1950 (23rd Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1950. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Adam’s Rib, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.

All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Anne Baxter.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actor in a Supporting Role. George Sanders.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Celeste Holm.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Thelma Ritter.

Directing. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Milton Krasner.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head and Charles LeMaire.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Annie Get Your Gun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle.

Cinematography (Color). Charles Rosher.

Film Editing. James E. Newcom.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens.

The Asphalt Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Sam Jaffe.

Directing. John Huston.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Harold Rosson.

Writing (Screenplay). Ben Maddow and John Huston.

Bitter Rice, Lux Films (Italian).

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani.

The Black Rose, 20th Century-Fox (United Kingdom).

Costume Design (Color). Michael Whittaker.

Blaze Busters, Warner Bros. [Vitaphone Novelties Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Robert Youngson, Producer.

Born Yesterday, Columbia.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Judy Holliday.

Directing. George Cukor.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Jean Louis.

Writing (Screenplay). Albert Mannheimer.

Broken Arrow, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Jeff Chandler.

Cinematography (Color). Ernest Palmer.

Writing (Screenplay). Albert Maltz.

Caged, Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Eleanor Parker.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Hope Emerson.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld.

Captain Carey, U.S.A., Paramount.

Music (Song). “Mona Lisa”. Music and lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston.

Cinderella, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith.

Music (Song). “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”. 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, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Best Actor. Jose Ferrer.

Destination Moon, George Pal Productions; Eagle Lion Classics.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Ernst Fegte; set decoration by George Sawley.

Special Effects.

Father of the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Spencer Tracy.

Writing (Screenplay). Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

The Fight: Science Against Cancer, National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Canada/U.S.A.).

Documentary (Short Subject). Guy Glover, Producer.

The Flame and the Arrow, Norma-F.R. Production; Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Color). Ernest Haller.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

The Furies, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Victor Milner.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Jolly Frolics Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Grandad of Races, Warner Bros. [Sports Parade Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Grandma Moses, Falcon Films, Inc.; A. F. Films.

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

The Gunfighter, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). William Bowers and Andre de Toth.

Harvey, Universal-International.

Best Actor. James Stewart.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Josephine Hull.

I’ll Get By, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Lionel Newman.

In Beaver Valley, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [True-Life Adventure Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Walt Disney, Producer.

Jerry’s Cousin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Fred Quimby, Producer.

King Solomon’s Mines, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture.

Cinematography (Color). Robert Surtees.

Film Editing. Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig.

Louisa, Universal-International.

Sound Recording. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.

The Magnificent Yankee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor. Louis Calhern.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Walter Plunkett.

The Men, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Carl Foreman.

Mister 880, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Edmund Gwenn.

My Country ’Tis of Thee, Warner Bros. [Featurette Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Mystery Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Leonard Spigelgass.

No Sad Songs for Me, Columbia.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). George Duning.

No Way Out, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels.

Our Very Own, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

Sound Recording. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director.

Panic in the Streets, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt.

The Red Danube, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.

Samson and Delilah, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Cinematography (Color). George Barnes.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Victor Young.

Special Effects.

Singing Guns, Palomar Pictures Corporation; Republic.

Music (Song). “Mule Train”. Music and lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange.

The Stairs, Film Documents, Inc.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Sunset Blvd., Paramount.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. William Holden.

Best Actress. Gloria Swanson.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Erich Von Stroheim.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Nancy Olson.

Directing. Billy Wilder.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hans Dreier and John Meehan; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). John F. Seitz.

Film Editing. Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Franz Waxman.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr.

That Forsyte Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Costume Design (Color). Walter Plunkett and Valles.

The Third Man, Selznick-London Films; Selznick Releasing Organization (British).

Directing. Carol Reed.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Robert Krasker.

Film Editing. Oswald Hafenrichter.

Three Little Words, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Andre Previn.

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Company; Classic Pictures, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Robert Snyder, Producer.

The Toast of New Orleans, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Be My Love”. Music by Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Trio, Rank-Sydney Box; Paramount (British).

Sound Recording. Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director.

Trouble Indemnity, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Mr. Magoo Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Wabash Avenue, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “Wilhelmina”. Music by Josef Myrow; lyrics by Mack Gordon.

The Walls of Malapaga.

Honorary Award (Foreign Language Film).

The West Point Story, Warner Bros.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf.

When Willie Comes Marching Home, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Sy Gomberg.

Why Korea?, 20th Century-Fox Movietone; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Short Subject). Edmund Reek, Producer.

With These Hands, Promotional Films Company, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers.

Wrong Way Butch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialty Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.