Academy Awards 1951
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The 1951 Academy Awards took place on March 29, 1951 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles . It was the 23rd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always awarded, in this case the films from 1950.
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Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| Everything about Eva | 14th | 6th |
| Twilight Boulevard | 11 | 3 |
| Samson and Delilah | 5 | 2 |
| It is not from yesterday | 5 | 1 |
| Duel in the ring | 4th | 1 |
| Asphalt jungle | 4th | 0 |
| King Solomon's diamonds | 3 | 2 |
| The third man | 3 | 1 |
| Cinderella | 3 | 0 |
| The broken arrow | 3 | 0 |
| Women's prison | 3 | 0 |
| Father of the bride | 3 | 0 |
| Moon terminus | 2 | 1 |
| My friend Harvey | 2 | 1 |
| The rebel | 2 | 0 |
| The Magnificent Yankee | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Nominations and winners
Best movie
presented by Ralph Bunche
All About Eve (All About Eve) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard) - Billy Wilder
- It's not from yesterday (Born Yesterday) - George Cukor
- King Solomon's Mines (King Solomon's Mines) - Compton Bennett , Andrew Marton
- Father of the Bride (Father of the Bride) - Vincente Minnelli
Best director
presented by Leo McCarey
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- George Cukor - This is not from yesterday (Born Yesterday)
- John Huston - Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
- Carol Reed - The Third Man (The Third Man)
- Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor
presented by Helen Hayes
José Ferrer - The Last Musketeer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
- William Holden - Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- James Stewart - My Friend Harvey (Harvey)
- Spencer Tracy - Father of the Bride (Father of the Bride)
Best main actress
presented by Broderick Crawford
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (Born Yesterday)
- Anne Baxter - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Bette Davis - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Eleanor Parker - Women's Prison (Caged)
- Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
Best supporting actor
presented by Mercedes McCambridge
George Sanders - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Jeff Chandler - The Broken Arrow
- Edmund Gwenn - Mister 880
- Sam Jaffe - Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
- Erich von Stroheim - Boulevard of Twilight (Sunset Boulevard)
The best supporting actress
presented by Dean Jagger
Josephine Hull - My Friend Harvey (Harvey)
- Hope Emerson - Women's Prison (Caged)
- Celeste Holm - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Nancy Olson - Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- Thelma Ritter - All About Eve (All About Eve)
Best original script
presented by Ruth Chatterton
Charles Brackett , DM Marshman, Jr. , Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- Carl Foreman - The Men (The Men)
- Ruth Gordon , Garson Kanin - Marital War (Adam's Rib)
- Virginia Kellogg , Bernard C. Schoenfeld - Women's Prison (Caged)
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Lesser Samuels - Hatred is Blind (No Way Out)
Best adapted script
presented by Ruth Chatterton
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Frances Goodrich , Albert Hackett - Father of the Bride (Father of the Bride)
- John Huston , Ben Maddow - Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
- Albert Maltz - The Broken Arrow
- Albert Mannheimer - This is not from yesterday (Born Yesterday)
Best original story
presented by Ruth Chatterton
Edna Anhalt , Edward Anhalt - Under Secret Orders (Panic in the Streets)
- William Bowers , André De Toth - The Sniper (The Gunfighter)
- Giuseppe De Santis , Carlo Lizzani - Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro)
- Sy Gomberg - So ein Unluckvogel (When Willie Comes Marching Home)
- Leonard Spigelgass - The Dead in the Dunes (Mystery Street)
Best camera (black and white film)
presented by Debbie Reynolds
Robert Krasker - The Third Man (The Third Man)
- Milton R. Krasner - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Harold Rosson - The Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
- Victor Milner - The Farm of the Taken (The Furies)
- John F. Seitz - Boulevard of Dawn (Sunset Boulevard)
Best camera (color film)
presented by Debbie Reynolds
Robert Surtees - King Solomon's Mines (King Solomon's Mines)
- Charles Rosher - Duel in the Manege (Annie Get Your Gun)
- Ernest Palmer - The Broken Arrow
- Ernest Haller - Der Rebell (The Flame and the Arrow)
- George Barnes - Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
