Rich Picks
19491951

Awards & Top Films

1950

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1950 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1950

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Sunset BoulevardNo award data
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Cyrano de BergeracNo award data
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All About EveNo award data
4
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Born YesterdayNo award data
5
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Broken ArrowNo award data
6
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HarveyNo award data
7
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Three Little WordsNo award data
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King Solomon's MinesNo award data
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Mister 880No award data
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Tea For TwoNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

All About Eve
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
OscarNBR
Sunset Boulevard
Producer: Charles Brackett
OscarNBR
Twelve O'Clock High
OscarNBR
Born Yesterday
Producer: S. Sylvan Simon
Oscar
Cyrano de Bergerac
NBR
Edge of Doom
NBR
Father of the Bride
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Oscar
King Solomon's Mines
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Oscar
No Way Out
NBR
Panic in the Streets
NBR
Stage Fright
NBR
The Asphalt Jungle
NBR
The Men
NBR

International Feature

The Titan
NBR

Directing & Editing

Directing

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
OscarGlobeDGA
John Huston
The Asphalt Jungle
OscarGlobeNBRDGA
Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard
OscarGlobeDGA
George Cukor
Born Yesterday
OscarGlobe
Carol Reed
The Third Man
OscarDGA
Vincente Minnelli
Father of the Bride
DGA

Editing

Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig
King Solomon's Mines
Oscar
Barbara McLean
All About Eve
Oscar
James E. Newcom
Annie Get Your Gun
Oscar
Doane Harrison and Arthur P. Schmidt
Sunset Boulevard
Oscar
Oswald Hafenrichter
The Third Man
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
OscarGlobe
Alec Guinness
Kind Hearts and Coronets
NBR
James Stewart
Harvey
OscarGlobe
Louis Calhern
The Magnificent Yankee
OscarGlobe
Spencer Tracy
Father of the Bride
Oscar
William Holden
Sunset Boulevard
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Gloria Swanson
Sunset Boulevard
OscarNBR
Judy Holliday
Born Yesterday
Oscar
Anne Baxter
All About Eve
Oscar
Eleanor Parker
Caged
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

George Sanders
All About Eve
Oscar
Jeff Chandler
Broken Arrow
Oscar
Edmund Gwenn
Mister 880
Oscar
Erich von Stroheim
Sunset Boulevard
Oscar
Sam Jaffe
The Asphalt Jungle
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Josephine Hull
Harvey
Oscar
Celeste Holm
All About Eve
Oscar
Thelma Ritter
All About Eve
Oscar
Hope Emerson
Caged
Oscar
Nancy Olson
Sunset Blvd.
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman Jr., Charles Brackett, and D.M. Marshman Jr.
Sunset Boulevard
OscarGlobeWGA
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
GlobeWGA
Carl Foreman
The Men
OscarWGA
Sidney Sheldon
Annie Get Your Gun
WGA
Albert Maltz
Broken Arrow
WGA
Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
Adam's Rib
OscarWGA
Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels
No Way Out
OscarWGA
John Huston and Ben Maddow
The Asphalt Jungle
GlobeWGA
A Ticket to Tomahawk
A Ticket to Tomahawk
WGA
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday
WGA
Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Caged
Oscar
Devil's Doorway
Devil's Doorway
WGA
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride
WGA
My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven
WGA
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
WGA
Rio Grande
Rio Grande
WGA
Summer Stock
Summer Stock
WGA
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter
WGA
The Jackpot
The Jackpot
WGA
The West Point Story
The West Point Story
WGA
Three Little Words
Three Little Words
WGA
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
WGA

Screenplay (Adapted)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
GlobeWGA
Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman Jr., Charles Brackett, and D.M. Marshman Jr.
Sunset Boulevard
GlobeWGA
Sidney Sheldon
Annie Get Your Gun
WGA
Albert Maltz
Broken Arrow
WGA
Carl Foreman
The Men
WGA
John Huston and Ben Maddow
The Asphalt Jungle
GlobeWGA
A Ticket to Tomahawk
A Ticket to Tomahawk
WGA
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
WGA
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday
WGA
Devil's Doorway
Devil's Doorway
WGA
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride
WGA
My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven
WGA
No Way Out
No Way Out
WGA
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
WGA
Rio Grande
Rio Grande
WGA
Summer Stock
Summer Stock
WGA
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter
WGA
The Jackpot
The Jackpot
WGA
The West Point Story
The West Point Story
WGA
Three Little Words
Three Little Words
WGA
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
WGA

Visual

Cinematography

Robert Surtees
King Solomon's Mines
Oscar
Robert Krasker
The Third Man
Oscar
Milton Krasner
All About Eve
Oscar
Charles Rosher
Annie Get Your Gun
Oscar
Ernest Palmer
Broken Arrow
Oscar
George Barnes
Samson and Delilah
Oscar
John F. Seitz
Sunset Boulevard
Oscar
Harold Rosson
The Asphalt Jungle
Oscar
Ernest Haller
The Flame and the Arrow
Oscar
Victor Milner
The Furies
Oscar

Art Direction

Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Ray Moyer, and Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
Samson and Delilah
Production design: Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Ray Moyer, and Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
Oscar
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ray Moyer, Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and John Meehan
Sunset Boulevard
Production design: Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ray Moyer, Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and John Meehan
Oscar
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Set Decoration: Thomas Little, George Davis, and Walter M. Scott
All About Eve
Production design: Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Set Decoration: Thomas Little, George Davis, and Walter M. Scott
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Richard A. Pefferle
Annie Get Your Gun
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Richard A. Pefferle
Oscar
Art Direction: Ernst Fegté and Set Decoration: George Sawley
Destination Moon
Production design: Art Direction: Ernst Fegté and Set Decoration: George Sawley
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Hugh Hunt, and Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
The Red Danube
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Hugh Hunt, and Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Oscar

Costuming

Edith Head and Charles LeMaire
All About Eve
Oscar
Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Edith Head, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling
Samson and Delilah
Oscar
Jean Louis
Born Yesterday
Oscar
Walter Plunkett and Valles
That Forsyte Woman
Oscar
Michael Whittaker
The Black Rose
Oscar
Walter Plunkett
The Magnificent Yankee
Oscar

Effects

George Pal Productions and Eagle Lion Classics
Destination Moon
Oscar
2nd Primetime Emmy Awards
2nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
4th British Academy Film Awards
4th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
5th Tony Awards
5th Tony Awards
Oscar
8th Golden Globe Awards
8th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
Oscar
Charles Brackett
Charles Brackett
Oscar
Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray
Oscar
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Oscar
David Wayne
David Wayne
Oscar
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger
Oscar
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
Oscar
Debra Paget
Debra Paget
Oscar
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
Oscar
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Oscar
Gloria DeHaven and Alan Young
Gloria DeHaven and Alan Young
Oscar
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Oscar
Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling
Oscar
Jane Greer
Jane Greer
Oscar
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
Oscar
Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl
Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl
Oscar
Lucille Norman
Lucille Norman
Oscar
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Oscar
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Oscar
Martin and Lewis
Martin and Lewis
Oscar
Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge
Oscar
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk
Oscar
Ralph Bunche
Ralph Bunche
Oscar
Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton
Oscar
Paramount and Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Samson and Delilah
Oscar

Sound & Music

Original Score

Franz Waxman
Sunset Boulevard
Globe
Bronislau Kaper
A Life Of Her Own
Globe
Leith Stevens
Destination Moon
Globe