22nd Academy Awards

Award ceremony for films of 1949

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The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949. This was the final year in which all five Best Picture nominees were in Black & White, and the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture won multiple Oscars.

Broderick Crawford was said to be genuinely surprised by his Best Actor win for his performance in All the King's Men. His mother responded by humbly saying that she "could find nothing wrong in [his] performance.^[1] The press believed it found something wrong with the acceptance speech of the other major winner, Olivia De Havilland, which was described as cold.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Best Director and Best Screenplay winner

Broderick Crawford; Best Actor winner

Olivia de Havilland; Best Actress winner

Dean Jagger; Best Supporting Actor winner

Mercedes McCambridge; Best Supporting Actress winner

Aaron Copland; Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture winner

Lennie Hayton; Best Scoring of a Musical Picture co-winner

Cedric Gibbons; Best Art Direction, Color co-winner

Travilla; Best Costume Design, Color co-winner

Awards

Nominees were announced on February 12, 1950. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2]^[3]

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
All the King's Men – Robert Rossen for Columbia Pictures‡ Battleground – Dore Schary for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Heiress – William Wyler for Paramount Pictures A Letter to Three Wives – Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox Twelve O'Clock High – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox	Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives‡ Robert Rossen – All the King's Men William A. Wellman – Battleground Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol William Wyler – The Heiress
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men* as Willie Stark*‡ Kirk Douglas – Champion* as Midge Kelly Gregory Peck – Twelve O'Clock High as Brigadier General Frank Savage Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima as Sgt. John M. Stryker	*Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress* as Catherine Sloper*‡ Jeanne Crain – Pinky* as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart as Eloise Winters Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son as Evelyn Boult Loretta Young – Come to the Stable as Sister Margaret
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Dean Jagger – Twelve O'Clock High* as Major Harvey Stovall*‡ John Ireland – All the King's Men* as Jack Burden Arthur Kennedy – Champion as Connie Ralph Richardson – The Heiress as Dr. Austin Sloper James Whitmore – Battleground as Sgt. Kinnie	*Mercedes McCambridge – All the King's Men* as Sadie Burke*‡ Ethel Barrymore – Pinky* as Miss Em Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable as Sister Scholastica Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable as Amelia Potts Ethel Waters – Pinky as Dicey Johnson
Best Screenplay	Best Story and Screenplay
A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz from Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner‡ All the King's Men – Robert Rossen from All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren Bicycle Thieves – Cesare Zavattini from The Bicycle Thief by Luigi Bartolini Champion – Carl Foreman from "Champion" by Ring Lardner The Fallen Idol – Graham Greene from "The Basement Room" by Graham Greene	Battleground – Robert Pirosh‡ Jolson Sings Again – Sidney Buchman Paisan – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, and Roberto Rossellini Passport to Pimlico – T. E. B. Clarke The Quiet One – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and Sidney Meyers
Best Motion Picture Story	Best Documentary Feature
The Stratton Story – Douglas Morrow‡ Come to the Stable – Clare Boothe Luce It Happens Every Spring – Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies Sands of Iwo Jima – Harry Brown White Heat – Virginia Kellogg	Daybreak in Udi‡ Kenji Comes Home
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel
A Chance to Live‡ So Much for So Little‡ 1848 The Rising Tide	Aquatic House Party – Jack Eaton‡ Roller Derby Girl – Justin Herman So You Think You're Not Guilty – Gordon Hollingshead Spills and Chills – Walton C. Ament Water Trix – Pete Smith
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel	Best Short Subject, Cartoon
Van Gogh – Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens‡ The Boy and the Eagle – William Lasky Chase of Death – Irving Allen The Grass Is Always Greener – Gordon Hollingshead Snow Carnival – Gordon Hollingshead	For Scent-imental Reasons‡ Hatch Up Your Troubles The Magic Fluke Toy Tinkers ~~Canary Row~~ (nomination withdrawn by the producers)
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
The Heiress – Aaron Copland‡ Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin	On the Town – Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton‡ Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff and George Duning Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter* – Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser*‡ "It's a Great Feeling" from It's a Great Feeling* – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn "Lavender Blue" from So Dear to My Heart – Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey "My Foolish Heart" from My Foolish Heart – Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" from Come to the Stable – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Mack Gordon	Twelve O'Clock High – Thomas T. Moulton‡ Once More, My Darling – Leslie I. Carey Sands of Iwo Jima – Daniel J. Bloomberg
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-White	Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color
The Heiress – Art Direction: John Meehan and Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri‡ Come to the Stable – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox Madame Bovary – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle	Little Women – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore‡ Adventures of Don Juan – Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider Saraband for Dead Lovers – Art Direction and Set Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Best Cinematography, Color
Battleground – Paul C. Vogel‡ Champion – Franz Planer Come to the Stable – Joseph LaShelle The Heiress – Leo Tover Prince of Foxes – Leon Shamroy	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – Winton C. Hoch‡ The Barkleys of Broadway – Harry Stradling Jolson Sings Again – William Snyder Little Women – Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum Sand – Charles G. Clarke
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	Best Costume Design, Color
The Heiress – Edith Head and Gile Steele‡ Prince of Foxes – Vittorio Nino Novarese	Adventures of Don Juan – Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best‡ Mother Is a Freshman – Kay Nelson
Best Film Editing	Best Special Effects
Champion – Harry W. Gerstad‡ All the King's Men – Robert Parrish and Al Clark Battleground – John Dunning Sands of Iwo Jima – Richard L. Van Enger The Window – Frederic Knudtson	Mighty Joe Young – Arko Production; RKO Radio‡ Tulsa – Walter Wanger; Eagle Lion

