23RD ACADEMY AWARDS
March 29, 1951
RKO Pantages Theatre
Hosted by Fred Astaire
MOTION PICTURE
“All About Eve” |
“Born Yesterday” |
“Father of the Bride” |
“King Solomon’s Mines” |
“Sunset Boulevard” |
DIRECTOR
George Cukor – “Born Yesterday” |
John Huston – “The Asphalt Jungle” |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – “All About Eve” |
Carol Reed – “The Third Man” |
Billy Wilder – “Sunset Boulevard” |
ACTOR
Louis Calhern – “The Magnificent Yankee” |
José Ferrer – “Cyrano de Bergerac” |
William Holden – “Sunset Boulevard” |
James Stewart – “Harvey” |
Spencer Tracy – “Father of the Bride” |
ACTRESS
Anne Baxter – “All About Eve” |
Bette Davis – “All About Eve” |
Judy Holliday – “Born Yesterday” |
Eleanor Parker – “Caged” |
Gloria Swanson – “Sunset Boulevard” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeff Chandler – “Broken Arrow” |
Edmund Gwenn – “Mister 880” |
Sam Jaffe – “The Asphalt Jungle” |
George Sanders – “All About Eve” |
Erich von Stroheim – “Sunset Boulevard” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hope Emerson – “Caged” |
Celeste Holm – “All About Eve” |
Josephine Hull – “Harvey” |
Nancy Olson – “Sunset Boulevard” |
Thelma Ritter – “All About Eve” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & WHITE)
“All About Eve” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott |
“The Red Danube” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt |
“Sunset Boulevard” Art Direction: Hans Dreier and John Meehan; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer |
ART DIRECTION
(COLOR)
“Annie Get Your Gun” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle |
“Destination Moon” Art Direction: Ernst Fegté; Set Decoration: George Sawley |
“Samson and Delilah” Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & WHITE)
“All About Eve” – Milton Krasner |
“The Asphalt Jungle” – Harold Rosson |
“The Furies” – Victor Milner |
“Sunset Boulevard” – John F. Seitz |
“The Third Man” – Robert Krasker |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(COLOR)
“Annie Get Your Gun” – Charles Rosher |
“Broken Arrow” – Ernest Palmer |
“The Flame and the Arrow” – Ernest Haller |
“King Solomon’s Mines” – Robert Surtees |
“Samson and Delilah” – George Barnes |
COSTUME DESIGN
(BLACK & WHITE)
“All About Eve” – Edith Head and Charles LeMaire |
“Born Yesterday” – Jean Louis |
“The Magnificent Yankee” – Walter Plunkett |
COSTUME DESIGN
(COLOR)
“The Black Rose” – Michael Whittaker |
“That Forsyte Woman” – Walter Plunkett and Valles |
“Samson and Delilah” – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“The Titan: Story of Michelangelo” |
“With These Hands” |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
“The Fight: Science Against Cancer” |
“The Stairs” |
“Why Korea?” |
FILM EDITING
“All About Eve” – Barbara McLean |
“Annie Get Your Gun” – James E. Newcom |
“King Solomon’s Mines” – Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig |
“Sunset Boulevard” – Arthur P. Schmidt and Doane Harrison |
“The Third Man” – Oswald Hafenrichter |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Walls of Malapaga” (France/Italy) |
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Gerald McBoing-Boing” |
“Jerry’s Cousin” |
“Trouble Indemnity” |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(ONE-REEL)
“Blaze Busters” – Robert Youngson |
“Grandad of Races” – Gordon Hollingshead |
“Wrong Way Butch” – Pete Smith |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(TWO-REEL)
“Grandma Moses” |
“In Beaver Valley” |
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee” |
Scoring of a Dramatic or comedy Picture
“All About Eve” – Alfred Newman |
“The Flame and the Arrow” – Max Steiner |
“No Sad Songs for Me” – George Duning |
“Samson and Delilah” – Victor Young |
“Sunset Boulevard” – Franz Waxman |
Scoring of a Musical Picture
“Annie Get Your Gun” – Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens |
“Cinderella” – Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith |
“I’ll Get By” – Lionel Newman |
“Three Little Words” – André Previn |
“The West Point Story” – Ray Heindorf |
SONG
“Mona Lisa” from “Captain Carey, U.S.A.” Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston |
“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” from “Cinderella” Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston |
“Mule Train” from “Singing Guns” Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath, and Johnny Lange |
“Be My Love” from “The Toast of New Orleans” Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn |
“Wilhelmina” from “Wabash Avenue” Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
SOUND RECORDING
“All About Eve” – Thomas T. Moulton |
“Cinderella” – C. O. Slyfield |
“Louisa” – Leslie I. Carey |
“Our Very Own” – Gordon E. Sawyer |
“Trio” – Cyril Crowhurst |
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“Destination Moon” George Pal Productions and Eagle Lion Classics |
“Samson and Delilah” Cecil B. DeMille Productions and Paramount |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
“All About Eve” – Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
“The Asphalt Jungle” – Ben Maddow and John Huston |
“Born Yesterday” – Albert Mannheimer |
“Broken Arrow” – Albert Maltz |
“Father of the Bride” – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett |
WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)
“Bitter Rice” – Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani |
“The Gunfighter” – William Bowers and André de Toth |
“Mystery Street” – Leonard Spigelgass |
“Panic in the Streets” – Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt |
“When Willie Comes Marching Home” – Sy Gomberg |
WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)
“Adam’s Rib” – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin |
“Caged” – Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld |
“The Men” – Carl Foreman |
“No Way Out” – Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels |
“Sunset Boulevard” – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
George Murphy “for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Louis B. Mayer “for distinguished service to the motion picture industry” |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- “All About Eve”
- “Annie Get Your Gun”
- “The Asphalt Jungle”
- “Bitter Rice”
- “The Black Rose”
- “Born Yesterday”
- “Broken Arrow”
- “Caged”
- “Captain Carey, U.S.A.”
- “Cinderella”
- “Cyrano de Bergerac”
- “Destination Moon”
- “Father of the Bride”
- “The Flame and the Arrow”
- “That Forsyte Woman”
- “The Furies”
- “The Gunfighter”
- “Harvey”
- “I’ll Get By”
- “King Solomon’s Mines”
- “Louisa”
- “The Magnificent Yankee”
- “Mister 880”
- “Mystery Street”
- “No Sad Songs for Me”
- “Our Very Own”
- “Panic in the Streets”
- “The Red Danube”
- “Samson and Delilah”
- “Singing Guns”
- “Sunset Boulevard”
- “The Third Man”
- “Three Little Words”
- “The Toast of New Orleans”
- “Trio”
- “Wabash Avenue”
- “The West Point Story”
- “When Willie Comes Marching Home”
DOCUMENTARY
- “The Titan: Story of Michelangelo”
- “With These Hands”
SHORT FILMS
- “Blaze Busters”
- “The Fight: Science Against Cancer”
- “Gerald McBoing-Boing”
- “Grandad of Races”
- “Grandma Moses”
- “In Beaver Valley”
- “Jerry’s Cousin”
- “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
- “The Stairs”
- “Trouble Indemnity”
- “Why Korea?”
- “Wrong Way Butch”