Academy Award 1950 (march 23, 1950)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 22 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie all the king's men
Assigned to
Robert Rossen

nominations for the movie :

The Heiress
Assigned to
William Wyler

A Letter to Three Wives
Assigned to
Sol C.siegel

twelve o'clock high
Assigned to
Darryl F. Zanuck

Battleground
Assigned to
Dore Schary

Best International Feature Film

for the movie the bicycle thief

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie A Letter to Three Wives

nominations for the movie :

The Heiress
Assigned to
William Wyler

all the king's men
Assigned to
Robert Rossen

Battleground
Assigned to
William A. Wellman

The Fallen Idol
Assigned to
Carol Reed

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

for the movie The Stratton Story

nominations for the movie :

Come to the Stable

it happens every spring

Sands of Iwo Jima

white heat

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie Battleground
Assigned to
Robert Pirosh

nominations for the movie :

Paisà
Assigned to
Sergio Amidei, Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Pagliero

jolson sings again
Assigned to
Sidney Buchman

passport to pimlico
Assigned to
T. E. b. clarke

the quiet one
Assigned to
Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie A Letter to Three Wives

nominations for the movie :

champion
Assigned to
Carl Foreman

the bicycle thief
Assigned to
Cesare Zavattini

all the king's men
Assigned to
Robert Rossen

The Fallen Idol

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie all the king's men
Assigned to
Broderick Crawford

nominations for the movie :

twelve o'clock high
Assigned to
Gregory Peck

champion
Assigned to
Kirk Douglas

Sands of Iwo Jima
Assigned to
John Wayne

the hasty heart
Assigned to
Richard Todd

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie The Heiress
Assigned to
Olivia De Havilland

nominations for the movie :

pinky
Assigned to
Jeanne Crain

Come to the Stable
Assigned to
Loretta Young

my foolish heart
Assigned to
Susan Hayward

Edward, My Son
Assigned to
Deborah Kerr

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie twelve o'clock high
Assigned to
Dean Jagger

nominations for the movie :

The Heiress
Assigned to
Ralph Richardson

champion
Assigned to
Arthur Kennedy

all the king's men
Assigned to
John Ireland

Battleground
Assigned to
James Whitmore

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie all the king's men
Assigned to
Mercedes Mccambridge

nominations for the movie :

pinky
Assigned to
Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters

Come to the Stable
Assigned to
Elsa Lanchester, Celeste Holm

Best Cinematography, Color

poster del film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

for the movie She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Assigned to
Winton C.hoch

nominations for the movie :

Little Women
Assigned to
Robert H.planck, Charles Edgar Schoenbaum

the barkleys of broadway
Assigned to
Harry Stradling sr.

jolson sings again
Assigned to
William E. Snyder

sand
Assigned to
Charles G. Clarke

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

for the movie Battleground
Assigned to
Paul Vogel

nominations for the movie :

The Heiress
Assigned to
Leo Tover

Come to the Stable
Assigned to
Joseph Lashelle

champion
Assigned to
Franz Planer

prince of foxes
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

Best Music, Original Comedy Score

for the movie on the town
Assigned to
Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton

nominations for the movie :

jolson sings again
Assigned to
Morris Stoloff, George Duning

look for the silver lining
Assigned to
Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

for the movie The Heiress
Assigned to
Aaron Copland

nominations for the movie :

champion
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

Beyond the Forest
Assigned to
Max Steiner

Best Editing

for the movie champion
Assigned to
Harry Gerstad

nominations for the movie :

Sands of Iwo Jima
Assigned to
Richard L. van enger

all the king's men
Assigned to
Robert Parrish, Al Clark

Battleground
Assigned to
John D. dunning

the window
Assigned to
Frederic Knudtson

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

for the movie Little Women
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

nominations for the movie :

the adventure of don juan
Assigned to
Edward Carrere, Lyle B. Reifsnider

saraband for dead lovers
Assigned to
Michael Relph, Jim Morahan, William Kellner

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

for the movie The Heiress
Assigned to
Emile Kuri, John Ii Meehan, Harry Horner

nominations for the movie :

Come to the Stable
Assigned to
Thomas Little, Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox, Joseph C. Wright

madame bovary
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Richard A.pefferle, Edwin B. Willis

Best Costume Design, Color

for the movie the adventure of don juan
Assigned to
Marjorie Best, Travilla, Leah Rhodes

nominations for the movie :

Mother Is a Freshman
Assigned to
Kay Nelson

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

for the movie The Heiress
Assigned to
Edith Head, Gile Steele

nominations for the movie :

prince of foxes
Assigned to
Vittorio Nino Novarese

Best Sound

for the movie twelve o'clock high

nominations for the movie :

Sands of Iwo Jima

once more, my darling

Best Special Effects

for the movie mighty joe young

nominations for the movie :

tulsa

Best Original Song

for the movie the neptunès daughter
Assigned to
Frank Loesser

nominations for the movie :

Come to the Stable
Assigned to
Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman

so dear to my heart
Assigned to
Larry Morey, Eliot Daniel

my foolish heart
Assigned to
Ned Washington, Victor Young

It's a Great Feeling
Assigned to
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Special Award

for the movie the window
Assigned to
Bobby Driscoll

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Academy Award 1950 (march 23, 1950)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 22 of the event; awards assigned: