The Complete Oscar Quest: 23rd Academy Awards (1950)
1950
Best Picture
- All About Eve
- Born Yesterday
- Father of the Bride
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Sunset Boulevard
Best Director
- George Cukor, Born Yesterday
- John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
- Carol Reed, The Third Man
- Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor
- Louis Calhern, The Magnificent Yankee
- Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
- William Holden, Sunset Boulevard
- James Stewart, Harvey
- Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride
Best Actress
- Anne Baxter, All About Eve
- Bette Davis, All About Eve
- Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
- Eleanor Parker, Caged
- Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
Best Supporting Actor
- Jeff Chandler, Broken Arrow
- Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880
- Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle
- George Sanders, All About Eve
- Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard
Best Supporting Actress
- Hope Emerson, Caged
- Celeste Holm, All About Eve
- Josephine Hull, Harvey
- Nancy Olson, Sunset Boulevard
- Thelma Ritter, All About Eve
Best Original Screenplay
- Adam’s Rib
- Caged
- The Men
- No Way Out
- Sunset Boulevard
Best Adapted Screenplay
- All About Eve
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Born Yesterday
- Broken Arrow
- Father of the Bride
Best Story
- Bitter Rice
- The Gunfighter
- Mystery Street
- Panic in the Streets
- When Willie Comes Marching Home
Best Editing
- All About Eve
- Annie Get Your Gun
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Third Man
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- All About Eve
- The Asphalt Jungle
- The Furies
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Third Man
Best Cinematography, Color
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Broken Arrow
- The Flame and the Arrow
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Samson and Delilah
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
- All About Eve
- The Flame and the Arrow
- No Sad Songs for Me
- Samson and Delilah
- Sunset Boulevard
Best Musical Score
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Cinderella
- I’ll Get By
- Three Little Words
- The West Point Story
Best Original Song
- “Be My Love,” from The Toast of New Orleans
- “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” from Cinderella
- “Mona Lisa,” from Captain Carey, U.S.A.
- “Mule Train,” from Singing Guns
- “Wilhelmina,” from Wabash Avenue
Best Art Direction, Black and White
- All About Eve
- The Red Danube
- Sunset Boulevard
Best Art Direction, Color
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Destination Moon
- Samson and Delilah
Best Costume Design, Black and White
- All About Eve
- Born Yesterday
- The Magnificent Yankee
Best Costume Design, Color
- The Black Rose
- That Forsythe Woman
- Samson and Delilah
Best Visual Effects
- Destination Moon
- Samson and Delilah
Best Sound Recording
- All About Eve
- Cinderella
- Louisa
- Our Very Own
- Trio
Best Documentary
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
- With These Hands
Best Documentary Short
- The Fight: Science Against Cancer
- The Stairs
- Why Korea?
Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel
- Blaze Busters
- Grandad of Races
- Wrong Way Butch
Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel
- Grandma Roses
- In Beaver Valley
- My Country ‘Tis of Thee
Best Animated Short
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Jerry’s Cousin
- Trouble Indemnity
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Adam’s Rib
- All About Eve
- Annie Get Your Gun
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Bitter Rice
- The Black Rose
- Born Yesterday
- Broken Arrow
- Caged
- Captain Carey, U.S.A.
- Cinderella
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Destination Moon
- Father of the Bride
- The Flame and the Arrow
- The Furies
- The Gunfighter
- Harvey
- I’ll Get By
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Louisa
- The Magnificent Yankee
- The Men
- Mister 880
- Mystery Street
- No Sad Songs for Me
- No Way Out
- Our Very Own
- Panic in the Streets
- The Red Danube
- Samson and Delilah
- Singing Guns
- Sunset Boulevard
- That Forsythe Woman
- The Third Man
- Three Little Words
- The Toast of New Orleans
- Trio
- Wabash Avenue
- The West Point Story
- When Willie Comes Marching Home
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