1950 (23rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1950. 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 About Eve, 20th Century-Fox.
Born Yesterday, Columbia.Father of the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.King Solomon’s Mines, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Sunset Blvd., Paramount.Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
The Third Man, Selznick Enterprises in assoc. with London Films Productions, Ltd.; Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO). (UK) Carol Reed.Art Direction-Set Decoration
(Black-and-White)
All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott.The Red Danube, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.Sunset Blvd., Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and John Meehan; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.(Color)
Annie Get Your Gun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle.Destination Moon, George Pal Productions; Eagle Lion Classics. Art direction by Ernst Fegte; set decoration by George Sawley.Samson and Delilah, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
The Third Man, Selznick Enterprises in assoc. with London Films Productions, Ltd.; Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO). (UK) Robert Krasker.(Color)
Costume Design
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Samson and Delilah, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling.Documentary
(Feature)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Company; Classic Pictures, Inc. (Switzerland, West Germany) Robert Snyder, Producer.(Short Subject)
The Fight: Science Against Cancer, National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges; National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Guy Glover, Producer.The Stairs, Film Documents, Inc. (USA, Canada)Film Editing
The Third Man, Selznick Enterprises in assoc. with London Films Productions, Ltd.; Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO). (UK) Oswald Hafenrichter.Music
(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
(Scoring of a Musical Picture)
(Song)
Be My Love from The Toast of New Orleans, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo from Cinderella, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music and lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston.Mule Train from Singing Guns, Palomar Pictures Corporation; Republic. Music and lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
Gerald McBoing-Boing, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Jolly Frolics Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.Trouble Indemnity, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Mr. Magoo Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.(One-reel)
(Two-reel)
Grandma Moses, Falcon Films, Inc.; A. F. Films.In Beaver Valley, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [True-Life Adventure Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Sound Recording
All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.Cinderella, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director.Louisa, Universal-International. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.Our Very Own, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director.Trio, J. Arthur Rank-Sydney Box; Paramount. (UK) Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director.Special Effects
Destination Moon, George Pal Productions; Eagle Lion Classics.Samson and Delilah, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount.Writing
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
Broken Arrow, 20th Century-Fox. Albert Maltz. [Based upon the research made by the board motion of the Writers Guild of America West, the Academy, on July 3, 1991, decided to restore Albert Maltz to the screenplay credit on the 1950 film Broken Arrow. Michael Blankfort had fronted for him on the screenplay and consequently was named in the screenplay nomination. Mr. Blankfort's name was removed from the nomination.](Story and Screenplay)
Honorary Award
To George Murphy for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large. [ [Statuette]]To Louis B. Mayer for distinguished service to the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]](Foreign Language Film)
To The Walls of Malapaga. (Italy, France) – voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States in 1950. [ [Statuette]]Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific or Technical Award
(Class II)
To James B. Gordon and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department for the design and development of a multiple image film viewer.To John Paul Livadary, Floyd Campbell, L. W. Russell, and the Columbia Studio Sound Department for the development of a multi-track magnetic re-recording system.To Loren L. Ryder and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the first studio-wide application of magnetic sound recording to motion picture production.