1949 (22nd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1949 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1949 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1949 to December 31, 1949 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1949 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 23, 1950 8:00 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1949 Winners
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Best Picture: All the King’s Men Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark in the film All the King’s Men |
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Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper in the film The Heiress |
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Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger as Major Stovall in the film Twelve O’Clock High |
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Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge as Sadie Burke in the film All the King’s Men |
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Best Song: Baby, It’s Cold Outside from the film Neptune’s Daughter Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser Best Song Lyrics |