1950
The 22nd Academy Awards | 1950
RKO Pantages Theatre
Thursday, March 23, 1950
Honoring movies released in 1949
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Dean Jagger
Twelve O'Clock High
Nominees
John Ireland
All the King's Men
Arthur Kennedy
Champion
Ralph Richardson
The Heiress
James Whitmore
Battleground
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Mercedes McCambridge
All the King's Men
Nominees
Elsa Lanchester
Come to the Stable
Ethel Waters
Pinky
Ethel Barrymore
Pinky
Celeste Holm
Come to the Stable
Directing
Winner
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Nominees
All the King's Men
Robert Rossen
Battleground
William A. Wellman
The Fallen Idol
Carol Reed
The Heiress
William Wyler
Film Editing
Winner
Champion
Harry Gerstad
Nominees
All the King's Men
Robert Parrish, Al Clark
Battleground
John Dunning
Sands of Iwo Jima
Richard L. Van Enger
The Window
Frederic Knudtson
Actor
Winner
Broderick Crawford
All the King's Men
Nominees
Kirk Douglas
Champion
Gregory Peck
Twelve O'Clock High
Richard Todd
The Hasty Heart
John Wayne
Sands of Iwo Jima
Actress
Winner
Olivia de Havilland
The Heiress
Nominees
Jeanne Crain
Pinky
Susan Hayward
My Foolish Heart
Deborah Kerr
Edward, My Son
Loretta Young
Come to the Stable
Sound Recording
Winner
Twelve O'Clock High
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
Once More, My Darling
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
Sands of Iwo Jima
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
For Scent-Imental Reasons
Edward Selzer, Producer
Nominees
Hatch Up Your Troubles
Fred Quimby, Producer
The Magic Fluke
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Toy Tinkers
Walt Disney, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Neptune's Daughter
Baby, It's Cold Outside in "Neptune's Daughter" Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Nominees
My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart in "My Foolish Heart" Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Come to the Stable
Through A Long And Sleepless Night in "Come to the Stable" Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
It's a Great Feeling
It's A Great Feeling in "It's a Great Feeling" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
So Dear to My Heart
Lavender Blue in "So Dear to My Heart" Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Nominees
The Bicycle Thief
Cesare Zavattini
Champion
Carl Foreman
The Fallen Idol
Graham Greene
All the King's Men
Robert Rossen
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Aquatic House-Party
Jack Eaton, Producer
Nominees
Roller Derby Girl
Justin Herman, Producer
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Spills and Chills
Walton C. Ament, Producer
Water Trix
Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
Van Gogh
Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers
Nominees
The Boy and the Eagle
William Lasky, Producer
Chase of Death
Irving Allen, Producer
The Grass Is Always Greener
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Snow Carnival
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Battleground
Paul C. Vogel
Nominees
Champion
Frank Planer
Come to the Stable
Joseph LaShelle
The Heiress
Leo Tover
Prince of Foxes
Leon Shamroy
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Winton Hoch
Nominees
Little Women
Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum
Sand
Charles G. Clarke
The Barkleys of Broadway
Harry Stradling
Jolson Sings Again
William Snyder
Special Effects
Winner
Mighty Joe Young
ARKO Productions
Nominees
Tulsa
Walter Wanger Pictures
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Heiress
Art Direction: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
Nominees
Come to the Stable
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Madame Bovary
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Little Women
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Nominees
The Adventures of Don Juan
Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider
Saraband
Art Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
So Much for So Little
Edward Selzer, Producer
A Chance to Live
Richard de Rochemont, Producer
Nominees
The Rising Tide
St. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
1848
French Cinema General Cooperative
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
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
The Heiress
Aaron Copland
Nominees
Beyond the Forest
Max Steiner
Champion
Dimitri Tiomkin
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Daybreak in Udi
Crown Film Unit
Nominees
Kenji Comes Home
Paul F. Heard, Producer
Best Motion Picture
Winner
All the King's Men
Robert Rossen Productions
Nominees
Battleground
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Heiress
Paramount
A Letter to Three Wives
20th Century-Fox
Twelve O'Clock High
20th Century-Fox
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
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Heiress
Edith Head, Gile Steele
Nominees
Prince of Foxes
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
The Adventures of Don Juan
Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best
Nominees
Mother Is a Freshman
Kay Nelson
Special Foreign Language Film Award
Winner
The Bicycle Thief
Special Award
Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Winner
Battleground
Robert Pirosh
Nominees
Jolson Sings Again
Sidney Buchman
Paisan
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
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1848
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - French Cinema General Cooperative
A
The Adventures of Don Juan
2 Nominations, 1 WinArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider
* Costume Design (Color) - Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best
All the King's Men
7 Nominations, 3 Wins* Actor - Broderick Crawford in "All the King's Men"
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Mercedes McCambridge in "All the King's Men"
* Best Motion Picture - Robert Rossen Productions
Actor in a Supporting Role - John Ireland in "All the King's Men"
Film Editing - Robert Parrish, Al Clark
Directing - Robert Rossen
Writing (Screenplay) - Robert Rossen
Aquatic House-Party
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (One-reel) - Jack Eaton, Producer
B
The Barkleys of Broadway
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling
Battleground
6 Nominations, 2 WinsActor in a Supporting Role - James Whitmore in "Battleground"
Film Editing - John Dunning
Best Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Directing - William A. Wellman
* Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Paul C. Vogel
* Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Robert Pirosh
Beyond the Forest
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Max Steiner
