Best Picture

WINNER

All the King's Men: (Robert Rossen Productions)

NOMINEES

Battleground: (M-G-M)

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The Heiress: (Paramount)

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A Letter to Three Wives: (20th Century Fox)

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Twelve O'Clock High: (20th Century Fox)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

All the King's Men: Broderick Crawford

NOMINEES

Champion: Kirk Douglas

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Twelve O'Clock High: Gregory Peck

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The Hasty Heart: Richard Todd

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Sands of Iwo Jima: John Wayne

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Heiress: Olivia de Havilland

NOMINEES

Pinky: Jeanne Crain

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My Foolish Heart: Susan Hayward

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Edward, My Son: Deborah Kerr

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Come to the Stable: Loretta Young

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Twelve O'Clock High: Dean Jagger

NOMINEES

All the King's Men: John Ireland

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Champion: Arthur Kennedy

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The Heiress: Ralph Richardson

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Battleground: James Whitmore

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

All the King's Men: Mercedes McCambridge

NOMINEES

Pinky: Ethel Barrymore

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Come to the Stable: Celeste Holm

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Come to the Stable: Elsa Lanchester

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Pinky: Ethel Waters

Best Director

WINNER

A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

NOMINEES

The Fallen Idol: Carol Reed

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All the King's Men: Robert Rossen

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Battleground: William A. Wellman

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The Heiress: William Wyler

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER

A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

NOMINEES

All the King's Men: Robert Rossen

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Bicycle Thieves: Cesare Zavattini

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Champion: Carl Foreman

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The Fallen Idol: Graham Greene

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

WINNER

The Stratton Story: Douglas Morrow

NOMINEES

Come to the Stable: Clare Boothe Luce

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It Happens Every Spring: Shirley W. Smith, Valentine Davies

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Sands of Iwo Jima: Harry Brown

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White Heat: Virginia Kellogg

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

WINNER

Battleground: Robert Pirosh

NOMINEES

Jolson Sings Again: Sidney Buchman

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Paisan: Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini

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Passport to Pimlico: T.E.B. Clarke

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The Quiet One: Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: Winton C. Hoch

NOMINEES

The Barkleys of Broadway: Harry Stradling Sr.

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Jolson Sings Again: William E. Snyder

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Little Women: Robert H. Planck, Charles Edgar Schoenbaum

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Sand: Charles G. Clarke

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER

Battleground: Paul Vogel

NOMINEES

Champion: Franz Planer

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Come to the Stable: Joseph LaShelle

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The Heiress: Leo Tover

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Prince of Foxes: Leon Shamroy

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER

The Heiress: John Meehan, Harry Horner, Emile Kuri

NOMINEES

Come to the Stable: Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

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Madame Bovary: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

WINNER

Little Women: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

NOMINEES

Adventures of Don Juan: Edward Carrere, Lyle B. Reifsnider

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Saraband: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

WINNER

The Heiress: Edith Head, Gile Steele

NOMINEE

Prince of Foxes: Vittorio Nino Novarese

Best Costume Design, Color

WINNER

Adventures of Don Juan: Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best

NOMINEE

Mother Is a Freshman: Kay Nelson

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

Twelve O'Clock High: (20th Century-Fox Sound Dept.)

NOMINEES

Once More, My Darling: (Universal-International Sound Dept.)

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Sands of Iwo Jima: (Republic Sound Dept.)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Champion: Harry W. Gerstad

NOMINEES

All the King's Men: Robert Parrish, Al Clark

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Battleground: John D. Dunning

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Sands of Iwo Jima: Richard L. Van Enger

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The Window: Frederic Knudtson

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

Mighty Joe Young: (ARKO Productions)

NOMINEE

Tulsa: (Walter Wanger Pictures)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Neptune's Daughter: Frank Loesser
For the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

NOMINEES

It's a Great Feeling: Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "It's a Great Feeling"

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So Dear to My Heart: Eliot Daniel (music), Larry Morey (lyrics)
For the song "Lavender Blue"

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My Foolish Heart: Victor Young (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "My Foolish Heart"

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Come to the Stable: Alfred Newman (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics)
For the song "Through a Long and Sleepless Night"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER

On the Town: Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton

NOMINEES

Jolson Sings Again: Morris Stoloff, George Duning

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Look for the Silver Lining: Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER

The Heiress: Aaron Copland

NOMINEES

Beyond the Forest: Max Steiner

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Champion: Dimitri Tiomkin

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER

Van Gogh: Gaston Diehl, Robert Hessens

NOMINEES

Boy and the Eagle: William Lasky

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Chase of Death: Irving Allen

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The Grass Is Always Greener: Gordon Hollingshead

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Snow Carnival: Gordon Hollingshead

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER

Aquatic House Party: Jack Eaton

NOMINEES

Roller Derby Girl: Justin Herman

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So You Think You're Not Guilty: Gordon Hollingshead

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Spills and Chills: Walton C. Ament

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Water Trix: Pete Smith

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

For Scent-imental Reasons: Edward Selzer

NOMINEES

Canary Row: Edward Selzer
The film was withdrawn by the producer. It is thus not to be counted as an official Academy nomination and listed for the purpose of information only.

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Hatch Up Your Troubles: Fred Quimby

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The Magic Fluke: Stephen Bosustow

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Toy Tinkers: Walt Disney

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNERS

A Chance to Live: Richard De Rochemont
Tied with So Much for So Little.

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So Much for So Little: Edward Selzer
Tied with A Chance to Live.

NOMINEES

1848: (French Cinema General Cooperative)

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The Rising Tide: (St. Francis-Xavier University Nova Scotia)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Daybreak in Udi: (Crown Film Unit)

NOMINEE

Kenji Comes Home: Paul F. Heard

WINNER

Bobby Driscoll
For the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949.

WINNERS

Bicycle Thieves
Italy. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.

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Fred Astaire
For his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures.

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Cecil B. DeMille
Distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship.

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Jean Hersholt
For distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

WINNER

(Eastman Kodak Co.)
For the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr (Paramount SSD)
For the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.

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M.B. Paul
For the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.

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Herbert Britt
For the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion-picture sets.

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André Coutant, Jacques Mathot
For the design of the Eclair Camerette.

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Charles R. Daily, Stephen Csillag (Paramount Studio Engineering, Editorial and Music Departments)
For a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks.

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(International Projector Corp.)
For a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.

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Alexander Velcoff
For the application to production of the infrared photographic evaluator.