Academy Awards®
Awards for 1948


Picture
* Laurence Olivier - Producer, HAMLET
Jerry Wald - Producer, JOHNNY BELINDA
Michael Powell - Producer, Emeric Pressburger - Producer, THE RED SHOES
Anatole Litvak - Producer, Robert Bassler - Producer, THE SNAKE PIT
Henry Blanke - Producer, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Actor
Lew Ayres, JOHNNY BELINDA
Montgomery Clift, THE SEARCH
Dan Dailey, WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME
* Lord Laurence Olivier, HAMLET
Clifton Webb, SITTING PRETTY

Actress
Ingrid Bergman, JOAN OF ARC
Olivia de Havilland, THE SNAKE PIT
Irene Dunne, I REMEMBER MAMA
Barbara Stanwyck, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
* Jane Wyman, JOHNNY BELINDA

Supporting Actor
Charles Bickford, JOHNNY BELINDA
José Ferrer, JOAN OF ARC
Oscar Homolka, I REMEMBER MAMA
* Walter Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Cecil Kellaway, THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

Supporting Actress
Barbara Bel Geddes, I REMEMBER MAMA
Ellen Corby, I REMEMBER MAMA
Agnes Moorehead, JOHNNY BELINDA
Jean Simmons, HAMLET
* Claire Trevor, KEY LARGO


Director
* John Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Anatole Litvak, THE SNAKE PIT
Jean Negulesco, JOHNNY BELINDA
Lord Laurence Olivier, HAMLET
Fred Zinnemann, THE SEARCH

Writing - Motion Picture Story
(formerly Original Story)
Frances Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty, LOUISIANA STORY
Malvin Wald, THE NAKED CITY
Borden Chase, RED RIVER
Emeric Pressburger, THE RED SHOES
* Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler, THE SEARCH

Writing - Original Screenplay
No award given for 1948.

Writing - Screenplay
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen, A FOREIGN AFFAIR
Irmgard Von Cube, Allen Vincent, JOHNNY BELINDA
Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler, THE SEARCH
Frank Partos, Millen Brand, THE SNAKE PIT
* John Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Richard Day - Art Direction, Edwin Casey Roberts - Set Decoration, Joseph Kish - Set Decoration, JOAN OF ARC
* Hein Heckroth - Art Direction, Arthur Lawson - Set Decoration, THE RED SHOES

Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
* Roger K. Furse - Art Direction, Carmen Dillon - Set Decorator, HAMLET
Robert Haas - Art Direction, William Wallace - Set Decoration, JOHNNY BELINDA

Cinematography - Color
Charles G. Clarke, GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING
* Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton C. Hoch, JOAN OF ARC
William Snyder, THE LOVES OF CARMEN
Robert Planck, THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Cinematography - Black & White
Charles B. Lang, Jr.
A FOREIGN AFFAIR
Nicholas Musuraca, I REMEMBER MAMA
Ted McCord, JOHNNY BELINDA
* William H. Daniels, THE NAKED CITY
Joseph August, PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

Costume Design - Color
Edith Head, Gile Steele, THE EMPEROR WALTZ
* Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska, JOAN OF ARC

Costume Design - Black & White
This award was instituted in 1948.
Irene, B.F.'S DAUGHTER
* Roger K. Furse, HAMLET

Documentary Feature
Janice Loeb - Producer, THE QUIET ONE
* O.O. Dull - Producer, THE SECRET LAND

Documentary Short Subject
Herbert Morgan - Producer, HEART TO HEART
U.S. Army Air Force, OPERATION VITTLES
* U.S. Army, TOWARD INDEPENDENCE

Film Editing
Frank Sullivan, JOAN OF ARC
David Weisbart, JOHNNY BELINDA
* Paul Weatherwax, THE NAKED CITY
Christian Nyby, RED RIVER
Reginald Mills, THE RED SHOES

Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Sir William Walton, HAMLET
Hugo Friedhofer, JOAN OF ARC
Max Steiner, JOHNNY BELINDA
* Brian Easdale, THE RED SHOES
Alfred Newman, THE SNAKE PIT

Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
* Johnny Green, Roger Edens, EASTER PARADE
Victor Young, THE EMPEROR WALTZ
Lennie Hayton, THE PIRATE
Ray Heindorf, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
Alfred Newman, WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME

Song
* Jay Livingston - Music & Lyrics, Ray Evans - Music & Lyrics, THE PALEFACE
"Buttons and Bows"
Harold Arlen - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, CASBAH
"For Every Man There's a Woman"
Jule Styne - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
"It's Magic"
Frederick Hollander - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, THAT LADY IN ERMINE
"This Is the Moment"
Ramey Idriss - Music & Lyrics, George Tibbles - Music & Lyrics, WET BLANKET POLICY
"The Woody Woodpecker Song"

Animated Short
* Fred Quimby - Producer, THE LITTLE ORPHAN
Walt Disney - Producer, MICKEY AND THE SEAL
Edward Selzer - Producer, MOUSE WRECKERS
United Productions of America, ROBIN HOODLUM
Walt Disney - Producer, TEA FOR TWO HUNDRED

Short Subjects - One-Reel
Herbert Moulton - Producer, ANNIE WAS A WONDER
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, CINDERELLA HORSE
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, SO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RADIO
* Edmund Reek - Producer, SYMPHONY OF A CITY
Pete Smith - Producer, YOU CAN'T WIN

Short Subjects - Two-Reel
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, THE CALGARY STAMPEDE
Herbert Morgan - Producer, GOING TO BLAZES
Harry Grey - Producer, SAMBA-MANIA
* Walt Disney - Producer, SEAL ISLAND
Thomas Mead - Producer, SNOW CAPERS

Sound Recording
Warner Bros. Sound Department, JOHNNY BELINDA
Republic Sound Department, MOONRISE
* 20th Century-Fox Sound Department, THE SNAKE PIT

Special Effects
Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder (Visual), Roger Heman (Audible), DEEP WATERS
* Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer (Visual), Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart (Audible), PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1948.

Class II (Plaque)
* Victor Caccialanza, Maurice Ayers, Paramount Studio Set Construction Department, For the development and application of "Paralite," a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.
* Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witti, 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department, For a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.

Class III (Citation)
* Marty Martin, Jack Lannon, Russell Shearman, RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department, For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
* A.J. Moran, Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department, For a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.

Honorary and Other Awards
* MONSIEUR VINCENT
Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding Foreign Language Film released in the United States during 1948. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Ivan Jandl, THE SEARCH
For the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in THE SEARCH. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.
* Sid Grauman, Master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Adolph Zukor, A man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Walter Wanger, JOAN OF ARC
For distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture JOAN OF ARC. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Jerry Wald,