Film Data for 1949

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1949 (Source: The Film Daily 1950 Year Book of Motion Pictures)

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)

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:

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.)

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

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)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      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

Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

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

Film Data for 1948

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1948 (Source: The Film Daily 1949 Year Book of Motion Pictures)

1) Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)- 278 votes

2) Johnny Belinda- 244 votes

3) I Remember Mama- 242 votes

4) Treasure of the Sierra Madre- 211 votes

5) Hamlet- 203 votes

6) The Naked City- 199 votes

7) Sitting Pretty-  180 votes

8) State of the Union- 173 votes

9) Call Northside 777- 153 votes

10) The Bishop's Wife (1947)- 144 votes

The 1948 Honor Roll

11) Sorry, Wrong Number- 135 votes

12) The Search- 134 votes

13) Rope- 129 votes

14) A Foreign Affair- 115 votes

15) Red River- 110 votes

16) Duel in the Sun (1946)- 105 votes

      A Double Life (1947)- 105 votes

     Easter Parade- 105 votes

19) Apartment for Peggy- 102 votes

20) Miracle of the Bells- 99 votes

21) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House- 95 votes

22) Cass Timberlane (1947)- 81 votes

23) Key Largo- 79 votes

24) The Big Clock- 76 votes

25) The Paradine Case (1947)- 75 votes

26) Voice of the Turtle (1947)- 68 votes

27) Green Dolphin Street (1947)- 65 votes

28) The Time of Your Life- 59 votes

29) All My Sons- 58 votes

      The Babe Ruth Story- 58 votes

      Tap Roots- 58 votes

32) Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)- 54 votes

      The Emperor Waltz- 54 votes

      The Red Shoes- 54 votes

35) Another Part of the Forest- 53 votes

36) Black Narcissus (1947)- 50 votes

37) Rachel and the Stranger- 48 votes

38) Good Sam- 46 votes

39) The Iron Curtain- 43 votes

40) Captain from Castile (1947)- 39 votes

41) Fort Apache- 37 votes

42) A Date with Judy- 36 votes

43) The Street with No Name- 35 votes

44) Julia Misbehaves- 33 votes

45) The Bride Goes Wild- 27 votes

46) The Bride Goes Wild- 25 votes

47) Unconquered (1947)- 25 votes

48) Golden Earrings (1947)- 23 votes

      The Walls of Jericho- 23 votes

50) The Three Musketeers- 22 votes

51) Homecoming- 21 votes

      Letter from an Unknown Woman- 21 votes

52) Melody Time- 19 votes

      The Mating of Millie- 19 votes

54) Cry of the City- 16 votes

55) Romance on the High Seas- 15 votes

      The Loves of Carmen- 15 votes

      The Velvet Touch- 15 votes

58) The Fuller Brush Man- 14 votes

      Sign of the Ram- 14 votes

      Road to Rio (1947)- 14 votes

      One Touch of Venus- 14 votes

62) Bill and Coo- 13 votes

      Pitfall- 13 votes    

64) My Wild Irish Rose (1947)- 12 votes

65) Beyond Glory- 11 votes

      Coroner Creek- 11 votes

      The Lady Shanghai- 11 votes

68) T-Men (1947)- 10 votes

      To the Ends of the Earth- 10 votes

Best Photographed Films of 1947-48

1) Duel in the Sun (1946)- Lee Garmes, Hal Rosson, Ray Rennahan, Charles P. Boyle and Allen Davey

2) The Naked City- William Daniels 

3) Black Narcissus (1947)- Jack Cardiff

4) Green Dolphin Street (1947)- George Folsey

5) Great Expectations (1946)- Guy Green

6) Treasure of the Sierra Madre- Ted McCord

7) Captain from Castile (1947)- Charles Clarke and Arthur G. Arling

8) The Fugitive (1947)- Gabriel Figueroa

9) Easter Parade- Harry Stradling

10) Green Grass of Wyoming- Charles Clarke

      The Lady from Shanghai (1947)- Charles Lawton, Jr.

