21st Academy Awards (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.Winner - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Laurence Olivier
Winner - Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Jean Simmons
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for William Walton
Winner - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Winner - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Roger K. Furse - 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.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Jean Negulesco
Nominated - Best Actor for Lew Ayres
Winner - Best Actress for Jane Wyman
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Charles Bickford
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Agnes Moorehead
Nominated - Best Screenplay for Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Max Steiner
Nominated - Best Sound Recording for Nathan O. Levinson
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Ted D. McCord
Nominated - Best Film Editing for David Weisbart - DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnton WalbrookMarius GoringMoira ShearerA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Story for Emeric Pressburger
Winner - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Brian Easdale
Winner - Best Art Direction, Color
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Reginald Mills - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsOlivia de HavillandMark StevensLeo GennA detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Anatole Litvak
Nominated - Best Actress for Olivia de Havilland
Nominated - Best Screenplay for Frank Partos and Millen Brand
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Alfred Newman
Winner - Best Sound Recording for Thomas T. Moulton - 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.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Winner - Best Director for John Huston
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Walter Huston
Winner - Best Screenplay for John Huston - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsMontgomery CliftIvan JandlAline MacMahonIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.Nominated - Best Director for Fred Zinnemann
Nominated - Best Actor for Montgomery Clift
Winner - Best Story for Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler
Nominated - Best Screenplay for Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler - DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableDan DaileyJack OakieVaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the "Big Time", which are compounded by his drinking problem.Nominated - Best Actor for Dan Dailey
Nominated - Best Musical Score for Alfred Newman - DirectorWalter LangStarsRobert YoungMaureen O'HaraClifton WebbA family that hires a live-in babysitter is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius.Nominated - Best Actor for Clifton Webb
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsIngrid BergmanJosé FerrerSelena RoyleThe abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.Nominated - Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for José Ferrer
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Hugo Friedhofer
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color
Winner - Best Cinematography for Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch
Winner - Best Costume Design, Color for Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Frank Sullivan - 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 - Best Actress for Irene Dunne
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Oskar Homolka
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Barbara Bel Geddes
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Ellen Corby
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Nicholas Musuraca - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn RichardsWhile on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.Nominated - Best Actress for Barbara Stanwyck
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsTyrone PowerAnne BaxterCecil KellawayFollowing American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Cecil Kellaway
- 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.Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Claire Trevor
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsJoseph BoudreauxLionel Le BlancE. BienvenuThe idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.Nominated - Best Story for Robert Flaherty, and Frances Flaherty
- DirectorJules DassinStarsBarry FitzgeraldHoward DuffDorothy HartA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.Nominated - Best Story for Malvin Wald
Winner - Best Cinematography, Black and White for William H. Daniels
Winner - Best Film Editing for Paul Weatherwax - DirectorHoward HawksArthur RossonStarsJohn WayneMontgomery CliftJoanne DruDunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.Nominated - Best Story for Borden Chase
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Christian Nyby - 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 - Best Screenplay for Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Charles B. Lang Jr. - 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.Winner - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorSidney MeyersStarsGary MerrillDonald ThompsonClarence CooperA documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed Black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
- DirectorGeorge L. GeorgeA documentary short about the rehabilitation of people living with spinal cord injuries following World War II.Winner - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorGunther von FritschThis Theatre of Life short focuses on heart disease, and how bad diet, lack of exercise, and the stress of fast-paced living contribute to the rising rates of heart disease and heart attacks.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- This Oscar-nominated USAF film covers the Berlin Airlift from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It explains how, what and why that supported the city.Nominated - Best Documentary Short
- DirectorArne SucksdorffStarsMats BjörneA short impression of Stockholm.Winner - Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsKathleen FreemanHoward NegleyRuth LeeIn this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was one of thousands of Scandinavian immigrant girls who came to America in the early years of the 20th century in search of a better life.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
