Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Robert Rossen for Columbia Pictures - All the King's Men
- Dore Schary for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Battleground
- William Wyler for Paramount Pictures - The Heiress
- Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox - A Letter to Three Wives
- Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - Twelve O'Clock High
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- Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives
- Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol
- Robert Rossen – All the King's Men
- William A. Wellman – Battleground
- William Wyler – The Heiress
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men
- John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima
- Kirk Douglas – Champion
- Gregory Peck – Twelve O'Clock High
- Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart
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- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
- Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart
- Jeanne Crain – Pinky
- Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son
- Loretta Young – Come to the Stable
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Dean Jagger – Twelve O'Clock High
- John Ireland – All the King's Men
- Arthur Kennedy – Champion
- Ralph Richardson – The Heiress
- James Whitmore – Battleground
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- Mercedes McCambridge – All the King's Men
- Ethel Barrymore – Pinky
- Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable
- Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable
- Ethel Waters – Pinky
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Best Screenplay |
Best Story and Screenplay |
- A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Champion – Carl Foreman
- The Fallen Idol – Graham Greene
- All the King's Men – Robert Rossen
- The Bicycle Thief – Cesare Zavattini
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- Battleground – Robert Pirosh
- Jolson Sings Again – Sidney Buchman
- Passport to Pimlico – T. E. B. Clarke
- Paisà – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini
- The Quiet One – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers
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Best Story |
Best Animated Short Film |
- The Stratton Story – Douglas Morrow
- Sands of Iwo Jima – Harry Brown
- White Heat – Virginia Kellogg
- Come to the Stable – Clare Boothe Luce
- It Happens Every Spring – Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies
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- For Scent-imental Reasons
- Canary Row
- Hatch Up Your Troubles
- The Magic Fluke'
- Toy Tinkers
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Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
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- A Chance to Live
- So Much for So Little
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Aquatic House Party – Jack Eaton
- Roller Derby Girl – Justin Herman
- So You Think You're Not Guilty – Gordon Hollingshead
- Spills and Chills – Walton C. Ament
- Water Trix – Pete Smith
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- Van Gogh – Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens
- The Boy and the Eagle – William Lasky
- Chase of Death – Irving Allen
- The Grass Is Always Greener – Gordon Hollingshead
- Snow Carnival – Gordon Hollingshead
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Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- The Heiress – Aaron Copland
- Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner
- Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin
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- On the Town – Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton
- Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf
- Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff and George Duning
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Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter – Music and Lyric by Frank Loesser
- "It's a Great Feeling" from It's a Great Feeling – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "Lavender Blue" from So Dear to My Heart – Music by Eliot Daniel; Lyric by Larry Morey
- "My Foolish Heart" from My Foolish Heart – Music by Victor Young; Lyric by Ned Washington
- "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" from Come to the Stable – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyric by Mack Gordon
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- Twelve O'Clock High – Thomas T. Moulton, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
- Sands of Iwo Jima – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department
- Once More, My Darling – Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- The Heiress – Art Direction: John Meehan and Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
- Madame Bovary – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle
- Come to the Stable – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
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- Little Women – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore
- Adventures of Don Juan – Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider
- Saraband for Dead Lovers – Art Direction and Set Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Battleground – Paul C. Vogel
- Come to the Stable – Joseph LaShelle
- Champion – Franz Planer
- Prince of Foxes – Leon Shamroy
- The Heiress – Leo Tover
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- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – Winton Hoch
- Sand – Charles G. Clarke
- Little Women – Robert Planck and Charles Schoenbaum
- Jolson Sings Again – William Snyder
- The Barkleys of Broadway – Harry Stradling
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Best Costume Design, Black and White |
Best Costume Design, Color |
- The Heiress – Edith Head and Gile Steele
- Prince of Foxes – Vittorio Nino Novarese
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- Adventures of Don Juan – Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best
- Mother Is a Freshman – Kay Nelson
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Champion – Harry Gerstad
- Battleground – John Dunning
- The Window – Frederic Knudtson
- All the King's Men – Robert Parrish and Al Clark
- Sands of Iwo Jima – Richard L. Van Enger
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- Mighty Joe Young – Arko Production; RKO Radio
- Tulsa – Walter Wagner; Eagle Lion
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