Film Data for 1949
1) The Snake Pit (1948)- 302 votes
2) The Red Shoes (1948)- 236 votes
3) A Letter to Three Wives- 216 votes
4) Champion- 201 votes
5) The Stratton Story- 200
6) Come to the Stable- 181 votes
7) Home of the Brave- 176 votes
8) Command Decision (1948)- 150 votes
The Heiress- 150 votes
Pinky- 150 votes
The 1949 Honor Roll
11) Lost Boundaries- 148 votes
12) I Was a Male War Bride- 129 votes
13) Quartet (1948)- 123 votes
14) Jolson Sings Again- 111 votes
15) The Window- 104 votes
16) Joan of Arc (1948)- 94 votes
17) Apartment for Peggy- 83 votes
18) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College- 76 votes
19) The Barkleys of Broadway- 66 votes
Little Women- 66 votes
21) The Fountainhead- 59 votes
Task Force- 59 votes
23) White Heat- 49 votes
24) House of Strangers- 48 votes
25) Flamingo Road- 42 votes
26) Sorrowful Jones- 40 votes
27) The Set-Up- 38 votes
28) The Babe Ruth Story (1948)- 37 votes
Knock on Any Door- 37 votes
30) That Midnight Kiss- 32 votes
31) Enchantment (1948)- 29 votes
32) Look for the Silver Lining- 28 votes
33) Anna Lucasta- 26 votes
34) Everybody Does It- 24 votes
35) The Great Gatsby- 23 votes
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)- 23 votes
37) Rope of Sand- 22 votes
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon- 22 votes
The Three Musketeers (1948)- 22 votes
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)- 22 votes
41) The Paleface (1948)- 21 votes
Take Me Out to the Ball Game- 21 votes
43) The Accused- 20 votes
In the Good Old Summertime- 20 votes
My Friend Irma- 20 votes
So Dear to My Heart (1948)- 20 votes
47) When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)- 19 votes
48) Ichabod and Mr. Toad- 18 votes
Words and Music (1948)- 18 votes
50) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court- 17 votes
Under Capricorn- 17 votes
52) City Across the River- 16 votes
Not Wanted- 16 votes
Sword in the Desert- 16 votes
55) He Walked by Night (1948)- 15 votes
Christopher Columbus- 15 votes
57) Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)- 14 votes
58) Family Honeymoon- 13 votes
59) Beyond the Forest- 12 votes
60) The Fallen Idol (1948)- 11 votes
61) Battleground- 10 votes
Fighter Squadron (1948)- 10 votes
The Film Daily Ten Best Directors of 1949
1) Anatole Litvak for The Snake Pit (1948)- 218 votes
2) Mark Robson for Champion- 159 votes
3) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for The Red Shoes (1948)- 143 votes
4) Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives- 130 votes
5) Mark Robson for Home of the Brave- 123 votes
6) Sam Wood for The Stratton Story- 106 votes
7) Ted Tetzlaff for The Window- 105 votes
8) William Wyler for The Heiress- 101 votes
9) Alfred L. Werker for Lost Boundaries- 100 votes
10) Henry Koster for Come to the Stable- 89 votes
The 1949 Directors Honor Roll (no vote count given)
Sam Wood, Command Decision
Elia Kazan, Pinky
Ken Annakin Arthur, Crabtree Harold French, Ralph Smart, Quartet (1948)
Victor Fleming, Joan of Arc (1948)
Howard Hawks, I Was a Male War Bride
Delmar Daves, Task Force
George Seaton, Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Raoul Walsh, White Heat
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, House of Strangers
Mervyn LeRoy, Little Women
Robert Wise, The Set-Up
Nicholas Ray, Knock on Any Door
King Vidor, The Fountainhead
Irving Reis, Enchantment (1948)
Michael Curtiz, Flamingo Road
William Dieterle, Rope of Sand
Elmer Clifton, Not Wanted
Elliot Nugent, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
John Ford, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Charles Walters, The Barkleys of Broadway
Maxwell Shane, City Across the River
Irving Rapper, Anna Lucasta
King Vidor, Beyond the Forest
Alfred Werker, He Walked By Night (1948)
Roy Del Ruth, The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Robert Siodmark, Criss-Cross
Sidney Lansfield, Sorrowful Jones
Alfred Hitchcock, Under Capricorn
Richard Haydn, Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
Edward Ludwig, Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
William Dieterle, The Accused
John Huston, We Were Strangers
Elliot Nugent, The Great Gatsby
David Butler, Look for the Silver Lining
George Sidney, The Three Musketeers (1948)
Nicholas Ray, They Live by Night (1948)
Claude Binyon, Family Honeymoon
Harold Schuster, So Dear to My Heart (1948)
Stuart Heisler, Tulsa
David MacDonald, Christopher Columbus
David Butler, John Loves Mary
Ernest B. Schoedsack, Mighty Joe Young
Henry Cornelius, Passport to Pimlico
Busby Berkeley, Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The Film Daily Best Photographed Films of 1949 (no vote count given)
The Top Ten (in order of preference, I believe):
