OSCARS

1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940

Jump to

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Winner
Orgueil et préjugés
7.4 (9.7K)
Cedric Gibbons
Paul Groesse
Arise, My Love
6.8 (1.1K)
Hans Dreier
Robert Usher
Arizona
6.8 (1.6K)
Lionel Banks
Robert Peterson
The Boys from Syracuse
5.8 (176)
Jack Otterson
L'Escadron noir
6.7 (3.2K)
John Victor Mackay
Correspondant 17
7.4 (25K)
Alexander Golitzen
Le roman de Lillian Russell
6.4 (609)
Richard Day
Joseph C. Wright
Mon épouse favorite
7.3 (12K)
Van Nest Polglase
Mark-Lee Kirk
My Son, My Son!
6.4 (281)
John DuCasse Schulze
Une petite ville sans histoire
6.5 (3.2K)
Lewis J. Rachmil
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
Lyle R. Wheeler
L'aigle des mers
7.6 (11K)
Anton Grot
Le cavalier du désert
7.3 (7.2K)
James Basevi

Best Art Direction, Color

Winner
Le Voleur de Bagdad
7.4 (15K)
Vincent Korda
Chante mon amour
5.7 (584)
Cedric Gibbons
John S. Detlie
Sous le ciel d'Argentine
6.4 (1.4K)
Richard Day
Joseph C. Wright
Les tuniques écarlates
6.3 (2K)
Hans Dreier
Roland Anderson

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Winner
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
George Barnes
Abraham Lincoln
7.3 (2.2K)
James Wong Howe
L'étrangère
7.4 (5.7K)
Ernest Haller
Arise, My Love
6.8 (1.1K)
Charles Lang
La fièvre du pétrole
7.0 (4K)
Harold Rosson
Correspondant 17
7.4 (25K)
Rudolph Maté
La Lettre
7.5 (15K)
Tony Gaudio
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
Gregg Toland
Chanson d'avril
6.6 (403)
Joseph A. Valentine
La valse dans l'ombre
7.7 (11K)
Joseph Ruttenberg

Best Cinematography, Color

Winner
Le Voleur de Bagdad
7.4 (15K)
Georges Périnal
Chante mon amour
5.7 (584)
Oliver T. Marsh
Allen M. Davey
L'oiseau bleu
6.2 (2.1K)
Arthur C. Miller
Ray Rennahan
Sous le ciel d'Argentine
6.4 (1.4K)
Leon Shamroy
Ray Rennahan
Les tuniques écarlates
6.3 (2K)
Victor Milner
W. Howard Greene
Le grand passage
7.0 (4.2K)
Sidney Wagner
William V. Skall

Best Director

Best Effects, Special Effects

Winner
Le Voleur de Bagdad
7.4 (15K)
Lawrence W. Butler(photographic)
Jack Whitney(sound)
L'oiseau bleu
6.2 (2.1K)
Fred Sersen(photographic)
Edmund H. Hansen(sound)
La fièvre du pétrole
7.0 (4K)
A. Arnold Gillespie(photographic)
Douglas Shearer(sound)
The Boys from Syracuse
5.8 (176)
John P. Fulton(photographic)
Bernard B. Brown(sound)
Joe Lapis(sound)
Docteur Cyclope
6.4 (3.1K)
Farciot Edouart(photographic)
Gordon Jennings(photographic)
Correspondant 17
7.4 (25K)
Paul Eagler(photographic)
Thomas T. Moulton(sound)
Le retour de l'homme invisible
6.4 (5.8K)
John P. Fulton(photographic)
Bernard B. Brown(sound)
William Hedgcock(sound)
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
R.T. Layton(photographic)
Ray Binger(photographic)
Thomas T. Moulton(sound)
Tumak, fils de la jungle
5.7 (1.8K)
Roy Seawright(photographic)
Elmer Raguse(sound)
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
Jack Cosgrove(photographic)
Arthur Johns(sound)
L'aigle des mers
7.6 (11K)
Byron Haskin(photographic)
Nathan Levinson(sound)
Swiss Family Robinson
6.2 (891)
Vernon L. Walker(photographic)
John Aalberg(sound)
Typhoon
5.7 (157)
Farciot Edouart(photographic)
Gordon Jennings(photographic)
Loren L. Ryder(sound)
Women in War
5.7 (106)
Howard Lydecker(photographic)
William Bradford(photographic)
Bud Thackery(photographic) (as Ellis J. Thackery)
Herbert Norsch(sound)

