22nd Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1950)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 23, 1950
  • For films released in: 1949
  • Location: RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California
  • Host(s): Paul Douglas
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It’s 1950. A new decade and a new home for the 22nd Academy Awards which moved to the 2,812 seat RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

The ceremony, set for Thursday, March 23, 1950, was hosted by actor Paul Douglas, a veteran of the stage who had just made his film debut in A Letter to Three Wives.

Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:

  • The Heiress: 8
  • All the King's Men: 7
  • Come to the Stable: 7
  • Champion: 6
  • Battleground: 6
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