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Academy Awards, USA: 1949

Oscar

Date:24 March
Host:Robert Montgomery (I)
Location:AMPAS Theater, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Warner Bros.
  • The Red Shoes (1948) - J. Arthur Rank; Archers
  • The Snake Pit (1948) - 20th Century Fox
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - Warner Bros.

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Lew Ayres
  • Sitting Pretty (1948) - Clifton Webb
  • The Search (1948) - Montgomery Clift
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) - Dan Dailey

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • I Remember Mama (1948) - Irene Dunne
  • Joan of Arc (1948) - Ingrid Bergman (I)
  • Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - Barbara Stanwyck
  • The Snake Pit (1948) - Olivia de Havilland

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • I Remember Mama (1948) - Oskar Homolka
  • Joan of Arc (1948) - José Ferrer (I)
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Charles Bickford
  • The Luck of the Irish (1948) - Cecil Kellaway

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hamlet (1948) - Jean Simmons (I)
  • I Remember Mama (1948) - Barbara Bel Geddes
  • I Remember Mama (1948) - Ellen Corby
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Agnes Moorehead

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hamlet (1948) - Laurence Olivier
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Jean Negulesco
  • The Search (1948) - Fred Zinnemann
  • The Snake Pit (1948) - Anatole Litvak

  • Best Writing, Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • A Foreign Affair (1948) - Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder; Richard L. Breen
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Irma von Cube; Allen Vincent (III)
  • The Search (1948) - Richard Schweizer; David Wechsler
  • The Snake Pit (1948) - Frank Partos; Millen Brand

  • Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Louisiana Story (1948) - Frances H. Flaherty; Robert J. Flaherty
  • Red River (1948) - Borden Chase
  • The Naked City (1948) - Malvin Wald
  • The Red Shoes (1948) - Emeric Pressburger

  • Best Cinematography, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) - Charles G. Clarke (I)
  • The Loves of Carmen (1948) - William E. Snyder
  • The Three Musketeers (1948) - Robert H. Planck

  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • A Foreign Affair (1948) - Charles Lang (I)
  • I Remember Mama (1948) - Nicholas Musuraca
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Ted D. McCord
  • Portrait of Jennie (1948) - Joseph H. August

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Robert M. Haas; William Wallace (II)

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Joan of Arc (1948) - Richard Day (I); Casey Roberts (I); Joseph Kish

  • Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • B.F.'s Daughter (1948) - Irene (I)

  • Best Costume Design, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Emperor Waltz (1948) - Edith Head; Gile Steele

  • Best Sound, Recording
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Warner Bros. Sound Dept.
  • Moonrise (1948) - Republic Sound Dept.

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Joan of Arc (1948) - Frank Sullivan (I)
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - David Weisbart
  • Red River (1948) - Christian Nyby
  • The Red Shoes (1948) - Reginald Mills (I)

  • Best Effects, Special Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Deep Waters (1948) - Ralph Hammeras (visual); Fred Sersen (visual); Edward Snyder (visual); Roger Heman Sr. (audible)

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Casbah (1948) - Harold Arlen (music); Leo Robin (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "For Every Man There's a Woman"
  • Romance on the High Seas (1948) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
    - For the song "It's Magic"
  • That Lady in Ermine (1948) - Friedrich Hollaender (music); Leo Robin (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "This Is the Moment"
  • Wet Blanket Policy (1948) - Ramey Idriss; George Tibbles
    - For the song "The Woody Woodpecker Song"

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
      Winner:
     
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  • Romance on the High Seas (1948) - Ray Heindorf
  • The Emperor Waltz (1948) - Victor Young (I)
  • The Pirate (1948) - Lennie Hayton
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) - Alfred Newman

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
      Winner:
     
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  • Hamlet (1948) - William Walton (I)
  • Joan of Arc (1948) - Hugo Friedhofer
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) - Max Steiner (I)
  • The Snake Pit (1948) - Alfred Newman

  • Best Short Subject, Two-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Calgary Stampede (1948) - Gordon Hollingshead
  • Going to Blazes! (1948) - Herbert Morgan
  • Samba-Mania (1948) - Harry Grey (I)
  • Snow Capers (1948) - Thomas Mead

  • Best Short Subject, One-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Annie Was a Wonder (1949) - Herbert Moulton
  • Cinderella Horse (1948) - Gordon Hollingshead
  • So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948) - Gordon Hollingshead
  • You Can't Win (1948) - Pete Smith (I)

  • Best Short Subject, Cartoons
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Mickey and the Seal (1948) - Walt Disney
  • Mouse Wreckers (1948) - Edward Selzer
  • Robin Hoodlum (1948) - United Productions of America
  • Tea for Two Hundred (1948) - Walt Disney

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Heart to Heart (1949) - Herbert Morgan
  • Operation Vittles (1948) - U.S. Army Air Force

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
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  • The Quiet One (1948) - Janice Loeb

  • Juvenile Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Sid Grauman
      - Master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures.
    • Adolph Zukor
      - A man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years.
    • Joan of Arc (1948) - Walter Wanger
      - For distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc.
    • Monsieur Vincent (1947)
      - France. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • Victor Caccialanza; Maurice Ayers; Paramount Studio Set Construction Dept.
      - For the development and application of "Paralite", a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.
    • Nick Kalten; Louis J. Witte; 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept.
      - For a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Marty Martin (II); Jack Lannan; Russell Shearman; RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Dept.
      - For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
    • A.J. Moran; Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Dept.
      - For a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.