22ND ACADEMY AWARDS
March 23, 1950
RKO Pantages Theatre
Hosted by Paul Douglas
MOTION PICTURE
“All the King’s Men” |
“Battleground” |
“The Heiress” |
“A Letter to Three Wives” |
“Twelve O’Clock High” |
DIRECTOR
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – “A Letter to Three Wives” |
Carol Reed – “The Fallen Idol” |
Robert Rossen – “All the King’s Men” |
William A. Wellman – “Battleground” |
William Wyler – “The Heiress” |
ACTOR
Broderick Crawford – “All the King’s Men” |
Kirk Douglas – “Champion” |
Gregory Peck – “Twelve O’Clock High” |
Richard Todd – “The Hasty Heart” |
John Wayne – “Sands of Iwo Jima” |
ACTRESS
Jeanne Crain – “Pinky” |
Olivia de Havilland – “The Heiress” |
Susan Hayward – “My Foolish Heart” |
Deborah Kerr – “Edward, My Son” |
Loretta Young – “Come to the Stable” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Ireland – “All the King’s Men” |
Dean Jagger – “Twelve O’Clock High” |
Arthur Kennedy – “Champion” |
Ralph Richardson – “The Heiress” |
James Whitmore – “Battleground” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ethel Barrymore – “Pinky” |
Celeste Holm – “Come to the Stable” |
Elsa Lanchester – “Come to the Stable” |
Mercedes McCambridge – “All the King’s Men” |
Ethel Waters – “Pinky” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & WHITE)
“Come to the Stable” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox |
“The Heiress” Art Direction: John Meehan and Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri |
“Madame Bovary” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle |
ART DIRECTION
(COLOR)
“Adventures of Don Juan” Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider |
“Little Women” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore |
“Saraband for Dead Lovers” Art Direction and Set Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & WHITE)
“Battleground” – Paul C. Vogel |
“Champion” – Franz Planer |
“Come to the Stable” – Joseph LaShelle |
“The Heiress” – Leo Tover |
“Prince of Foxes” – Leon Shamroy |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(COLOR)
“The Barkleys of Broadway” – Harry Stradling |
“Jolson Sings Again” – William Snyder |
“Little Women” – Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum |
“Sand” – Charles G. Clarke |
“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” – Winton C. Hoch |
COSTUME DESIGN
(BLACK & WHITE)
“The Heiress” – Edith Head and Gile Steele |
“Prince of Foxes” – Vittorio Nino Novarese |
COSTUME DESIGN
(COLOR)
“Adventures of Don Juan” – Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best |
“Mother Is a Freshman” – Kay Nelson |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Daybreak in Udi” |
“Kenji Comes Home” |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
“1848” |
“Operation Vittles”(TIE) |
“The Rising Tide” |
“So Much for So Little” (TIE) |
FILM EDITING
“All the King’s Men” – Robert Parrish and Al Clark |
“Battleground” – John Dunning |
“Champion” – Harry W. Gerstad |
“Sands of Iwo Jima” – Richard L. Van Enger |
“The Window” – Frederic Knudtson |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Bicycle Thief” (Italy) |
ANIMATED SHORT
“Canary Row” |
“For Scent-imental Reasons” |
“Hatch Up Your Troubles” |
“The Magic Fluke” |
“Toy Tinkers” |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(ONE-REEL)
“Aquatic House Party” – Jack Eaton |
“Roller Derby Girl” – Justin Herman |
“So You Think You’re Not Guilty” – Gordon Hollingshead |
“Spills and Chills” – Walton C. Ament |
“Water Trix” – Pete Smith |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(TWO-REEL)
“The Boy and the Eagle” – William Lasky |
“Chase of Death” – Irving Allen |
‘The Grass Is Always Greener” – Gordon Hollingshead |
“Snow Carnival” – Gordon Hollingshead |
“Van Gogh” – Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens |
Scoring of a Dramatic or comedy Picture
“Beyond the Forest” – Max Steiner |
“Champion” – Dimitri Tiomkin |
“The Heiress” – Aaron Copland |
Scoring of a Musical Picture
“Jolson Sings Again” – Morris Stoloff and George Duning |
“Look for the Silver Lining” – Ray Heindorf |
“On the Town” – Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton |
SONG
“Through a Long and Sleepless Night” from “Come to the Stable” Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
“It’s a Great Feeling” from “It’s a Great Feeling” Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn |
“My Foolish Heart” from “My Foolish Heart” Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” from “Neptune’s Daughter” Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser |
“Lavender Blue” from “So Dear to My Heart” Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey |
SOUND RECORDING
“Once More, My Darling” – Leslie I. Carey |
“Sands of Iwo Jima” – Daniel J. Bloomberg |
“Twelve O’Clock High” – Thomas T. Moulton |
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“Mighty Joe Young” Arko Production; RKO Radio |
“Tulsa” Walter Wanger; Eagle Lion |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
“All the King’s Men” – Robert Rossen |
“Bicycle Thieves” – Cesare Zavattini |
“Champion” – Carl Foreman |
“The Fallen Idol” – Graham Greene |
“A Letter to Three Wives” – Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)
“Come to the Stable” – Clare Boothe Luce |
“It Happens Every Spring” – Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies |
“Sands of Iwo Jima” – Harry Brown |
“The Stratton Story” – Douglas Morrow |
“White Heat” – Virginia Kellogg |
WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)
“Battleground” – Robert Pirosh |
“Jolson Sings Again” – Sidney Buchman |
“Paisan” – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, and Roberto Rossellini |
“Passport to Pimlico” – T. E. B. Clarke |
“The Quiet One” – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and Sidney Meyers |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Fred Astaire “for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Cecil B. DeMille “distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Jean Hersholt “in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president” |
Academy Juvenile Award

- “Adventures of Don Juan”
- “All the King’s Men”
- “The Barkleys of Broadway”
- “Battleground”
- “Beyond the Forest”
- “Bicycle Thieves”
- “Champion”
- “Come to the Stable”
- “Edward, My Son”
- “The Fallen Idol”
- “The Hasty Heart”
- “The Heiress”
- “It Happens Every Spring”
- “It’s a Great Feeling”
- “Jolson Sings Again”
- “A Letter to Three Wives”
- “Little Women”
- “Look for the Silver Lining”
- “Madame Bovary”
- “Mighty Joe Young”
- “Mother Is a Freshman”
- “My Foolish Heart”
- “Neptune’s Daughter”
- “Once More, My Darling”
- “On the Town”
- “Paisan”
- “Passport to Pimlico”
- “Pinky”
- “Prince of Foxes”
- “The Quiet One”
- “Sand”
- “Sands of Iwo Jima”
- “Saraband for Dead Lovers”
- “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”
- “So Dear to My Heart”
- “The Stratton Story”
- “Tulsa”
- “Twelve O’Clock High”
- “White Heat”
- “The Window”
DOCUMENTARY
- “Daybreak in Udi”
- “Kenji Comes Home”
SHORT FILMS
- “1848”
- “Aquatic House Party”
- “The Boy and the Eagle”
- “Canary Row”
- “A Chance to Live”
- “Chase of Death”
- “For Scent-imental Reasons”
- ‘The Grass Is Always Greener”
- “Hatch Up Your Troubles”
- “The Magic Fluke”
- “The Rising Tide”
- “Roller Derby Girl”
- “Snow Carnival”
- “So Much for So Little”
- “So You Think You’re Not Guilty”
- “Spills and Chills”
- “Toy Tinkers”
- “Van Gogh”
- “Water Trix”
