The film brought eight Academy Award nominations and won six of them - none of which were for acting: Best Picture (Arthur Freed, producer), Best Story and Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Color Cinematography, Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Musical Score, and Best Color Costume Design.Another female guest, neighbor Mrs.Whitehead (Margaret Irving), schemes with friend Grace Carpenter (Kathryn Reece), because both are jealous of Mrs.Spock was informed by Vulcan ambassadors that Ambassador Spock Prime, his older self and Alternate Reality counterpart from the original timeline, had died.[The illusion of its rising is created by the descent of some of the backdrops.] As they are about to explore, a violent explosion (volcanic?) sends them in all directions.To rest their fatigued bodies after a "rough trip," they stretch themselves out on the ground under blankets." When he caught up to Ellen, he apologized for clumsily asking about her father during dinner conversation, and she accepted.