Best Motion Picture

• All About Eve
• Born Yesterday
• Father of the Bride
• King Solomon's Mines
• Sunset Boulevard

Best Actor

• Louis Calhern, The Magnificent Yankee
• José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
• William Holden, Sunset Boulevard
• James Stewart, Harvey
• Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride

Best Actress

• Anne Baxter, All About Eve
• Bette Davis, All About Eve
• Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
• Eleanor Parker, Caged
• Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jeff Chandler, Broken Arrow
• Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880
• Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle
• George Sanders, All About Eve
• Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Hope Emerson, Caged
• Celeste Holm, All About Eve
• Josephine Hull, Harvey
• Nancy Olson, Sunset Boulevard
• Thelma Ritter, All About Eve

Directing

• George Cukor, Born Yesterday
• John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
• Carol Reed, The Third Man
• Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt, Panic in the Streets
  • William Bowers and Andre de Toth, The Gunfighter
  • Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani, Bitter Rice
  • Sy Gomberg, When Willie Comes Marching Home
  • Leonard Spigelgass, Mystery Street
• Screenplay
  • Michael Blankfort, Broken Arrow
  • Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Father of the Bride
  • Ben Maddow and John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
  • Albert Mannheimer, Born Yesterday
• Story and Screenplay
  • Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr., Sunset Boulevard
  • Carl Foreman, The Men
  • Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, Adam's Rib
  • Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Caged
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels, No Way Out

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Robert Krasker, The Third Man
  • Milton Krasner, All About Eve
  • Victor Milner, The Furies
  • Harold Rosson, The Asphalt Jungle
  • John F. Seitz, Sunset Boulevard
• Color
  • George Barnes, Samson and Delilah
  • Ernest Haller, The Flame and the Arrow
  • Ernest Palmer, Broken Arrow
  • Charles Rosher, Annie Get Your Gun
  • Robert Surtees, King Solomon's Mines

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Hans Dreier and John Meehan, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, Sunset Boulevard
  • Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, set decoration, The Red Danube
  • Lyle Wheeler and George Davis, art direction; Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott, set decoration, All About Eve
• Color
  • Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, Samson and Delilah
  • Ernst Fegte, art direction; George Sawley, set decoration, Destination Moon
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle, set decoration, Annie Get Your Gun

Sound Recording

• Pinewood Studio Sound Dept., Trio
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Our Very Own
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, All About Eve
• Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., Louisa
• Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Cinderella

Music

• Song
  • "Be My Love", The Toast of New Orleans, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", Cinderella, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, music and lyrics
  • "Mona Lisa", Captain Carey, Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, music and lyrics
  • "Mule Train", Singing Guns, Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange, music and lyrics
  • "Wilhelmina", Wabash Avenue, Josef Myrow, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • George Duning, No Sad Songs for Me
  • Alfred Newman, All About Eve
  • Max Steiner, The Flame and the Arrow
  • Franz Waxman, Sunset Boulevard
  • Victor Young, Samson and Delilah
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens, Annie Get Your Gun
  • Ray Heindorf, The West Point Story
  • Lionel Newman, I'll Get By
  • André Previn, Three Little Words
  • Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith, Cinderella

Film Editing

• Oswald Hafenrichter, The Third Man
• Barbara McLean, All About Eve
• James E. Newcom, Annie Get Your Gun
• Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison, Sunset Boulevard
• Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig, King Solomon's Mines

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Edith Head and Charles LeMaire, All About Eve
  • Jean Louis, Born Yesterday
  • Walter Plunkett, The Magnificent Yankee
• Color
  • Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling, Samson and Delilah
  • Walter Plunkett and Valles, That Forsyte Woman
  • Michael Whittaker, The Black Rose

Special Effects

• Destination Moon (George Pal Productions; Eagle Lion Classics)
• Samson and Delilah (Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Jerry's Cousin (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • Trouble Indemnity (Mr. Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
• One-Reel
  • Blaze Busters (Vitaphone Novelties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Grandad of Races (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Wrong Way Butch (Pete Smith Specialty Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)

Two-Reel

• Grandma Moses (Falcon Films, Inc.; A.F. Films)
• In Beaver Valley (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
• My Country 'Tis of Thee (Featurette Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • The Fight: Science Against Cancer (Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges; National Film Board of Canada)
  • The Stairs (Film Documents, Inc.)
  • Why Korea? (Twentieth Century-Fox Movietone; Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Feature
  • The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (Michelangelo Co.; Classics Pictures, Inc.)
  • With These Hands (Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, producers; Promotional Films Co., Inc.)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Darryl F. Zanuck

Honorary Awards

• To George Murphy for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large
• To Louis B. Maye r for distinguished service to the motion picture industry
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Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 29, 1951
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Host: Fred Astaire
• Eligibility Year: 1950