Best Film Editing

Winner
Les tuniques écarlates
6.3 (2K)
Anne Bauchens
Les Raisins de la colère
8.1 (106K)
Robert L. Simpson
La Lettre
7.5 (15K)
Warren Low
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
Sherman Todd
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
Hal C. Kern

Best Music, Original Score

Winner
Pinocchio
7.5 (167K)
Leigh Harline
Paul J. Smith
Ned Washington
Arizona
6.8 (1.6K)
Victor Young
L'Escadron noir
6.7 (3.2K)
Victor Young
The Fight for Life
5.3 (99)
Louis Gruenberg
Le dictateur
8.4 (250K)
Meredith Willson
La Maison aux sept pignons
7.0 (1.6K)
Frank Skinner
Howard le révolté
6.0 (1.3K)
Richard Hageman
La Lettre
7.5 (15K)
Max Steiner
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
Richard Hageman
Le signe de Zorro
7.5 (12K)
Alfred Newman
Mon épouse favorite
7.3 (12K)
Roy Webb
Les tuniques écarlates
6.3 (2K)
Victor Young
Tumak, fils de la jungle
5.7 (1.8K)
Werner R. Heymann
Une petite ville sans histoire
6.5 (3.2K)
Aaron Copland
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
Franz Waxman
Le Voleur de Bagdad
7.4 (15K)
Miklós Rózsa
La valse dans l'ombre
7.7 (11K)
Herbert Stothart

Best Music, Original Song

Winner
Pinocchio
7.5 (167K)
Leigh Harline(music)
Ned Washington(lyrics)
For the song "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Sous le ciel d'Argentine
6.4 (1.4K)
Harry Warren(music)
Mack Gordon(lyrics)
For the song "Down Argentine Way"
La villa des piqués
6.0 (1.6K)
Jimmy McHugh(music)
Johnny Mercer(lyrics)
For the song "I'd Know You Anywhere"
Musique dans mon coeur
6.0 (661)
Chet Forrest
Bob Wright
For the song "It's a Blue World"
Swing Romance
5.7 (1.9K)
Artie Shaw(music)
Johnny Mercer(lyrics)
For the song "Love of My Life"
Rhythm on the River
6.7 (438)
James V. Monaco(music)
Johnny Burke(lyrics)
For the song "Only Forever"
En avant la musique
6.8 (2.1K)
Roger Edens
George Stoll
For the song "Our Love Affair"
Chanson d'avril
6.6 (403)
Robert Stolz(music)
Gus Kahn(lyrics)
For the song "Waltzing in the Clouds"
Hit Parade of 1941
5.7 (110)
Jule Styne(music)
Walter Bullock(lyrics)
For the song "Who Am I?"

Best Music, Score

Winner
Adieu Broadway
6.4 (584)
Alfred Newman
Arise, My Love
6.8 (1.1K)
Victor Young
Hit Parade of 1941
5.7 (110)
Cy Feuer
Irène
6.3 (813)
Anthony Collins
Une petite ville sans histoire
6.5 (3.2K)
Aaron Copland
L'aigle des mers
7.6 (11K)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Swing Romance
5.7 (1.9K)
Artie Shaw
Chanson d'avril
6.6 (403)
Charles Previn
En avant la musique
6.8 (2.1K)
George Stoll
Roger Edens