The Honor Roll

11) Bill and Coo- Jack Marta

12) A Double Life (1947)- Milton Krasner

13) The Big Clock- John Seitz

14) Forever Amber (1947)- Leon Shamroy

15) Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)- George Barnes

16) The Foxes of Harrow (1947)- Joseph La Shelle

Filmdom's Famous Fives of 1947-48

Best Performances by Male Stars

1) Ronald Colman in A Double Life (1947)

2) Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty

3) Gregory Peck in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)

4) Spencer Tracy in State of the Union

5) Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife (1947)

Best Performances by Feminine Stars

1) Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama

2) Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph

3) Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1947)

4) Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

5) Katharine Hepburn in State of the Union

Best Performances by Supporting Actors

1) Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre

2) Oscar Homolka in I Remember Mama

3) Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death (1947)

4) Lee J. Cobb in Call Northside 777

5) Charles Winninger in Give My Regards to Broadway

Best Performances by Supporting Actresses

1) Celeste Holm in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)

2) Elsa Lanchester in The Big Clock 

3) Wanda Hendrix in Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

4) Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947)

5) Angela Lansbury in State of the Union

Best Performances by Juvenile Actors

1) Anthony Wagner in Great Expectations (1946)

2) Dean Stockwell in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)

3) Butch Jenkins in The Bride Goes Wild

4) Steve Brown in I Remember Mama

5) Robert Ellis in April Showers

Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses

1) Mona Freeman in Dear Ruth (1947)

2) Natalie Wood in Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!

3) Margaret O'Brien in The Big City

4) Wanda Hendrix in Welcome Stranger (1947)

5) June Hedin in I Remember Mama

Outstanding Screenplays

1) Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)- Moss Hart

2) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- John Huston 

3) The Naked City- Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald

4) Sitting Pretty- F. Hugh Herbert

5) Call Northside 777- Jerome Cady and Jay Draper 

"Finds" of the Year

1) Barbara Bel Geddes- RKO

2) Valli- Selznick

3) Richard Widmark- 20th-Fox

4) Wanda Hendrix- Paramount

5) Jean Peters- 20th-Fox.

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 28, 1948. Awards presented on January 21, 1949, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

Treasure of the Sierra Madre (won on Ballot VI with 9 votes)

Runner-up: Hamlet (8 votes)         

Best Director

John Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (no Ballot or vote numbers mentioned)

Runner-up: Laurence Olivier for Hamlet

                   

Best Actor

Laurence Olivier for Hamlet (won on Ballot VI with 11 votes)

Runner-up: Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre (7 votes)        

Lyons notes Olivier led Huston 10 votes to 8 on Ballots III-V.     

Best Actress

Olivia de Havilland for The Snake Pit (Unanimous Ballot I winner)

Best Foreign Film

Paisan (1946- Italy)

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 21, 1948. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Film

Paisan (1946- Italy)

Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)

Day of Wrath (1943- Danish)

The Search

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Louisiana Story

Hamlet

The Snake Pit

Johnny Belinda

Joan of Arc

The Red Shoes

Best Director

Roberto Rossellini, Paisan (1946)

Best Actor

Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Actress

Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit

Best Screenplay

John Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The British Academy Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Best Film:

Hamlet

Best British Film:

The Fallen Idol

Best Documentary:

The Louisiana Story

Best Specialized Film:

Atomic Physics

The Golden Globes (Awards were presented on March 16, 1949 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture (tie)

Johnny Belinda

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Picture Promoting International Understanding

The Search

Best Director

John Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre 

Best Actor

Laurence Olivier, Hamlet

Best Actress

Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda

Best Supporting Actor

Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Supporting Actress

Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama

Best Screenplay

Richard Schweizer, The Search

Best Cinematography

Gabriel Figueroa, The Pearl

Best Original Score

Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes

Special Achievement Award

Ivan Jandl, The Search (Best Juvenile)

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 10, 1949. Awards were presented on March 24, 1949 at the Academy 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 

Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Produced by Laurence Olivier.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Produced by Jerry Wald.

The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox, Produced by Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros. Produced by Henry Blanke.

Best Director 

John Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.).

Anatole Litvak for The Snake Pit (20th Century-Fox).

Jean Negulesco for Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).

Laurence Olivier for Hamlet Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). 

Fred Zinnemann for The Search (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss).

Best Actor 

Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).

Montgomery Clift in The Search (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss). 

Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th Century-Fox).

Laurence Olivier in Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). 

Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (20th Century-Fox).

Best Actress 

Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio).

Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit (20th Century-Fox).

Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).

Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry, Wrong Number (Wallis, Paramount).

Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).

Best Supporting Actor 

Charles Bickford in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).

Jose Ferrer in Joan of Arc (Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio).

Oscar Homolka in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).

Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.).

Cecil Kellaway in The Luck of the Irish (20th Century-Fox).

Best Supporting Actress 

Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).

Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).

Agnes Moorehead in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).

Jean Simmons in Hamlet Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). 

Claire Trevor in Key Largo (Warner Bros.).

Writing- Motion Picture Story

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, RKO Radio. Sidney Sheldon.

Body and Soul, Enterprise, UA. Abraham Polonsky.

The Louisiana Story, Robert Flaherty, Lopert. Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty.

The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. Malvin Wald.

Red River, Monterey Productions, UA. Borden Chase.

The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Emeric Pressburger

The Search, (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss). Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.

Best Screenplay

A Foreign Affair, Paramount. Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent.

The Search, Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss). Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.

The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. Frank Partos and Millen Brand.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros. John Huston.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

A Foreign Affair, Paramount. Charles B. Lang, Jr.

I Remember Mama, RKO Radio. Nicholas Musuraca.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Ted McCord

The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. William Daniels.

Portrait of Jennie, The Selznick Studio. Joseph August.

Best Cinematography (Color)

Green Grass of Wyoming, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Clarke.

Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch.

The Loves of Carmen, Beckworth Corporation, Columbia. William Snyder.

The Three Musketeers, MGM. Robert Planck.

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White)

Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Roger K. Furse; Carmen Dillon.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Robert Haas; William Wallace.

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color)

Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Richard Day; Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish.

The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Hein Heckroth; Arthur Lawson.

Best Sound Recording

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Sound Department.

Moonrise, Marshall Grant Prods., Republic Sound Department.

The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Sound Department.

Best Song

"Buttons and Bows" (The Paleface, Paramount); Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

"For Every Man There's a Woman" (Casbah, Marston, U-I); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

"It's Magic" (Romance on the High Seas, Warner Bros.); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

"This is the Moment" (That Lady in Ermine, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Frederick Hollander. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

"The Woody Woodpecker Song" (Wet Blanket Policy, Lantz, UA Cartoon); Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles. 

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). William Walton.

Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Hugo Friedhofer.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Brian Easdale.

The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Easter Parade, MGM. Johnny Green and Roger Edens.

The Emperor Waltz, Paramount. Victor Young.

The Pirate, MGM. Lennie Hayton.

Romance on the High Seas, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.

When My Baby Smiles at Me, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Best Film Editing

Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Frank Sullivan.

Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. David Weisbart.

The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. Paul Weatherwax.

Red River, Monterey Productions, UA. Christian Nyby.

The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Reginald Mills.

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

B.F.'s Daughter, MGM. Irene.

Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Roger K. Furse.

Best Costume Design (Color)

The Emperor Waltz, Paramount. Edith Head and Gile Steele.

Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska.

 

Best Special Effects

Deep Waters, 20th Century-Fox. Visual: Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder. Audible: Roger Heman.

Portrait of Jennie, The Selznick Studio. Visual: Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer. Audible: Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart.

Best Short Subject Cartoon

The Little Orphan, MGM. Frederick Quimby, producer.

Mickey and the Seal, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Pluto). Walt Disney, producer.

Mouse Wreckers, Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes). Edward Selzer, producer.

Robin Hoodlum, United Productions of American, Columbia (Fox and Crow). United Productions of America, producer.

Tea for Two Hundred, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Donald Duck). Walt Disney, producer.

Best Short Subject (One-Reel) 

Annie Was a Wonder, MGM (John Nesbitt Passing Parade). Herbert Moulton, producer.

Cinderella Horse, Warner Bros. (Sports Parade). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

So You Want to Be on the Radio, Warner Bros. (Joe McDoakes). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Symphony of a City, 20th Century-Fox (Movietone Specialty). Edmund H. Reek, producer.

You Can't Win, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty) Pete Smith, producer.

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Calgary Stampede, Warner Bros. (Technicolor Special). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Going to Blazes, MGM (Special). Herbert Morgan, producer.

Samba-Mania, Paramount (Musical Parade). Harry Grey, producer.

Seal Island, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (True Life Adventure Series). Walt Disney, producer.

