Oscars of the cinema 1949
The 22nd ceremony of handing-over of the prices of the Oscars took place Tuesday March 23rd 1950 at 8 p.m. with the RKO Pantages Theater with Hollywood.
Ceremony
The Master of ceremony was Paul Douglas, the director Johnny Green and the musical director Robert Emmett Dolan.
Nominations
Better film
- the Insane ones of the king ( All the King' S Men ) of Robert Rossen
- Bastogne ( Battleground ) of William Wellman
- the Heiress ( The Heiress ) of William Wyler
- marital Chains ( has Letter to Three Wives ) of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- a Man of iron ( Twelve O' Clock High ) of Henry King
Better realizer
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz for marital Chains
- Carol Reed for the First disillusion ( The allen Idol , GB)
- Robert Rossen for the Insane ones of the king
- William Wellman for Bastogne
- William Wyler for the heiress
Better actor
- Broderick Crawford in the Insane ones of the king
- Kirk Douglas in the Champion ( Champion ) of Mark Robson
- Gregory Peck in an iron Man
- Richard Todd in the Last voyage ( The Hasty Heart ) of Vincent Sherman
- John Wayne in Iwo Jima ( Sands off Iwo Jima ) of Allan Dwan
Better actress
- Olivia de Havilland in the heiress
- Jeanne Crain in the Heritage of the flesh of Elia Kazan
- Susan Hayward in insane Head ( My Foolish Heart ) of Mark Robson
- Deborah Kerr in Edouard, my son ( Edward, My Its ) of George Cukor
- Loretta Young in the sisters breakage-neck ( Stable Horn to the ) of Henry Koster
Male best supporting role
- Dean Jagger in an iron man
- John Irelanddans in the insane ones of the king
- Arthur Kennedy in the champion
- Ralph Richardson in the heiress
- James Whitmore in Bastogne
Female best supporting role
- Mercedes McCambridge in the Insane ones of the king
- Ethel Barrymore in the heritage of the flesh
- Ethel Toilets in the heritage of the flesh
- Celestial Holm in the sisters breakage-neck
- Elsa Lanchester in the sisters breakage-neck
Better original screenplay
- Douglas Morrow for a man changes his destiny ( The Stratton Story ) of Sam Wood
- Clare Booth Luce for the sisters breakage-neck
- Shirley W. Smith & Valentine Davies for It happens every springs of Lloyd Bacon
- Harry Brown for Iwo Jima
- Virginia Kellogg for the hell is with him ( White Heat ) of Raoul Walsh.
Better adaptation
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz for marital Chains
- Robert Rossen for the insane ones of the king
- Cesare Zavattini for the Robber of bicycle ( Ladri di Biciclette ) of Vittorio De Sica (Italy)
- Carl Foreman for the champion
- Graham Greene for the First disillusion
Better scenario and adaptation
- Robert Pirosh for Bastogne
- Sidney Buchman for I sing for you ( Jolson Sings Again ) of Henry Levin
- Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero & Roberto Rossellini for Païsa of Roberto Rossellini (It)
- T.E.B. Clarke for Passport for Pimlico ( Passport to Pimlico ) of Henry Cornelius (GB)
- Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb & Sidney Meyers for small quiet black ( Calm The One ) of Sidney Meyers
Better photography
In black and white
- Paul C. Vogel for Bastogne
- Franz To plane for the Champion
- Joseph LaShelle for the sisters breakage-neck
- Leo Tover for the heiress
- Leon Shamroy for Failure in Borgia ( Prince off Foxes ) of Henry King
Color
- Winton C. Hoch for the heroic Load ( She Wore has Yellow Ribbon ) John Ford
- Harry Stradling for Entrons the dance ( The Sr.Barkleys off Broadway ) of Charles Walters
- William E. Snyder for I sing for you
- Robert H. Planck and Charles Edgar Schoenbaum for the Four Girls of Doctor March ( Little Women ) of Mervyn LeRoy
- Charles G. Clarke for Iwo Jima
Better artistic director and decorations
In black and white
- John Meehan, Harry Homer & Emile Kuri for the heiress
- Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox for the sisters breakage-neck
- Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle for Mrs Bovary of Vincente Minnelli
Color
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore for Four girls of Doctor March
- Edward Carrere and Lyle B. Reifsnider for adventures of Don Juan ( Adventures off Don Juan ) of Vincent Sherman
- Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph for Saraband for Dead Lovers of Basil Dearden
Better costumes
In black and white
- Edith Head & Gile Steele for the heiress
- Vittorio Nino Novarese for Failure in Borgia
Color
- Leah Rhodos, Travilla and Marjorie Best for the adventures of Don Juan
- Kay Nelson for Mother Has Freshman of Lloyd Bacon
