22nd Academy Awards

22nd Academy Awards
Date	March 23, 1950
Site	RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
Host	Paul Douglas
Highlights
Best Picture	All the King's Men
Most awards	The Heiress (4)
Most nominations	The Heiress (8)

The 22nd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1949. This was the last year for which all five Best Picture nominees were in black and white.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Robert Rossen for Columbia Pictures - All the King's Men Dore Schary for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Battleground William Wyler for Paramount Pictures - The Heiress Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox - A Letter to Three Wives Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - Twelve O'Clock High	Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol Robert Rossen – All the King's Men William A. Wellman – Battleground William Wyler – The Heiress
Best Actor	Best Actress
Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men Kirk Douglas – Champion Gregory Peck – Twelve O'Clock High Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima	Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress Jeanne Crain – Pinky Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son Loretta Young – Come to the Stable
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Dean Jagger – Twelve O'Clock High John Ireland – All the King's Men Arthur Kennedy – Champion Ralph Richardson – The Heiress James Whitmore – Battleground	Mercedes McCambridge – All the King's Men Ethel Barrymore – Pinky Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable Ethel Waters – Pinky
Best Screenplay	Best Story and Screenplay
A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz Champion – Carl Foreman The Fallen Idol – Graham Greene All the King's Men – Robert Rossen The Bicycle Thief – Cesare Zavattini	Battleground – Robert Pirosh Jolson Sings Again – Sidney Buchman Passport to Pimlico – T. E. B. Clarke Paisà – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini The Quiet One – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers
Best Story	Best Animated Short Film
The Stratton Story – Douglas Morrow Sands of Iwo Jima – Harry Brown White Heat – Virginia Kellogg Come to the Stable – Clare Boothe Luce It Happens Every Spring – Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies	For Scent-imental Reasons Canary Row (nomination withdrawn) Hatch Up Your Troubles The Magic Fluke Toy Tinkers
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Daybreak in Udi Kenji Comes Home	A Chance to Live So Much for So Little 1848 The Rising Tide
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Aquatic House Party – Jack Eaton Roller Derby Girl – Justin Herman So You Think You're Not Guilty – Gordon Hollingshead Spills and Chills – Walton C. Ament Water Trix – Pete Smith	Van Gogh – Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens The Boy and the Eagle – William Lasky Chase of Death – Irving Allen The Grass Is Always Greener – Gordon Hollingshead Snow Carnival – Gordon Hollingshead
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
The Heiress – Aaron Copland Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin	On the Town – Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff and George Duning
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter – Music and Lyric by Frank Loesser "It's a Great Feeling" from It's a Great Feeling – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "Lavender Blue" from So Dear to My Heart – Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyric by Larry Morey "My Foolish Heart" from My Foolish Heart – Music by Victor Young; Lyric by Ned Washington "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" from Come to the Stable – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyric by Mack Gordon	Twelve O'Clock High – Thomas T. Moulton, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department Sands of Iwo Jima – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department Once More, My Darling – Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
The Heiress – Art Direction: John Meehan and Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri Madame Bovary – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle Come to the Stable – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox	Little Women – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore Adventures of Don Juan – Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider Saraband for Dead Lovers – Art Direction and Set Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
Battleground – Paul C. Vogel Come to the Stable – Joseph LaShelle Champion – Franz Planer Prince of Foxes – Leon Shamroy The Heiress – Leo Tover	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – Winton Hoch Sand – Charles G. Clarke Little Women – Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum Jolson Sings Again – William Snyder The Barkleys of Broadway – Harry Stradling
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
The Heiress – Edith Head and Gile Steele Prince of Foxes – Vittorio Nino Novarese	Adventures of Don Juan – Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best Mother Is a Freshman – Kay Nelson
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Champion – Harry Gerstad Battleground – John Dunning The Window – Frederic Knudtson All the King's Men – Robert Parrish and Al Clark Sands of Iwo Jima – Richard L. Van Enger	Mighty Joe Young – Arko Production; RKO Radio Tulsa – Walter Wagner; Eagle Lion

Academy Honorary Awards

• Fred Astaire
• Cecil B. DeMille
• Jean Hersholt

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Bicycle Thief (Italy)

Academy Juvenile Award

• Bobby Driscoll

Presenters

• June Allyson and Dick Powell (Presenters: Best Cinematography)
• Anne Baxter and John Hodiak (Presenters: Short Subject Awards)
• Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Award to Cecil B. DeMille)
• James Cagney (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Peggy Dow and Joanne Dru (Presenters: Best Costume Design)
• Jose Ferrer (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards)
• Barbara Hale and Ruth Roman (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
• James Hilton (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• John Lund (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
• Ida Lupino (Presenter: Best Director)
• Ray Milland (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
• George Murphy (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
• Patricia Neal (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
• Donald O'Connor (Presenter: Juvenile Award to Bobby Driscoll)
• Cole Porter (Presenter: Music Awards)
• Micheline Presle (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Ronald Reagan (Presenter: Honorary Award to Jean Hersholt)
• Mark Robson (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
• Ginger Rogers (Presenter: Honorary Award to Fred Astaire)
• James Stewart (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Claire Trevor (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
• Jane Wyman (Presenter: Best Actor)

Performers

• Gene Autry
• Ann Blyth
• Arlene Dahl, Betty Garrett, Ricardo Montalban, and Red Skelton ("Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter)
• Dean Martin
• Smilin' Jack Smith

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 8 nominations: The Heiress
• 7 nominations: All the King's Men, Come to the Stable
• 6 nominations: Battleground, Champion
• 4 nominations: Sands of Iwo Jima, Twelve O'Clock High
• 3 nominations: Jolson Sings Again, A Letter to Three Wives, Pinky
• 2 nominations: Adventures of Don Juan, The Fallen Idol, Little Women, My Foolish Heart, Prince of Foxes

The following films received multiple awards.

• 4 wins: The Heiress
• 3 wins: All the King's Men
• 2 wins: Battleground, A Letter to Three Wives, Twelve O'Clock High

See also

• 7th Golden Globe Awards
• 1949 in film
• 1st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3rd British Academy Film Awards
• 4th Tony Awards