Snow Capers, Universal-International (Special Series). Thomas Mead, producer.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Heart to Heart, Fact Film Organization. Herbert Morgan, producer.

Operation Vittles, U.S. Army Air Force.

Toward Independence, U.S. Army.

Best Documentary Feature

The Quiet One, Mayer-Burstyn. Janice Loeb, producer.

The Secret Land, U.S. Navy, MGM. O.O. Dull, producer.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Jerry Wald.

Special Awards

Monsieur Vincent (1947)(French)- voted by the Academy Board of Governers as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948 (statuette).

Ivan Jandl for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search (miniature statuette).

Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures (statuette).

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 (statuette).

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 (statuette).

Scientific or Technical

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

Victor Cacciallanza, Maurice Ayers and the Paramount Studio Set Construction Department for the development and application of "Paralite," a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.

Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witti and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.

Class III (Citation)

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.

A.J. Moran and the Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department for a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.

Screen Directors Guild of America (Quarterly awards given, then a director of the year prize awarded on May 22, 1949 at a dinner ceremony held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and broadcast by local radio station KLAC. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

1948/49 Quarterly Awards:

Fred Zinnemann, The Search

Howard Hawks, Red River

Anatole Livak, The Snake Pit

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Annual Award:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screen Writers Guild of America (Awards presented June 23, 1949 at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards). (Winners in bold print).

Best Written Drama

All My Sons, Chester Erskine, based on the play by Arthur Miller.

Another Part of the Forest, Vladimir Pozner, based on the play by Lillian Hellman

Berlin Express, Harold Medford, Curt Siodmak

Call Northside 777, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, based on articles by James P. McGuire, adapted by Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds

Command Decision (1949), William Laidlaw, George Froeschel, based on the play by William Wister Haines

I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

Johnny Belinda, Irmgard von Cube, Allen Vincent, based on the play by Elmer Harris

Key Largo, Richard Brooks, John Huston, based on the play by Maxwell Anderson

The Naked City, Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald 

The Snake Pit, Frank Partos, Millen Brand, based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward

Sorry, Wrong Number, Lucille Fletcher, based on her radio play

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, based on the novel by N. Traven

Best Written Comedy

Apartment for Peggy, George Seaton, based on a short story by Faith Baldwin

A Foreign Affair, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard Breen, based on a story by David Shaw, adapted by Robert Harari

I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

June Bride, Ranald MacDougall, from the play Feature for June by Eileen Tighe and Graeme Lorimer

The Mating of Millie, Louella MacFarlane, St. Clair McKelway, Adele Comandini

Miss Tatlock's Millions, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Green, based on the play Oh, Brother!, by Jacques Deval

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, based on the novel by Eric Hodgins

No Minor Vices, Arnold Manoff

The Paleface, Edmund Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, Jack Rose

Sitting Pretty, F. Hugh Herbert, based on the novel by Gwen Davenport

Best Written Musical

Easter Parade, Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

The Emperor Waltz, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Luxury Liner, Gladys Lehman, Richard Connell, based on the story Daddy Is a Wolf by Ferenc Molnar

On an Island with You, Dorothy Kingsley, Dorothy Cooper, Charles Martin, Hans Wilhelm

That Lady in Ermine, Samson Raphaelson

When My Baby Smies at Me, Lamar Trotti, based on an adaptation by Elizabeth Reinhardt of Burlesque, a play by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins

You Were Meant for Me, Elick Moll, Valentine Davies

Best Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene

All My Sons, Chester Erskine, based on the play by Arthur Miller.

Another Part of the Forest, Vladimir Pozner, based on the play by Lillian Hellman

Apartment for Peggy, George Seaton, based on a short story by Faith Baldwin

Call Northside 777, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, based on articles by James P. McGuire, adapted by Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds

Command Decision (1949), William Laidlaw, George Froeschel, based on the play by William Wister Haines

Cry of the City, Richard Murphy, based on The Choir for Martin Rome, a novel by Henry Edward Helseth

I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

The Louisiana Story, Frances Flaherty, Robert Flaherty

The Naked City, Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald 

The Snake Pit, Frank Partos, Millen Brand, based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward

The Street with No Name, Harry Kleiner

Best Written Western

Fort Apache, Frank Nugent, based on the story "Massacre" by James Warner Bellah

Four Faces West, Graham Baker, Teddi Sherman, based on the novel Paso por Aqui by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, as adapted by William and Milarde Brent