Best Picture

Winner
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
David O. Selznick was the founder and owner of Selznick International Pictures, and therefore won and took home Rebecca's Best Picture Oscar.
L'étrangère
7.4 (5.7K)
Correspondant 17
7.4 (25K)
Les Raisins de la colère
8.1 (106K)
Le dictateur
8.4 (250K)
Kitty Foyle
6.9 (4.3K)
La Lettre
7.5 (15K)
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
Argosy
Une petite ville sans histoire
6.5 (3.2K)
Indiscrétions
7.8 (77K)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

Winner
The Milky Way
6.6 (948)
Fred Quimby
Rudolf Ising
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Faites chauffer la colle !
7.6 (2.6K)
Rudolf Ising
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Un chasseur sachant chasser
7.7 (2K)
Leon Schlesinger

Best Short Subject, One-reel

Winner
Quicker'n a Wink
7.1 (406)
Pete Smith
London Can Take It!
7.0 (739)
Vitaphone Varieties
More About Nostradamus
5.4 (194)
Siege
6.7 (281)
Julien Bryan

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Winner
Teddy the Rough Rider
5.9 (322)
Eyes of the Navy
5.9 (263)
Service with the Colors
5.4 (240)
From the National Defense Series

Best Sound, Recording

Winner
En avant la musique
6.8 (2.1K)
Douglas Shearer(M-G-M SSD)
Behind the News
5.3 (106)
Charles L. Lootens(Republic SSD)
Capitaine Casse-Cou
5.5 (362)
Elmer Raguse(Hal Roach SSD)
Les Raisins de la colère
8.1 (106K)
Edmund H. Hansen(20th Century-Fox SSD)
Howard le révolté
6.0 (1.3K)
Jack Whitney(General Service SSD)
Kitty Foyle
6.9 (4.3K)
John Aalberg(RKO Radio SSD)
Les tuniques écarlates
6.3 (2K)
Loren L. Ryder(Paramount SSD)
Une petite ville sans histoire
6.5 (3.2K)
Thomas T. Moulton(Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
L'aigle des mers
7.6 (11K)
Nathan Levinson(Warner Bros. SSD)
Chanson d'avril
6.6 (403)
Bernard B. Brown(Universal SSD)
Trop de maris
6.5 (1.8K)
John P. Livadary(Columbia SSD)

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Winner
Gouverneur malgré lui
7.2 (4.7K)
Preston Sturges
L'ange de Broadway
6.5 (1.4K)
Ben Hecht
La balle magique du Docteur Ehrlich
7.4 (1.9K)
Norman Burnstine
Heinz Herald
John Huston
Correspondant 17
7.4 (25K)
Charles Bennett
Joan Harrison
Le dictateur
8.4 (250K)
Charles Chaplin

Best Writing, Original Story

Winner
Arise, My Love
6.8 (1.1K)
Benjamin Glazer
Hans Székely
Camarade X
6.6 (1.9K)
Walter Reisch
La Vie de Thomas Edison
7.0 (1.9K)
Hugo Butler
Dore Schary
Mon épouse favorite
7.3 (12K)
Leo McCarey
Bella Spewack
Sam Spewack
Le cavalier du désert
7.3 (7.2K)
Stuart N. Lake

Best Writing, Screenplay

Winner
Indiscrétions
7.8 (77K)
Donald Ogden Stewart
Les Raisins de la colère
8.1 (106K)
Nunnally Johnson
Kitty Foyle
6.9 (4.3K)
Dalton Trumbo
Les Hommes de la mer
6.9 (5.3K)
Dudley Nichols
Rebecca
8.1 (160K)
Robert E. Sherwood
Joan Harrison

Honorary Award

Winner
Bob Hope
In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry (special silver plaque).
Winner
Nathan Levinson
For his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films.

Academy Award of Merit

Winner
For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens.

Scientific and Engineering Award

Winner
Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award

Winner
Anton Grot
For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.

Also known as

The Oscars

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content

Learn more about contributing

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.