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Best Picture
 ALL THE KING'S MEN - Columbia. Produced by Robert Rossen
 BATTLEGROUND - MGM. Produced by Dore Schary
THE HEIRESS (Won 4 Awards) - Paramount. Produced by William Wyler
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Sol C. Siegel
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Actor
Broderick Crawford in ALL THE KING'S MEN
Kirk Douglas in CHAMPION
Gregory Peck in TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
Richard Todd in THE HASTY HEART
John Wayne in SANDS OF IWO JIMA
Actress
Jeanne Crain in PINKY
Olivia de Havilland in THE HEIRESS
Susan Hayward in MY FOOLISH HEART
Deborah Kerr in EDWARD, MY SON
Loretta Young in COME TO THE STABLE
Supporting Actor
John Ireland in ALL THE KING'S MEN
Dean Jagger in TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
Arthur Kennedy in CHAMPION
Ralph Richardson in THE HEIRESS
James Whitmore in BATTLEGROUND
Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore in PINKY
Celeste Holm in COME TO THE STABLE
Elsa Lanchester in COME TO THE STABLE
Mercedes McCambridge in ALL THE KING'S MEN
Ethel Waters in PINKY
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
Carol Reed for THE FALLEN IDOL
Robert Rossen for ALL THE KING'S MEN
William A. Wellman for BATTLEGROUND
William Wyler for THE HEIRESS
Writing: Screenplay
Robert Rossen - ALL THE KING'S MEN
Cesare Zavattini - THE BICYCLE THIEF
Carl Foreman - CHAMPION
Graham Greene - THE FALLEN IDOL
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
Writing: Motion Picture Story
Clare Boothe Luce - COME TO THE STABLE
Shirley W. Smith & Valentine Davies - IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
Harry Brown - SANDS OF IWO JIMA
Douglas Morrow - THE STRATTON STORY
Virginia Kellogg - WHITE HEAT
Writing: Story and Screenplay
Robert Pirosh - BATTLEGROUND
Sidney Buchman - JOLSON SINGS AGAIN
Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero & Roberto Rossellini - PAISAN
T. E. B. Clarke - PASSPORT TO PIMLICO
Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb & Sidney Meyers - THE QUIET ONE
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color)
Edward Carrere - Art Direction, Lyle Reifsnider - Set Decoration ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN
Cedric Gibbons & Paul Groesse - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis & Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration LITTLE WOMEN
Jim Morahan, William Kellner & Michael Relph - Art Direction SARABAND
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White)
Lyle Wheeler & Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Thomas Little & Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration COME TO THE STABLE
John Meehan & Harry Horner - Art Direction, Emile Kuri - Set Decoration THE HEIRESS
Cedric Gibbons & Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis & Richard A. Pefferle - Set Decoration MADAME BOVARY
Cinematography (Color)
Harry Stradling - THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
William Snyder - JOLSON SINGS AGAIN
Robert Planck & Charles Schoenbaum - LITTLE WOMEN
Charles G. Clarke - SAND
Winton C. Hoch - SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Cinematography (Black and White)
Paul C. Vogel - BATTLEGROUND
Franz Planer - CHAMPION
Joseph La Shelle - COME TO THE STABLE
Leo Tover - THE HEIRESS
Leon Shamroy - PRINCE OF FOXES
Costume Design (Color)
Leah Rhodes, Travilla & Marjorie Best - ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN
Kay Nelson - MOTHER IS A FRESHMAN
Costume Design (Black and White)
Edith Head & Gile Steele - THE HEIRESS
Vittorio Nino Novarese - PRINCE OF FOXES
Documentary (Features)
DAYBREAK IN UDI
Paul F. Heard - Producer KENJI COMES HOME
Documentary (Short Subjects)
Richard DeRochemont - Producer A CHANCE TO LIVE
1848
THE RISING TIDE
Edward Selzer - Producer SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE
Film Editing
Robert Parrish & Al Clark - ALL THE KING'S MEN
John Dunning - BATTLEGROUND
Harry Gerstad - CHAMPION
Richard L. Van Enger - SANDS OF IWO JIMA
Frederic Knudtson - THE WINDOW
Music: Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Max Steiner - BEYOND THE FOREST
Dimitri Tiomkin - CHAMPION
Aaron Copland - THE HEIRESS
Music: Scoring of a Musical Picture
Morris Stoloff & George Duning - JOLSON SINGS AGAIN
Ray Heindorf - LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
Roger Edens & Lennie Hayton - ON THE TOWN
Music: Song
Frank Loesser - Music & Lyrics NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER "Baby, It's Cold Outside" 
Jule Styne - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics IT'S A GREAT FEELING "It's a Great Feeling"
Eliot Daniel - Music, Larry Morey - Lyrics SO DEAR TO MY HEART "Lavender Blue"
Victor Young - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics MY FOOLISH HEART "My Foolish Heart"
Alfred Newman - Music, Mack Gordon - Lyrics COME TO THE STABLE "Through a Long and Sleepless Night"
Short Subjects (Cartoons)
Edward Selzer - Producer CANARY ROW - The film was withdrawn by the producer. It is thus not to be counted as an official Academy nomination and listed for the purpose of information only.
