesting.

[OelkerStudios]

he wasn't too good at language. he wasn't a great orator and he had trouble spelling.

[stevestoner13]

Yeah he wasn't much of a people person.

[alfriendo2008]

Short and slightly sour from David Lean. Not what I expected from a man who gave the world such wonderful epics.... interesting?

[pinattar]

lawrence of arabia is the greatest movie ever made, the best acing, music, writing and directing

[raymonda100]

Both Spielberg and Scorsese (sp?) said that Lawrence inspired them to become film directors.

[PanekPL]

Lawrence, Lawrence of what, of Arabia!?

[TheBloodyDutch]

David Lean wanted Marlon Brando for the lead role but Brando was tied up with the editing for his film 'One-Eyed Jacks' unfortunately. What a gift to the world of film-making that would have been.

[mrswilberforce]

Well, Peter O'Toole wasn't so bad either ;)

[mssabik]

Peter O'Toole was simply fabulous in Lawrence of Arabia. I even think he should have won the Oscar for the best actor that year. it's simply it's his first Oscar nomination and his rival was Gregory Peck. But Gregory's acting in To Kill the Mocking Bird wasn't his best in his acting history.

[stevestoner13]

Peck was good but O'Toole was simple amazing.

[raymonda100]

I would have called it a Masterpiece of Miscasting! Brando said in his autobiog that the reason he passed up Lawrence was because he'd rather send two years in Tahiti making Mutiny on the Bounty than two years in the desert doing Lawrence. Thank God he made that choice!

[torysj]

I love the length of the speech.

[STUNTMANSKI]

Lean was a huge influence on Steven Spielberg

[xxxxxARABIAxxxxx]

how many awards did he get for the movie lawrance of arabia ??

[zim83]

Even if she wasn't nominated for her turn in "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane", unlike co-star Bette Davis, bitchy Crawford pretty much stole the show that year by accepting Anne Bancroft's Oscar for "The Miracle Worker" in a clear "shove it, Bette" move...It'd be great if you guys uploaded Bancroft's triumph btw, in one of the strongest Best Actress line-ups ever.

[neilzep]

one of my favorite movies...what a Director!

Kwai,Lawrence,Zhivago...blocku­sters of the 60's...compared to some of the crap today. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT WITH YOUR FAMILY WITH!

[Sibelius92]

An outstanding Director - an all-time great!!

[agent6129114]

which year was it?

greets

[WeArErIsInG]

eh. how to kill a mockingbird is the best book/movie of all time.

[drcoxcentral]

David Lean deserved that Oscar! That movie is a prime example of how an Hollywood epic should be made.

[kingcaesar5]

my favourite movie ever.

[selma1930]

Crawford is great in the 64 b flick Stait-Jacket!

[solaryus]

One of best director ever.

[TennesseeLBow]

I love his film of Great Expectations

[dodgeballhero]

EYEBROWS!!

[AlexMixter]

And aside from best director, he also got shortest speech award.

[DrStrangelove646]

NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nellis07]

:D Lol!

[myrnaloysboy]

Good old Aunty Joan.

[alfiehitchie]

Uh oh! Lean used the 'L' word! :-)

[UFOSPACE1999]

David Lean was hated by all his actors!! David was one of the greatest directors ever. His vision was beautiful. BUT his actors truly hated him, him and Alec Guiness never spoke after A Passage to India, and Judy Davis thouh she got nominated from it, ask David how come I am not speaking more. He simply said, We all r watching the movie thru ur eyes.

[selma1930]

Crawford looked great and this was only minutes before Bette Davis lost the Baby Jane Oscar to Anne Bancroft and Crawford would accept on behalf of Bancroft!

[benjamintzs]

Thank you for this post. David Lean was a great director, one of the finest ever. And it is great to see the great and only, the wonderful Joan Crawford.

[barnabinobarnabone]

David Lean was one of the greates directorse...It's wonderful to see videos such like this!

Thank you very very much! Keep adding videos, please!