Best Motion Picture

• All the King's Men
• Battleground
• The Heiress
• A Letter to Three Wives
• Twelve O'Clock High

Best Actor

• Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men
• Kirk Douglas, Champion
• Gregory Peck, Twelve O'Clock High
• Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart
• John Wayne, Sands of lwo Jima

Best Actress

• Jeanne Crain, Pinky
• Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
• Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart
• Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son
• Loretta Young, Come to the Stable

Actor in a Supporting Role

• John Ireland, All the King's Men
• Dean Jagger, Twelve O'Clock High
• Arthur Kennedy, Champion
• Ralph Richardson, The Heiress
• James Whitmore, Battleground

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ethel Barrymore, Pinky
• Celeste Holm, Come to the Stable
• Elsa Lanchester, Come to the Stable
• Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
• Ethel Waters, Pinky

Directing

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
• Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol
• Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
• William A. Wellman, Battleground
• William Wyler, The Heiress

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Harry Brown, Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Virginia Kellogg, White Heat
  • Clare Boothe Luce, Come to the Stable
  • Douglas Morrow, The Stratton Story
  • Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies, It Happens Every Spring
• Screenplay
  • Carl Foreman, Champion
  • Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
  • Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
  • Cesare Zavattini, The Bicycle Thief
• Story and Screenplay
  • Sidney Buchman, Jolson Sings Again
  • T. E. B. Clarke, Passport to Pimlico
  • Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini, Paisan
  • Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers, The Quiet One
  • Robert Pirosh, Battleground

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Joseph LaShelle, Come to the Stable
  • Frank Planer, Champion
  • Leon Shamroy, Prince of Foxes
  • Leo Tover, The Heiress
  • Paul C. Vogel, Battleground
• Color
  • Charles G. Clarke, Sand
  • Winton Hoch, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  • Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum, Little Women
  • William Snyder, Jolson Sings Again
  • Harry Stradling, The Barkleys of Broadway

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle, set decoration, Madame Bovary
  • John Meehan and Harry Horner, art direction; Emile Kuri, set decoration, The Heiress
  • Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Come to the Stable
• Color
  • Edward Carrere, art direction; Lyle Reifsnider, set decoration, The Adventures of Don Juan
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, Little Women
  • Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph, art direction, Saraband

Sound Recording

• Republic Studio Sound Department, Sands of Iwo Jima
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Twelve O'Clock High
• Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Once More, My Darling

Music

• Song
  • "Baby, It's Cold Outside", Neptune's Daughter, Frank Loesser, music and lyrics
  • "It's a Great Feeling", It's a Great Feeling, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "Lavender Blue", So Dear to My Heart, Eliot Daniel, music; Larry Morey, lyrics
  • "My Foolish Heart", My Foolish Heart, Victor Young, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • "Through a Long and Sleepless Night", Come to the Stable, Alfred Newman, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
• Scoring of a Comedy or Dramatic Picture
  • Aaron Copland, The Heiress
  • Max Steiner, Beyond the Forest
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Champion
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton, On the Town
  • Ray Heindorf, Look for the Silver Lining
  • Morris Stoloff and George Duning, Jolson Sings Again

Film Editing

• John Dunning, Battleground
• Harry Gerstad, Champion
• Frederic Knudtson, The Window
• Robert Parrish and Al Clark, All the King's Men
• Richard L. Van Enger, Sands of Iwo Jima

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Edith Head and Gile Steele, The Heiress
  • Vittorio Nino Novarese, Prince of Foxes
• Color
  • Kay Nelson, Mother Is a Freshman
  • Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best, The Adventures of Don Juan

Special Effects

• Mighty Joe Young (Arko Production; RKO Radio)
• Tulsa (Walter Wagner; Eagle Lion)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Canary Row (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) (Nomination withdrawn by producer.)
  • For Scent-imental Reasons (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
  • Hatch Up Your Troubles (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • The Magic Fluke (Fox and Crow Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Toy Tinkers (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

One-Reel

• Aquatic House-Party (Grantland Rice Sportlights Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
• Roller Derby Girl (Pacemaker Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
• So You Think You're Not Guilty (John McDoakes Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Spills and Chills (Sports News Review Series) (Walton C. Ament, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Water Trix (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)

Two-Reel

• The Boy and the Eagle (William Lasky, producer; RKO Radio)
• Chase of Death (Irving Allen Productions)
• The Grass Is Always Greener (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Snow Carnival (Two-reel Technicolor Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Van Gogh (Gaston Diehl and Robert Haeessens, producers; Canton-Weiner Films)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • (tie) A Chance to Live (March of Time Series) (Richard de Rochemont, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • 1848 (A. F. Films; French Cinema General Cooperative)
  • The Rising Tide (National Film Board of Canada; St. Francis-Xavier University)
  • (tie) So Much for So Little (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
• Feature
  • Daybreak in Udi (British Information Services; Crown Film Unit)
  • Kenji Comes Home (Paul F. Heard, producer; Protestant Film Commission)

Special Awards

• To The Bicycle Thief (Italy), voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949
• To Bobby Driscoll, oustanding juvenile actor of 1949
• To Fred Astaire for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures
• To Cecil B. DeMille, distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship
• To Jean Hersholt for distinguished service to the motionpicture industry

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 23, 1950
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Host: Paul Douglas
• Eligibility Year: 1949