1) The Red Shoes (1948), Jack Cardiff
2) The Snake Pit (1948), Leo Tover
3) Joan of Arc (1948), Joseph Valentine
4) Champion, Frank Planer
5) Task Force, Robert Burns and Wilfred M. Cline
6) The Window, William Steiner
7) The Barkleys of Broadway, Harry Stradling
8) Come to the Stable, Joseph La Shelle
9) Command Decision, Harold Rosson
10) Home of the Brave, Robert De Grasse
The 1949 Photographers Honor Roll (no vote count given)
Jolson Sings Again, William Snyder
Christopher Columbus, Stephen Dade
Little Women, Robert Planck
The Three Musketeers (1948), Robert Planck
The Heiress, Leo Tover
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Winton Hoch
The Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Reggie Lanning
Enchantment (1948), Gregg Toland
The Set-Up, Milton Kramer
The Stratton Story, Harold Rosson
The Fountainhead, Robert Burks
Lost Boundaries, William J. Miller
Pinky, Joseph MacDonald
Neptune's Daughter, Charles Rosher
Look for the Silver Lining, Peverell Marley
Rope of Sand, Charles B. Lang
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Ray Rennahan
Mighty Joe Young, J. Roy Hunt
The Red Pony, Tony Gaudio
A Letter to Three Wives, Arthur Miller
Tulsa, Winton Hoch
Quartet (1948), Ray Elton
I Was a Male War Bride, Norbert Brodine and O. Borradaile
So Dear to My Heart (1948), Winton C. Hoch
That Midnight Kiss, Robert Surtees
White Heat, Sid Hickox
In the Good Old Summertime, Harry Stradling
Knock on Any Door, Burnett Guffey
We Were Strangers, Russell Metty
Sword in the Desert, Irving Glassberg
House of Strangers, Milton Krasner
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, George Folsey
Words and Music (1948), Charles Rusher, Harry Stradling
He Walked by Night (1948), John Alton
Under Capricorn, Jack Cardiff, Paul Beeson, Ian Craig, David McNeilly, Jack Haste
Apartment for Peggy (1948), Harry Jackson
City Across the River, Maury Gertsman
Fighter Squadron, Sid Hickox, William M. Cline
Flamingo Road, Ted McCord
The Babe Ruth Story (1948), Philip Tannura, James Van Trees
Lust for Gold, Archie Stout
The Accused, Milton Krasner
Beyond the Forest, Robert Burks
The Paleface (1948), Ray Rennahan
Anna Lucasta, Sol Polito
Portrait of Jennie (1948), Joseph August
The New York Film Critics' Circle (Source: The Hollywood Reporter, December 28th, 1949)
Best Film
All the King's Men (9 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Intruder in the Dust (5 votes on the 6th ballot)
3rd Place: The Fallen Idol (1948)(3 votes on the 6th ballot)
1st ballot: All the King's Men (7 votes), Intruder in the Dust (3 votes), The Fallen Idol (2 votes), Battleground (1 vote), Fame is the Spur (1 vote) Home of the Brave (1 vote), Lost Boundaries (1 vote), Quartet (1 vote)
Best Director
Carol Reed for The Fallen Idol (1948)(11 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Clarence Brown for Intruder in the Dust (6 votes on the 6th ballot)
1st ballot: Carol Reed (4 votes), Clarence Brown (4 votes), Robert Rossen (4 votes for All the King's Men), Roy Boulting (1 vote for Fame is the Spur), Elia Kazan (1 vote for Pinky), Mark Robson (1 vote for Home of the Brave), William Wellman (1 vote for Battleground), Alfred Werker (1 vote for Lost Boundaries) William Wyler (1 vote for The Heiress)
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men (9 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Heiress (5 votes on the 6th ballot)
3rd Place: Juano Hernandez in Intruder in the Dust (3 votes on the 6th ballot)
Others mentioned on early ballots: Mel Ferrer in Lost Boundaries, Michael Redgrave in Fame is the Spur, James Whitmore in Battleground
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (12 votes on the 5th ballot)
Runner-up: Edith Evans in The Queen of Spades (5 votes on the 5th ballot)
3rd Place: Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men (2 votes on the 5th ballot)
Others mentioned on the initial ballot: Judy Holliday in Adam's Rib, Lea Padovani in Give Us This Day, Nora Swinburne in Quartet
Best Foreign Film
The Bicycle Thief (1948- Italy)(13 votes on the 1st ballot)
Runner-up: The Affair Blum (2 votes on 1st ballot)
3rd Place: The Last Stage (1 vote on 1st ballot)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 12, 1950. Awards were presented on March 23, 1950 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
All the King's Men, Rossen, Columbia. Produced by Robert Rossen.
Battleground, MGM. Produced by Dore Schary.
The Heiress, Paramount. Produced by William Wyler.
A Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Sol C. Siegel.
12 O'Clock High, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Best Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives (20th Century-Fox).
