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Outstanding Production Prior to the Awards for 1951, no producer(s) named with nominations
 ANTHONY ADVERSE (Won 4 Awards) - Warner Bros. [Produced by Henry Blanke]
DODSWORTH - Goldwyn, UA. [Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, with Merritt Hulbert]
 THE GREAT ZIEGFELD - MGM. [Produced by Hunt Stromberg]
LIBELED LADY - MGM. [Produced by Lawrence Weingarten]
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN - Columbia. [Produced by Frank Capra]
ROMEO AND JULIET - MGM. [Produced by Irving Thalberg]
SAN FRANCISCO - MGM. [Produced by John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman]
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR - Warner Bros. [Produced by Henry Blanke]
A TALE OF TWO CITIES - MGM. [Produced by David O. Selznick]
THREE SMART GIRLS - Universal. [Produced by Joe Pasternak, with Charles R. Rogers]
Actor
Gary Cooper in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
Walter Huston in DODSWORTH
Paul Muni in THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
William Powell in MY MAN GODFREY
Spencer Tracy in SAN FRANCISCO
Actress
Irene Dunne in THEODORA GOES WILD
Gladys George in VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE
Carole Lombard in MY MAN GODFREY
Luise Rainer in THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
Norma Shearer in ROMEO AND JULIET
Supporting Actor
Walter Brennan in COME AND GET IT
Mischa Auer in MY MAN GODFREY
Stuart Erwin in PIGSKIN PARADE
Basil Rathbone in ROMEO AND JULIET
Akim Tamiroff in THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN
Supporting Actress
Alice Brady in MY MAN GODFREY
Beulah Bondi in THE GORGEOUS HUSSY
Bonita Granville in THESE THREE
Maria Ouspenskaya in DODSWORTH
Gale Sondergaard in ANTHONY ADVERSE
Direction
Frank Capra for MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
Gregory La Cava for MY MAN GODFREY
Robert Z. Leonard for THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
W. S. Van Dyke, II for SAN FRANCISCO
William Wyler for DODSWORTH
Writing (Screenplay)
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett AFTER THE THIN MAN
Sidney Howard DODSWORTH
Robert Riskin MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
Eric Hatch, Morrie Ryskind MY MAN GODFREY
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
Writing (Original Story)
Norman Krasna FURY
William Anthony McGuire THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
Robert Hopkins SAN FRANCISCO
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
Adele Comandini THREE SMART GIRLS
Interior Decoration
Anton Grot ANTHONY ADVERSE
Richard Day DODSWORTH
Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
William S. Darling LLOYDS OF LONDON
Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson THE MAGNIFICENT BRUTE
Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope, Edwin B. Willis ROMEO AND JULIET
Perry Ferguson WINTERSET
Cinematography
Gaetano Gaudio ANTHONY ADVERSE
Victor Milner THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN
George Folsey THE GORGEOUS HUSSY
Film Editing
Ralph Dawson ANTHONY ADVERSE
Edward Curtiss COME AND GET IT
William S. Gray THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
Barbara McLean LLOYDS OF LONDON
Conrad A. Nervig A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Otto Meyer THEODORA GOES WILD
Assistant Director
Clem Beauchamp THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
William Cannon ANTHONY ADVERSE
Joseph Newman SAN FRANCISCO
Eric G. Stacey THE GARDEN OF ALLAH
Jack Sullivan THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
Dance Direction
Busby Berkeley for the "Love and War" number from GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937
Bobby Connolly for the "1000 Love Songs" number from CAIN AND MABEL
Seymour Felix for the "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" number from THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
Dave Gould for the "Swingin' the Jinx" number from BORN TO DANCE
Jack Haskell for the "Skating Ensemble" number from ONE IN A MILLION
Russell Lewis for "The Finale" number from DANCING PIRATE
Hermes Pan for the "Bojangles" number from SWING TIME
Music Scoring Awards (Best Score)
Leo Forbstein (Warner Bros. Studio Music Department), Departmental Head - Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Score ANTHONY ADVERSE
Leo Forbstein (Warner Bros. Studio Music Department), Departmental Head - Max Steiner - Score THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
Max Steiner (Selznick International Pictures Music Department), Departmental Head - Max Steiner - Score THE GARDEN OF ALLAH
Boris Morros (Paramount Studio Music Department), Departmental Head - Werner Janssen - Score THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN
Nathaniel Shilkret (RKO Radio Studio Music Department), Departmental Head - Nathaniel Shilkret - Score WINTERSET
Music Best Song
Walter Donaldson - Music, Harold Adamson - Lyrics SUZY "Did I Remember"
Cole Porter - Music & Lyrics BORN TO DANCE "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Louis Alter - Music. Sidney Mitchell - Lyrics TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE "A Melody from the Sky"
Arthur Johnston - Music, Johnny Burke - Lyrics PENNIES FROM HEAVEN "Pennies from Heaven"
Jerome Kern - Music, Dorothy Fields - Lyrics SWING TIME "The Way You Look Tonight" 
Richard A. Whiting - Music, Walter Bullock - Lyrics SING, BABY, SING "When Did You Leave Heaven"
Short Subjects (Cartoons)
THE COUNTRY COUSIN - Walt Disney - Producer
OLD MILL POND - Rudolf Ising & Hugh Harman - Producers
(POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS) SINDBAD THE SAILOR (Paramount)
Short Subjects (One-reel)
BORED OF EDUCATION - Hal Roach - Producer
MOSCOW MOODS (Paramount)
WANTED, A MASTER - Pete Smith - Producer
Short Subjects (Two-reel)
DOUBLE OR NOTHING (Warner Bros>)
DUMMY ACHE (RKO Radio)
THE PUBLIC PAYS - Jack Chertok - Producer (MGM)
Short Subjects (Color)
GIVE ME LIBERTY (Warner Bros.)
