1949 (22nd Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1949. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

The Adventures of Don Juan, Warner Bros.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Edward Carrere; set decoration by Lyle Reifsnider.

Costume Design (Color). Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best.

All the King’s Men, Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Broderick Crawford.

Actor in a Supporting Role. John Ireland.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mercedes McCambridge.

Directing. Robert Rossen.

Film Editing. Robert Parrish and Al Clark.

Writing (Screenplay). Robert Rossen.

Aquatic House-Party, Paramount. [Grantland Rice Sportlights Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Jack Eaton, Producer.

The Barkleys of Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Stradling.

Battleground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture.

Actor in a Supporting Role. James Whitmore.

Directing. William A. Wellman.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Paul C. Vogel.

Film Editing. John Dunning.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Robert Pirosh.

Beyond the Forest, Warner Bros.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio DeSica Productions; Mayer-Burstyn. (Italy)

Writing (Screenplay). Cesare Zavattini.

Special Award (Foreign Language Film).

The Boy and the Eagle, RKO Pathe; RKO Radio.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). William Lasky, Producer.

Canary Row, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Edward Selzer, Producer.

Champion, Screen Plays Corporation; United Artists.

Best Actor. Kirk Douglas.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Arthur Kennedy.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Frank Planer.

Film Editing. Harry Gerstad.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Writing (Screenplay). Carl Foreman.

A Chance to Live, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]

Documentary (Short Subject). Richard de Rochemont, Producer.

Chase of Death, Irving Allen Productions. [Color Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Irving Allen, Producer.

Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Actress. Loretta Young.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Celeste Holm.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Elsa Lanchester.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph LaShelle.

Music (Song). “Through a Long and Sleepless Night”. Music by Alfred Newman; lyrics by Mack Gordon.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Clare Boothe Luce.

Daybreak in Udi, British Information Services. (UK)

Documentary (Feature). Crown Film Unit.

Edward, My Son, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA)

Best Actress. Deborah Kerr.

1848, A. F. Films. (France)

Documentary (Short Subject). French Cinema General Cooperative.

The Fallen Idol, London Films; Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO). (UK)

Directing. Carol Reed.

Writing (Screenplay). Graham Greene.

For Scent-imental Reasons, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Edward Selzer, Producer.

The Grass Is Always Greener, Warner Bros. [Two-reel Black-and-White Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

The Hasty Heart, Warner Bros. (UK, USA)

Best Actor. Richard Todd.

Hatch Up Your Troubles, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Fred Quimby, Producer.

The Heiress, Paramount.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Olivia de Havilland.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Ralph Richardson.

Directing. William Wyler.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Harry Horner and John Meehan; set decoration by Emile Kuri.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Leo Tover.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head and Gile Steele.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Aaron Copland.

It Happens Every Spring, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies.

It’s a Great Feeling, Warner Bros.

Music (Song). “It’s a Great Feeling”. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Jolson Sings Again, Sidney Buchman Productions; Columbia.

Cinematography (Color). William Snyder.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Morris Stoloff and George Duning.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Sidney Buchman.

Kenji Comes Home, Protestant Film Commission.

Documentary (Feature). Paul F. Heard, Producer.

A Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture.

Directing. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Writing (Screenplay). Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore.

Cinematography (Color). Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum.

Look for the Silver Lining, Warner Bros.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf.

Madame Bovary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle.

The Magic Fluke, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Fox & Crow Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Mighty Joe Young, ARKO Production; RKO Radio.

Special Effects.

Mother Is a Freshman, 20th Century-Fox.

Costume Design (Color). Kay Nelson.

My Foolish Heart, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

Best Actress. Susan Hayward.

Music (Song). “My Foolish Heart”. Music by Victor Young; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Neptune’s Daughter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.

On the Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton.

Once More, My Darling, Neptune Films; Universal-International.

Sound Recording. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.

Paisan, Roberto Rossellini Productions; Mayer-Burstyn. (Italy)

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini.

Passport to Pimlico, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Eagle Lion. (UK)

Writing (Story and Screenplay). T. E. B. Clarke.

Pinky, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Actress. Jeanne Crain.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Ethel Barrymore.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Ethel Waters.

Prince of Foxes, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Leon Shamroy.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Vittorio Nino Novarese.

The Quiet One, Film Documents; Mayer-Burstyn.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers.

The Rising Tide, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)

Documentary (Short Subject). St. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Roller Derby Girl, Paramount. [Pacemaker Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Justin Herman, Producer.

Sand, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Charles G. Clarke.

Sands of Iwo Jima, Republic.

Best Actor. John Wayne.

Film Editing. Richard L. Van Enger.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Harry Brown.

Saraband, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Eagle Lion. (UK)

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Argosy Pictures; RKO Radio.

Cinematography (Color). Winton Hoch.

Snow Carnival, Warner Bros. [Two-reel Technicolor Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

So Dear to My Heart, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Song). “Lavender Blue”. Music by Eliot Daniel; lyrics by Larry Morey.

So Much for So Little, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.

Documentary (Short Subject). Edward Selzer, Producer.

So You Think You’re Not Guilty, Warner Bros. [Joe McDoakes Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Spills and Chills, Warner Bros. [Sports News Review Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Walton C. Ament, Producer.

The Stratton Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Douglas Morrow.

Toy Tinkers, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Donald Duck Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Tulsa, Walter Wanger; Eagle Lion.

Special Effects.

Twelve O’Clock High, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Gregory Peck.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Dean Jagger.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Van Gogh, Société du Cinema du Pantheon; Canton-Weiner Films. (France)

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers.

Water Trix, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialty]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.

White Heat, Warner Bros.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Virginia Kellogg.

The Window, RKO Radio.

Film Editing. Frederic Knudtson.