Best production design (black and white film)
presented by Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl
Hans Dreier , John Meehan , Sam Comer , Ray Moyer - Twilight Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- Lyle R. Wheeler , George W. Davis , Thomas Little , Walter M. Scott - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Cedric Gibbons , Hans O. Peters , Edwin B. Willis , Hugh Hunt - Schicksal in Wien (The Red Danube)
Best production design (color film)
presented by Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl
Hans Dreier , Walter H. Tyler , Sam Comer , Ray Moyer - Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
- Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis , Richard Pefferle - Duel in der Manege (Annie Get Your Gun)
- Ernst Fegté , George Sawley - Endstation Mond (Destination Moon)
Best Costumes (Black & White Film)
presented by Jan Sterling
Edith Head , Charles Lemaire - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Jean Louis - This is not from yesterday (Born Yesterday)
- Walter Plunkett - The Magnificent Yankee
Best Costumes (Color Film)
presented by Jan Sterling
Edith Head , Dorothy Jeakins , Eloise Jensson , Gile Steele , Gwen Wakeling - Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
- Michael Whittaker - The Black Rose (The Black Rose)
- Walter Plunkett , Arlington Valles - The Fate of Irene Forsyte (That Forsyte Woman)
Best tone
presented by Marilyn Monroe
Thomas T. Moulton - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Leslie I. Carey - Age Doesn't Protect From Love (Louisa)
- CO Slyfield , Walt Disney - Cinderella
- Cyril Crowhurst - That's Life (Trio)
- Gordon Sawyer - Our own self (Our Very Own)
Best cut
presented by Debra Paget
Ralph E. Winters , Conrad A. Annoying - King Solomon's Mines (King Solomon's Mines)
- Barbara McLean - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Oswald Hafenrichter - The Third Man (The Third Man)
- James E. Newcom - Duel in the Ring (Annie Get Your Gun)
- Arthur P. Schmidt - Boulevard of Twilight (Sunset Boulevard)
Best visual effects
presented by Jane Greer
Destination Moon (Destination Moon) for George Pal Productions
- Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah) nominated Devereaux Jennings , Gordon Jennings and Paul K. Lerpae for Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Best song
presented by Gene Kelly
Ray Evans , Jay Livingston for Mona Lisa - Captain Carey, USA
- Nicholas Brodszky , Sammy Cahn for Be My Love - Der Fischer von Louisiana (The Toast of New Orleans)
- Mack David , Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston for Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - Cinderella
- Fred Glickman , Hy Heath , Johnny Lange for Mule Train - Smoking guns (Singing Guns)
- Josef Myrow , Mack Gordon for Wilhelmina - Variety Princess (Wabash Avenue)
Best Score (Drama)
presented by Gene Kelly
Franz Waxman - Boulevard of Dawn (Sunset Boulevard)
- Alfred Newman - All About Eve (All About Eve)
- Max Steiner - Der Rebell (The Flame and the Arrow)
- George Duning - My luck in your hands (No Sad Songs for Me)
- Victor Young - Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
Best Score (Music Film)
presented by Gene Kelly
Adolph Deutsch , Roger Edens - Duel in der Manege (Annie Get Your Gun)
- Oliver Wallace , Paul J. Smith - Cinderella
- Lionel Newman - I'll Get By
- André Previn - Three Little Words (Three Little Words)
- Ray Heindorf - The West Point Story
Best documentary short film
presented by Coleen Gray
Best documentary
presented by Coleen Gray
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo - Ralph Alswang , Robert J. Flaherty , Robert Snyder
Best Short Film (a film role)
presented by Phyllis Kirk
Grandad of Races - Gordon Hollingshead
Best short film (two film roles)
presented by Phyllis Kirk
In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
Best Short Film (Cartoon)
presented by Phyllis Kirk
Stephen Bosustow - Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Fred Quimby - Lesson for Tom (Jerry's Cousin)
- Stephen Bosustow - Trouble Indemnity
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
presented by Charles Brackett
presented by Marlene Dietrich
- The walls of Malapaga (Le mura di Malapaga) by René Clément as the best foreign language film of the year
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
presented by Charles Brackett
Scientific and Engineering Award
presented by David Wayne
- James B. Gordon ( 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept. )
- John P. Livadary , Floyd Campbell , LW Russell ( Columbia SSD )
- Loren L. Ryder ( Paramount SSD )
Web links
- 1951 Academy Awards in theInternet Movie Database(English)