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Success or Snub? The Apartment (33rd Academy Awards Review Pt. 2)

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  To see part 1, click here . Psycho Suite~Bernard Herrmann - Psycho A few notable changes helped to open up this Academy Award ceremony going into the new decade. This was the first time the Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC, where they would remain for the rest of their ungodly long reign. More interestingly, this was actually the first ever time that a red carpet was rolled out leading into the ceremony. From here, “the red carpet treatment” would forever be associated with the ceremony, evolving through the decades for celebrities to dress up in the most gaudy suits and dresses they could find to get snapped by paparazzi. This was also the last time that the Honorary Juvenile Award would be awarded (going forward, children would be eligible for the proper awards thought it's always rare that it happens), for Hayley Mills’ performance in Pollyanna . A decent film for an excellent child actress who filled the void left behind by Bobby Driscoll as Disney’s golden child. She wou...