Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• "Come to the Stable" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
• "The Heiress" Art Direction: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
• "Madame Bovary" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle

Art Direction (Color)

• "The Adventures of Don Juan" Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider
• "Little Women" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
• "Saraband" Art Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

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

Cinematography (Color)

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

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

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

Costume Design (Color)

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

Directing

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

Documentary (Feature)

• "Daybreak in Udi" Crown Film Unit
• "Kenji Comes Home" Paul F. Heard, Producer

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "A Chance to Live" Richard de Rochemont, Producer
• "1848" French Cinema General Cooperative
• "The Rising Tide" St. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
• "So Much for So Little" Edward Selzer, Producer

Film Editing

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

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

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

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

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

Music (Song)

• "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from "Neptune's Daughter" Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
• "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 Motion Picture

• "All the King's Men" Robert Rossen Productions
• "Battleground" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "The Heiress" Paramount
• "A Letter to Three Wives" 20th Century-Fox
• "Twelve O'Clock High" 20th Century-Fox

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "For Scent-Imental Reasons" Edward Selzer, Producer
• "Hatch Up Your Troubles" Fred Quimby, Producer
• "The Magic Fluke" Stephen Bosustow, Producer
• "Toy Tinkers" Walt Disney, Producer

Short Subject (One-reel)

• "Aquatic House-Party" Jack Eaton, Producer
• "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)

• "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
• "Van Gogh" Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers

Sound Recording

• "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
• "Twelve O'Clock High" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

Special Effects

• "Mighty Joe Young" ARKO Productions
• "Tulsa" Walter Wanger Pictures

Writing (Motion Picture Story)

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

Writing (Screenplay)

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

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

• "Battleground" Robert Pirosh
• "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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• Star indicates a win.