Awards & Winners

1950 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1950 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 23rd Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

23rd Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Story

Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt

Honored for : Panic in the Streets

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carlo Lizzani Bitter Rice
Giuseppe De Santis Bitter Rice
Leonard Spigelgass Mystery Street
André De Toth The Gunfighter
William Bowers The Gunfighter
Edward Anhalt Panic in the Streets
Edna Anhalt Panic in the Streets
Sy Gomberg When Willie Comes Marching Home
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Walt Disney

Honored for : In Beaver Valley

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney In Beaver Valley
Gordon Hollingshead My Country 'Tis of Thee
Falcon Films Inc. Grandma Moses
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

George Sanders

Honored for : All About Eve
(Role: Addison De Witt)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Erich von Stroheim Sunset Boulevard
Role: Max Von Mayerling
Jeff Chandler Broken Arrow
Role: Cochise
Edmund Gwenn Mister 880
Role: Skipper Miller
George Sanders All About Eve
Role: Addison De Witt
Sam Jaffe The Asphalt Jungle
Role: Dr. Erwin Riedenschneider
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Hans Dreier, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer, Walter H. Tyler

Honored for : Samson and Delilah

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Pefferle Annie Get Your Gun
Paul Groesse Annie Get Your Gun
Cedric Gibbons Annie Get Your Gun
Edwin B. Willis Annie Get Your Gun
Ernst Fegté Destination Moon
George Sawley Destination Moon
Hans Dreier Samson and Delilah
Ray Moyer Samson and Delilah
Walter H. Tyler Samson and Delilah
Samuel M. Comer Samson and Delilah
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Gile Steele, Edith Head, Gwen Wakeling, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen

Honored for : Samson and Delilah

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arlington Valles That Forsyte Woman
Walter Plunkett That Forsyte Woman
Gile Steele Samson and Delilah
Dorothy Jeakins Samson and Delilah
Gwen Wakeling Samson and Delilah
Elois Jenssen Samson and Delilah
Edith Head Samson and Delilah
Michael Whittaker The Black Rose
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Edmund Reek

Honored for : Why Korea?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Guy Glover The Fight: Science Against Cancer
Film Documents, Inc. The Stairs
Edmund Reek Why Korea?
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Thomas T. Moulton

Honored for : All About Eve
(20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas T. Moulton All About Eve
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer Our Very Own
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Sam Slyfield Cinderella
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey Louisa
Universal-International Studio Sound Department
Cyril Crowhurst Trio
Pinewood Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Gordon Hollingshead

Honored for : Grandad of Races

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pete Smith Wrong Way Butch
Robert Youngson Blaze Busters
Gordon Hollingshead Grandad of Races
Academy Award for Best Actor

José Ferrer

Honored for : Cyrano de Bergerac
(Role: Cyrano de Bergerac)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Spencer Tracy Father of the Bride
Role: Stanley T. Banks
William Holden Sunset Boulevard
Role: Joe Gillis
James Stewart Harvey
Role: Elwood P. Dowd
José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac
Role: Cyrano de Bergerac
Louis Calhern The Magnificent Yankee
Role: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Academy Award for Best Actress

Judy Holliday

Honored for : Born Yesterday
(Role: Billie Dawn)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anne Baxter All About Eve
Role: Eve Harrington
Bette Davis All About Eve
Role: Margo Channing
Eleanor Parker Caged
Role: Marie Allen
Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard
Role: Norma Desmond
Judy Holliday Born Yesterday
Role: Billie Dawn
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Stephen Bosustow

Honored for : Gerald McBoing-Boing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Bosustow Trouble Indemnity
Fred Quimby Jerry's Cousin
Stephen Bosustow Gerald McBoing-Boing
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Josephine Hull

Honored for : Harvey
(Role: Veta Louise Simmons)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thelma Ritter All About Eve
Role: Birdie
Nancy Olson Sunset Boulevard
Role: Betty Schaefer
Celeste Holm All About Eve
Role: Karen Richards
Hope Emerson Caged
Role: Evelyn Harper
Josephine Hull Harvey
Role: Veta Louise Simmons
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Ray Evans, Jay Livingston

Honored for : Mona Lisa
(Captain Carey, U.S.A.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jay Livingston Mona Lisa
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Ray Evans Mona Lisa
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Johnny Lange Mule Train
Singing Guns
Fred Glickman Mule Train
Singing Guns
Hy Heath Mule Train
Singing Guns
Sammy Cahn Be My Love
The Toast of New Orleans
Nicholas Brodzsky Be My Love
The Toast of New Orleans
Mack Gordon Wilhelmina
Wabash Avenue
Josef Myrow Wilhelmina
Wabash Avenue
Mack David Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Cinderella
Jerry Livingston Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Cinderella
Al Hoffman Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Cinderella
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Robert L. Surtees

