Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor

• Louis Calhern in "The Magnificent Yankee"
• José Ferrer in "Cyrano de Bergerac"
• William Holden in "Sunset Blvd."
• James Stewart in "Harvey"
• Spencer Tracy in "Father of the Bride"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jeff Chandler in "Broken Arrow"
• Edmund Gwenn in "Mister 880"
• Sam Jaffe in "The Asphalt Jungle"
• George Sanders in "All about Eve"
• Erich von Stroheim in "Sunset Blvd."

Actress

• Anne Baxter in "All about Eve"
• Bette Davis in "All about Eve"
• Judy Holliday in "Born Yesterday"
• Eleanor Parker in "Caged"
• Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Blvd."

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Hope Emerson in "Caged"
• Celeste Holm in "All about Eve"
• Josephine Hull in "Harvey"
• Nancy Olson in "Sunset Blvd."
• Thelma Ritter in "All about Eve"

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• "All about Eve" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
• "The Red Danube" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
• "Sunset Blvd." Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

Art Direction (Color)

• "Annie Get Your Gun" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
• "Destination Moon" Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley
• "Samson and Delilah" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• "All about Eve" Milton Krasner
• "The Asphalt Jungle" Harold Rosson
• "The Furies" Victor Milner
• "Sunset Blvd." John F. Seitz
• "The Third Man" Robert Krasker

Cinematography (Color)

• "Annie Get Your Gun" Charles Rosher
• "Broken Arrow" Ernest Palmer
• "The Flame and the Arrow" Ernest Haller
• "King Solomon's Mines" Robert Surtees
• "Samson and Delilah" George Barnes

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

• "All about Eve" Edith Head, Charles LeMaire
• "Born Yesterday" Jean Louis
• "The Magnificent Yankee" Walter Plunkett

Costume Design (Color)

• "The Black Rose" Michael Whittaker
• "Samson and Delilah" Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
• "That Forsyte Woman" Walter Plunkett, Valles

Directing

• "All about Eve" Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• "The Asphalt Jungle" John Huston
• "Born Yesterday" George Cukor
• "Sunset Blvd." Billy Wilder
• "The Third Man" Carol Reed

Documentary (Feature)

• "The Titan: Story of Michelangelo" Robert Snyder, Producer
• "With These Hands" Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "The Fight: Science against Cancer" Guy Glover, Producer
• "The Stairs" Film Documents, Inc.
• "Why Korea?" Edmund Reek, Producer

Film Editing

• "All about Eve" Barbara McLean
• "Annie Get Your Gun" James E. Newcom
• "King Solomon's Mines" Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
• "Sunset Blvd." Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
• "The Third Man" Oswald Hafenrichter

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• "All about Eve" Alfred Newman
• "The Flame and the Arrow" Max Steiner
• "No Sad Songs for Me" George Duning
• "Samson and Delilah" Victor Young
• "Sunset Blvd." Franz Waxman

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

• "Annie Get Your Gun" Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
• "Cinderella" Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
• "I'll Get By" Lionel Newman
• "Three Little Words" Andre Previn
• "The West Point Story" Ray Heindorf

Music (Song)

• "Be My Love" from "The Toast of New Orleans" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from "Cinderella" Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
• "Mona Lisa" from "Captain Carey, U.S.A." Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
• "Mule Train" from "Singing Guns" Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
• "Wilhelmina" from "Wabash Avenue" Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

Best Motion Picture

• "All about Eve" 20th Century-Fox
• "Born Yesterday" Columbia
• "Father of the Bride" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "King Solomon's Mines" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Sunset Blvd." Paramount

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "Gerald McBoing-Boing" Stephen Bosustow, Producer
• "Jerry's Cousin" Fred Quimby, Producer
• "Trouble Indemnity" Stephen Bosustow, Producer

Short Subject (One-reel)

• "Blaze Busters" Robert Youngson, Producer
• "Grandad of Races" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
• "Wrong Way Butch" Pete Smith, Producer

Short Subject (Two-reel)

• "Grandma Moses" Falcon Films, Inc.
• "In Beaver Valley" Walt Disney, Producer
• "My Country 'Tis of Thee" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer

Sound Recording

• "All about Eve" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
• "Cinderella" Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
• "Louisa" Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
• "Our Very Own" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
• "Trio" Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director

Special Effects

• "Destination Moon" George Pal Productions
• "Samson and Delilah" Cecil B. DeMille Productions

Writing (Motion Picture Story)

• "Bitter Rice" Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani
• "The Gunfighter" William Bowers, Andre de Toth
• "Mystery Street" Leonard Spigelgass
• "Panic in the Streets" Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
• "When Willie Comes Marching Home" Sy Gomberg

Writing (Screenplay)

• "All about Eve" Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• "The Asphalt Jungle" Ben Maddow, John Huston
• "Born Yesterday" Albert Mannheimer
• "Broken Arrow" Albert Maltz
• "Father of the Bride" Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

• "Adam's Rib" Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
• "Caged" Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
• "The Men" Carl Foreman
• "No Way Out" Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
• "Sunset Blvd." Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.

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• Star indicates a win.