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1948 Academy Awards

The 1948 Academy Awards were presented March 24, 1949 at the AMPAS Theatre, Los Angeles.

Best Motion Picture

Hamlet (British) (J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities; Universal-International)

Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.)

The Red Shoes (J. Arthur Rank-Archers; Eagle-Lion)

The Snake Pit (Twentieth Century-Fox)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor

Lew Ayres, Johnny Belinda

Montgomery Clift, The Search

Dan Dailey, When My Baby Smiles at Me

Laurence Olivier, Hamlet

Clifton Webb, Sitting Pretty

Laurence Olivier, Hamlet

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Best Actress

Ingrid Bergman, Joan of Arc

Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit

Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama

Barbara Stanwyck, Sorry, Wrong Number

Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda

Actor in a Supporting Role

Charles Bickford, Johnny Belinda

José Ferrer, Joan of Arc

Oscar Homolka, I Remember Mama

Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Cecil Kellaway, The Luck of the Irish

Actress in a Supporting Role

Barbara Bel Geddes, I Remember Mama

Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama

Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda

Jean Simmons, Hamlet

Claire Trevor, Key Largo

Directing

John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Anatole Litvak, The Snake Pit

Jean Negulesco, Johnny Belinda

Laurence Olivier, Hamlet

Fred Zinnemann, The Search

Writing

Motion Picture Story	Borden Chase, Red River
	Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty, Louisiana Story
	Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes
	Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, The Search
	Malvin Wald, The Naked City
Screenplay	Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen, A Foreign Affair
	John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
	Frank Partos and Millen Brand, The Snake Pit
	Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, The Search
	Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent, Johnny Belinda

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Joseph August, Portrait of Jennie
	William Daniels, The Naked City
	Charles B. Lang, Jr., A Foreign Affair
	Ted McCord, Johnny Belinda
	Nicholas Musuraca, I Remember Mama
Color	Charles G. Clarke, Green Grass of Wyoming
	Robert Planck, The Three Musketeers
	William Snyder, The Loves of Carmen
	Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch, Joan of Arc

Art Direction

Black-and-White	Roger K. Furse, art direction; Carmen Dillon, set decoration, Hamlet
	Robert Haas, art direction; William Wallace, set decoration, Johnny Belinda
Color	Richard Day, art direction; Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish, set decoration, Joan of Arc
	Hein Heckroth, art direction; Arthur Lawson, set decoration, The Red Shoes

Sound Recording

Republic Studio Sound Dept., Moonrise

Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Snake Pit

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Johnny Belinda

Music

Song	*“Buttons and Bows,” The Paleface, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music and lyrics*
	“For Every Man There's a Woman,” Casbah, Harold Arlen, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
	“It's Magic,” Romance on the High Seas, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
	“This Is the Moment,” That Lady in Ermine, Frederick Hollander, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
	“The Woody Woodpecker Song,” Wet Blanket Policy, Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles, music and lyrics
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes
	Hugo Friedhofer, Joan of Arc
	Alfred Newman, The Snake Pit
	Max Steiner, Johnny Belinda
	William Walton, Hamlet
Scoring of a Musical Picture	Johnny Green and Roger Edens, Easter Parade
	Lennie Hayton, The Pirate
	Ray Heindorf, Romance on the High Seas
	Alfred Newman, When My Baby Smiles at Me
	Victor Young, The Emperor Waltz

Film Editing

Reginald Mills, The Red Shoes

Christian Nyby, Red River

Frank Sullivan, Joan of Arc

Paul Weatherwax, The Naked City

David Weisbart, Johnny Belinda

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Roger K. Furse, Hamlet
	Irene, B.F.'s Daughter
Color	Edith Head and Gile Steele, The Emperor Waltz
	Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska, Joan of Arc

Special Effects

Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer, visual; Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart, audible, Portrait of Jennie

Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder, visual; Roger Heman, audible, Deep Waters

Short Subjects

Cartoon	The Little Orphan (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
	Mickey and the Seal (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	Mouse Wreckers (Merrie Melodies Series) (Edward Selzer, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Robin Hoodlum (Fox and Crow Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	Tea for Two Hundred (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
One-Reel	Annie Was a Wonder (John Nesbitt Passing Parade Series) (Herbert Moulton, producer; MGM)
	Cinderella Horse (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
	So You Want to Be on the Radio (Joe McDoakes Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Symphony of a City (Movietone Specialty Series) (Edmund H. Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	You Can't Win (Pete Smith Specialty Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
Two-Reel	Calgary Stampede (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Going to Blazes (Herbert Morgan, producer; MGM)
	Samba-Mania (Musical Parade Featurette Series) (Harry Grey, producer; Paramount)
	Seal Island (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	Snow Capers (Thomas Mead, producer; Universal-International)

Documentary

Short Subject	Heart to Heart (Herbert Morgan, producer; Fact Film Organization)
	Operation Vittles (U.S. Army Air Force)
	Toward Independence (U.S. Army)
Feature	The Quiet One (Film Documents; Mayer-Burstyn)
	The Secret Land (U.S. Navy; MGM)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Jerry Wald

Special Awards

To Monsieur Vincent (France), voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948

To Ivan Jandl for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search

To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures

To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of 40 years

To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc

1949 Academy Awards

The Academy Awards

1947 Academy Awards