Academy Honorary Awards

Fred Astaire "for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures".
Cecil B. DeMille "distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship".
Jean Hersholt "in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president".

Best Foreign Language Film

Bicycle Thieves (Italy)

Academy Juvenile Award

Bobby Driscoll

Presenters and performers

Presenters

June Allyson and Dick Powell (Best Cinematography)
Anne Baxter and John Hodiak (Short Subject Awards)
Charles Brackett (Honorary Award to Cecil B. DeMille)
James Cagney (Best Picture)
Peggy Dow and Joanne Dru (Best Costume Design)
José Ferrer (Scientific & Technical Awards)
Barbara Hale and Ruth Roman (Best Art Direction)
James Hilton (Writing Awards)
John Lund (Best Sound Recording)
Ida Lupino (Best Director)
Ray Milland (Best Supporting Actress)
George Murphy (Documentary Awards)
Patricia Neal (Best Special Effects)
Donald O'Connor (Juvenile Award to Bobby Driscoll)
Cole Porter (Music Awards)
Micheline Presle (Best Foreign Language Film)
Ronald Reagan (Honorary Award to Jean Hersholt)
Mark Robson (Best Film Editing)
Ginger Rogers (Honorary Award to Fred Astaire)
James Stewart (Best Actress)
Claire Trevor (Best Supporting Actor)
Jane Wyman (Best Actor)

Performers

Gene Autry
Ann Blyth
Arlene Dahl, Betty Garrett, Ricardo Montalbán, and Red Skelton ("Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter)
Dean Martin
Smilin' Jack Smith

Multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
8	The Heiress
7	All the King's Men
7	Come to the Stable
6	Battleground
6	Champion
4	Sands of Iwo Jima
4	Twelve O'Clock High
3	Jolson Sings Again
	A Letter to Three Wives
	Pinky
2	Adventures of Don Juan
	The Fallen Idol
	Little Women
	My Foolish Heart
	Prince of Foxes

Films with multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	The Heiress
3	All the King's Men
2	Battleground
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High

References

^ ^a ^b Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 838. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Select "1949" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Awards of Merit

Proposed awards	Popular Film

Special awards

Governors Awards	Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Special Achievement Academy Award
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards	Academy Award of Merit (non-competitive) Scientific and Engineering Award Technical Achievement Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Student Awards	Student Academy Award