Carol Reed for The Fallen Idol (1948)(London Films, SRO)(British).
Robert Rossen for All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
William A. Wellman for Battleground (MGM).
William Wyler for The Heiress (Paramount).
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Kirk Douglas in Champion (Kramer, UA).
Gregory Peck in 12 O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox).
Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart (Warner Bros.).
John Wayne in The Sands of Iwo Jima (Republic).
Best Actress
Jeanne Crain in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (Paramount).
Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).
Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son (MGM).
Loretta Young in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
Best Supporting Actor
John Ireland in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Dean Jagger in 12 O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox).
Arthur Kennedy in Champion (Kramer, UA).
Ralph Richardson in The Heiress (Paramount).
James Whitmore in Battleground (MGM).
Best Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
Ethel Waters in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Writing (Motion Picture Story)
Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Clare Booth Luce
Top-Grossers of 1949 (Source: Variety, January 4th, 1950)
From the Variety post:
"Following are the films sent into release during 1949 that promise to gross $1,500,000 or over in domestic (including Canadian) film rentals. Included are all films which have played a sufficient number of engagements to make possible an accurate estimate of the coin the distributor will receive. Any films not included, it can thus be assumed, will not earn $1,500,000. Pictures with too few dates for estimating total returns as yet include Paramount's "Samson and Delilah," and "The Heiress," Metro's "Battleground," and "On the Town," Columbia's "All the King's Men," Selznick's "Fallen Idol," Warner Bros.' "Always Leave 'Em Laughing" and "The Inspector General," 20th-Fox's "Beautiful Doll," "Prince of Foxes" and "12 O'Clock High," and RKO's "Holiday Affair." "
1) Jolson Sings Again (Col) $5,500,000
2) Pinky (20th) $4,200,000
3) I Was a Male War Bride (20th) $4,100,000
The Snake Pit (20th- 1948) $4,100,000
Joan of Arc (RKO- 1948) $4,100,000
6) The Stratton Story (MGM) $3,700,000
All the King's Men (9 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Intruder in the Dust (5 votes on the 6th ballot)
3rd Place: The Fallen Idol (1948)(3 votes on the 6th ballot)
1st ballot: All the King's Men (7 votes), Intruder in the Dust (3 votes), The Fallen Idol (2 votes), Battleground (1 vote), Fame is the Spur (1 vote) Home of the Brave (1 vote), Lost Boundaries (1 vote), Quartet (1 vote)
Carol Reed for The Fallen Idol (1948)(11 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Clarence Brown for Intruder in the Dust (6 votes on the 6th ballot)
1st ballot: Carol Reed (4 votes), Clarence Brown (4 votes), Robert Rossen (4 votes for All the King's Men), Roy Boulting (1 vote for Fame is the Spur), Elia Kazan (1 vote for Pinky), Mark Robson (1 vote for Home of the Brave), William Wellman (1 vote for Battleground), Alfred Werker (1 vote for Lost Boundaries) William Wyler (1 vote for The Heiress)
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men (9 votes on the 6th ballot)
Runner-up: Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Heiress (5 votes on the 6th ballot)
3rd Place: Juano Hernandez in Intruder in the Dust (3 votes on the 6th ballot)
Others mentioned on early ballots: Mel Ferrer in Lost Boundaries, Michael Redgrave in Fame is the Spur, James Whitmore in Battleground
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (12 votes on the 5th ballot)
Runner-up: Edith Evans in The Queen of Spades (5 votes on the 5th ballot)
3rd Place: Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men (2 votes on the 5th ballot)
Others mentioned on the initial ballot: Judy Holliday in Adam's Rib, Lea Padovani in Give Us This Day, Nora Swinburne in Quartet
Best Foreign Film
The Bicycle Thief (1948- Italy)(13 votes on the 1st ballot)
Runner-up: The Affair Blum (2 votes on 1st ballot)
3rd Place: The Last Stage (1 vote on 1st ballot)
National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 18, 1949. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Film
The Bicycle Thief (1948- Italy)
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)
The Quiet One (1948)
Intruder in the Dust
The Heiress
Devil in the Flesh (1947- France)
Quartet (1948)
Germany, Year Zero (1948- Italy)
Home of the Brave
A Letter to Three Wives
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Best Director
Vittorio De Sica, The Bicycle Thief
Best Actor
Ralph Richardson, The Heiress, The Fallen Idol (1948)
Best Screenplay
Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol (1948) (O'Neil notes the uncited Lesley Storm and William Templeton also shared screenplay credit)
The British Academy Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
Best Film:
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Best British Film:
The Third Man
Best Documentary:
Daybreak in Udi
United Nations Award:
The Search (1948)
Best Specialized Film:
La Famille Martin
The Golden Globes (Nominations were announced on February 14, 1950. Awards were presented on February 23, 1950 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
All the King's Men
Come to the Stable
Best Picture Promoting International Understanding
The Hasty Heart
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Best Director
Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
William Wyler, The Heiress
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men
Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son
Best Supporting Actor
James Whitmore, Battleground
David Brian, Intruder in the Dust
Best Supporting Actress
Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
Miriam Hopkins, The Heiress
Best New Actor
Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart
Juano Hernandez, Intruder in the Dust
Best New Actress
Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
Ruth Roman, Champion
Best Screenplay
Robert Pirosh, Battleground
Walter Doniger, John Paxton, Rope of Sand
Best Foreign Film
The Bicycle Thief (1948- Italy)
The Fallen Idol (1948- U.K.)