The Bicycle Thief
2 Nominations, 1 WinWriting (Screenplay) - Cesare Zavattini
* Special Foreign Language Film Award - Special Award
The Boy and the Eagle
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - William Lasky, Producer
C
Champion
6 Nominations, 1 WinActor in a Supporting Role - Arthur Kennedy in "Champion"
Writing (Screenplay) - Carl Foreman
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Frank Planer
Actor - Kirk Douglas in "Champion"
* Film Editing - Harry Gerstad
A Chance to Live
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Short Subject) - Richard de Rochemont, Producer
Chase of Death
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Irving Allen, Producer
Come to the Stable
7 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Actress in a Supporting Role - Celeste Holm in "Come to the Stable"
Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Clare Boothe Luce
Actress in a Supporting Role - Elsa Lanchester in "Come to the Stable"
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph LaShelle
Actress - Loretta Young in "Come to the Stable"
Music (Song) - Through A Long And Sleepless Night in "Come to the Stable" Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
D
Daybreak in Udi
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Feature) - Crown Film Unit
E
Edward, My Son
1 NominationActress - Deborah Kerr in "Edward, My Son"
F
The Fallen Idol
2 NominationsDirecting - Carol Reed
Writing (Screenplay) - Graham Greene
For Scent-Imental Reasons
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer
G
The Grass Is Always Greener
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
H
The Hasty Heart
1 NominationActor - Richard Todd in "The Hasty Heart"
Hatch Up Your Troubles
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Fred Quimby, Producer
The Heiress
8 Nominations, 4 Wins* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Aaron Copland
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head, Gile Steele
* Actress - Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress"
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Leo Tover
Best Motion Picture - Paramount
Actor in a Supporting Role - Ralph Richardson in "The Heiress"
Directing - William Wyler
I
It Happens Every Spring
1 NominationWriting (Motion Picture Story) - Shirley W. Smith, Valentine Davies
It's a Great Feeling
1 NominationMusic (Song) - It's A Great Feeling in "It's a Great Feeling" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
J
Jolson Sings Again
3 NominationsMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Morris Stoloff, George Duning
Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Sidney Buchman
Cinematography (Color) - William Snyder
K
Kenji Comes Home
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Paul F. Heard, Producer
L
A Letter to Three Wives
3 Nominations, 2 WinsBest Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
* Directing - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
* Writing (Screenplay) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Little Women
2 Nominations, 1 Win* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Cinematography (Color) - Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum
Look for the Silver Lining
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf
M
Madame Bovary
1 NominationArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
The Magic Fluke
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Mighty Joe Young
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Special Effects - ARKO Productions
Mother Is a Freshman
1 NominationCostume Design (Color) - Kay Nelson
My Foolish Heart
2 NominationsMusic (Song) - My Foolish Heart in "My Foolish Heart" Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Actress - Susan Hayward in "My Foolish Heart"
N
Neptune's Daughter
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Music (Song) - Baby, It's Cold Outside in "Neptune's Daughter" Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
O
On the Town
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
Once More, My Darling
1 NominationSound Recording - Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
P
Paisan
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay) - Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
Passport to Pimlico
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay) - T. E. B. Clarke
Pinky
3 NominationsActress in a Supporting Role - Ethel Barrymore in "Pinky"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Ethel Waters in "Pinky"
Actress - Jeanne Crain in "Pinky"
Prince of Foxes
2 NominationsCinematography (Black-and-White) - Leon Shamroy
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Vittorio Nino Novarese
Q
The Quiet One
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay) - Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers
R
The Rising Tide
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - St. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Roller Derby Girl
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Justin Herman, Producer
S
Sand
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - Charles G. Clarke
Sands of Iwo Jima
4 NominationsWriting (Motion Picture Story) - Harry Brown
Actor - John Wayne in "Sands of Iwo Jima"
Sound Recording - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Film Editing - Richard L. Van Enger
Saraband
1 NominationArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Cinematography (Color) - Winton Hoch
Snow Carnival
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
So Dear to My Heart
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Lavender Blue in "So Dear to My Heart" Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey
So Much for So Little
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Short Subject) - Edward Selzer, Producer
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Spills and Chills
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Walton C. Ament, Producer
The Stratton Story
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Douglas Morrow
T
Toy Tinkers
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Tulsa
1 NominationSpecial Effects - Walter Wanger Pictures
Twelve O'Clock High
4 Nominations, 2 WinsBest Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
Actor - Gregory Peck in "Twelve O'Clock High"
* Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
* Actor in a Supporting Role - Dean Jagger in "Twelve O'Clock High"
V
Van Gogh
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Two-reel) - Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers
W
Water Trix
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer
White Heat
1 NominationWriting (Motion Picture Story) - Virginia Kellogg
The Window
1 NominationFilm Editing - Frederic Knudtson