Record

Performance TitleSociety of Film and Television Arts (SFTA) - Presentation of the 1972 Awards (now known as BAFTA)
Performance Date28 February 1973
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersJosephine Douglas,
HRH Princess Anne - speakers
Secondary PerformersThe Young Generation Dancers
Orchestra or BandFreddy Randall Jazz Band,
Max Cherry and The Cherrypickers
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)

Awards winners:
Best Actor - Gene Hackman (The French Connection and The Poseidon Adventure)
Best Actress - Liza Minelli (Cabaret),
Best Light Entertainment Performance - Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise (The Morcambe and Wise Show)
Best Film - Cabaret,
Best Direction - Bob Fosse (Cabaret)
United Nations Award (for the best film illustrating one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter) - The Garden of the Finzi-Contini's
John Grierson Award - Memorial,
Best Specialised Film - Cutting Oils and Fluids,
Best Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky (The Hospital) and Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show)
Best Cinematography - Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret and Alices's Adventures in Wonderland)
Best Art Direction - Rolf Zehetbauer (Cabaret),
Best Costume Design - Anthony Mendleson (Young Winston, Macbeth and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland),)
Best Film Editing - Gerry Greenberg (The French Connection)
Best Sound Track - David Hildyard, Robert Knudson, Arthur Piantadosi, (Cabaret),
Best Supporting Actress - Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show),
Best Supporting Actor - Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show)
Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles - Joel Gray, (Cabaret)
Anthony Asquith Memorial Award - Nino Rota for the music of The Godfather

The Richard Dimbleby Award (for the year's outstanding television commentator, reporter or presenter in factual programmes),
The Desmond Davis Award (for a most outstanding contribution to television),
Bestowing of the Society's Fellowship
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal
Performance Notes"Miss Liza Minelli is named as the best actress in the film awards by the Society of Film and Television Arts, announced last night when Princess Anne presented them at dinner in the Albert Hall. Cabaret, in which Miss Minnelli starred, won the award for the best film. Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise achieved a triple crown when for the third year running they won the award for the best light entertainment performance on television."
(The Times, 1 March 1973)

Princess Anne attended the event as President of the Society of Film and Television Arts.

The event was broadcast on BBC One from 21:25-23:05.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1973/37)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1973/37Society of Film and Television Arts (SFTA) - Presentation of the Awards 197228 February 1973
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iboofuvoik_VchSociety of Film and Television Arts (SFTA) - Presentation of the Awards 19721
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/769British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA); 1947-; British film and television charity
DS/UK/3639Smith; Douglas Wellesley (fl 1919-1931); British ballroom dancer and husband of Josephine Bradley
DS/UK/8943Princess Anne, The Princess Royal; Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (1950-); British royal family member
DS/UK/7407Randall; Frederick James 'Freddy' (1921-1999); English jazz trumpeter, bandleader
DS/UK/7751Mills; Sir; John (1908-2005); English actor
DS/UK/1460Parkinson; Sir; Michael (28 March 1935-16 August 2023); CBE; English broadcaster, journalist and author
DS/UK/18217The Young Generation (1967-1977)
DS/UK/20961Wise; Ernie (1925-1999); OBE; English comedian
DS/UK/17829Morecambe; Eric (1926-1984); English comedian
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