Best Picture
All the King's Men, Rossen, Columbia. Produced by Robert Rossen.
Battleground, MGM. Produced by Dore Schary.
The Heiress, Paramount. Produced by William Wyler.
A Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Sol C. Siegel.
12 O'Clock High, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Best Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives (20th Century-Fox).
Carol Reed for The Fallen Idol (1948)(London Films, SRO)(British).
Robert Rossen for All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
William A. Wellman for Battleground (MGM).
William Wyler for The Heiress (Paramount).
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Kirk Douglas in Champion (Kramer, UA).
Gregory Peck in 12 O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox).
Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart (Warner Bros.).
John Wayne in The Sands of Iwo Jima (Republic).
Best Actress
Jeanne Crain in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (Paramount).
Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).
Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son (MGM).
Loretta Young in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
John Ireland in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Dean Jagger in 12 O'Clock High (20th Century-Fox).
Arthur Kennedy in Champion (Kramer, UA).
Ralph Richardson in The Heiress (Paramount).
James Whitmore in Battleground (MGM).
Best Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men (Rossen, Columbia).
Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable (20th Century-Fox).
Ethel Waters in Pinky (20th Century-Fox).
Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Clare Booth Luce
It Happens Every Spring, 20th Century-Fox. Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies.
The Sands of Iwo Jima, Republic. Harry Brown.
The Stratton Story, MGM. Douglas Morrow.
White Heat, Warner Bros. Virginia Kellogg.
Writing (Screenplay)
White Heat, Warner Bros. Virginia Kellogg.
Writing (Screenplay)
All the King's Men, Rossen, Columbia. Robert Rossen.
The Bicycle Thief (1948), De Sica, Mayer-Burstyn (Italian). Cesare Zavattini.
Champion, Kramer, UA. Carl Foreman.
The Fallen Idol (1948)(London Films, SRO)(British). Graham Greene.
A Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Battleground, MGM. Robert Pirosh.
Jolson Sings Again, Columbia. Sidney Buchman.
Paisan (1946), Rossellini, Mayer-Burstyn (Italian). Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini.
Passport to Pimlico, Rank-Ealing, Eagle-Lion (British). T.E.B. Clarke.
The Quiet One (1948), Film Documents, Mayer-Burstyn. Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Battleground, MGM. Paul C. Vogel.
Champion, Kramer, UA. Frank Planer.
Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph LaShelle.
The Heiress, Paramount. Leo Tover.
Prince of Foxes, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.
Best Cinematography (Color)
The Barkleys of Broadway, MGM. Harry Stradling.
Jolson Sings Again, Columbia. William Snyder.
Little Women, MGM. Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum.
Sand, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Clarke.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Argosy, RKO Radio. Winton Hoch.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Black-and-White)
Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.
The Heiress, Paramount. John Meehan and Harry Horner; Emile Kuri.
Madame Bovary, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle.
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Color)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948), Warner Bros. Edward Carrere; Lyle Reifsnider.
Little Women, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore.
Saraband, Rank-Ealing, Eagle-Lion (British). Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Ralph.
Best Sound Recording
Once More, My Darling, U-I, Universal-International Sound Department.
Sands of Iwo Jima, Republic. Republic Sound Department.
12 O'Clock High, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox. Sound Department.
Best Song
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Neptune's Daughter, MGM); Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser.
"It's a Great Feeling" (It's a Great Feeling, Warner Bros.); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"Lavender Blue" (So Dear to My Heart, Disney, RKO Radio); Music by Eliot Daniel. Lyrics by Larry Morey.
"My Foolish Heart"(My Foolish Heart, Goldwyn, RKO Radio); Music by Victor Young. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
"Through a Long and Sleepless Night" (Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Alfred Newman. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Beyond the Forest, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.
Champion, Kramer, UA. Dimitri Tiomkin
The Heiress, Paramount. Aaron Copland.
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Jolson Sings Again, Columbia. Morris Stoloff and George Duning.
Look for the Silver Lining, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.
On the Town, MGM. Rogers Edens and Lennie Hayton.
Best Film Editing
All the King's Men, Rossen, Columbia. Robert Parrish and Al Clark.
Battleground, MGM. John Dunning.
Champion, Kramer, UA. Harry Gerstad.
Sands of Iwo Jima, Republic. Richard L. Van Enger.
The Window, RKO Radio. Frederic Knudtson.
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
The Heiress, Paramount. Edith Head and Gile Steele.
Prince of Foxes, 20th Century-Fox. Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Best Costume Design (Color)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948), Warner Bros. Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best.
