Winners indicated (*). Films I still haven't seen include: Oliver Twist, Easter Parade, Unfaithfully Yours, Act of Violence, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Macbeth, The Miracle, The Street with No Name, Germany Year Zero, The Three Musketeers, and They Live by Night.
The Red Shoes |
BEST PICTURE:
Drunken Angel
The Lady from Shanghai
The Red Shoes*
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST DIRECTOR:
Jules Dassin, The Naked City
Alfred Hitchcock, Rope
John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes*
Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai
Hamlet |
BEST ACTOR:
Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Dall, Rope
Toshiro Mifune, Drunken Angel
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet*
Takashi Shimura, Drunken Angel
BEST ACTRESS:
Jean Arthur, A Foreign Affair
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai*
Moira Shearer, The Red Shoes
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Charles Bickford, Johnny Belinda
Tim Holt, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*
Edward G. Robinson, Key Largo
James Stewart, Rope
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Barbara Bel Gedes, I Remember Mama
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda
Jean Simmons, Hamlet
Claire Trevor, Key Largo*
The Lady from Shanghai |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Fallen Idol
The Lady from Shanghai*
Red River
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Drunken Angel
A Foreign Affair
The Naked City
The Red Shoes*
The Search
Drunken Angel |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Lady from Shanghai
The Naked City
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST FILM EDITING:
Drunken Angel
The Lady from Shanghai
The Naked City*
The Red Shoes
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rope |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Anna Karenina
Hamlet
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Illusions", A Foreign Affair
"Jungle Boogie", Drunken Angel
"The Ruins of Berlin", A Foreign Affair*
Additional Categories
The Naked City |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Anna Karenina
The Fallen Idol
Hamlet
Joan of Arc
The Red Shoes*
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Anna Karenina
Hamlet
Joan of Arc
The Loves of Carmen
The Red Shoes*
Red River |
BEST MAKEUP:
Joan of Arc
The Red Shoes*
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Key Largo
Red River
The Red Shoes*
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Hamlet
Portrait of Jennie
The Red Shoes*
Updated: 10/1/13
OMG THE RED SHOES!!! I must admit, I've only seen like four movies from 1948, but The Red Shoes is like one of the greatest things to ever exist (my top ten films ever)!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteForgot that one was in your top 10, but I'm glad you dig it! I was surprised that it won so many awards (10) though. :)
DeleteWow, The Red Shoes sweeped the awards! That's it. You've convinced me to finally put it higher on my watch list.
ReplyDeleteWell, it did lose Best Actress and Best Film Editing, but its 10 wins make up for the loses. ;) Hope you like the film!
DeleteBoy, these posts of yours always remind me how many good classics I've missed. Someone reviewed The Red Shoes on my blog a while back and I still haven't got around to see it yet :(
ReplyDeleteThere are many classics I haven't seen either. :) Ooh, The Red Shoes is one of the best films of the 1940s. You should definitely check it out when you get a chance.
DeleteI think this is the year that my choices deviate the most from the slate in contention for the awards with Sierra Madre the biggest match up in terms of nominations, if not wins.
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Easter Parade
The Fallen Idol-Winner
Red River
The Red Shoes
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Easter Parade is an almost perfect capsule of all that MGM did right with musicals starring two of the true greats of the genre. Sierra Madre is a fine film that I have a hard time loving. Red River an almost textbook example of how to make a western and The Red Shoes an expressionist dream. But it's Reed's complex look at the disillusionments of childhood that is riveting and how it was almost totally ignored come award time is a puzzler.
Director:
Howard Hawks-Red River
John Huston-Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Vincente Minnelli-The Pirate
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger-The Red Shoes-Winner
Carol Reed-The Fallen Idol
The Pirate is a piece of rococo nonsense, at times like a fever dream but Minnelli manages to keep a firm handle on the production, especially impressive since his leading lady and wife Judy Garland was falling to pieces during the making of it. Speaking of fever dreams The Red Shoes is a richly saturated nightmare that you can't look away from and while I prefer Fallen Idol overall the direction of Red Shoes is masterful.
Actor:
Humphrey Bogart-Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rex Harrison-Unfaithfully Yours
Laurence Olivier-Hamlet
Ralph Richardson-The Fallen Idol-Winner
Clifton Webb-Sitting Pretty
This was the hardest category to select a winner. Five brilliant performances but I went with Richardson because whereas all the others had showy roles with spotlight moments Sir Ralph's work was full of more subtle touches.
Actress:
Joan Fontaine-Letter From an Unknown Woman-Winner
Glynis Johns-Miranda
Moira Shearer-The Red Shoes
Barbara Stanwyck-Sorry, Wrong Number
Jane Wyman-Johnny Belinda
Glynis Johns, a terribly underappreciated actress, is a bewitching minx in Miranda. Missy Stanwyck is always worth watching and is excellent but the opening up of the play diminishes the impact of her performance. Shearer's work is very good but it came down to a choice between Jane's Belinda and Joan's Lisa. Wyman's profoundly touching but Fontaine's intricate work is more compelling. She's an actress I've never been fond of so if she can move me as much as she did I've got to give her the prize.
Supporting Actor:
Van Johnson-State of the Union
Charles Laughton-The Big Clock
Edward G. Robinson-Key Largo
Anton Walbrook-The Red Shoes-Winner
Richard Widmark-Road House
All the others contributed marvelous work and I wasn't quite sure where to put Walbrook but since the only real star of Red Shoes is Shearer I put him in supporting and there he's my winner. His sad, disturbing portrait of a frustrated man is unbeatable.
Supporting Actress:
Mary Astor-Act of Violence
Barbara Lawrence-Unfaithfully Yours
Myrna Loy-Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Jean Simmons-Hamlet
Claire Trevor-Key Largo-Winner
Astor and Lawrence do so much in minimal screen time they're illustrations of what quality supporting work can add to a film. Jean Simmons is wonderful in Hamlet, and this is in no way a cut on her talent which was great, she's one of my favorite actresses, but Ophelia is an almost actress proof part. If only for her descriptions of the colors she wants her new home to have in Mr. Blandings Myrna Loy deserves this nomination but Claire Trevor trumps all comers with her sorrowful and broken Gaye Dawn, my only matching winner with the academy of the year.
Ooh, I like that split between The Fallen Idol and The Red Shoes. Trevor gives one of my favorite Oscar-winning performances, and I'd probably put Walbrook just outside of my Best Actor lineup (instead of supporting). I need to watch several of the films you nominated, especially Easter Parade and Letter From an Unknown Woman.
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