- DirectorDe Leon AnthonyHarry O. HoytEdwin E. OlsenStarsArt GilmoreNominated - Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesGeorge FordJoe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienA series of mishaps happening to a homeowner, while he take a relaxing day off from the office. The trouble is about to begin when he starts to rest at home.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
- 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.Winner - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
- DirectorSaul ElkinsStarsArt GilmoreThe pageantry of Calgary's colorful celebration of its past, culminating with its world famous rodeo, is chronicled.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
- DirectorGunther von FritschThis Theatre of Life series short, produced with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Fire Department, emphasizes fire safety and fire prevention. It gives a behind-the-scenes look at the switching system used to dispatch the proper equipment to fires, as well as a look at life in the fire station and fire fighter training.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
- DirectorBilly DanielStarsLita BaronRuss VincentBilly DanielNight club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue which is headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita). The latter is wary of Hannon's motives, but Vincent dismisses her feelings as jealousy.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsMel AllenWinter sports in the Rocky Mountains.Nominated - Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
- 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.Winner - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsW.F. BanesPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldMickey accidentally takes a seal home, after it sneaks into his picnic basket. When Mickey takes a bath, the seal is discovered and Mickey returns him to the park. Later, Mickey and Pluto discover that the bathroom is filled with seals.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancStan FrebergMice Hubie and Bertie try to remove Claude the Cat from his house by driving him insane.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJohn HubleyStarsWilliam CottrellArthur O'ConnellJames O'RearA slight role reversal for the Fox and Crow in this one, as the Crow was usually the smart one who ended up with the winning hand. Fox is Robin Hoodlum and the Crow is the Sheriff pursuing R. Hoodlum and his merry band. He escapes one trap after another until he is lured into an archery contest at the Palace---everybody plays the Palace sooner or later---and caught. He escapes, through the efforts of his faithful followers, and they kidnap the Sheriff and the King to act as their servants.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJack HannahStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashDonald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald is sitting on a veritable gold mine. He rallies his fellow ants, and while Donald is napping, they cart him to a cliff and drop him into the river. When he returns to the raid in progress, he finds himself powerless to stop it. He dynamites the ant hill, but that only separates the ledge he's standing on, and he finds himself in the river again as the ants finish off a cupcake.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- 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.Winner - Best Musical Score for Johnny Green and Roger Edens
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsBing CrosbyJoan FontaineRoland CulverA brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Victor Young
Nominated - Best Costume Design, Color for Edith Head and Gile Steele - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandGene KellyWalter SlezakA girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Lennie Hayton
- DirectorMichael CurtizBusby BerkeleyStarsJack CarsonJanis PaigeDoris DayRomantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.Nominated - Best Musical Score for Ray Heindorf
Nominated - Best Original Song for "It's Magic" - 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.Winner - Best Original Song for "Buttons and Bows"
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsYvonne De CarloTony MartinPeter LorreThe life, loves and adventures of a classic Casbah thief.Nominated - Best Original Song for "For Every Man There is a Woman"
- DirectorErnst LubitschOtto PremingerStarsBetty GrableDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Cesar RomeroThat Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.Nominated - Best Original Song for "This is the Moment"
- DirectorDick LundyStarsMel BlancBen HardawayLionel StanderWoody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the benifactor being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Woody Woodpecker Song"
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDane ClarkGail RussellEthel BarrymoreDanny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.Nominated - Best Sound Recording for Daniel J. Bloomberg
- 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.Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White
Winner - Best Special Effects - DirectorLouis KingStarsPeggy CumminsCharles CoburnRobert ArthurIn Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Charles G. Clarke
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordRon RandellA beautiful but amoral gypsy girl entices a young dragoon to betray his honor and get cashiered from the service, and for her sake he soon turns to a life of crime.Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for William Snyder
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsLana TurnerGene KellyJune AllysonD'Artagnan and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Robert Planck
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsBarbara StanwyckVan HeflinCharles CoburnWealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.Nominated - Best Costume Design, Black and White for Irene
- DirectorHenry KingStarsDana AndrewsJean PetersCesar RomeroThe friendship between a fisherman and an orphan boy disturbs others because of the dangers at sea.Nominated - Best Special Effects