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The 23rd Academy Awards
| 1951
RKO Pantages Theatre
Thursday, March 29, 1951
Honoring movies released in 1950
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Highlights
Sound Recording
All about Eve
Thomas T. Moulton, presented by Marilyn Monroe
Supporting Actor
All about Eve
George Sanders, presented by Mercedes McCambridge
Honorary Award
Louis B. Mayer, presented by Darryl F. Zanuck
Memorable Moments
José Ferrer and Judy Holliday
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Gloria Swanson with the Best Actor winner for Cyrano de Bergerac and Best Actress winner for Born Yesterday
Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
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Best Directing and Original Screenplay winner for All about Eve
Dr. Mario Ungaro
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The Italian consul accepts the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award for The Walls of Malapaga, presented by Marlene Dietrich
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nominees
Louis Calhern
The Magnificent Yankee
Nominees
William Holden
Sunset Blvd.
Nominees
James Stewart
Harvey
Nominees
Spencer Tracy
Father of the Bride
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
George Sanders
All about Eve
Nominees
Jeff Chandler
Broken Arrow
Nominees
Edmund Gwenn
Mister 880
Nominees
Sam Jaffe
The Asphalt Jungle
Nominees
Erich von Stroheim
Sunset Blvd.
Actress
Winner
Judy Holliday
Born Yesterday
Nominees
Anne Baxter
All about Eve
Nominees
Bette Davis
All about Eve
Nominees
Eleanor Parker
Caged
Nominees
Gloria Swanson
Sunset Blvd.
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Josephine Hull
Harvey
Nominees
Hope Emerson
Caged
Nominees
Celeste Holm
All about Eve
Nominees
Nancy Olson
Sunset Blvd.
Nominees
Thelma Ritter
All about Eve
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Sunset Blvd.
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees
All about Eve
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
Nominees
The Red Danube
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Samson and Delilah
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees
Annie Get Your Gun
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
Nominees
Destination Moon
Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Third Man
Robert Krasker
Nominees
All about Eve
Milton Krasner
Nominees
The Asphalt Jungle
Harold Rosson
Nominees
The Furies
Victor Milner
Nominees
Sunset Blvd.
John F. Seitz
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
King Solomon's Mines
Robert Surtees
Nominees
Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Rosher
Nominees
Broken Arrow
Ernest Palmer
Nominees
The Flame and the Arrow
Ernest Haller
Nominees
Samson and Delilah
George Barnes
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
All about Eve
Edith Head, Charles LeMaire
Nominees
Born Yesterday
Jean Louis
Nominees
The Magnificent Yankee
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Samson and Delilah
Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
Nominees
The Black Rose
Michael Whittaker
Nominees
That Forsyte Woman
Walter Plunkett, Valles
Directing
Winner
All about Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Nominees
The Asphalt Jungle
John Huston
Nominees
Born Yesterday
George Cukor
Nominees
Sunset Blvd.
Billy Wilder
Nominees
The Third Man
Carol Reed
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Robert Snyder, Producer
Nominees
With These Hands
Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Why Korea?
Edmund Reek, Producer
Nominees
The Fight: Science against Cancer
Guy Glover, Producer
Nominees
The Stairs
Film Documents, Inc.
Film Editing
Winner
King Solomon's Mines
Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
Nominees
All about Eve
Barbara McLean
Nominees
Annie Get Your Gun
James E. Newcom
Nominees
Sunset Blvd.
Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
Nominees
The Third Man
Oswald Hafenrichter
Honorary Foreign Language Film Award
Winner
The Walls of Malapaga
Special Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Darryl F. Zanuck
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Sunset Blvd.
Franz Waxman
Nominees
All about Eve
Alfred Newman
Nominees
The Flame and the Arrow
Max Steiner
Nominees
No Sad Songs for Me
George Duning
Nominees
Samson and Delilah
Victor Young
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Annie Get Your Gun
Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
Nominees
Cinderella
Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
Nominees
I'll Get By
Lionel Newman
Nominees
Three Little Words
Andre Previn
Nominees
The West Point Story
Ray Heindorf
Music (Song)
Winner
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Mona Lisa in "Captain Carey, U.S.A." Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Nominees
The Toast of New Orleans
Be My Love in "The Toast of New Orleans" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
Cinderella
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo in "Cinderella" Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
Nominees
Singing Guns
Mule Train in "Singing Guns" Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
Nominees
Wabash Avenue
Wilhelmina in "Wabash Avenue" Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Best Motion Picture
Winner
All about Eve
20th Century-Fox
Nominees
Born Yesterday
Columbia
Nominees
Father of the Bride
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
King Solomon's Mines
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Sunset Blvd.
Paramount
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Gerald McBoing-Boing
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Nominees
Jerry's Cousin
Fred Quimby, Producer
Nominees
Trouble Indemnity
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Grandad of Races
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Nominees
Blaze Busters
Robert Youngson, Producer
Nominees
Wrong Way Butch
Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
In Beaver Valley
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Grandma Moses
Falcon Films, Inc.
