1948
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- DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierJean SimmonsJohn LauriePrince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.*[BEST PICTURE]*
*ACTOR -- Laurence Olivier
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon
*COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Roger K. Furse
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films - DirectorJean NegulescoStarsJane WymanLew AyresCharles BickfordA kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Jane Wyman - DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnton WalbrookMarius GoringMoira ShearerA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies*
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsOlivia de HavillandMark StevensLeo GennA detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.[BEST PICTURE]
*SOUND RECORDING -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies*
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Walter Huston
*DIRECTING -- John Huston
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- John Huston
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros. - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsIngrid BergmanJosé FerrerSelena RoyleThe abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch
*COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska
*SPECIAL AWARD
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. - DirectorJules DassinStarsBarry FitzgeraldHoward DuffDorothy HartA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- William Daniels
*FILM EDITING -- Paul Weatherwax - DirectorCharles WaltersStarsJudy GarlandFred AstairePeter LawfordA nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Johnny Green, Roger Edens
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren BacallA man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Claire Trevor
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaThe Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home has sent the orphan mouse, Nibbles, to spend Thanksgiving with Jerry. But Jerry's cupboard is bare, and Nibbles is always hungry. They start by raiding Tom's milk dish, but Tom wakes up and drains it. Fortunately, Mammy has just put out a huge Thanksgiving feast, just ready for the raiding. And that's just what Jerry and Nibbles do, grabbing Pilgrim hats from the table decorations. All goes fairly well until Nibbles eats a whole orange, which is way too big for him. Jerry smacks him with a spoon, which sends the orange flying, right into Tom's mouth. Tom stalks up to the table in a feather duster, which turns into an Indian headdress. Battle follows, featuring Tom sending flaming cat-tails after the mice, and culminating in a champagne bottle launching Tom into the dish cabinet, which crashes down. Tom waves a white flag, and all three sit down to a polite dinner, but Nibbles eats the whole turkey before anyone else can touch it.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Fred Quimby, Producer
- DirectorMaurice ClocheStarsPierre FresnayAimé ClariondJean DebucourtSt. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.*SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD -- France
To Monsieur Vincent - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948. - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeJane RussellRobert ArmstrongCalamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.*MUSIC (Song) -- "Buttons And Bows," Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenEthel BarrymoreIn Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Special Visual Effects by Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects by Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerThe first of the True-Life Adventure featurettes. Fur seals arrive on the Pribilof Islands for the purpose of mating. The older seals are known as bulls and have "harems" of females which they protect very seriously. The younger male seals get together, train themselves to fight, and then help each other overthrow the bulls to become the new masters of the harems.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsMontgomery CliftIvan JandlAline MacMahonIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.*WRITING (Motion Picture Story) -- Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
*SPECIAL AWARD
To Ivan Jandl, for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as "Karel Malik" in The Search. - StarsRobert MontgomeryRobert TaylorVan HeflinThe 1946-1947 U.S. military expedition to explore and map Antarctica, led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, is presented from its planning stages through its successful completion.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Orville O. Dull, Producer
- DirectorGeorge L. GeorgeA documentary short about the rehabilitation of people living with spinal cord injuries following World War II.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- United States Army
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.*Top Rated Movies
*SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD -- Italy
To The Bicycle Thief - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. - DirectorVincent ShermanStarsErrol FlynnViveca LindforsRobert DouglasThe great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.*COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn NesbittNana BryantFred FisherOscar-winning short film has an adult looking back fondly at his childhood when he was taught in a one-room schoolhouse by Miss Turlock, a stern, but caring and respected teacher.*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Herbert Moulton, Producer
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsClaude DauphinThe biography of Dutch artist Van Gogh, illustrated only with images of his paintings and drawings, or details of those, and according dramatic musical score.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers
- DirectorDean RiesnerStarsBurton's BirdsJimmy the CrowGeorge BurtonThe feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill!*SPECIAL AWARD
To Bill and Coo, in which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures. - DirectorBilly WilderStarsBing CrosbyJoan FontaineRoland CulverA brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsIrene DunneBarbara Bel GeddesOscar HomolkaA young writer recalls her ups and downs of growing up as one of four children to Norwegian immigrant parents in 1910s San Francisco.Nominated for 5 Oscars.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJean ArthurMarlene DietrichJohn LundIn occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.Nominated for 2 Oscars.