22nd Annual Academy Awards Results and Commentary (1950)

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• Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 23, 1950
• For films released in: 1949
• Host(s): Paul Douglas

• Nominations List

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Actor Paul Douglas hosted the 22nd Annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre on Thursday, March 23, 1950.

The Heiress walked away with four awards, including Best Actress for Olivia de Havilland, while All the King’s Men went home with three awards including Best Picture.

One of the highlights of the evening was when Ginger Rogers present a special award to long time screen partner Fred Astaire honoring his “…for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures.”

Results

Best Motion Picture

• All the King's Men
  Robert Rossen Productions

Best Directing

• A Letter to Three Wives
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Actor

• All the King's Men
  Broderick Crawford

Best Actress

• The Heiress
  Olivia de Havilland

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Twelve O'Clock High
  Dean Jagger

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• All the King's Men
  Mercedes McCambridge

Special Foreign Language Film Award

• The Bicycle Thief
  Note: …voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• The Heiress
  Harry Horner [Art Direction], John Meehan [Art Direction] and Emile Kuri [Set Decoration]

Best Art Direction (Color)

• Little Women
  Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Paul Groesse [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Jack D. Moore [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• Battleground
  Paul C. Vogel

Best Cinematography (Color)

• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  Winton Hoch

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

• The Heiress
  Edith Head and Gile Steele

Best Costume Design (Color)

• The Adventures of Don Juan
  Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best

Best Documentary (Feature)

• Daybreak in Udi
  Crown Film Unit

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

• A Chance to Live
  Richard de Rochemont
• So Much for So Little
  Edward Selzer

Best Film Editing

• Champion
  Harry Gerstad

Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• The Heiress
  Aaron Copland

Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

• On the Town
  Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton

Best Music (Song)

• Neptune's Daughter "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
  Frank Loesser [Music and Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• For Scent-Imental Reasons
  Edward Selzer

Best Short Subject (One-reel)

• Aquatic House-Party
  Jack Eaton

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Van Gogh
  Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens

Best Sound Recording

• Twelve O'Clock High
  20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]

Best Special Effects

• Mighty Joe Young
  ARKO Productions

Best Writing (Screenplay)

• A Letter to Three Wives
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)

• Battleground
  Robert Pirosh

Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)

• The Stratton Story
  Douglas Morrow

Special Award

• Bobby Driscoll
  Note: …as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949.
• Fred Astaire
  Note: …for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures.
• Cecil B. DeMille
  Note: …distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship.
• Jean Hersholt
  Note: …for distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class I)

• Eastman Kodak Company
  Note: …for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)

• Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr and Paramount Studio Sound Department
  Note: …for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.
• M.B. Paul
  Note: …for the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.
• Herbert E. Britt
  Note: …for the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion picture sets.
• Andre Coutant and Jacques Mathot
  Note: …for the design of the Eclair camerette.
• Charles R. Daily, Steve Csillag and Paramount Studio Engineering, Editorial and Music Departments
  Note: …for a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks.
• International Projector Corporation
  Note: …for a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.
• Alexander Velcoff
  Note: …for the application to production of the infra-red photographic evaluator.