1949 Oscars 21st Academy Awards |
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1949 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Motion Picture: Hamlet – Laurence Olivier for Universal Studios and General Film Distributors, Ltd. (WINNER) Johnny Belinda – Jerry Wald for Warner Bros. The Red Shoes – Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for Eagle-Lion Films and General Film Distributors, Ltd. The Snake Pit – Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler for 20th Century Fox The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. |
Best Director: John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (WINNER) Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda Fred Zinnemann – The Search Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit |
Best Actor: Laurence Olivier – Hamlet as Hamlet (WINNER) Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda as Dr. Robert Richardson Montgomery Clift – The Search as Ralph “Steve” Stevenson Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me as “Skid” Johnson Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty as Lynn Belvedere |
Best Actress: Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda as Belinda MacDonald (WINNER) Ingrid Bergman – Joan of Arc as Jeanne d’Arc Olivia de Havilland – The Snake Pit as Virginia Stuart Cunningham Irene Dunne – I Remember Mama as Marta “Mama” Hanson Barbara Stanwyck – Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona Stevenson |
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Howard (WINNER) Charles Bickford – Johnny Belinda as Black MacDonald José Ferrer – Joan of Arc as The Dauphin, later Charles VII of France Oscar Homolka – I Remember Mama as Uncle Chris Halvorsen Cecil Kellaway – The Luck of the Irish as Horace |
Best Supporting Actress: Claire Trevor – Key Largo as Gaye Dawn (WINNER) Barbara Bel Geddes – I Remember Mama as Katrin Hanson Ellen Corby – I Remember Mama as Aunt Trina Agnes Moorehead – Johnny Belinda as Aggie MacDonald Jean Simmons – Hamlet as Ophelia |
Best Motion Picture Story: The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler (WINNER) Louisiana Story – Robert Flaherty and Frances Flaherty The Naked City – Malvin Wald Red River – Borden Chase The Red Shoes – Emeric Pressburger |
Best Screenplay: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – John Huston from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven (WINNER) A Foreign Affair – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and Richard L. Breen from a story by David Shaw Johnny Belinda – Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent from Johnny Belinda by Elmer Blaney Harris The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler The Snake Pit – Frank Partos and Millen Brand from The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward |
Best Documentary Feature: The Secret Land – Orville O. Dull (WINNER) The Quiet One – Janice Loeb |
Best Documentary Short Subject: Toward Independence (WINNER) Heart to Heart Operation Vittles |
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: Symphony of a City – Edmund H. Reek (WINNER) 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 Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel: Seal Island – Walt Disney (WINNER) Calgary Stampede – Gordon Hollingshead Going to Blazes – Herbert Morgan Samba-Mania – Harry Grey Snow Capers – Thomas Head |
Best Short Subject – Cartoons: The Little Orphan – Fred Quimby (WINNER) Mickey and the Seal – Walt Disney Mouse Wreckers – Edward Selzer Robin Hoodlum – United Productions of America Tea for Two Hundred – Walt Disney |
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (WINNER) Hamlet – William Walton Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman |
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: Easter Parade – Johnny Green and Roger Edens (WINNER) 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 Original Song: “Buttons and Bows” from The Paleface – Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (WINNER) “For Every Man There is a Woman” from Casbah – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Leo Robin “It’s Magic” from Romance on the High Seas – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “This is the Moment” from That Lady in Ermine – Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin “The Woody Woodpecker Song” from Wet Blanket Policy – Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles |
Best Sound Recording: The Snake Pit – Thomas T. Moulton (WINNER) Johnny Belinda – Nathan Levinson Moonrise – Daniel J. Bloomberg |
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Hamlet – Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon (WINNER) Johnny Belinda – Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: William O. Wallace |
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color: The Red Shoes – Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson (WINNER) Joan of Arc – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: The Naked City – William Daniels (WINNER) A Foreign Affair – Charles Lang I Remember Mama – Nicholas Musuraca Johnny Belinda – Ted D. McCord Portrait of Jennie – Joseph August |
Best Cinematography, Color: Joan of Arc – Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton C. Hoch (WINNER) Green Grass of Wyoming – Charles G. Clarke The Loves of Carmen – William Snyder The Three Musketeers – Robert Planck |
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Hamlet – Roger K. Furse (WINNER) B.F.’s Daughter – Irene Lentz |
Best Costume Design, Color: Joan of Arc – Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska (WINNER) The Emperor Waltz – Edith Head and Gile Steele |
Best Film Editing: The Naked City – Paul Weatherwax (WINNER) Joan of Arc – Frank Sullivan Johnny Belinda – David Weisbart Red River – Christian Nyby The Red Shoes – Reginald Mills |
Best Special Effects: Portrait of Jennie – Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects: Charles L. Freeman and James G. Stewart (WINNER) Deep Waters – Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder; Special Audible Effects: Roger Heman Sr. |
Academy Honorary Awards: 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.” 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.” |
Best Foreign Language Film: Monsieur Vincent (France) |
Academy Juvenile Award: Ivan Jandl |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Jerry Wald |
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