Academy Awards 1950

Best Picture

WINNER
All the King's Men: (Robert Rossen Productions):

NOMINEES:
Battleground: (M-G-M)
The Heiress: (Paramount)
A Letter to Three Wives: (20th Century Fox)
Twelve O'Clock High: (20th Century Fox)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
All the King's Men: Broderick Crawford

NOMINEES:
Champion: Kirk Douglas
Twelve O'Clock High: Gregory Peck
The Hasty Heart: Richard Todd
Sands of Iwo Jima: John Wayne

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
The Heiress: Olivia de Havilland

NOMINEES:
Pinky: Jeanne Crain
My Foolish Heart: Susan Hayward
Edward, My Son: Deborah Kerr
Come to the Stable: Loretta Young

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Twelve O'Clock High: Dean Jagger

NOMINEES:
All the King's Men: John Ireland
Champion: Arthur Kennedy
The Heiress: Ralph Richardson
Battleground: James Whitmore

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
All the King's Men: Mercedes McCambridge

NOMINEES:
Pinky: Ethel Barrymore
Come to the Stable: Celeste Holm
Come to the Stable: Elsa Lanchester
Pinky: Ethel Waters

Best Director

WINNER:
A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

NOMINEES:
The Fallen Idol: Carol Reed
All the King's Men: Robert Rossen
Battleground: William A. Wellman
The Heiress: William Wyler

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER:
A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

NOMINEES:
All the King's Men: Robert Rossen
Bicycle Thieves: Cesare Zavattini
Champion: Carl Foreman
The Fallen Idol: Graham Greene

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

WINNER:
The Stratton Story: Douglas Morrow

NOMINEES:
Come to the Stable: Clare Boothe Luce
It Happens Every Spring: Shirley W. Smith, Valentine Davies
Sands of Iwo Jima: Harry Brown
White Heat: Virginia Kellogg

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

WINNER:
Battleground: Robert Pirosh

NOMINEES:
Jolson Sings Again: Sidney Buchman
Paisà: Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
Passport to Pimlico: T.E.B. Clarke
The Quiet One: Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER:
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: Winton C. Hoch

NOMINEES:
The Barkleys of Broadway: Harry Stradling Sr.
Jolson Sings Again: William E. Snyder
Little Women: Robert H. Planck, Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
Sand: Charles G. Clarke

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER:
Battleground: Paul Vogel

NOMINEES:
Champion: Franz Planer
Come to the Stable: Joseph LaShelle
The Heiress: Leo Tover
Prince of Foxes: Leon Shamroy

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

WINNER:
The Heiress: John Meehan, Harry Horner, Emile Kuri

NOMINEES:
Come to the Stable: Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Madame Bovary: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

WINNER:
Little Women: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

NOMINEES:
Adventures of Don Juan: Edward Carrere, Lyle B. Reifsnider
Saraband for Dead Lovers: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

WINNER:
The Heiress: Edith Head, Gile Steele

NOMINEE:
Prince of Foxes: Vittorio Nino Novarese

Best Costume Design, Color

WINNER:
Adventures of Don Juan: Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best

NOMINEE:
Mother Is a Freshman: Kay Nelson

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER:
Twelve O'Clock High: (20th Century-Fox Sound Dept.)

NOMINEES:
Once More, My Darling: (Universal-International Sound Dept.)
Sands of Iwo Jima: (Republic Sound Dept.)

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Champion: Harry W. Gerstad

NOMINEES:
All the King's Men: Robert Parrish, Al Clark
Battleground: John D. Dunning
Sands of Iwo Jima: Richard L. Van Enger
The Window: Frederic Knudtson

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER:
Mighty Joe Young: (ARKO Productions)

NOMINEE:
Tulsa: (Walter Wanger Pictures)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Neptune's Daughter: Frank Loesser
For the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

NOMINEES:
It's a Great Feeling: Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "It's a Great Feeling"
So Dear to My Heart: Eliot Daniel (music), Larry Morey (lyrics)
For the song "Lavender Blue"
My Foolish Heart: Victor Young (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "My Foolish Heart"
Come to the Stable: Alfred Newman (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics)
For the song "Through a Long and Sleepless Night"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER:
On the Town: Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton

NOMINEES:
Jolson Sings Again: Morris Stoloff, George Duning
Look for the Silver Lining: Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER:
The Heiress: Aaron Copland

NOMINEES:
Beyond the Forest: Max Steiner
Champion: Dimitri Tiomkin

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER:
Van Gogh: Gaston Diehl, Robert Hessens

NOMINEES:
Boy and the Eagle: William Lasky
Chase of Death: Irving Allen
The Grass Is Always Greener: Gordon Hollingshead
Snow Carnival: Gordon Hollingshead

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER:
Aquatic House Party: Jack Eaton

NOMINEES:
Roller Derby Girl: Justin Herman
So You Think You're Not Guilty: Gordon Hollingshead
Spills and Chills: Walton C. Ament
Water Trix: Pete Smith

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER:
For Scent-imental Reasons: Edward Selzer

NOMINEES:
Canary Row: Edward Selzer
The film was withdrawn by the producer. It is thus not to be counted as an official Academy nomination and listed for the purpose of information only.
Hatch Up Your Troubles: Fred Quimby
The Magic Fluke: Stephen Bosustow
Toy Tinkers: Walt Disney

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNERS:
A Chance to Live: Richard De Rochemont
Tied with So Much for So Little.
So Much for So Little: Edward Selzer
Tied with A Chance to Live.

NOMINEES:
1848: (French Cinema General Cooperative)
The Rising Tide: (St. Francis-Xavier University Nova Scotia)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Daybreak in Udi: (Crown Film Unit)

NOMINEE:
Kenji Comes Home: Paul F. Heard

Juvenile Award

WINNER:
Bobby Driscoll
For the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
Bicycle Thieves
Italy. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
Fred Astaire
For his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures.
Cecil B. DeMille
Distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship.
Jean Hersholt
For distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:
(Eastman Kodak Co.)
For the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr (Paramount SSD)
For the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.
M.B. Paul
For the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.
Herbert Britt
For the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion-picture sets.
André Coutant, Jacques Mathot
For the design of the Eclair Camerette.
Charles R. Daily, Stephen Csillag (Paramount Studio Engineering, Editorial and Music Departments)
For a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks.
(International Projector Corp.)
For a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.
Alexander Velcoff
For the application to production of the infrared photographic evaluator.

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