Mother is a Freshmen, 20th Century-Fox. Kay Nelson.
Best Special Effects
Mighty Joe Young, Cooper, RKO Radio.
Tulsa, Wanger, Eagle-Lion.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
For Scent-imental Reasons, Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes). Edward Selzer, producer.
Hatch Up Your Troubles, MGM (Tom & Jerry). Frederick Quimby, producer.
Magic Fluke, UPA, Columbia (Fox & Crow). Stephen Bosustow, producer.
Toy Tinkers, Disney, RKO Radio. Walt Disney, producer.
Best Short Subject (One-Reel)
Aquatic House-Party, Paramount (Grantland Rice Sportlights). Jack Eaton, producer.
Roller Derby Girl, Paramount (Pacemaker). Justin Herman, producer.
So You Think You're Not Guilty, Warner Bros. (Joe McDoakes). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Spills and Chills, Warner Bros. (Black-and-White Sports Review). Walton C. Ament, producer.
Water Trix, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty) Pete Smith, producer.
Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)
Boy and the Eagle, RKO Radio. William Lasky, producer.
Chase of Death, Irving Allen Productions. Irving Allen, producer.
The Grass Is Always Greener, Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Snow Carnival, Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Van Gogh, Canton-Weiner. Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, producers.
Best Documentary Short Subject (Note: two winners this year)
A Chance to Live, March of Time, 20th Century-Fox. Richard de Rochemont, producer.
1848, A.F. Films, Inc. French Cinema General Cooperative, producer.
The Rising Tide, National Film Board of Canada. St. Francis-Xavier University (Nova Scotia), producer.
So Much for So Little, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Edward Selzer, producer.
Best Documentary Feature
Daybreak in Udi, British Information Services. Crown Film Unit, producer.
Kenji Comes Home, A Protestant Film Commission Prod. Paul F. Heard, producer.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Not given this year.
Special Awards
The Bicycle Thief (1948)(Italy)- voted by the Academy Board of Governers as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949 (statuette).
Bobby Driscoll as the outstanding juvenile performance of 1949 (miniature statuette).
Fred Astaire for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures (statuette).
Cecil B. DeMille, distinguished motion picture pioneer, for thirty-seven years of brilliant showmanship (statuette).
Jean Hersholt for distinguished service to the motion-picture industry (statuette).
Scientific or Technical
Class I (Statuette)
Eastman Kodak Co. for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.
Class II (Plaque)
None.
Class III (Citation)
Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.
M.B. Paul for the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.
Herbert Britt for the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion-picture sets.
Andre Coutant and Jacques Mathot for the design of the Eclair Camerette.
Charles R. Daily, Steve Scillag and the Paramount Studio Engineering, Editoral and Music Departments for a new precision method of computing variable tempo-click tracks.
International Projector Corp. for a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.
Alexander Velcoff for the application to production of the infrared photographic evaluator.
Screen Directors Guild of America (Quarterly awards given, then a director of the year prize awarded on May 28, 1950 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
1949/50 Quarterly Awards:
Mark Robson, Champion
Alfred L. Werker, Lost Boundaries
Robert Rossen, All the King' Men
Carol Reed, The Third Man
Annual Award:
Robert Rossen
Screen Writers Guild of America (Awards presented February 5, 1950 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards). (Winners in bold print).
Best Written Drama
All the King's Men, Robert Rossen, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren
Battleground, Robert Pirosh
Champion, Carl Foreman, based on a short story by Ring Lardner
The Hasty Heart, Ranald MacDougall, based on the play by John Patrick
The Heiress, Ruth Goeta, Augustus Goetz, adapted from their play based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James
Intruder in the Dust, Ben Maddow, based on the novel by William Faulkner
The Window, Mel Dineli, based on the novelette The Boy Cried Murder by Cornell Woolrich
Best Written Comedy
A Letter to Three Wives, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on Vera Caspary's adaptation of the novel by John Klempner
Adam's Rib, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Come to the Stable, Oscar Millard, Sally Benson, Clare Booth Luce
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), Stephen Morehouse Avery, Don Hartman, Eleanor Harris
