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”