Nominees
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Sound Recording
Winner
All about Eve
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
Cinderella
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
Nominees
Louisa
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
Nominees
Our Very Own
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
Trio
Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director
Special Effects
Winner
Destination Moon
George Pal Productions
Nominees
Samson and Delilah
Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Winner
Panic in the Streets
Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
Nominees
Bitter Rice
Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani
Nominees
The Gunfighter
William Bowers, Andre de Toth
Nominees
Mystery Street
Leonard Spigelgass
Nominees
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Sy Gomberg
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
All about Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Nominees
The Asphalt Jungle
Ben Maddow, John Huston
Nominees
Born Yesterday
Albert Mannheimer
Nominees
Broken Arrow
Albert Maltz
Nominees
Father of the Bride
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Winner
Sunset Blvd.
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
Nominees
Adam's Rib
Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Nominees
Caged
Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Nominees
The Men
Carl Foreman
Nominees
No Way Out
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
A
Adam's Rib
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
All about Eve
12 NOMINATIONS,
6 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - George Sanders
- * Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head, Charles LeMaire
- * Directing - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- * Best Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
- * Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- * Writing (Screenplay) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Actress - Anne Baxter, Bette Davis
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Milton Krasner
- Film Editing - Barbara McLean
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alfred Newman
Annie Get Your Gun
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
- Cinematography (Color) - Charles Rosher
- Film Editing - James E. Newcom
The Asphalt Jungle
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Sam Jaffe
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Harold Rosson
- Directing - John Huston
- Writing (Screenplay) - Ben Maddow, John Huston
B
In Beaver Valley
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Two-reel) - Walt Disney, Producer
Bitter Rice
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani
The Black Rose
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design (Color) - Michael Whittaker
Blaze Busters
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (One-reel) - Robert Youngson, Producer
Born Yesterday
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress - Judy Holliday
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis
- Directing - George Cukor
- Best Motion Picture - Columbia
- Writing (Screenplay) - Albert Mannheimer
Broken Arrow
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jeff Chandler
- Cinematography (Color) - Ernest Palmer
- Writing (Screenplay) - Albert Maltz
C
Caged
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Eleanor Parker
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Hope Emerson
- Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Music (Song) - Mona Lisa in "Captain Carey, U.S.A." Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Cinderella
3 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
- Music (Song) - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo in "Cinderella" Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
- Sound Recording - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
Cyrano de Bergerac
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Actor - José Ferrer
D
Destination Moon
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Special Effects - George Pal Productions
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley
F
Father of the Bride
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Spencer Tracy
- Best Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Writing (Screenplay) - Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
The Fight: Science against Cancer
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Guy Glover, Producer
The Flame and the Arrow
2 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography (Color) - Ernest Haller
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Max Steiner
The Furies
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Victor Milner
G
Gerald McBoing-Boing
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Grandad of Races
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (One-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Grandma Moses
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Two-reel) - Falcon Films, Inc.
The Gunfighter
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Motion Picture Story) - William Bowers, Andre de Toth
H
Harvey
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Josephine Hull
- Actor - James Stewart
I
I'll Get By
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Lionel Newman
J
Jerry's Cousin
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Fred Quimby, Producer
K
King Solomon's Mines
3 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Cinematography (Color) - Robert Surtees
- * Film Editing - Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
- Best Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
L
Louisa
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
M
The Magnificent Yankee
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Louis Calhern
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Walter Plunkett
The Men
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Carl Foreman
Mister 880
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Edmund Gwenn
My Country 'Tis of Thee
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Two-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Mystery Street
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Leonard Spigelgass
N
No Sad Songs for Me
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - George Duning
No Way Out
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
O
Our Very Own
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
P
Panic in the Streets
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
R
The Red Danube
1 NOMINATION
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
S
Samson and Delilah
5 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- * Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
- Cinematography (Color) - George Barnes
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young
- Special Effects - Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Singing Guns
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Mule Train in "Singing Guns" Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
The Stairs
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Film Documents, Inc.
Sunset Blvd.
11 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Franz Waxman
- * Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
- Actor - William Holden
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Erich von Stroheim
- Actress - Gloria Swanson
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Nancy Olson
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - John F. Seitz
- Directing - Billy Wilder
- Film Editing - Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
- Best Motion Picture - Paramount
T
That Forsyte Woman
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design (Color) - Walter Plunkett, Valles
The Third Man
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Robert Krasker
- Directing - Carol Reed
- Film Editing - Oswald Hafenrichter
Three Little Words
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Andre Previn
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Robert Snyder, Producer
The Toast of New Orleans
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Be My Love in "The Toast of New Orleans" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Trio
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director
Trouble Indemnity
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Stephen Bosustow, Producer
W
Wabash Avenue
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Wilhelmina in "Wabash Avenue" Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
The Walls of Malapaga
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Honorary Foreign Language Film Award - Special Award
The West Point Story
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Sy Gomberg
Why Korea?
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Edmund Reek, Producer
With These Hands
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers
Wrong Way Butch
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer
No Films Found