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  1. Mar 24, 2015 · * Best Motion Picture - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films Actress in a Supporting Role - Jean Simmons Directing - Laurence Olivier Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - William Walton

  2. In 1949, the Best Picture Award was presented to the predicted front-runner film, All the King's Men, based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by poet Robert Penn Warren about a corrupt, rising politician/boss (based on the life of assassinated Louisiana demagogue Senator Huey Long).

    • Best Motion Picture
    • Directing
    • Actor
    • Actress
    • Actor in A Supporting Role
    • Actress in A Supporting Role
    • Writing
    • Music
    • Film Editing
    • Cinematography

    All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen Productions Battleground – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Heiress – Paramount A Letter to Three Wives – 20th Century-Fox Twelve O’Clock High– 20th Century-Fox

    All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen Battleground – William A. Wellman The Fallen Idol – Carol Reed The Heiress – William Wyler A Letter to Three Wives– Joseph L. Mankiewicz

    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

    Jeanne Crain – Pinky Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son Loretta Young – Come to the Stable

    John Ireland – All the King’s Men Dean Jagger – Twelve O’Clock High Arthur Kennedy – Champion Ralph Richardson – The Heiress James Whitmore – Battleground

    Ethel Barrymore – Pinky Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable Mercedes McCambridge – All the King’s Men Ethel Waters – Pinky

    Come to the Stable – Clare Boothe Luce It Happens Every Spring – Shirley W. Smith, Valentine Davies Sands of Iwo Jima – Harry Brown The Stratton Story – Douglas Morrow White Heat– Virginia Kellogg

    “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” – Neptune’s Daughter – Music, Lyrics by Frank Loesser “It’s A Great Feeling” – It’s a Great Feeling – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “Lavender Blue” – So Dear to My Heart – Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyrics by Larry Morey “My Foolish Heart” – My Foolish Heart – Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Ned Washington “Throug...

    All the King’s Men – Robert Parrish, Al Clark Battleground – John Dunning Champion – Harry Gerstad Sands of Iwo Jima – Richard L. Van Enger The Window– Frederic Knudtson

    Battleground – Paul C. Vogel Champion – Frank Planer Come to the Stable – Joseph LaShelle The Heiress – Leo Tover Prince of Foxes– Leon Shamroy

  3. The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters. [2] .

  4. The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949. This was the final year in which all five Best Picture nominees were in Black & White, and the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture won multiple Oscars.

    Best Motion Picture
    Best Director
    All the King's Men – Robert Rossen for ...
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three ...
    Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men ...
    Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress as ...
    Dean Jagger – Twelve O'Clock High as ...
    Mercedes McCambridge – All the King's Men ...
    A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L.
    Battleground – Robert Pirosh ‡ Jolson ...
  5. Walter Huston in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" Nominee. Charles Bickford

  6. The 21st Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: Hamlet. Hamlet also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Laurence Olivier), Black-and-White Art Direction-Set Decoration (Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon), and Black-and-White Costume Design (Roger K. Furse). The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater ...