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Nominees and Winners

The nominees are listed by award. The winner of each category is in bold.

Best Motion Picture

• All the King's Men (Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia)
• Battleground (MGM)
• The Heiress (Paramount)
• A Letter to Three Wives (Twentieth-Century Fox)
• Twelve O'Clock High (Twentieth-Century Fox)

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Best Actor

• John Wayne, Sands of lwo Jima
• Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men
• Kirk Douglas, Champion
• Gregory Peck, Twelve O'Clock High
• Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart

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Best Actress

• Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart
• Jeanne Crain, Pinky
• Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
• Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son
• Loretta Young, Come to the Stable

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• John Ireland, All the King's Men
• Dean Jagger, Twelve O'Clock High
• Arthur Kennedy, Champion
• Ralph Richardson, The Heiress
• James Whitmore, Battleground

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ethel Barrymore, Pinky
• Celeste Holm, Come to the Stable
• Elsa Lanchester, Come to the Stable
• Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
• Ethel Waters, Pinky

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Best Directing

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
• Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol
• Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
• William A. Wellman, Battleground
• William Wyler, The Heiress

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Best Writing

Motion Picture Story

• Harry Brown, Sands of Iwo Jima
• Virginia Kellogg, White Heat
• Clare Boothe Luce, Come to the Stable
• Douglas Morrow, The Stratton Story
• Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies, It Happens Every Spring

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Screenplay

• Carl Foreman, Champion
• Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
• Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
• Cesare Zavattini, The Bicycle Thief

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Story and Screenplay

• Sidney Buchman, Jolson Sings Again
• T. E. B. Clarke, Passport to Pimlico
• Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini, Paisan
• Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers, The Quiet One
• Robert Pirosh, Battleground

Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... Alfred Hayes (born August 1928 in Windermere, Cumbria, England, died July 21, 2005) was a professional wrestler, manager, and later World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) commentator. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ... Sergio Amidei (1904 - 1981) was one of the premiere screenwriters in post-WWII Italy and was an important figure in the development of the Italian neorealist movement. ... Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. ... Helen Levitt (b. ... Internationally acclaimed filmmaker and film editor Sidney Meyers (1906 - 1969) is best known for directing two features: The Quiet One, a low-budget 1949 documentary that won an award at that years Venice Film Festival and secured Meyers an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and The Savage Eye... Though it is likely that Robert Pirosh (1910 - 1989) was not specifically preparing for a career in advertising when he attended the Sorbonne and the University of Berlin, this was the line of work he pursued upon his return to the US. In 1934, Pirosh was signed as a junior... Battleground is a 1949 war film which tells the story of a squad of the 101st Airborne Division trying to cope during the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium. ...

Cinematography

Black-and-White

• Joseph LaShelle, Come to the Stable
• Frank Planer, Champion
• Leon Shamroy, Prince of Foxes
• Leo Tover, The Heiress
• Paul C. Vogel, Battleground

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Color

• Charles G. Clarke, Sand
• Winton Hoch, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
• Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum, Little Women
• William Snyder, Jolson Sings Again
• Harry Stradling, The Barkleys of Broadway

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Art Direction

Black-and-White

• Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle, set decoration, Madame Bovary
• John Meehan and Harry Horner, art direction; Emile Kuri, set decoration, The Heiress
• Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Come to the Stable

Cedric Gibbons in Dublin, Ireland, (23 March 1893 - 26 July 1960 was the art director at MGM studios. ... Jack Martin Smith (1911 - 1993) was a highly successful Hollywood art director with over 130 films to his credit and nine Academy Award nominations which ultimately yielded three Oscars. ... Edwin B. Willis (b. ... Madame Bovary book cover For the film, see Madame Bovary (film) Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialised in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, resulting in a trial in... A former student of the University of Southern California, art director John Meehan was nominated three times for an Academy Award and won each time. ... Art director Harry Horner (1910 - 1994) was born in what is now Slovakia and found his way into the film business via his association with Max Reinhardt. ... The Heiress is a 1949 film which tells the story of two young people who want to marry despite the girls fathers objections. ... Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 - January 10, 1990) was an important American motion picture art director. ... Thomas Little b. ... Come to the Stable is a 1949 film which tells the story of two French nuns who come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a childrens hospital. ...

