35th Academy Awards 35th Academy Awards The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra. The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-bound sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? the Hot 100 chart, and charted 4 weeks. "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?" was produced by Gus Dudgeon, who is perhaps most famous for producing most of Elton John's album output in the 1970s. Rea was reportedly dissatisfied with the final mix of the album; he later went some way to rectify this to his satisfaction starting with 1988's greatest hits compilation "New Light Through Old Windows", where "Fool..." was presented in a newly recorded version. Dudgeon went on to produce Rea's next effort, "Deltics". All songs by Chris Rea. Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?