23rd Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB | name = 23rd
poster =
date = March 29, 1951
site = RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
host = Fred Astaire
last = 22nd
next = 24th

The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded "Oscars" for the best in films in 1950. The nominations were noticeable this year, as "All About Eve" was nominated for fourteen Oscars, beating the previous record of "Gone with the Wind".

Nominees and Winners

The nominees are listed by award. The winner of each category is in bold.

Best Motion Picture

* "All About Eve" (Twentieth Century-Fox)
* "Born Yesterday" (Columbia)
* "Father of the Bride" (MGM)
* "King Solomon's Mines" (MGM)
* "Sunset Boulevard" (Paramount)

Best Actor

* Louis Calhern, "The Magnificent Yankee"
* José Ferrer, "Cyrano de Bergerac"
* William Holden, "Sunset Boulevard"
* James Stewart, "Harvey"
* Spencer Tracy, "Father of the Bride"

Best Actress

* Anne Baxter, "All About Eve"
* Bette Davis, "All About Eve"
* Judy Holliday, "Born Yesterday"
* Eleanor Parker, "Caged"
* Gloria Swanson, "Sunset Boulevard"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

* Jeff Chandler, "Broken Arrow"
* Edmund Gwenn, "Mister 880"
* Sam Jaffe, "The Asphalt Jungle"
* George Sanders, "All About Eve"
* Erich von Stroheim, "Sunset Boulevard"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

* Hope Emerson, "Caged"
* Celeste Holm, "All About Eve"
* Josephine Hull, "Harvey"
* Nancy Olson, "Sunset Boulevard"
* Thelma Ritter, "All About Eve"

Best Directing

* George Cukor, "Born Yesterday"
* John Huston, "The Asphalt Jungle"
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz, "All About Eve"
* Carol Reed, "The Third Man"
* Billy Wilder, "Sunset Boulevard"

Best Writing

Motion Picture Story

* Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt, "Panic in the Streets"
* William Bowers and Andre de Toth, "The Gunfighter"
* Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani, "Bitter Rice"
* Sy Gomberg, "When Willie Comes Marching Home"
* Leonard Spigelgass, "Mystery Street"

creenplay

* Michael Blankfort, "Broken Arrow"
* Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, "Father of the Bride"
* Ben Maddow and John Huston, "The Asphalt Jungle"
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz, "All About Eve"
* Albert Mannheimer, "Born Yesterday"

tory and Screenplay

* Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr., "Sunset Boulevard"
* Carl Foreman, "The Men"
* Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, "Adam's Rib"
* Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld, "Caged"
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels, "No Way Out"

Cinematography

Black-and-White

* Robert Krasker, "The Third Man"
* Milton R. Krasner, "All About Eve"
* Victor Milner, "The Furies"
* Harold Rosson, "The Asphalt Jungle"
* John F. Seitz, "Sunset Boulevard"

Color

* George Barnes, "Samson and Delilah"
* Ernest Haller, "The Flame and the Arrow"
* Ernest Palmer, "Broken Arrow"
* Charles Rosher, "Annie Get Your Gun"
* Robert Surtees, "King Solomon's Mines"

Art Direction

Black-and-White

* Hans Dreier and John Meehan, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, "Sunset Boulevard"
* Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, set decoration, "The Red Danube"
* Lyle Wheeler and George Davis, art direction; Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott, set decoration, "All About Eve"

Color

* Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, "Samson and Delilah"
* Ernst Fegte, art direction; George Sawley, set decoration, "Destination Moon"
* Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle, set decoration, "Annie Get Your Gun"

ound Recording

* Pinewood Studio Sound Dept., "Trio"
* Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., "Our Very Own"
* Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, "All About Eve"
* Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., "Louisa"
* Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., "Cinderella"

Music

ong

* “"Be My Love,"” "The Toast of New Orleans", Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
* “"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,"” "Cinderella", Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, music and lyrics
* “"Mona Lisa,"” "Captain Carey", Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, music and lyrics
* “"Mule Train,"” "Singing Guns", Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange, music and lyrics
* “"Wilhelmina,"” "Wabash Avenue", Josef Myrow, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics

coring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

* George Duning, "No Sad Songs for Me"
* Alfred Newman, "All About Eve"
* Max Steiner, "The Flame and the Arrow"
* Franz Waxman, "Sunset Boulevard"
* Victor Young, "Samson and Delilah"

coring of a Musical Picture

* Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens, "Annie Get Your Gun"
* Ray Heindorf, "The West Point Story"
* Lionel Newman, "I'll Get By"
* André Previn, "Three Little Words"
* Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith, "Cinderella"

Film Editing

* Oswald Hafenrichter, "The Third Man"
* Barbara McLean, "All About Eve"
* James E. Newcom, "Annie Get Your Gun"
* Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison, "Sunset Boulevard"
* Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig, "King Solomon's Mines"

Costume Design

Black and White

* Edith Head and Charles LeMaire, "All About Eve"
* Jean Louis, "Born Yesterday"
* Walter Plunkett, "The Magnificent Yankee"

Color

* Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling, "Samson and Delilah"
* Walter Plunkett and Valles, "That Forsyte Woman"
* Michael Whittaker, "The Black Rose"

pecial Effects

* "Destination Moon" (George Pal Productions; Eagle Lion Classics)
* "Samson and Delilah" (Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount)

hort Subjects

Cartoon

* "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
* "Jerry's Cousin" (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
* "Trouble Indemnity" (Mr. Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)

One-Reel

* "Blaze Busters" (Vitaphone Novelties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
* "Grandad of Races" (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
* "Wrong Way Butch" (Pete Smith Specialty Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)

Two-Reel

* "Grandma Moses" (Falcon Films, Inc.; A.F. Films)
* "In Beaver Valley (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)"
* "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (Featurette Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

hort Subject

* "The Fight: Science Against Cancer" (Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges; National Film Board of Canada)
* "The Stairs" (Film Documents, Inc.)
* "Why Korea?" (Twentieth Century-Fox Movietone; Twentieth Century-Fox)

Feature

* "The Titan: Story of Michelangelo" (Michelangelo Co.; Classics Pictures, Inc.)
* "With These Hands" (Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, producers; Promotional Films Co., Inc.)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Darryl F. Zanuck

Honorary Awards

* To George Murphy for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large.
* To Louis B. Mayer for distinguished service to the motion picture industry.
* To "The Walls of Malapaga" (France/Italy) voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States in 1950.