Fury at Furnace Creek, Charles G. Booth, Winston Miller, based on the novel Four Men and a Prayer by David Garth

Green Grass of Wyoming, Martin Berkeley, based on the novel by Mary O'Hara

The Man from Colorado, Robert D. Andrews, Ben Maddow, Borden Chase

The Paleface, Edmund Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, Jack Rose

Rachel and the Stranger, Waldo Salt, based on the short story "Rachel" by Howard Fast

Red River, Borden Chase, Charles Schnee

Station West, Frank Fenton, Winston Miller, based on the novel by Luke Short

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, based on the novel by N. Traven

Robert Meltzer Award

Frank Partos, Millen Brand, The Snake Pit

Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

No festival.

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Best Film, International Grand Prize:

Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, England)

Best Direction:

G.W. Pabst, Der Prozess (Austria)

Best Actor:

Ernest Deutsch, Der Prozess

Best Actress:

Jean Simmons, Hamlet

Best Documentary:

Goemons (Yannick Bellon, France)

Best Animated Cartoon (ex aequo):

Melody Time (Walt Disney, USA)

Le petit Soldat (Paul Grimault, France)

Best Story and Screenplay

Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol

Best Music:

Max Steiner, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Photography:

Desmond Dickinson, Hamlet

Best Scenography:

John Bryan, Oliver Twist

International Prizes:

John Ford, The Fugitive (1947)(for its drama)

Robert Flaherty, Louisiana Story (for its lyrical beauty)

Luchino Visconti, La Terra Trema (for its choral qualities and style)

Best Italian Film:

Sotto il sole di Roma (Renato Castellani)

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Pearl

The Search

A Foreign Affair

Louisiana Story

Hamlet

Johnny Belinda

Apartment for Peggy

The Red Shoes

The Snake Pit

Time Magazine Ten Best List (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

List not compiled this year.

Top Grossers of 1948 (Source: Variety, January 5th, 1949)

From the Variety post: "Following are the $1,500,000 (or over) films of 1948. Included are all those pictures which, in the domestic (U.S. and Canada) market earned that much in distributor's rentals, or which have played a sufficient number of dates to make an accurate estimate of what they will bring in. Any film not included, it can thus be assumed, will not earn $1,500,000, except for several pictures which had too few play dates by the year's end on which to base an estimate. They include Warner Bros. "Decision of Christopher Blake" and "Fighter Squadron," 20th-Fox's "Snake Pit," "Cry of the City," and "Wonderful Urge," Metro's "Words and Music," RKO's "Joan of Arc," Universal's "Rogue's Regiment" and "You Gotta Stay Happy," and Selznick's "Portrait of Jennie.""

1. Road to Rio (Par- 1947) $4,500,000
2) Easter Parade (MGM) $4,200,000
3) Red River (UA) $4,150,000
4) The Three Musketeers (MGM) $4,100,000
     Johnny Belinda (WB) $4,100,000
6) Cass Timberlane (MGM) $4,050,000
7) Emperor Waltz (Par) $4,000,000
8) Gentlemen's Agreement (20th- 1947) $3,900,000
9) A Date With Judy (MGM) $3,700,000
10) Captain From Castile (20th- 1947) $3,650,000
11) Homecoming (MGM) $3,600,000
12) Sitting Pretty (20th) $3,550,000
13) The Paleface (Par) $3,500,000
      State of the Union (MGM) $3,500,000

15) My Wild Irish Rose (WB) $3,400,000

      When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th) $3,400,000
17) Hamlet (Univ) $3,250,000
      Key Largo (WB) $3,250,000

19) On An Island With You (MGM) $3,150,000
20) The Fuller Brush Man (Col) $3,100,000
21) The Bishop's Wife (RKO- 1947) $3,000,000
      Fort Apache (RKO) $3,000,000
23) Good Sam (RKO) $2,950,000
24) I Remember Mama (RKO) $2,900,000

