1950 Oscars 22nd Academy Awards |
Winners Announced: March 23, 1950 Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California Host: Paul Douglas Eligibility Year: 1949 |
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1950 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Motion Picture: All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen for Columbia Pictures (WINNER) Battleground – Dore Schary for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Heiress – William Wyler for Paramount Pictures A Letter to Three Wives – Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox Twelve O’Clock High – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox |
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives (WINNER) Robert Rossen – All the King’s Men William A. Wellman – Battleground Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol William Wyler – The Heiress |
Best Actor: Broderick Crawford – All the King’s Men as Willie Stark (WINNER) Kirk Douglas – Champion as Midge Kelly Gregory Peck – Twelve O’Clock High as Brigadier General Frank Savage Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart as Cpl. Lachlan “Lachie” MacLachlan John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima as Sgt. John M. Stryker |
Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress as Catherine Sloper (WINNER) Jeanne Crain – Pinky as Patricia “Pinky” Johnson Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart as Eloise Winters Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son as Evelyn Boult Loretta Young – Come to the Stable as Sister Margaret |
Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger – Twelve O’Clock High as Major Harvey Stovall (WINNER) John Ireland – All the King’s Men as Jack Burden Arthur Kennedy – Champion as Connie Ralph Richardson – The Heiress as Dr. Austin Sloper James Whitmore – Battleground as Sgt. Kinnie |
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge – All the King’s Men as Sadie Burke (WINNER) Ethel Barrymore – Pinky as Miss Em Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable as Sister Scholastica Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable as Amelia Potts Ethel Waters – Pinky as Dicey Johnson |
Best Screenplay: A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz from Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner (WINNER) All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen from All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren Bicycle Thieves – Cesare Zavattini from The Bicycle Thief by Luigi Bartolini Champion – Carl Foreman from “Champion” by Ring Lardner The Fallen Idol – Graham Greene from “The Basement Room” by Graham Greene |
Best Story and Screenplay: Battleground – Robert Pirosh (WINNER) Jolson Sings Again – Sidney Buchman Paisan – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, and Roberto Rossellini Passport to Pimlico – T. E. B. Clarke The Quiet One – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and Sidney Meyers |
Best Motion Picture Story: The Stratton Story – Douglas Morrow (WINNER) Come to the Stable – Clare Boothe Luce It Happens Every Spring – Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies Sands of Iwo Jima – Harry Brown White Heat – Virginia Kellogg |
Best Animated Short Film: For Scent-imental Reasons (WINNER) Canary Row Hatch Up Your Troubles The Magic Fluke Toy Tinkers |
Best Documentary Feature: Daybreak in Udi (WINNER) Kenji Comes Home |
Best Documentary Short Subject: A Chance to Live (WINNER) So Much for So Little 1848 The Rising Tide |
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: Aquatic House Party – Jack Eaton (WINNER) 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 Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel: Van Gogh – Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens (WINNER) The Boy and the Eagle – William Lasky Chase of Death – Irving Allen The Grass Is Always Greener – Gordon Hollingshead Snow Carnival – Gordon Hollingshead |
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: The Heiress – Aaron Copland (WINNER) Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin |
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: On the Town – Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (WINNER) Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff and George Duning Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf |
Best Original Song: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” from Neptune’s Daughter – Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser (WINNER) “It’s a Great Feeling” from It’s a Great Feeling – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “Lavender Blue” from So Dear to My Heart – Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey “My Foolish Heart” from My Foolish Heart – Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington “Through a Long and Sleepless Night” from Come to the Stable – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
Best Sound Recording: Twelve O’Clock High – Thomas T. Moulton (WINNER) Once More, My Darling – Leslie I. Carey Sands of Iwo Jima – Daniel J. Bloomberg |
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-White: The Heiress – Art Direction: John Meehan and Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri (WINNER) Come to the Stable – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox Madame Bovary – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle |
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color: Little Women – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore (WINNER) Adventures of Don Juan – Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider Saraband for Dead Lovers – Art Direction and Set Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Battleground – Paul C. Vogel (WINNER) Champion – Franz Planer Come to the Stable – Joseph LaShelle The Heiress – Leo Tover Prince of Foxes – Leon Shamroy |
Best Cinematography, Color: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – Winton C. Hoch (WINNER) The Barkleys of Broadway – Harry Stradling Jolson Sings Again – William Snyder Little Women – Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum Sand – Charles G. Clarke |
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: The Heiress – Edith Head and Gile Steele (WINNER) Prince of Foxes – Vittorio Nino Novarese |
Best Costume Design, Color: Adventures of Don Juan – Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best (WINNER) Mother Is a Freshman – Kay Nelson |
Best Film Editing: Champion – Harry W. Gerstad (WINNER) All the King’s Men – Robert Parrish and Al Clark Battleground – John Dunning Sands of Iwo Jima – Richard L. Van Enger The Window – Frederic Knudtson |
Best Special Effects: Mighty Joe Young – Arko Production; RKO Radio (WINNER) Tulsa – Walter Wagner; Eagle Lion |
Academy Honorary Awards: Cecil B. DeMille “distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship.” Jean Hersholt “in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president.” |
Best Foreign Language Film: The Bicycle Thief (Italy) |
Academy Juvenile Award: Bobby Driscoll |
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