I Was a Male War Bride, Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass, Hagar Wilde, based on a short by Henri Rochard
It Happens Every Spring, Valentine Davies, Shirley Smith
Best Written Musical
The Barkleys of Broadway, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
On the Town, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, adapted from their musical play, based on an idea by Jerome Robbins
In the Good Old Summertime, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Ivan Tors, based on a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and the play Perfumerie by Miklos Laszlo
Jolson Sings Again, Sidney Buchman
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Harry Tugend, George Wells, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
You're My Everything, Lamar Trotti, Will Hays, Jr., from the short story "I'm the Star" by George Jessel
Best Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene
All the King's Men, Robert Rossen, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren
Home of the Brave, Carl Foreman, based on the play by Arthur Laurents
Intruder in the Dust, Ben Maddow, based on the novel by William Faulkner
Lost Boundaries, Virginia Shaler, Eugene Ling, based on Charles Palmer's adaptation of nonfiction by William L. White
Pinky, Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols, based on the novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner
Best Written Western
Yellow Sky (1948), Lamar Trotti, W.R. Burnett
The Gal Who Took the West, William Bowers, Oscar Brodney
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Frank Nugent, Lawrence Stallings, based on the stories "The Big Hunt" and "War Party" by James Warner Bellah
Streets of Laredo, Charles Marquis Warren, Louis Stevens, Elizabeth Hill
Whispering Smith (1948), Frank Butler, Karl Kamb, based on the novel by Frank H. Spearman
Robert Meltzer Award
Robert Rossen, All the King's Men
Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
The Third Man (Carol Reed, England)
Best Director:
Rene Clement, Au Dela des Grilles
Best Actor:
Edward G. Robinson, House of Strangers
Best Actress:
Isa Miranda, Au Dela des Grilles
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film, Lion of St. Mark:
Manon (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France)
Best Direction:
Augusti Genina, Cielo sulla Palude (Italy)
Best Actor:
Joseph Cotton, Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Best Actress:
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit (1948)
Best Scenario:
Jacques Tati, Jour de Fete
Best Photography:
Gabriel Figueroa, La Malquerida (Mexico)
Best Scenography:
William Kellner, Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Music:
John Greenwood, The Last Days of Dolwyn
Best Documentary:
L'Equateur aux Cent Visages (1948)(Andre Cauvin, Belgium)
International Prizes:
Sidney Meyers, The Quiet One (1948)
Anatole Litvak, The Snake Pit (1948)
R.A. Stemmie, Berliner Ballade (1948)
Best Italian Film:
Cielo sulla (Augusti Genina)
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Command Decision
A Letter to Three Wives
The Quiet One (1948)
Lost Boundaries
Pinky
The Heiress
All the King's Men
Battleground
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Intruder in the Dust
Time Magazine Ten Best List (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
List not compiled this year.
From the Variety post:
"Following are the films sent into release during 1949 that promise to gross $1,500,000 or over in domestic (including Canadian) film rentals. Included are all films which have played a sufficient number of engagements to make possible an accurate estimate of the coin the distributor will receive. Any films not included, it can thus be assumed, will not earn $1,500,000. Pictures with too few dates for estimating total returns as yet include Paramount's "Samson and Delilah," and "The Heiress," Metro's "Battleground," and "On the Town," Columbia's "All the King's Men," Selznick's "Fallen Idol," Warner Bros.' "Always Leave 'Em Laughing" and "The Inspector General," 20th-Fox's "Beautiful Doll," "Prince of Foxes" and "12 O'Clock High," and RKO's "Holiday Affair." "
2) Pinky (20th) $4,200,000
3) I Was a Male War Bride (20th) $4,100,000
The Snake Pit (20th- 1948) $4,100,000
Joan of Arc (RKO- 1948) $4,100,000
6) The Stratton Story (MGM) $3,700,000
7) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (20th) $3,650,000
8) Little Women (MGM) $3,600,000
9) Words and Music (MGM- 1948) $3,500,000
10) Neptune's Daughter (MGM) $3,450,000
11) In the Good Old Summertime (MGM) $3,400,000
Sorrowful Jones (Par) $3,400,000
13) Take Me Out to the Ballgame (MGM) $3,350,000
14) The Great Lover (Par) $3,300,000
8) Little Women (MGM) $3,600,000
9) Words and Music (MGM- 1948) $3,500,000