25) Sorry, Wrong Number (Par) $2,850,000

26) Three Daring Daughters (MGM) $2,800,000

27) Apartment for Peggy (20th) $2,750,000

      Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (RKO) $2,750,000

29) The Bride Goes Wild (MGM) $2,700,000

      Call Northside 777 (20th) $2,700,000

31) Julia Misbehaves (MGM) $2,550,000

32) A Foreign Affair (Par) $2,500,000

     Good News (MGM- 1947) $2,500,000

     Love of Carmen (Col) $2,500,000

     Tap Roots (Univ) $2,500,000

     Tycoon (RKO- 1947) $2,500,000

37) The Voice of the Turtle (WB- 1947) $2,450,000

38) The Babe Ruth Story (Mono-AA) $2,400,000

       Beyond Glory (Par) $2,400,000

      Blood on the Moon (RKO) $2,400,000

      Killer McCoy (MGM- 1947) $2,400,000

      Luxury Liner (MGM) $2,400,000

      The Naked City (Univ) $2,400,000

      Rachel and the Stranger (RKO) $2,400,000

      A Song is Born (RKO) $2,400,000

46) Road House (20th) $2,350,000

      The Street with No Name (20th) $2,350,000

      Two Guys from Texas (WB) $2,350,000

49) Miss Tatlock's Millions (Par) $2,300,000

50) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (WB) $2,300,000

      Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (Univ) $2,250,000

     

Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1948 (Source: Quigley Publications poll published in the Motion Picture Herald)

1) Bing Crosby

2) Betty Grable
3) Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

4) Gary Cooper

5) Bob Hope

6) Humphrey Bogart

7) Clark Gable

8) Cary Grant

9) Spencer Tracy

10) Ingrid Bergman

The Next Fifteen:

11) Esther Williams

12) Gregory Peck

13) Lana Turner

14) Alan Ladd

15) Red Skelton

16) John Wayne

17) Roy Rogers

18) Randolph Scott

19) Rita Hayworth

20) Van Johnson

21) Dennis Morgan

22) Loretta Young

23) Claudette Colbert

24) Irene Dunne

25) James Stewart

The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Jane Powell

2) Cyd Charisse

3) Ann Blyth

4) Celeste Holm

5) Robert Ryan

6) Angela Lansbury

7) Jean Peters

8) Mona Freeman

9) Eleanor Parker

10) Doris Day

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1948 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Roy Rogers

2) Gene Autry

3) Bill Elliot

4) Gabby Hayes

5) William Boyd

6) Charles Starrett

7) Tim Holt

8) Johnny Mack Brown

9) Smiley Burnette

10) Andy Devine

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1948 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).

British Stars:

1) Anna Neagle

2) Margaret Lockwood

3) John Mills

4) Michael Wilding

5) Stewart Granger

6) Michael Denison

7) Jack Warner

8) Googie Withers

9) Patricia Roc

10) James Mason and Dennis Price (tie)

International Stars:

1) Bing Crosby

2) Anna Neagle

3) Margaret Lockwood

4) John Mills

5) Michael Wilding

6) Fredric March

7) Bob Hope

8) Danny Kaye

9) Myrna Loy

10) Gregory Peck

Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Ten Worst Pictures:

Winter Meeting

Homecoming

The Emperor Waltz 

The Miracle of the Bells

Beyond Glory

On an Island with You

The Paradine Case (1947)

The Three Musketeers

Arch of Triumph

Sorry, Wrong Number

Worst Performances:

Lana Turner, The Three Musketeers

Burt Lancaster, I Walk Alone

Shirley Temple, Fort Apache

Worst Fraud:

Eleanor Parker as Margaret Sullavan as Sally Middleton, The Voice of the Turtle

Worst Scene:

Ida Lupino sticking out her tongue at Errol Flynn in Escape Me Never

Worst Duo:

Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson alone, together, or in any combination

Worst Deception:

Joan Fontaine as a sixteen-year-old-girl in Letter from an Unknown Woman

Worst Reincarnation:

Jeanette MacDonald, Three Daring Daughters

Worst Title:

That Wonderful Urge

Due for a Pension:

Deanna Durbin

Career up in Smoke:

Robert Mitchum

Most Stonefaced:

Lizabeth Scott

Best of this Year

(Or any Year):

Four Feathers

Actress Most Likely to Drag Down Her Husband's Dubious Rep. as an Actor:

Mrs. Agar

All-Time Worst Hoyden:

Mrs. Agar

Most Nauseating Screen Voice:

Mrs. Agar