21st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1949)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 24, 1949
- For films released in: 1948
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