The Complete Oscar Quest: 22nd Academy Awards (1949)

1949

Best Picture

  • All the King’s Men
  • Battleground
  • The Heiress
  • A Letter to Three Wives
  • Twelve O’Clock High

Best Director

  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
  • Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol
  • Robert Rossen, All the King’s Men
  • William Wellman, Battleground
  • William Wyler, The Heiress

Best Actor

  • Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men
  • Kirk Douglas, Champion
  • Gregory Peck, Twelve O’Clock High
  • Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart
  • John Wayne, Sands of Iwo Jima

Best Actress

  • Jeanne Crain, Pinky
  • Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
  • Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart
  • Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son
  • Loretta Young, Come to the Stable

Best Supporting Actor

  • John Ireland, All the King’s Men
  • Dean Jagger, Twelve O’Clock High
  • Arthur Kennedy, Champion
  • Ralph Richardson, The Heiress
  • James Whitmore, Battleground

Best Supporting Actress

  • Ethel Barrymore, Pinky
  • Celeste Holm, Come to the Stable
  • Elsa Lanchester, Come to the Stable
  • Mercedes McCambridge, All the King’s Men
  • Ethel Waters, Pinky

Best Original Screenplay

  • Battleground
  • Jolson Sings Again
  • Paisan
  • Passport to Pimlico
  • The Quiet One

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • All the King’s Men
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • Champion
  • The Fallen Idol
  • A Letter to Three Wives

Best Story

  • Come to the Stable
  • It Happened Every Spring
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • The Stratton Story
  • White Heat

Best Editing

  • All the King’s Men
  • Battleground
  • Champion
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • The Window

Best Cinematography, Black and White

  • Battleground
  • Champion
  • Come to the Stable
  • The Heiress
  • Prince of Foxes

Best Cinematography, Color

  • The Barkleys of Broadway
  • Jolson Sings Again
  • Little Women
  • Sand
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score

  • Beyond the Forest
  • Champion
  • The Heiress

Best Musical Score

  • Jolson Sings Again
  • Look for the Silver Lining
  • On the Town

Best Original Song

  • “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” from Neptune’s Daughter
  • “It’s a Great Feeling,” from It’s a Great Feeling
  • “Lavender Blue,” from So Dear to My Heart
  • “My Foolish Heart,” from My Foolish Heart
  • “Through a Long and Sleepless Night,” from Come to the Stable

Best Art Direction, Black and White

  • Come to the Stable
  • The Heiress
  • Madame Bovary

Best Art Direction, Color

  • Adventures of Don Juan
  • Little Women
  • Sarabond for Dead Lovers

Best Costume Design, Black and White

  • The Heiress
  • Prince of Foxes

Best Costume Design, Color

  • Adventures of Don Juan
  • Mother Is a Freshman

Best Visual Effects

  • Mighty Joe Young
  • Tulsa

Best Sound Recording

  • Once More, My Darling
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Twelve O’Clock High

Best Documentary

  • Daybreak in Udi
  • Kenji Comes Home

Best Documentary Short

  • 1848
  • A Chance to Live
  • The Rising Tide
  • So Much for So Little

Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel

  • Aquatic House Party
  • Roller Derby Girl
  • So You Think You’re Not Guilty
  • Spills and Chills
  • Water Trix

Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel

  • The Boy and the Eagle
  • Chase of Death
  • The Grass Is Always Greener
  • Snow Carnival
  • Van Gogh

Best Animated Short

  • For Scent-imental Reasons
  • Hatch Up Your Troubles
  • The Magic Fluke
  • Toy Tinkers

Total List of Films Nominated:

  1. Adventures of Don Juan
  2. All the King’s Men
  3. The Barkleys of Broadway
  4. Battleground
  5. Beyond the Forest
  6. Bicycle Thieves
  7. Champion
  8. Come to the Stable
  9. Edward, My Son
  10. The Fallen Idol
  11. The Hasty Heart
  12. The Heiress
  13. It Happens Every Spring
  14. It’s a Great Feeling
  15. Jolson Sings Again
  16. A Letter to Three Wives
  17. Little Women
  18. Look for the Silver Lining
  19. Madame Bovary
  20. Mighty Joe Young
  21. Mother Is a Freshman
  22. My Foolish Heart
  23. Neptune’s Daughter
  24. On the Town
  25. Once More, My Darling
  26. Paisan
  27. Passport to Pimlico
  28. Prince of Foxes
  29. Pinky
  30. The Quiet One
  31. Sand
  32. Sands of Iwo Jima
  33. Sarabond for Dead Lovers
  34. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  35. So Dear to My Heart
  36. The Stratton Story
  37. Tulsa
  38. Twelve O’Clock High
  39. White Heat
  40. The Window

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