QUICK LINKS

2024 (97th) Academy Awards

21st Academy Awards

March 24, 1949 · Honoring films from 1948

Poster for Hamlet

J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films

Photo of John Huston

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Photo of Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Photo of Jane Wyman

BEST SCREENPLAY

Poster for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Category:

1948 (21st)

Laurence Olivier

Hamlet, Hamlet

Dr. Robert Richardson, Johnny Belinda

Montgomery Clift

Ralph Stevenson, The Search

Skid, When My Baby Smiles at Me

Lynn Belvedere, Sitting Pretty

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Howard, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Charles Bickford

Black McDonald, Johnny Belinda

The Dauphin, Charles VIII, Joan of Arc

Uncle Chris, I Remember Mama

Horace, The Luck of the Irish

Belinda McDonald, Johnny Belinda

Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc

Olivia de Havilland

Virginia Stuart Cunningham, The Snake Pit

Mama, I Remember Mama

Barbara Stanwyck

Leona Stevenson, Sorry, Wrong Number

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Gaye, Key Largo

Barbara Bel Geddes

Katrin, I Remember Mama

Aunt Trina, I Remember Mama

Agnes Moorehead

Aggie McDonald, Johnny Belinda

Ophelia, Hamlet

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon

Robert Haas, William Wallace

Best Art Direction (Color)

Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson

Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish

Best Motion Picture

J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films

J. Arthur Rank-Archers

20th Century-Fox

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

William Daniels

Charles B. Lang Jr.

A Foreign Affair

Nicholas Musuraca

I Remember Mama

Portrait of Jennie

Best Cinematography (Color)

Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch

Charles G. Clarke

Green Grass of Wyoming

The Loves of Carmen

The Three Musketeers

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

B. F.'s Daughter

Best Costume Design (Color)

Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska

Edith Head, Gile Steele

The Emperor Waltz

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Laurence Olivier

Best Documentary (Feature)

Orville O. Dull

The Secret Land

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

United States Army

Toward Independence

United States Army Air Force

Operation Vittles

Best Film Editing

Paul Weatherwax

Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Hugo Friedhofer

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green, Roger Edens

The Emperor Waltz

Romance on the High Seas

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

“Buttons And Bows”, The Paleface

Harold Arlen, Leo Robin

“For Every Man There's A Woman”, Casbah

Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn

“It's Magic”, Romance on the High Seas

Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin

“This Is The Moment”, That Lady in Ermine

Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles

“The Woody Woodpecker Song”, Wet Blanket Policy

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

The Little Orphan

Mickey and the Seal

United Productions of America

Tea for Two Hundred

Short Subject (One-reel)

Symphony of a City

Herbert Moulton

Annie Was a Wonder

Gordon Hollingshead

Cinderella Horse

Gordon Hollingshead

So You Want to Be on the Radio

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

Gordon Hollingshead

Calgary Stampede

Going to Blazes

Best Sound Recording

20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Col. Nathan O. Levinson

Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg

Best Special Effects

Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart

Portrait of Jennie

Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder, Roger Heman

Special Foreign Language Film Award

Monsieur Vincent

Best Motion Picture Story

Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler

Frances Flaherty, Robert Flaherty

Louisiana Story

Emeric Pressburger

Best Screenplay

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen

A Foreign Affair

Irmgard Von Cube, Allen Vincent

Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler

Frank Partos, Millen Brand