Oscars 1951 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines

Best Director!

Winner: Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve
John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle
George Cukor - Born Yesterday
Vincente Minnelli - Father of the Bride

Best Actor!

Winner: James Stewart, Harvey!

Nominees:
Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
Jose Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
William Holden - Sunset Boulevard
Spencer Tracy - Father of the Bride

Best Actress!

Winner: Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
Anne Baxter - All About Eve
Bette Davis - All About Eve
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
Eleanor Parker - Caged

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: George Sanders, All About Eve!

Nominees:
Jeff Chandler - Broken Arrow
Edmund Gwenn - Mister 880
Sam Jaffe - The Asphalt Jungle
Erich von Stroheim - Sunset Boulevard

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Josephine Hull, Harvey!

Nominees:
Hope Emerson - Caged
Celeste Holm - All About Eve
Nancy Olson - Sunset Boulevard
Thelma Ritter - All About Eve

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr., Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin - Adam's Rib
Carl Foreman - The Men
Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels - No Way Out
Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards - Winchester '73

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve!

Nominees:
Ben Maddow and John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle
Albert Mannheimer - Born Yesterday
Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett - Father of the Bride
Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto - Rashomon

Best Story!

Winner: Panic in the Streets!

Nominees:
Bitter Rice
The Gunfighter
Mystery Street
When Willie Comes Marching Home

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Jerry's Cousin!

Nominees:
Gerald McBoing-Boing
Trouble Indemnity

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: The Titan: Story of Michelangelo!

Nominees:
With These Hands

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Why Korea?

Nominees:
The Fight: Science Against Cancer
The Stairs

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: Grandad of Races!

Nominees:
Blaze Busters
Wrong Way Butch

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: Grandma Moses!

Nominees:
In Beaver Valley
My Country 'Tis of Thee

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
All About Eve
The Flame and the Arrow
No Sad Songs for Me
Samson and Delilah

Best Musical Score!

Winner: Cinderella!

Nominees:
Annie Get Your Gun
I'll Get By
Three Little Words
The West Point Story

Best Original Song!

Winner: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston - Mona Lisa, Captain Carey, U.S.A.!

Nominees:
Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn - Be My Love, The Toast of New Orleans
Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston - Bibbidi-Bibbidi-Boo, Cinderella
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lang - Mule Train, Singing Guns
Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon - Wilhelmina, Wabash Avenue

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: All About Eve!

Nominees:
Cinderella
Louisa
Our Very Own
Trio

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
All About Eve
The Red Danube

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Samson and Delilah!

Nominees:
Annie Get Your Gun
Destination Moon

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
All About Eve
The Asphalt Jungle
The Furies
Rashomon

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: King Solomon's Mines!

Nominees:
Annie Get Your Gun
Broken Arrow
The Flame and the Arrow
Samson and Delilah

Best Costume Design - Black and White!

Winner: The Magnificent Yankee!

Nominees:
All About Eve
Born Yesterday

Best Costume Design - Color!

Winner: Samson and Delilah!

Nominees:
The Black Rose
The Forsythe Woman

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Sunset Boulevard!

Nominees:
All About Eve
Annie Get Your Gun
King Solomon's Mines
Rashomon

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Destination Moon!

Nominees:
Samson and Delilah