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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Laurence Olivier
      Winner
      • Laurence Olivier
      • Hamlet
      Laurence Olivier was not present at the awards ceremony. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Lew Ayres
      • Lew Ayres
      • Johnny Belinda
    • Montgomery Clift
      • Montgomery Clift
      • The Search
    • Dan Dailey
      • Dan Dailey
      • When My Baby Smiles at Me
    • Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (1948)
      • Clifton Webb
      • Sitting Pretty

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Walter Huston
      Winner
      • Walter Huston
      • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    • Charles Bickford
      • Charles Bickford
      • Johnny Belinda
    • José Ferrer in The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
      • José Ferrer
      • Joan of Arc
    • Oscar Homolka in Ebb Tide (1937)
      • Oscar Homolka
      • I Remember Mama
    • Cecil Kellaway in My Favorite Martian (1963)
      • Cecil Kellaway
      • The Luck of the Irish

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (1948)
      Winner
      • Jane Wyman
      • Johnny Belinda
    • Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
      • Ingrid Bergman
      • Joan of Arc
    • Olivia de Havilland
      • Olivia de Havilland
      • The Snake Pit
    • Irene Dunne in Penny Serenade (1941)
      • Irene Dunne
      • I Remember Mama
    • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Sorry, Wrong Number

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Claire Trevor in Stagecoach (1939)
      Winner
      • Claire Trevor
      • Key Largo
    • Barbara Bel Geddes
      • Barbara Bel Geddes
      • I Remember Mama
    • Ellen Corby
      • Ellen Corby
      • I Remember Mama
    • Agnes Moorehead
      • Agnes Moorehead
      • Johnny Belinda
    • Jean Simmons
      • Jean Simmons
      • Hamlet

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

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Hamlet

      7.5 (20K)
      Roger K. Furse
      Carmen Dillon
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      Robert M. Haas
      William Wallace

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Red Shoes

      8.1 (44K)
      Hein Heckroth
      Arthur Lawson
    • [object Object]

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      Richard Day
      Casey Roberts
      Joseph Kish

    Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Naked City

      7.5 (17K)
      William H. Daniels
    • [object Object]

        A Foreign Affair

      7.3 (9.6K)
      Charles Lang
    • [object Object]

        I Remember Mama

      7.8 (6.7K)
      Nicholas Musuraca
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      Ted D. McCord
    • [object Object]

        Portrait of Jennie

      7.6 (8.5K)
      Joseph H. August

    Best Cinematography, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      Joseph A. Valentine
      William V. Skall
      Winton C. Hoch
    • [object Object]

        Green Grass of Wyoming

      6.0 (542)
      Charles G. Clarke
    • [object Object]

        The Loves of Carmen

      6.1 (1.5K)
      William E. Snyder
    • [object Object]

        The Three Musketeers

      7.1 (7.8K)
      Robert H. Planck

    Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Hamlet

      7.5 (20K)
      Roger K. Furse
    • [object Object]

        B.F.'s Daughter

      6.2 (975)
      Irene

    Best Costume Design, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      Dorothy Jeakins
      Barbara Karinska
    • [object Object]

        The Emperor Waltz

      6.0 (2.1K)
      Edith Head
      Gile Steele

    Best Director

    • John Huston
      Winner
      • John Huston
      • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    • Anatole Litvak
      • Anatole Litvak
      • The Snake Pit
    • Jean Negulesco
      • Jean Negulesco
      • Johnny Belinda
    • Laurence Olivier
      • Laurence Olivier
      • Hamlet
    • Fred Zinnemann
      • Fred Zinnemann
      • The Search

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Secret Land

      6.8 (485)
      Orville O. Dull
    • [object Object]

        The Quiet One

      6.5 (333)
      Janice Loeb

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Toward Independence

      5.8 (60)
    • [object Object]

        Heart to Heart

      5.5 (132)
      Herbert Morgan
    • [object Object]

        Operation Vittles

      5.5 (49)

    Best Effects, Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Portrait of Jennie

      7.6 (8.5K)
      Paul Eagler(visual)
      J. McMillan Johnson(visual)
      Russell Shearman(visual)
      Clarence Slifer(visual)
      Charles L. Freeman(audible)
      James G. Stewart(audible)
    • [object Object]

        Deep Waters

      6.8 (555)
      Ralph Hammeras(visual)
      Fred Sersen(visual)
      Edward Snyder(visual)
      Roger Heman Sr.(audible)

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Naked City

      7.5 (17K)
      Paul Weatherwax
    • [object Object]

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      Frank Sullivan
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      David Weisbart
    • [object Object]

        Red River

      7.7 (38K)
      Christian Nyby
    • [object Object]

        The Red Shoes

      8.1 (44K)
      Reginald Mills

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Paleface

      6.6 (5K)
      Jay Livingston
      Ray Evans
      For the song "Buttons and Bows"
    • [object Object]

        Casbah

      6.0 (672)
      Harold Arlen(music)
      Leo Robin(lyrics)
      For the song "For Every Man There's a Woman"
    • [object Object]

        Romance on the High Seas

      7.1 (3.1K)
      Jule Styne(music)
      Sammy Cahn(lyrics)
      For the song "It's Magic"
    • [object Object]

        That Lady in Ermine

      5.8 (1K)
      Friedrich Hollaender(music)
      Leo Robin(lyrics)
      For the song "This Is the Moment"
    • [object Object]

        Wet Blanket Policy

      6.7 (336)
      Ramey Idriss
      George Tibbles
      For the song "The Woody Woodpecker Song"

    Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Red Shoes

      8.1 (44K)
      Brian Easdale
    • [object Object]

        Hamlet

      7.5 (20K)
      William Walton
    • [object Object]

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      Hugo Friedhofer
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      Max Steiner
    • [object Object]

        The Snake Pit

      7.5 (9.2K)
      Alfred Newman

    Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Easter Parade

      7.3 (12K)
      Johnny Green
      Roger Edens
    • [object Object]

        The Emperor Waltz

      6.0 (2.1K)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

        The Pirate

      6.9 (6.1K)
      Lennie Hayton
    • [object Object]

        Romance on the High Seas

      7.1 (3.1K)
      Ray Heindorf
    • [object Object]

        When My Baby Smiles at Me

      5.7 (251)
      Alfred Newman

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Hamlet

      7.5 (20K)
      Laurence Olivier was not present at the awards ceremony. Robert Montgomery accepted the award on his behalf.
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
    • [object Object]

        The Red Shoes

      8.1 (44K)
    • [object Object]

        The Snake Pit

      7.5 (9.2K)
    • [object Object]

        The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

      8.2 (143K)

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Little Orphan

      7.7 (2.3K)
      Fred Quimby
    • [object Object]

        Mickey and the Seal

      6.9 (1.6K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

        Mouse Wreckers

      7.5 (967)
      Edward Selzer
    • [object Object]

        Robin Hoodlum

      6.2 (243)
    • [object Object]

        Tea for Two Hundred

      7.1 (908)
      Walt Disney

    Best Short Subject, One-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Rhythm of a City

      7.0 (185)
      Edmund Reek
    • [object Object]

        Annie Was a Wonder

      6.4 (290)
      Herbert Moulton
      • Cinderella Horse

      Gordon Hollingshead
    • [object Object]

        So You Want to Be on the Radio

      6.4 (255)
      Gordon Hollingshead
    • [object Object]

        You Can't Win

      5.7 (228)
      Pete Smith

    Best Short Subject, Two-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Seal Island

      7.1 (227)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

        Calgary Stampede

      5.7 (194)
      Gordon Hollingshead
    • [object Object]

        Going to Blazes!

      6.6 (145)
      Herbert Morgan
    • [object Object]

        Samba-Mania

      Harry Grey
      • Snow Capers

      Thomas Mead

    Best Sound, Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Snake Pit

      7.5 (9.2K)
      Thomas T. Moulton
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      Nathan Levinson
    • [object Object]

        Moonrise

      7.0 (3.5K)
      Daniel J. Bloomberg

    Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Search

      7.8 (5.4K)
      Richard Schweizer
      David Wechsler
    • [object Object]

        Louisiana Story

      6.4 (2.4K)
      Frances H. Flaherty
      Robert J. Flaherty
    • [object Object]

        The Naked City

      7.5 (17K)
      Malvin Wald
    • [object Object]

        Red River

      7.7 (38K)
      Borden Chase
    • [object Object]

        The Red Shoes

      8.1 (44K)
      Emeric Pressburger

    Best Writing, Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

      8.2 (143K)
      John Huston
    • [object Object]

        A Foreign Affair

      7.3 (9.6K)
      Charles Brackett
      Billy Wilder
      Richard L. Breen
    • [object Object]

        Johnny Belinda

      7.7 (5.9K)
      Irma von Cube
      Allen Vincent
    • [object Object]

        The Search

      7.8 (5.4K)
      Richard Schweizer
      David Wechsler
    • [object Object]

        The Snake Pit

      7.5 (9.2K)
      Frank Partos
      Millen Brand

    Juvenile Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Search

      7.8 (5.4K)
      Ivan Jandl
      For the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search.

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Monsieur Vincent

      7.0 (1.2K)
      France. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.
    • Winner
      • Sid Grauman
      Master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures.
    • Adolph Zukor
      Winner
      • 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.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Joan of Arc

      6.4 (4.3K)
      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.

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

    Edit
    • Joan Crawford and Jerry Wald in The Best of Everything (1959)
      Winner
      • Jerry Wald

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
        • Maurice Ayers
        For the development and application of "Paralite", a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.
      • Winner
        • Louis J. Witte
        For a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.

      Technical Achievement Award

      Edit
      • Winners
        • Jack Lannan
        • Russell Shearman
        For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
      • Winner
          For a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.

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        Event date

        March 24, 1949

        Event location

        Los Angeles, California, USA

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