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