1949 (22nd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1949. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 and winners from that year.
Best Motion Picture
All the King’s Men, Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia.
Battleground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Heiress, Paramount.A Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox.Twelve O’Clock High, 20th Century-Fox.Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Set Decoration
(Black-and-White)
Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.The Heiress, Paramount. Art direction by Harry Horner and John Meehan; set decoration by Emile Kuri.Madame Bovary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle.(Color)
The Adventures of Don Juan, Warner Bros. Art direction by Edward Carrere; set decoration by Lyle Reifsnider.Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore.Saraband, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Eagle Lion (British). Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph.Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Costume Design
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Documentary
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
A Chance to Live, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series] Richard de Rochemont, Producer.The Rising Tide, National Film Board of Canada. St. Francis-Xavier University (Nova Scotia), Producer.Film Editing
Music
(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
(Scoring of a Musical Picture)
(Song)
Baby, It’s Cold Outside from Neptune’s Daughter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.It’s a Great Feeling from It’s a Great Feeling, Warner Bros. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.Lavender Blue from So Dear to My Heart, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Eliot Daniel; lyrics by Larry Morey.My Foolish Heart from My Foolish Heart, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Victor Young; lyrics by Ned Washington.Through a Long and Sleepless Night from Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Alfred Newman; lyrics by Mack Gordon.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
For Scent-imental Reasons, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series] Edward Selzer, Producer.The Magic Fluke, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Fox & Crow Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.Canary Row, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series] Edward Selzer, Producer. [Note: Nomination was withdrawn by the producer.](One-reel)
(Two-reel)
The Grass Is Always Greener, Warner Bros. [Two-reel Black-and-White Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.Van Gogh, Société du Cinema du Pantheon; Canton-Weiner Films. Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers.Sound Recording
Once More, My Darling, Neptune Films; Universal-International. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.Twelve O’Clock High, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.Special Effects
Mighty Joe Young, ARKO Production; RKO Radio.Tulsa, Walter Wanger; Eagle Lion.Writing
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
Paisan, Roberto Rossellini Productions; Mayer-Burstyn (Italian). Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini.Special Award
To Fred Astaire for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures. [Statuette]To Cecil B. DeMille, distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship. [Statuette]To Jean Hersholt, for distinguished service to the motion picture industry. [Statuette](Foreign Language Film)
To The Bicycle Thief (Italian)—voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. [Statuette](Juvenile)
To Bobby Driscoll, as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949. [Miniature Statuette]Scientific or Technical Award
(Class I)
To Eastman Kodak Company for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.(Class III)
To Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.To M. B. Paul for the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.To Herbert E. Britt for the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion picture sets.To Charles R. Daily, Steve Csillag, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department, the Paramount Studio Editorial Department and the Paramount Studio Music Department for a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks.To the International Projector Corporation for a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.To Alexander Velcoff for the application to production of the infra-red photographic evaluator.