10) Neptune's Daughter (MGM) $3,450,000
11) In the Good Old Summertime (MGM) $3,400,000
Sorrowful Jones (Par) $3,400,000
13) Take Me Out to the Ballgame (MGM) $3,350,000
14) The Great Lover (Par) $3,300,000
15) The Barkleys of Broadway (MGM) $3,200,000
16) Adam's Rib (MGM) $3,000,000
Come to the Stable (20th) $3,000,000
Command Decision (MGM) $3,000,000
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Par) $3,000,000
20) Whispering Smith (Par) $2,850,000
21) Every Girl Should Be Married (RKO) $2,800,000
My Friend Irma (Par) $2,800,000
Yellow Sky (20th) $2,800,000
24) A Letter to Three Wives (20th) $2,750,000
25) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (RKO) $2,700,000
26) Top O' the Morning (Par) $2,600,000
16) Adam's Rib (MGM) $3,000,000
Come to the Stable (20th) $3,000,000
Command Decision (MGM) $3,000,000
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Par) $3,000,000
20) Whispering Smith (Par) $2,850,000
21) Every Girl Should Be Married (RKO) $2,800,000
My Friend Irma (Par) $2,800,000
Yellow Sky (20th) $2,800,000
24) A Letter to Three Wives (20th) $2,750,000
25) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (RKO) $2,700,000
26) Top O' the Morning (Par) $2,600,000
27) Home of the Brave (UA) $2,500,000
Look for the Silver Lining (WB) $2,500,000
29) Mother is a Freshman (20th) $2,450,000
30) You're My Everything (20th) $2,400,000
31) Any Number Can Play (MGM) $2,300,000
Ma and Pa Kettle (U-I) $2,300,000
33) Rope of Sand (Par) $2,250,000
34) Family Honeymoon (U-I) $2,200,000
35) Streets of Laredo (Par) $2,150,000
Look for the Silver Lining (WB) $2,500,000
29) Mother is a Freshman (20th) $2,450,000
30) You're My Everything (20th) $2,400,000
31) Any Number Can Play (MGM) $2,300,000
Ma and Pa Kettle (U-I) $2,300,000
33) Rope of Sand (Par) $2,250,000
34) Family Honeymoon (U-I) $2,200,000
35) Streets of Laredo (Par) $2,150,000
36) Champion (UA) $2,100,000
Chicago Deadline (Par) $2,100,000
The Fountainhead (WB) $2,100,000
Knock on Any Door (Col) $2,100,000
So Dear to My Heart (1948)(RKO) $2,100,000
That Forsyte Woman (MGM) $2,100,000
That Midnight Kiss (MGM) $2,100,00
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)(Rep) $2,100,000
44) Flamingo Road (WB) $2,000,000
The Great Gatsby (Par) $2,000,000
The Great Sinner (MGM) $2,000,000
House of Strangers (20th) $2,000,000
Lost Boundaries (FC) $2,000,000
Madame Bovary (MGM) $2,000,000
The Man from Colorado (Col) $2,000,000
51) Mighty Joe Young (RKO) $1,950,000
Undercover Man (Col) $1,950,000
You Gotta Stay Happy (U-I) $1,950,000
Chicago Deadline (Par) $2,100,000
The Fountainhead (WB) $2,100,000
Knock on Any Door (Col) $2,100,000
So Dear to My Heart (1948)(RKO) $2,100,000
That Forsyte Woman (MGM) $2,100,000
That Midnight Kiss (MGM) $2,100,00
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)(Rep) $2,100,000
44) Flamingo Road (WB) $2,000,000
The Great Gatsby (Par) $2,000,000
The Great Sinner (MGM) $2,000,000
House of Strangers (20th) $2,000,000
Lost Boundaries (FC) $2,000,000
Madame Bovary (MGM) $2,000,000
The Man from Colorado (Col) $2,000,000
51) Mighty Joe Young (RKO) $1,950,000
Undercover Man (Col) $1,950,000
You Gotta Stay Happy (U-I) $1,950,000
54) The Doctor and the Girl (MGM) $1,900,000
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)(WB) $1,900,000
Tokyo Joe (WB) $1,900,000
White Heat (WB) $1,900,000
58) It Happens Every Spring (20th) $1,850,000
59) Father Was a Fullback (20th) $1,800,000
Rogue's Regiment (U-I) $1,800,000
Task Force (WB) $1,800,000
Three Godfathers (MGM) $1,800,000
63) Fighter Squadron (1948)(WB) $1,750,000
The Kissing Bandit (1948)(MGM) $1,750,0000
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)(WB) $1,900,000
Tokyo Joe (WB) $1,900,000
White Heat (WB) $1,900,000
58) It Happens Every Spring (20th) $1,850,000
59) Father Was a Fullback (20th) $1,800,000
Rogue's Regiment (U-I) $1,800,000
Task Force (WB) $1,800,000
Three Godfathers (MGM) $1,800,000
63) Fighter Squadron (1948)(WB) $1,750,000
The Kissing Bandit (1948)(MGM) $1,750,0000
65) Anna Lucasta (Col) $1,700,000
Bride of Sale (RKO) $1,700,000
My Dream is Yours (WB) $1,700,000
El Paso (Par) $1,700,000
69) Down to the Sea in Ships (20th) $1,650,000
Life of Riley (U-I) $1,650,000
Slattery's Hurricane (20th) $1,650,000
72) That Wonderful Urge (20th) $1,600,000
Bagdad (U-I) $1,600,000
The Big Steal (RKO) $1,600,000
Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1949 (according to Quigley Publishing's annual poll found in The Motion Picture Herald)
1) Bob Hope
2) Bing Crosby
3) Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
4) John Wayne
5) Gary Cooper
6) Cary Grant
7) Betty Grable
8) Esther Williams
9) Humphrey Bogart
10) Clark Gable
The Next Fifteen:
11) James Stewart
12) Randolph Scott
13) Red Skelton
14) Clifton Webb
15) Loretta Young
16) June Allyson
