Classic Film Guide

1949

1949 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first, in bold print)

Best Picture

All the King's Men (1949)

Battleground (1949)

The Heiress (1949)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men (1949)

Kirk Douglas, Champion (1949)

Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart (1949)

John Wayne, Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Gregory Peck, Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress (1949)

Loretta Young, Come to the Stable (1949)

Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son (1949)

Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart (1949)

Jeanne Crain, Pinky (1949)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Dean Jagger, Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

John Ireland, All the King's Men (1949)

James Whitmore, Battleground (1949)

Arthur Kennedy, Champion (1949)

Ralph Richardson, The Heiress (1949)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men (1949)

Celeste Holm, Come to the Stable (1949)

Elsa Lancaster, Come to the Stable (1949)

Ethel Barrymore, Pinky (1949)

Ethel Waters, Pinky (1949)

Best Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Robert Rossen, All the King's Men (1949)

William Wellman, Battleground (1949)

Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol (1948)

William Wyler, The Heiress (1949)

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

Robert Pirosh, Battleground (1949)

Sidney Buchman, Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Alfred Hayes & Federico Fellini & Sergio Amidei & Marcello Pagliero & Roberto Rossellini, Paisa (1946)

T.E.B. Clarke, Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Helen Levitt & Janice Loeb & Sidney Meyers, The Quiet One (1948)

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

Douglas Morrow, The Stratton Story (1949)

Clare Boothe Luce, Come to the Stable (1949)

Shirley W. Smith & Valentine Davies, It Happens Every Spring (1949)

Harry Brown, Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Virginia Kellogg, White Heat (1949)

Best Writing, Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Robert Rossen, All the King's Men (1949)

Carl Foreman, Champion (1949)

Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol (1948)

Cesare Zavattini, Ladri di biciclette (1948)

Best B&W Cinematography

Paul Vogel, Battleground (1949)

Franz Planer, Champion (1949)

Joseph LaShelle, Come to the Stable (1949)

Leo Tover, The Heiress (1949)

Leon Shamroy, Prince of Foxes (1949)

Best Color Cinematography

Winton Hoch, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Harry Stradling Sr., The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

William Snyder, Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Robert H. Planck & Charles Edgar Schoenbaum, Little Women (1949)

Charles Clarke, Sand (1949)

Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons & Paul Groesse & Edwin Willis & Jack Moore, Little Women (1949)

Edward Carrere & Lyle Reifsnider, Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Jim Morahan & William Kellner & Michael Relph, Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

Best B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration

John Meehan & Harry Horner & Emile Kuri, The Heiress (1949)

Lyle Wheeler & Joseph Wright & Thomas Little & Paul Fox, Come to the Stable (1949)

Cedric Gibbons & Jack Martin Smith & Edwin Willis & Richard Pefferle, Madame Bovary (1949)

Best Color Costume Design

Leah Rhodes & Travilla & Marjorie Best, Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Kay Nelson, Mother Is a Freshman (1949)

Best B&W Costume Design

Edith Head & Gile Steele, The Heiress (1949)

Vittorio Nino Novarese, Prince of Foxes (1949)

Best Sound, Recording

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Once More, My Darling (1949)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Best Film Editing

Harry Gerstad, Champion (1949)

Robert Parrish & Al Clark, All the King's Men (1949)

John Dunning, Battleground (1949)

Richard Van Enger, Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Frederic Knudtson, The Window (1949)

Best Effects, Special Effects

Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Walter Wanger & Stuart Heisler, Tulsa (1949)

Best Music, Original Song

Frank Loesser, "Baby, It's Cold Outside", Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Alfred Newman (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics), "Through a Long and Sleepless Night", Come to the Stable (1949)

Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics), "It's a Great Feeling", It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Victor Young (music); Ned Washington (lyrics), "My Foolish Heart", My Foolish Heart (1949)

Eliot Daniel (music); Larry Morey (lyrics), "Lavender Blue", So Dear to My Heart (1948)

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Aaron Copland, The Heiress (1949)

Max Steiner, Beyond the Forest (1949)

Dimitri Tiomkin, Champion (1949)

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Roger Edens & Lennie Hayton, On the Town (1949)

Morris Stoloff & George Duning, Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Ray Heindorf, Look for the Silver Lining (1949)