Oscars 1950 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: The Third Man!

Nominees:
All the King's Men
Battleground
The Heiress
Twelve O'Clock High

Best Director!

Winner: Carol Reed, The Third Man!

Nominees:
Robert Rossen - All the King's Men
William A. Wellman - Battleground
William Wyler - The Heiress
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives

Best Actor!

Winner: James Cagney, White Heat!

Nominees:
Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men
Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High
Richard Todd - The Hasty Heart
John Wayne - Sands of Iwo Jima

Best Actress!

Winner: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress!

Nominees:
Jeanne Crain - Pinky
Susan Hayward - My Foolish Heart
Deborah Kerr - Edward, My Son
Loretta Young - Come to the Stable

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Orson Welles, The Third Man!

Nominees:
John Ireland - All the King's Men
Dean Jagger - Twelve O'Clock High
Ralph Richardson - The Heiress
James Whitmore - Battleground

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men!

Nominees:
Ethel Barrymore - Pinky
Celeste Holm - Come to the Stable
Elsa Lanchester - Come to the Stable
Ethel Waters - Pinky

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Graham Greene, The Third Man!

Nominees:
Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sidney Sheldon - The Barkleys of Broadway
Robert Pirosh - Battleground
Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagaiero and Roberto Rossellini - Paisa
Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts - White Heat

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives!

Nominees:
Robert Rossen - All the King's Men
Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol
Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz - The Heiress
Robert Hamer and John Dighton - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Best Story!

Winner: Sands of Iwo Jima!

Nominees:
Come to the Stable
It Happens Every Spring
The Stratton Story
White Heat

Best Animated Short!

Winner: For Scent-imental Reasons!

Nominees:
Hatch Up Your Troubles
The Magic Fluke
Toy Tinkers

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Daybreak in Udi!

Nominees:
Kenji Comes Home

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: A Chance to Live!

Nominees:
1848
The Rising Tide
So Much for So Little

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: Aquatic House Party!

Nominees:
Roller Derby Girl
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Spills and Chills
Water Trix

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: Van Gogh!

Nominees:
The Boy and the Eagle
Chase of Death
The Grass Is Always Greener
Snow Carnival

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: The Heiress!

Nominees:
Beyond the Forest
Champion

Best Musical Score!

Winner: On the Town!

Nominees:
Look for the Silver Lining
Jolson Sings Again

Best Original Song!

Winner: Frank Loesser - Baby, It's Cold Outside, Neptune's Daughter!

Nominees:
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn - It's a Great Feeling, It's a Great Feeling
Eliot Daniel and Larry Morey - Lavender Blue, So Dear to My Heart
Victor Young and Ned Washington - My Foolish Heart, My Foolish Heart
Alfred Newman and Mack Gordon - Through a Long and Sleepless Night, Come to the Stable

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: Twelve O'clock High!

Nominees:
Once More, My Darling
Sands of Iwo Jima

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: The Heiress!

Nominees:
Come to the Stable
Madame Bovary

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Little Women!

Nominees:
Adventures of Don Juan
Saraband for Dead Lovers

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: The Third Man!

Nominees:
Battleground
Come to the Stable
The Heiress
White Heat

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon!

Nominees:
The Barkleys of Broadway
Jolson Sings Again
Little Women
Sand

Best Costume Design - Black and White!

Winner: The Third Man!

Nominees:
The Heiress

Best Costume Design - Color!

Winner: Adventures of Don Juan!

Nominees:
Mother Is a Freshman

Best Film Editing!

Winner: The Third Man!

Nominees:
All the King's Men
Battleground
Sands of Iwo Jima
White Heat

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Mighty Joe Young!

Nominees:
Tulsa