Honored for : King Solomon's Mines

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert L. Surtees King Solomon's Mines
Charles Rosher Annie Get Your Gun
Ernest Palmer Broken Arrow
Ernest Haller The Flame and the Arrow
George Barnes Samson and Delilah
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

George Pal Productions

Honored for : Destination Moon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cecil B. DeMille Productions Samson and Delilah
George Pal Productions Destination Moon
Academy Award for Best Picture

20th Century Fox

Honored for : All About Eve

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Brackett Sunset Boulevard
Paramount Pictures Sunset Boulevard
Sam Zimbalist King Solomon's Mines
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer King Solomon's Mines
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Father of the Bride
Pandro S. Berman Father of the Bride
S. Sylvan Simon Born Yesterday
Columbia Pictures Born Yesterday
Darryl F. Zanuck All About Eve
20th Century Fox All About Eve
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Conrad A. Nervig, Ralph E. Winters

Honored for : King Solomon's Mines

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oswald Hafenrichter The Third Man
Doane Harrison Sunset Boulevard
Arthur P. Schmidt Sunset Boulevard
Conrad A. Nervig King Solomon's Mines
Ralph E. Winters King Solomon's Mines
James E. Newcom Annie Get Your Gun
Barbara McLean All About Eve
Academy Award for Best Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Honored for : All About Eve

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Huston The Asphalt Jungle
George Cukor Born Yesterday
Carol Reed The Third Man
Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard
Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hans Dreier Sunset Boulevard
John Meehan Sunset Boulevard
Samuel M. Comer Sunset Boulevard
Ray Moyer Sunset Boulevard
Lyle R. Wheeler All About Eve
George Davis All About Eve
Thomas Little All About Eve
Walter M. Scott All About Eve
Cedric Gibbons The Red Danube
Hans Peters The Red Danube
Edwin B. Willis The Red Danube
Hugh Hunt The Red Danube
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Robert Krasker

Honored for : The Third Man

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Krasker The Third Man
Milton R. Krasner All About Eve
Harold Rosson The Asphalt Jungle
Victor Milner The Furies
John F. Seitz Sunset Boulevard
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Edith Head, Charles LeMaire

Honored for : All About Eve

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edith Head All About Eve
Charles LeMaire All About Eve
Jean Louis Born Yesterday
Walter Plunkett The Magnificent Yankee
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Franz Waxman

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Franz Waxman Sunset Boulevard
Alfred Newman All About Eve
Max Steiner The Flame and the Arrow
George Duning No Sad Songs for Me
Victor Young Samson and Delilah
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens

Honored for : Annie Get Your Gun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Adolph Deutsch Annie Get Your Gun
Roger Edens Annie Get Your Gun
Oliver Wallace Cinderella
Paul Smith Cinderella
Lionel Newman I'll Get By
André Previn Three Little Words
Ray Heindorf The West Point Story
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Honored for : All About Eve

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve
Ben Maddow The Asphalt Jungle
John Huston The Asphalt Jungle
Albert Mannheimer Born Yesterday
Albert Maltz Broken Arrow
Based upon the research made by, and 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.
Frances Goodrich Father of the Bride
Albert Hackett Father of the Bride
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ruth Gordon Adam's Rib
Garson Kanin Adam's Rib
Virginia Kellogg Caged
Bernard C. Schoenfeld Caged
Carl Foreman The Men
Joseph L. Mankiewicz No Way Out
Lesser Samuels No Way Out
Charles Brackett Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard
D. M. Marshman, Jr. Sunset Boulevard
Academy Honorary Award

Louis B. Mayer

(for distinguished service to the motion picture industry)
Academy Honorary Award

George Murphy

(for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large)
Academy Honorary Award

The Walls of Malapaga

(voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States in 1950)
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Robert Snyder

Honored for : The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Arnold With These Hands
Lee Goodman With These Hands
Robert Snyder The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

James B. Gordon, 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department

(For the design and development of a multiple image film viewer.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

John P. Livadary, Floyd Campbell, L. W. Russell, Columbia Studio Sound Department

(For the development of a multi-track magnetic re-recording system.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department

(For the first studio-wide application of magnetic sound recording to motion picture production.)