Academy Awards 1949

Best Picture

WINNER:
Hamlet: (J. Arthur Rank, Two Cities Films)
Laurence Olivier was not present at the awards ceremony. Robert Montgomery accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES:
Johnny Belinda: (Warner Bros.)
The Red Shoes: (J. Arthur Rank, Archers)
The Snake Pit: (20th Century Fox)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Hamlet: Laurence Olivier

NOMINEES:
Johnny Belinda: Lew Ayres
The Search: Montgomery Clift
When My Baby Smiles at Me: Dan Dailey
Sitting Pretty: Clifton Webb

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Johnny Belinda: Jane Wyman

NOMINEES:
Joan of Arc: Ingrid Bergman
The Snake Pit: Olivia de Havilland
I Remember Mama: Irene Dunne
Sorry, Wrong Number: Barbara Stanwyck

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Walter Huston

NOMINEES:
Johnny Belinda: Charles Bickford
Joan of Arc: José Ferrer
I Remember Mama: Oskar Homolka
The Luck of the Irish: Cecil Kellaway

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Key Largo: Claire Trevor

NOMINEES:
I Remember Mama: Barbara Bel Geddes
I Remember Mama: Ellen Corby
Johnny Belinda: Agnes Moorehead
Hamlet: Jean Simmons

Best Director

WINNER:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: John Huston

NOMINEES:
The Snake Pit: Anatole Litvak
Johnny Belinda: Jean Negulesco
Hamlet: Laurence Olivier
The Search: Fred Zinnemann

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: John Huston

NOMINEES:
A Foreign Affair: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
Johnny Belinda: Irma von Cube, Allen Vincent
The Search: Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
The Snake Pit: Frank Partos, Millen Brand

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

WINNER:
The Search: Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler

NOMINEES:
Louisiana Story: Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
The Naked City: Malvin Wald
Red River: Borden Chase
The Red Shoes: Emeric Pressburger

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER:
Joan of Arc: Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton C. Hoch

NOMINEES:
Green Grass of Wyoming: Charles G. Clarke
The Loves of Carmen: William E. Snyder
The Three Musketeers: Robert H. Planck

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER:
The Naked City: William H. Daniels

NOMINEES
A Foreign Affair: Charles Lang
I Remember Mama: Nicholas Musuraca
Johnny Belinda: Ted D. McCord
Portrait of Jennie: Joseph H. August

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER:
Hamlet: Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon

NOMINEE:
Johnny Belinda: Robert M. Haas, William Wallace

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

WINNER:
The Red Shoes: Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson

NOMINEE:
Joan of Arc: Richard Day, Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

WINNER:
Hamlet: Roger K. Furse

NOMINEE:
B.F.'s Daughter: Irene

Best Costume Design, Color

WINNER:
Joan of Arc: Dorothy Jeakins, Barbara Karinska

NOMINEE:
The Emperor Waltz: Edith Head, Gile Steele

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER:
The Snake Pit: (20th Century-Fox Sound Dept.)

NOMINEES:
Johnny Belinda: (Warner Bros. Sound Dept.)
Moonrise: (Republic Sound Dept.)

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
The Naked City: Paul Weatherwax

NOMINEES:
Joan of Arc: Frank Sullivan
Johnny Belinda: David Weisbart
Red River: Christian Nyby
The Red Shoes: Reginald Mills

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER:
Portrait of Jennie: Paul Eagler (visual), J. McMillan Johnson (visual), Russell Shearman (visual), Clarence Slifer (visual), Charles L. Freeman (audible), James G. Stewart (audible)
For

NOMINEE:
Deep Waters: Ralph Hammeras (visual), Fred Sersen (visual), Edward Snyder (visual), Roger Heman Sr. (audible)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
The Paleface: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
For the song "Buttons and Bows"

NOMINEES:
Casbah: Harold Arlen (music), Leo Robin (lyrics)
For the song "For Every Man There's a Woman"
Romance on the High Seas: Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "It's Magic"
That Lady in Ermine: Friedrich Hollaender (music), Leo Robin (lyrics)
For the song "This Is the Moment"
Wet Blanket Policy: Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles
For the song "The Woody Woodpecker Song"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER:
Easter Parade: Johnny Green, Roger Edens

NOMINEES:
The Emperor Waltz: Victor Young
The Pirate: Lennie Hayton
Romance on the High Seas: Ray Heindorf
When My Baby Smiles at Me: Alfred Newman

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER:
The Red Shoes: Brian Easdale

NOMINEES:
Hamlet: William Walton
Joan of Arc: Hugo Friedhofer
Johnny Belinda: Max Steiner
The Snake Pit: Alfred Newman

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER:
Seal Island: Walt Disney

NOMINEES:
Calgary Stampede: Gordon Hollingshead
Going to Blazes!: Herbert Morgan
Samba-Mania: Harry Grey
Snow Capers: Thomas Mead

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER:
Människor i stad: Edmund Reek

NOMINEES:
Annie Was a Wonder: Herbert Moulton
Cinderella Horse: Gordon Hollingshead
So You Want to Be on the Radio: Gordon Hollingshead
You Can't Win: Pete Smith

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER:
The Little Orphan: Fred Quimby

NOMINEES:
Mickey and the Seal: Walt Disney
Mouse Wreckers: Edward Selzer
Robin Hoodlum: (United Productions of America)
Tea for Two Hundred: Walt Disney

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Toward Independence: (U.S. Army)

NOMINEES:
Heart to Heart: Herbert Morgan
Operation Vittles: (U.S. Army Air Force)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
The Secret Land: Orville O. Dull

NOMINEE:
The Quiet One: Janice Loeb

Juvenile Award

WINNER:
The Search: Ivan Jandl
For the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
Monsieur Vincent
France. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.
Sid Grauman
Master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures.
Adolph Zukor
A man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years.
Joan of Arc: Walter Wanger
For distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
Jerry Wald

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Victor Caccialanza, Maurice Ayers (Paramount Studio Set Construction Dept.)
For the development and application of "Paralite", a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.
Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witte (20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept.)
For a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Marty Martin, Jack Lannan, Russell Shearman (RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Dept.)
For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
A.J. Moran (Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Dept.)
For a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.

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