23rd Academy Awards
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Date | March 29, 1951 |
Site | RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California |
Hosted by | Fred Astaire |
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Best Picture | All About Eve |
Most awards | All About Eve (6) |
Most nominations | All About Eve (14) |
The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950. All About Eve received 14 Oscar nominations, beating the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind.
Sunset Boulevard became the second film with nominations in every acting category not to win a single one (after My Man Godfrey in 1936).
All About Eve was the second film, after Mrs. Miniver (1942), to receive five acting nominations. It also became the first to receive multiple nominations in two acting categories, and the first (and, to date, only) film to receive four female acting nominations—two each for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role. None was successful, losing to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday and Josephine Hull in Harvey, respectively.
Awards[]
Nominations announced on February 12, 1951. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[1]
Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Screenplay | Best Story and Screenplay |
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Best Motion Picture Story | Best Documentary Feature |
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Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel |
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Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel | Best Short Subject – Cartoons |
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Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture |
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Best Original Song | Best Sound Recording |
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Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-White | Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color |
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Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Best Cinematography, Color |
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Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Best Costume Design, Color |
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Best Film Editing | Best Special Effects |
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Academy Honorary Awards[]
- George Murphy "for his services in interpreting the film industry to the country at large".
- Louis B. Mayer "for distinguished service to the motion picture industry".
Best Foreign Language Film[]
- The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[]
- Darryl F. Zanuck
Presenters[]
- Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
- Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Awards)
- Ralph Bunche (Presenter: Best Motion Picture)
- Ruth Chatterton (Presenter: Writing Awards)
- Broderick Crawford (Presenter: Best Actress)
- Marlene Dietrich (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
- Coleen Gray (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
- Jane Greer (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
- Helen Hayes (Presenter: Best Actor)
- Dean Jagger (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
- Gene Kelly (Presenter: Music Awards)
- Phyllis Kirk (Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
- Mercedes McCambridge (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
- Leo McCarey (Presenter: Best Director)
- Marilyn Monroe (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
- Debra Paget (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
- Debbie Reynolds (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
- Jan Sterling (Presenter: Best Costume Design)
- David Wayne (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards)
Performers[]
- Gloria DeHaven and Alan Young
- Frankie Laine ("Mule Train" from Singing Guns)
- Martin and Lewis ("Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from Cinderella)
- Lucille Norman
Multiple nominations and awards[]
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also[]
- 8th Golden Globe Awards
- 1950 in film
- 2nd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 4th British Academy Film Awards
- 5th Tony Awards
References[]
- ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- Academy Awards ceremonies
- 1950 film awards
- 1951 in American cinema
- 1951 in Los Angeles
- March 1951 events