Color

• Edward Carrere, art direction; Lyle Reifsnider, set decoration, The Adventures of Don Juan
• ***Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, Little Women*
• Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph, art direction, Saraband

Born in Mexico, Edward Carrere (1906 - 1984) first hit Hollywood in 1947, making his debut as an art director on My Wild Irish Rose. He garnered his first Academy Award nomination two years later for the Errol Flynn epic The Adventures of Don Juan. Throughout the late 40s and the... Set decorator Leif B. Reifsnider worked in Hollywood movies from 1946 to 1962. ... Cedric Gibbons in Dublin, Ireland, (23 March 1893 - 26 July 1960 was the art director at MGM studios. ... Edwin B. Willis (b. ... Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published on September 30, 1868, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. ... British art director Jim Morahan (1902 - 1976) first started working in that capacity in 1936. ... Austrian-born William Kellner (1900 - 1996) made his mark as an art director mainly on English films of the 40s and 50s. ... Michael Relphs (1915 - 2004) career in films began in 1933 working as an assistant [art director]] with Michael Balcon who was working as an art director for MGM-British and Warner Brothers. ... For the Baroque dance and its corresponding musical form, see Sarabande. ...

Sound Recording

• Republic Studio Sound Department, Sands of Iwo Jima
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Twelve O'Clock High
• Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Once More, My Darling

Music

Song

• “Baby, It's Cold Outside,” Neptune's Daughter, Frank Loesser, music and lyrics
• “It's a Great Feeling,” It's a Great Feeling, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
• “Lavender Blue,” So Dear to My Heart, Eliot Daniel, music; Larry Morey, lyrics
• “My Foolish Heart,” My Foolish Heart, Victor Young, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
• “Through a Long and Sleepless Night,” Come to the Stable, Alfred Newman, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics

Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910, New York City - July 26, 1969, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Jule Styne (December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was a British born United States songwriter. ... Sammy Cahn (June 18, 1913 - January 15, 1993) was a songwriter and musician, playing the piano and violin. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Ned Washington (15 August 1901 - 20 December 1976) was an American lyric writer. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, 21 June 1904 - 28 February 1959) was a Jewish-American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. ...

Scoring of a Comedy or Dramatic Picture

• Aaron Copland, The Heiress
• Max Steiner, Beyond the Forest
• Dimitri Tiomkin, Champion

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Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton, On the Town
• Ray Heindorf, Look for the Silver Lining
• Morris Stoloff and George Duning, Jolson Sings Again

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Film Editing

• John Dunning, Battleground
• Harry Gerstad, Champion
• Frederic Knudtson, The Window
• Robert Parrish and Al Clark, All the King's Men
• Richard L. Van Enger, Sands of Iwo Jima

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Costume Design

Black-and-White

• Edith Head and Gile Steele, The Heiress
• Vittorio Nino Novarese, Prince of Foxes

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... The career of leading costume designer Gile Steele (1908 - 1952) was abruptly cut short when he died at the age of 43 in 1952. ... Italian costume designer Vittorio Nino Novarese (1907 - 1983) found great success in Hollywood after decamping there in 1949. ...

Color

• Kay Nelson, Mother Is a Freshman
• Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best, The Adventures of Don Juan

Kay Nelson was a Hollywood costume designer whose first film was Up in Mabels Room in 1944. ... Texan costume designer Leah Rhodes (1902 - 1986) began her Hollywood career in 1939. ...

Special Effects

• Mighty Joe Young (Arko Production; RKO Radio)
• Tulsa (Walter Wagner; Eagle Lion)

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Short Subjects

Cartoon

• Canary Row (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) (Nomination withdrawn by producer.)
• For Scent-imental Reasons (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
• Hatch Up Your Troubles (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
• The Magic Fluke (Fox and Crow Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
• Toy Tinkers (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

One-Reel

• Aquatic House-Party (Grantland Rice Sportlights Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
• Roller Derby Girl (Pacemaker Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
• So You Think You're Not Guilty (John McDoakes Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Spills and Chills (Sports News Review Series) (Walton C. Ament, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Water Trix (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)

Two-Reel

• The Boy and the Eagle (William Lasky, producer; RKO Radio)
• Chase of Death (Irving Allen Productions)
• The Grass Is Always Greener (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Snow Carnival (Two-reel Technicolor Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Van Gogh (Gaston Diehl and Robert Haeessens, producers; Canton-Weiner Films)

Documentary

Short Subject (tie)

• A Chance to Live (March of Time Series) (Richard de Rochemont, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
• 1848 (A. F. Films; French Cinema General Cooperative)
• The Rising Tide (National Film Board of Canada; St. Francis-Xavier University)
• So Much for So Little (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)

Feature

• Daybreak in Udi (British Information Services; Crown Film Unit)
• Kenji Comes Home (Paul F. Heard, producer; Protestant Film Commission)

Special Awards

• To The Bicycle Thief (Italy), voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949
• To Bobby Driscoll, oustanding juvenile actor of 1949
• To Fred Astaire for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures
• To Cecil B. DeMille, distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship
• To Jean Hersholt for distinguished service to the motionpicture industry