The 21st Academy Awards (1948): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
12 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 3	Johnny Belinda Hamlet Joan of Arc The Snake Pit I Remember Mama The Red Shoes The Search The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Naked City	4 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Hamlet The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Joan of Arc The Naked City The Red Shoes Easter Parade Johnny Belinda Key Largo The Little Orphan The Paleface Portrait of Jennie Seal Island The Search The Secret Land The Snake Pit Symphony of a City Toward Independence
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (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.

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

ACTOR

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

ACTRESS

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

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

SCREENPLAY

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

MOTION PICTURE STORY

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

SONG

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

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

SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE

• Easter Parade - Johnny Green, 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

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

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

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

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

• Hamlet - Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon
• Johnny Belinda - Art Direction: Robert Haas; Set Decoration: William Wallace

ART DIRECTION (Color)

• Joan of Arc - Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish
• The Red Shoes - Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

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

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

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

SOUND RECORDING

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

SPECIAL EFFECTS

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

SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

• To Monsieur Vincent - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

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

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

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

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

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

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

SPECIAL AWARDS

• To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years.
• To Ivan Jandl, for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as 'Karel Malik' in The Search.
• To Jean Hersholt - in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president. [1]
• To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures.
• To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Jerry Wald

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To NICK KALTEN, LOUIS J. WITTE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO MECHANICAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage. [Props]
• To VICTOR CACCIALANZA, MAURICE AYERS and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SET CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT for the development and application of 'Paralite,' a new lightweight plaster process for set construction. [Props]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To A. J. MORAN and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT for a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment. [Lighting]
• To MARTY MARTIN, JACK LANNON, RUSSELL SHEARMAN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets. [Stage Operations]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. Presented on 'Jean Hersholt Night,' June 26, 1949, at the Academy building.