Edward Selzer - Producer FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS
Fred Quimby - Producer HATCH UP YOUR TROUBLES
Stephen Bosustow - Producer THE MAGIC FLUKE
Walt Disney - Producer TOY TINKERS
Short Subjects (One-reel)
Jack Eaton - Producer AQUATIC HOUSE PARTY
Justin Herman - Producer ROLLER DERBY GIRL
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer SO YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT GUILTY (Joe McDoakes Series)
Walton C. Ament - Producer SPILLS AND CHILLS
Pete Smith - Producer WATER TRIX
Short Subjects (Two-reel)
William Lasky - Producer BOY AND THE EAGLE
Irving Allen - Producer CHASE OF DEATH
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer SNOW CARNIVAL
Gaston Diehl & Robert Haessens - Producers VAN GOGH
Sound Recording
Universal-International Sound Department - ONCE MORE MY DARLING
Republic Sound Department - SANDS OF IWO JIMA
20th Century-Fox Sound Department - TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
Special Effects
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG - No names listed, but credits indicate Willis O'Brien & Ray Harryhausen
TULSA - No names listed, but credits indicate John P. Fulton; however Walter Wanger & Stuart Heisler have received credit for the nomination.
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
Eastman Kodak Company - For the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.
Class II (Plaque):
No award given for 1949.
Class III (Citation):
 Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney & Robert Carr (Paramount Studio Sound Department) - For the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.
M. B. Paul - For the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds.
Herbert Britt - For the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion picture sets.
Andre Coutant & Jacques Mathot - For the design of the Eclair Camerette.
Charles R. Daily & Steve Csillag (Paramount Studio Engineering
Editorial and Music Departments) - For a new precision method of computing variable tempo-click tracks.
International Projector Corporation - For a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines.
Alexander Velcoff - For the application to production of the infra-red photographic evaluator.
Special Awards
LADRI DI BICILETTE (THE BICYCLE THIEF, Italy) - Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. Winner presented a Statuette.
Bobby Driscoll - Outstanding juvenile actor of 1949. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.
Fred Astaire - For his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures. Winner presented a Statuette.
Cecil B. De Mille - Distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship. Winner presented a Statuette.
Jean Hersholt - For distinguished service to the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1949.
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FIRSTS
· The Awards were moved to the Pantages Theatre, where they remained for a decade.
· Ethel Waters was the first black actress to be nominated since Hattie McDaniel, in 1939.
· Edith Head's Best Costume Design Oscar® for The Heiress was her first. With her final film, Airport '77, she had racked up an unprecedented 35 nominations and seven more Academy Awards.
· Pepe Le Pew won for his screen debut in For Scent-Imental Reasons
RULE CHANGES
· 1-year category "Original Screenplay" returned as "Story and Screenplay."
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, On the Town
Director: Gene Kelly & Stantley Donen - On the Town, Henry King - Twelve O'Clock High
Actor: John Wayne - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Actress: Linda Darnell - A Letter to Three Wives
Supporting Actress: Connie Gilchrist - A Letter to Three Wives
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID...
· Champion was the first of three nominations for Kirk Douglas, none of which resulted in an Oscar®. He received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1996.
· Edward, My Son was Deborah Kerr's first of six unsuccessful Best Actress nominations. The Academy presented her with an Honorary Award in 1994.
UNMENTIONABLES
· The studios' New York offices suddenly gave the okay for the companies to once more ante up for the show. With their pockets nicely full, the Academy decided to rent the Pantages Theatre, at Hollywood and Vine, for the Awards ceremony.
· No Writing nomination for 12 O'Clock High, but the Italians did snag two, one of which featured an "F. Fellini."
· Red Skelton flubbed a lyric while singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside." He said, "None of this I remember," even though he'd sung it in Neptune's Daughter.
· Accepting his Special Award, Fred Astaire told presenter Ginger Rogers, "As for you, Ginger, you've been much too gracious. Remember, I had a partner." Rogers countered, "That's not what it says on the citation."
· Reading the nominees for Paisan, Writing Awards presenter James Hilton got a laugh by affecting an accent when he read Roberto Rossellini's name. Rossellini was much in the news for his affair with Ingrid Bergman.
· "Thank you, brother Lupino," said Joseph Mankiewicz accepting his Award for Best Director from presenter Ida Lupino. He told the audience, "She's listed in the membership list of the Directors Guild as Irving Lupino."
· Best Supporting Actress winner Mercedes McCambridge enthused, "I just want to say to all beginning actresses, never get discouraged. Hold on. Just look -- look what can happen!" Previously known only as a radio actor, she'd won for her screen debut in All the King's Men.
· Shortly before the Awards, Darryl Zanuck had argued to the Board of Governors that the Thalberg was so important and prestigious it should only be given to a producer who received a two-thirds majority from the voting board members, rather than the simple plurality required under the existing rules. The Academy adopted his suggestion, but the producer may have rued ever bringing it up -- a board member revealed that Zanuck came up one vote shy of the new requisite two-thirds-majority board vote.
· Some songwriters groused that the winning "Baby, It's Cold Outside" shouldn't have qualified as a movie song. They protested that writer Frank Loesser and his wife had been performing the number at Hollywood parties for a good five years before he sold it to MGM. The Academy countered by saying that "Baby..." had not been performed professionally before the movie, so the supporters of the other nominees could forget any hopes that the Award would be disqualified.
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