LA FIESTA DE SANTA BARBARA - Lewis Lewyn - Producer (MGM)
POPULAR SCIENCE J-6-2 (Paramount)
Sound Recording
E.H. Hansen, Nathan Levinson BANJO ON MY KNEE
Nathan Levinson THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
Oscar Lagerstrom DODSWORTH
Elmer A. Raguse GENERAL SPANKY
John Livadary MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
Douglas Shearer SAN FRANCISCO
Franklin Hansen THE TEXAS RANGERS
John O. Aalberg THAT GIRL FROM PARIS
Homer G. Tasker THREE SMART GIRLS
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
Douglas Shearer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department) - For the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.
Class II (Plaque):
 RCA Manufacturing Company Inc. - For their rotary stabilizer sound head.
E.C. Wente (Bell Telephone Laboratories) - For their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver.
Class III (Citation):
 RCA Manufacturing Company Inc. - For their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording).
Electrical Research Products Inc. - For the ERPI "Type Q" portable recording channel.
RCA Manufacturing Company Inc. - For furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer.
United Artists Studio Corporation - For the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine.
Special Awards
"March Of Time" - For its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry -- the newsreel. Winner presented a Statuette.
W. Howard Greene, Hal Rosson THE GARDEN OF ALLAH - For the color cinematography of the Selznick International production, THE GARDEN OF ALLAH. Winners presented Plaques.
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· The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was dedicated. The bust was given to producers of distinction.
· My Man Godfrey became the first film to garner acting nominations in all four categories.
· Judy Garland made her feature debut in Pigskin Parade.
RULE CHANGES
· Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories introduced. Winners receive plaques rather than statuettes.
· "Color Short Subjects" added.
· Committee of 50 makes all nominations except for Dance Direction and Assistant Director Awards. Candidates for Interior Decoration, Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Music Awards submit what they consider their best work to the Committee as well as recommending at least one other work.
· A third method for the Assistant Director Award -- Committee of 50 makes list of potential nominees from which Directors Branch culls the five final nominees.
· All English-language films, regardless of national origin, again eligible for nominations for Picture, Acting and Writing Awards.
ROLE REVERSALS:
Edward G. Robinson was initially cast as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest, but when Leslie Howard threatened to quit unless he was accompanied by his fellow actor from the Broadway production, the part was given to Humphrey Bogart.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Modern Times, My Man Godfrey, Fury, Show Boat, Swing Time
Director: Fritz Lang - Fury, Charles Chaplin - Modern Times
Actress: Claudette Colbert - Libeled Lady
Supporting Actor: Spencer Tracy - San Francisco, Frank Morgan - The Great Ziegfeld
Supporting Actress: Jean Harlow - Libeled Lady
Song: "Easy to Love," "A Fine Romance," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "I'm an Old Cowhand"
UNMENTIONABLES
· There were only 25 actors left in the Academy, but being nominated was still considered an honor -- all the nominees showed up, with the exception of Luise Rainer, who had just driven in from San Francisco. The names of the winners had been given to reporters who had East Coast deadlines. After an MGM publicist poked his head in to check the results, he ran to the phone to tell Rainer to get to the ceremonies.
· There was a suspiciously high number of nominees who happened to be on the Nominating Committee. Among them were Carole Lombard and Frank Capra. Following ugly accusations, the nominating duties were returned to the general membership.
· When presenter Victor McLaglen finally got through his drunken introduction, Paul Muni grabbed a moment at the microphone and said, "I have the greatest thrill of my life getting this. I will try to continue to work to make myself worthy of the Academy's high and meaningful honor." "Me too," McLaglen added, getting in the last word.
· Backstage, Bette Davis was incensed that MC George Jessel had performed her role as presenter to Luise Rainer. He begged her forgiveness, claiming that he was momentarily thrown off after McLaglen had made a rambling shambles out of his Oscar® presentation to Muni.
· Luise Rainer had to repeat her acceptance speech 8 times for the newsreel cameras backstage. She finally turned to Frank Capra and asked, "Why don't you direct this?"
· While most in Hollywood conceded that Paul Muni was deserving of the Best Actor Oscar®, W.C. Fields had his reservations. "Any actor knows that comedy is more difficult, requires more artistry," Fields said. "It is pretty easy to fool an audience with a little crêpe hair and a dialect. It seems to me that a comedian who really makes people laugh should be as eligible for an award as a tragedian who makes people cry. This isn't a case of sour grapes with me because I didn't grow any grapes last year. I didn't even sow a wild oat."
· The MGM version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet starred Norma Shearer (36) and Leslie Howard (44) as the star-crossed teenagers.
· There were rumors of a secret pact between Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner: Mayer would strongly advise his employees to vote for Paul Muni if Warner would do likewise on behalf of The Great Ziegfeld.
· Mayer was incensed by the recent marriage of his star Luise Rainer to "that rotten Communist" playwright, Clifford Odets.
· Jean Harlow, who had become engaged to William Powell two weeks before the ceremonies, died of an inflamed gall bladder just two months after the Awards banquet. Her eccentric Christian Scientist mother refused to allow an operation, insisting that she would cure her through prayer.
· Blacklisted, along with her husband, director Herbert Biberman, following the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, Best Supporting Actress winner Gale Sondergaard made her last Hollywood film, East Side, West Side, in 1949.
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