Better sound
- 20th Century Fox Sound Department for an iron man
- Universal-International Sound Department for More Ounce, My Darling of Robert Montgomery
- Republic Sound Department for Iwo Jima
Better original soundtrack
Feature film
- Aaron Copland for the Heiress
- max Steiner for the Bitchy girl ( Beyond the Forest ) of King Vidor
- Dimitri Tiomkin for the Champion
Musical film
- Roger Edens & Lennie Hayton for One day in New York ( One the Town ) musical film of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
- Morris Stoloff and George Duning for I sing for you
- Ray Heindorf for Look for the Silver Lining of David Butler
Better song
- Frank Loesser for " Baby, It' S Cool Outside" in the girl of Neptune ( Neptune' S Daughter ) of Edward Buzzell
- Alfred Newman (music) and Mack Gordon (song) for " Through has Long and Sleepless Night" in the sisters breakage-neck
- Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (song) for " It' S.A. Great Feeling" in Workers of the hat ( It' S.A. great feeling ) of David Butler
- Victor Young (music) and Ned Washington (song) for " My Foolish Heart" in insane Head
- Eliot Daniel (music) and Larry Morey (song) for " Lavender Blue" in Danny the small black sheep ( So Dear to My Heart ) of Harold D. Schuster and Hamilton Luske
Better assembly
- Harry Gerstad for the champion
- Robert Parrish and Al Clark for the insane ones of the king
- John D. Dunning for Bastogne
- Richard L. Van Enger for Iwo Jima
- Frederic Knudtson for an incredible history ( The Window ) of Ted Tetzlaff
Better special effects
- Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack for Mr Joe ( Mighty Joe Young ) of Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Walter Wanger and Stuart Heisler for Tulsa of Stuart Heisler
Better documentary feature-length film
- Daybreak in Udi produces by the Crown Film Links (G. - B.)
- Kenji Comes Home produces by Paul F. Heard
Better documentary short-measuring
- has live chance to produces by Richard de Rochemont and So much for so little produces by Edward Selzer
- 1848 produces by the French Cinema General Co-operative
- The Rising Tide produced by St Francis-Xavier University Nova Scotia
Better short film of fiction
- Aquatic house-party produces by Jack Eaton
- Roller Derby Girl produces by Justin Hermann
- So You Think You' Re Not Guilty produces by Gordon Hollingshead
- Spills and Chills produces by Walton C. Ament
- Water Trix produces by Pete Smith
Better short film of animation
- For scent-imental let us reasons produced by Edward Selzer
- Hatch Up Your Troubles produces by Fred Quimby
- Magic Fluke produces by Stephen Bosustow
- Toy Tinkers produces by Walt Disney
Oscar special
-
Fred Astaire for " its single artistic contribution to the size of the films musicaux"
- Cecil B. Of Thousand for " its thirty-seven years of brilliant carrière"
- Jean Hersholt for " its many services rendered to the industry of the cinéma"
- the robber of bicycle of Vittorio de Sica like best foreign film diffused in 1949 on the territory of the United States
- Bobby Driscoll: Special reward of youth
- Eastman Kodak Co. : Special Oscar of the merit for " its implication in the safety and the quality of the pellicule"
Full-length films of fiction per many Oscars
Four Oscars
- the heiress
Two Oscars
- the Insane ones of the king
- marital Chains
- an iron man
- Bastogne
A Oscar
- a man changes his destiny
- One Day has New York
- the adventures of Don Juan
- the champion
- Mr Joe
- the girl of Neptune
- the four girls of Doctor March
- the heroic Load
Feature-length films of fiction per many nominations
Eight nominations
- the heiress
Seven nominations
- the Insane ones of the king
- the sisters breakage-neck
Six nominations
- Bastogne
- the Champion
Four nominations
- an iron Man
- Iwo Jima
Three nominations
- marital Chaînes
- the heritage of the flesh
- I sing for you
Two nominations
- insane Head
- the First disillusion
- Failure in Borgia
- Four girls of Doctor March
- adventures of Don Juan
A nomination
- a man changes his destiny
- It happens every springs
- the hell is with him
- the last Voyage
- Edouard my son
- the robber of bicycle
- Païsa
- Passeport for Pimlico
- the small quiet black
- the heroic Load
- Entrons the dance
- Mrs Bovary
- Saraband for dead lovers
- Mother has freshman
- Once more, my darling
- the bitchy girl
- One day in New York
- Look for the silver lining
- the girl of Neptune
- workers of the hat
- Danny the small black sheep
- an incredible history
- Mr Joe
- Tulsa
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