21st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1949)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 24, 1949
  • For films released in: 1948
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 21st Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture

  • Hamlet
    J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
  • Johnny Belinda
    Warner Bros.
  • The Red Shoes
    J. Arthur Rank-Archers
  • The Snake Pit
    20th Century-Fox
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Warner Bros.

Best Directing

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

Best Actor

  • Hamlet
    Laurence Olivier
  • Johnny Belinda
    Lew Ayres
  • The Search
    Montgomery Clift
  • Sitting Pretty
    Clifton Webb
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me
    Dan Dailey

Best Actress

  • I Remember Mama
    Irene Dunne
  • Joan of Arc
    Ingrid Bergman
  • Johnny Belinda
    Jane Wyman
  • The Snake Pit
    Olivia de Havilland
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
    Barbara Stanwyck

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • I Remember Mama
    Oscar Homolka
  • Joan of Arc
    Jose Ferrer
  • Johnny Belinda
    Charles Bickford
  • The Luck of the Irish
    Cecil Kellaway
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Walter Huston

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Hamlet
    Jean Simmons
  • I Remember Mama
    Barbara Bel Geddes
  • I Remember Mama
    Ellen Corby
  • Johnny Belinda
    Agnes Moorehead
  • Key Largo
    Claire Trevor

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

  • Hamlet
    Roger K. Furse [Art Direction] and Carmen Dillon [Set Decoration]
  • Johnny Belinda
    Robert Haas [Art Direction] and William Wallace [Set Decoration]

Best Art Direction (Color)

  • Joan of Arc
    Richard Day [Art Direction], Edwin Casey Roberts [Set Decoration] and Joseph Kish [Set Decoration]
  • The Red Shoes
    Hein Heckroth [Art Direction] and Arthur Lawson [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

  • A Foreign Affair
    Charles B. Lang Jr.
  • I Remember Mama
    Nicholas Musuraca
  • Johnny Belinda
    Ted McCord
  • The Naked City
    William Daniels
  • Portrait of Jennie
    Joseph August

Best Cinematography (Color)

  • Green Grass of Wyoming
    Charles G. Clarke
  • Joan of Arc
    Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch
  • The Loves of Carmen
    William Snyder
  • The Three Musketeers
    Robert Planck

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

  • B. F.'s Daughter
    Irene
  • Hamlet
    Roger K. Furse

Best Costume Design (Color)

  • The Emperor Waltz
    Edith Head and Gile Steele
  • Joan of Arc
    Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • The Quiet One
    Janice Loeb
  • The Secret Land
    Orville O. Dull

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Heart to Heart
    Herbert Morgan
  • Operation Vittles
    United States Army Air Force
  • Toward Independence
    United States Army

Best Film Editing

  • Joan of Arc
    Frank Sullivan
  • Johnny Belinda
    David Weisbart
  • The Naked City
    Paul Weatherwax
  • Red River
    Christian Nyby
  • The Red Shoes
    Reginald Mills

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

  • Hamlet
    William Walton
  • Joan of Arc
    Hugo Friedhofer
  • Johnny Belinda
    Max Steiner
  • The Red Shoes
    Brian Easdale
  • The Snake Pit
    Alfred Newman

Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

  • Easter Parade
    Johnny Green and Roger Edens
  • The Emperor Waltz
    Victor Young
  • The Pirate
    Lennie Hayton
  • Romance on the High Seas
    Ray Heindorf
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me
    Alfred Newman

Best Music (Song)

  • Casbah "For Every Man There's a Woman"
    Harold Arlen [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by]
  • The Paleface "Buttons and Bows"
    Jay Livingston [Music and Lyrics by] and Ray Evans [Music and Lyrics by]
  • Romance on the High Seas "It's Magic"
    Jule Styne [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by]
  • That Lady in Ermine "This Is the Moment"
    Frederick Hollander [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by]
  • Wet Blanket Policy "The Woody Woodpecker Song"
    Ramey Idriss [Music and Lyrics by] and George Tibbles [Music and Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

  • The Little Orphan
    Fred Quimby
  • Mickey and the Seal
    Walt Disney
  • Mouse Wreckers
    Edward Selzer
  • Robin Hoodlum
    United Productions of America
  • Tea for Two Hundred
    Walt Disney

Best Short Subject (One-reel)

  • Annie Was a Wonder
    Herbert Moulton
  • Cinderella Horse
    Gordon Hollingshead
  • So You Want to Be on the Radio
    Gordon Hollingshead
  • Symphony of a City
    Edmund H. Reek
  • You Can't Win
    Pete Smith

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

  • Calgary Stampede
    Gordon Hollingshead
  • Going to Blazes
    Herbert Morgan
  • Samba-Mania
    Harry Grey
  • Seal Island
    Walt Disney
  • Snow Capers
    Thomas Mead

Best Sound Recording

  • Johnny Belinda
    Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Col. Nathan Levinson [Sound Director]
  • Moonrise
    Republic Studio Sound Department and Daniel J. Bloomberg [Sound Director]
  • The Snake Pit
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]

Best Special Effects

  • Deep Waters
    Ralph Hammeras [Special Visual Effects by], Fred Sersen [Special Visual Effects by], Edward Snyder [Special Visual Effects by] and Roger Heman [Special Audible Effects by]
  • Portrait of Jennie
    Paul Eagler [Special Visual Effects by], J. McMillan Johnson [Special Visual Effects by], Russell Shearman [Special Visual Effects by], Clarence Slifer [Special Visual Effects by], Charles Freeman [Special Audible Effects by] and James G. Stewart [Special Audible Effects by]

Best Writing (Screenplay)

  • A Foreign Affair
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen
  • Johnny Belinda
    Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent
  • The Search
    Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler
  • The Snake Pit
    Frank Partos and Millen Brand
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    John Huston

Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)

  • Louisiana Story
    Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty
  • The Naked City
    Malvin Wald
  • Red River
    Borden Chase
  • The Red Shoes
    Emeric Pressburger
  • The Search
    Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler
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