17) Alan Ladd
18) Roy Rogers
19) Dan Dailey
20) Olivia de Havilland
21) Robert Mitchum
22) Claudette Colbert
23) Gregory Peck
24) Spencer Tracy
25) Jane Wyman
Britain's Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1949 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Anna Neagle
2) Michael Wilding
3) John Mills
4) Jean Simmons
5) Margaret Lockwood
6) Richard Attenborough
7) Stewart Granger
8) Michael Denison
9) David Farrar
10) Jack Warner
Britain's Top Ten International Stars (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Anna Neagle
2) Michael Wilding
3) Bob Hope
4) Danny Kaye
5) Bing Crosby
6) Jane Wyman
7) Alan Ladd
8) John Mills
9) Jean Simmons
10) Betty Grable
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Bride of Sale (RKO) $1,700,000
My Dream is Yours (WB) $1,700,000
El Paso (Par) $1,700,000
69) Down to the Sea in Ships (20th) $1,650,000
Life of Riley (U-I) $1,650,000
Slattery's Hurricane (20th) $1,650,000
72) That Wonderful Urge (20th) $1,600,000
Bagdad (U-I) $1,600,000
The Big Steal (RKO) $1,600,000
Enchantment (1948)(RKO) $1,600,000
Everybody Does It (20th) $1,600,000
The Girl from Jones Beach (20th) $1,600,000
Mr. Soft Touch (Col) $1,600,000
South of St. Louis (WB) $1,600,000
Tulsa (E-L) $1,600,000
81) The Fighting Kentuckian (Rep) $1,550,000
Roseanna McCoy (RKO) $1,550,000
83) Africa Screams (UA) $1,500,000
Beyond the Forest (WB) $1,500,000
The Big Wheel (UA) $1,500,000
City Across the River (U-I) $1,500,000
John Loves Mary (WB) $1,500,000
Red, Hot and Blue (Par) $1,500,000
Thieves' Highway (20th) $1,500,000
Under Capricorn (WB) $1,500,000
Will James' Sand (20th) $1,500,000
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (U-I) $1,500,000
Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1949 (according to Quigley Publishing's annual poll found in The Motion Picture Herald)
1) Bob Hope
2) Bing Crosby
3) Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
4) John Wayne
5) Gary Cooper
6) Cary Grant
7) Betty Grable
8) Esther Williams
9) Humphrey Bogart
10) Clark Gable
The Next Fifteen:
11) James Stewart
12) Randolph Scott
13) Red Skelton
14) Clifton Webb
15) Loretta Young
16) June Allyson
17) Alan Ladd
18) Roy Rogers
19) Dan Dailey
20) Olivia de Havilland
21) Robert Mitchum
22) Claudette Colbert
23) Gregory Peck
24) Spencer Tracy
25) Jane Wyman
The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Montgomery Clift
2) Kirk Douglas
3) Betty Garrett
4) Paul Douglas
5) Howard Duff
6) Pedro Armendariz
7) Dean Stockwell
8) Wanda Hendrix
9) Wendell Corey
10) Barbara Bel Geddes
The Top Ten Western Stars of 1949 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Roy Rogers
2) Gene Autry
3) Gabby Hayes
4) Tim Holt
5) Bill Elliot
6) Charles Starrett
7) William Boyd
8) Johnny Mack Brown
9) Smiley Burnette
10) Andy Devine
Britain's Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1949 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Anna Neagle
2) Michael Wilding
3) John Mills
4) Jean Simmons
5) Margaret Lockwood
6) Richard Attenborough
7) Stewart Granger
8) Michael Denison
9) David Farrar
10) Jack Warner
Britain's Top Ten International Stars (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Anna Neagle
2) Michael Wilding
3) Bob Hope
4) Danny Kaye
5) Bing Crosby
6) Jane Wyman
7) Alan Ladd
8) John Mills
9) Jean Simmons
10) Betty Grable
Ten Worst Pictures:
Special Award: Worst Picture of the Century
Joan of Arc (1948)The Other Nine:
The Great Gatsby
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Flamingo Road
Look for the Silver Lining
Top o' the Morning
The Fountainhead
The Fan
That Midnight Kiss
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Worst Moment:
Ginger Rogers, in The Barkleys of Broadway, singing the "Marseillaise" to the "bravos" and "encores" of the Academie Francaise, in French, thank God.
Worst Performance- Female
Shirley Temple, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Worst Performance- Male
Gregory Peck, The Great Sinner
Runner-up:
Gregory Peck in practically anything
Most Implausible:
Paulette Goddard as Lucrezia Borgia, Bride of Vengeance
Most Sickening Combination:
Claude Jarman Jr. and Lassie
Most Consistently Unamusing:
Abbott & Costello
Least Likely to Warm Cockles of Heart:
Barry Fitzgerald
Least Likely to Warm Anything:
Barry Fitzgerald
Least Deserving but Most Due for a Pension:
Barry Fitzgerald
Also Overdue for Retirement:
Margaret O'Brien
Most Ridiculous Import:
Louis Jourdan
Worst Deceit:
Larry Parks as Al Jolson
Most Expressionless:
Alan Ladd
Least Frightening:
Mighty Joe Young
Most Frightening:
Tom Drake singing "Words and Music"
Finest Example for Clean-Cut American Youth:
Mrs. Aly Khan
Runner-up:
Shirley Temple
Best-known Wife of Race-Horse Owner:
Mrs. Aly Khan
Meatball:
Aly Khan
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