1948

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Win indicated by an asterisk (*)

1948 (21st)

ACTOR

 

Lew Ayres — Johnny Belinda {”Dr. Robert Richardson”}
 

Montgomery Clift — The Search {”Ralph Stevenson”}
 

Dan Dailey — When My Baby Smiles at Me {”Skid”}
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Laurence Olivier — Hamlet {”Hamlet”}
 

Clifton Webb — Sitting Pretty {”Lynn Belvedere”}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

 

Charles Bickford — Johnny Belinda {”Black McDonald”}
 

José Ferrer — Joan of Arc {”The Dauphin, Charles VIII”}
 

Oscar Homolka — I Remember Mama {”Uncle Chris”}
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Walter Huston — The Treasure of the Sierra Madre {”Howard”}
 

Cecil Kellaway — The Luck of the Irish {”Horace”}

ACTRESS

 

Ingrid Bergman — Joan of Arc {”Joan of Arc”}
 

Olivia de Havilland — The Snake Pit {”Virginia Stuart Cunningham”}
 

Irene Dunne — I Remember Mama {”Mama”}
 

Barbara Stanwyck — Sorry, Wrong Number {”Leona Stevenson”}
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Jane Wyman — Johnny Belinda {”Belinda McDonald”}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

 

Barbara Bel Geddes — I Remember Mama {”Katrin”}
 

Ellen Corby — I Remember Mama {”Aunt Trina”}
 

Agnes Moorehead — Johnny Belinda {”Aggie McDonald”}
 

Jean Simmons — Hamlet {”Ophelia”}
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Claire Trevor — Key Largo {”Gaye”}

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

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Hamlet — Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon
 

Johnny Belinda — Art Direction: Robert Haas; Set Decoration: William Wallace

ART DIRECTION (Color)

 

Joan of Arc — Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish
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The Red Shoes — Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

 

A Foreign Affair — Charles B. Lang, Jr.
 

I Remember Mama — Nicholas Musuraca
 

Johnny Belinda — Ted McCord
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The Naked City — William Daniels
 

Portrait of Jennie — Joseph August

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

 

Green Grass of Wyoming — Charles G. Clarke
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Joan of Arc — Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch
 

The Loves of Carmen — William Snyder
 

The Three Musketeers — Robert Planck

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

 

B. F.’s Daughter — Irene
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Hamlet — Roger K. Furse

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

 

The Emperor Waltz — Edith Head, Gile Steele
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Joan of Arc — Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska

DIRECTING

 

Hamlet — Laurence Olivier
 

Johnny Belinda — Jean Negulesco
 

The Search — Fred Zinnemann
 

The Snake Pit — Anatole Litvak
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — John Huston

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

 

The Quiet One — Janice Loeb, Producer
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The Secret Land — Orville O. Dull, Producer

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

 

Heart to Heart — Herbert Morgan, Producer
 

Operation Vittles — United States Army Air Force
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Toward Independence — United States Army

FILM EDITING

 

Joan of Arc — Frank Sullivan
 

Johnny Belinda — David Weisbart
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The Naked City — Paul Weatherwax
 

Red River — Christian Nyby
 

The Red Shoes — Reginald Mills

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

 

Hamlet — William Walton
 

Joan of Arc — Hugo Friedhofer
 

Johnny Belinda — Max Steiner
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The Red Shoes — Brian Easdale
 

The Snake Pit — Alfred Newman

MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

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Easter Parade — Johnny Green, Roger Edens
 

The Emperor Waltz — Victor Young
 

The Pirate — Lennie Hayton
 

Romance on the High Seas — Ray Heindorf
 

When My Baby Smiles at Me — Alfred Newman

MUSIC (Song)

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“Buttons and Bows” from The Paleface — Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
 

“For Every Man There’s a Woman” from Casbah — Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Leo Robin
 

“It’s Magic” from Romance on the High Seas — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
 

“This Is the Moment” from That Lady in Ermine — Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin
 

“The Woody Woodpecker Song” from Wet Blanket Policy — Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles

BEST MOTION PICTURE

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Hamlet — J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
 

Johnny Belinda — Warner Bros.
 

The Red Shoes — J. Arthur Rank-Archers
 

The Snake Pit — 20th Century-Fox
 

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Warner Bros.

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

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The Little Orphan — Fred Quimby, Producer
 

Mickey and the Seal — Walt Disney, Producer
 

Mouse Wreckers — Edward Selzer, Producer
 

Robin Hoodlum — United Productions of America
 

Tea for Two Hundred — Walt Disney, Producer

SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)

 

Annie Was a Wonder — Herbert Moulton, Producer
 

Cinderella Horse — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
 

So You Want to Be on the Radio — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
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Symphony of a City — Edmund H. Reek, Producer
 

You Can’t Win — Pete Smith, Producer

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)

 

Calgary Stampede — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
 

Going to Blazes — Herbert Morgan, Producer
 

Samba-Mania — Harry Grey, Producer
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Seal Island — Walt Disney, Producer
 

Snow Capers — Thomas Mead, Producer

SOUND RECORDING

 

Johnny Belinda — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Col. Nathan O. Levinson, Sound Director
 

Moonrise — Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
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The Snake Pit — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

SPECIAL EFFECTS

 

Deep Waters — Special Visual Effects by Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder; Special Audible Effects by Roger Heman
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Portrait of Jennie — Special Visual Effects by Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects by Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart

WRITING (Motion Picture Story)

 

Louisiana Story — Frances Flaherty, Robert Flaherty
 

The Naked City — Malvin Wald
 

Red River — Borden Chase
 

The Red Shoes — Emeric Pressburger
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The Search — Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler

WRITING (Screenplay)

 

A Foreign Affair — Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
 

Johnny Belinda — Irmgard Von Cube, Allen Vincent
 

The Search — Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
 

The Snake Pit — Frank Partos, Millen Brand
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — John Huston

SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

* To ‘Monsieur Vincent’ - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.

SPECIAL AWARD

* To Ivan Jandl, for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as ‘Karel Malik’ in ‘The Search.’
* To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures.
* To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years.
* To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture ‘Joan of Arc.’
* To Jean Hersholt - in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president.

[NOTE: Presented on ‘Jean Hersholt Night,’ June 26, 1949, at the Academy building.]

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

*

Jerry Wald

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)

* To VICTOR CACCIALANZA, MAURICE AYERS and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SET CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT for the development and application of ‘Paralite,’ a new lightweight plaster process for set construction. [Props]
* To NICK KALTEN, LOUIS J. WITTE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO MECHANICAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage. [Props]

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)

* To MARTY MARTIN, JACK LANNON, RUSSELL SHEARMAN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets. [Stage Operations]
* To A. J. MORAN and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT for a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment. [Lighting]