by Allan Fish
A week already, doesn’t time fly when you’re rained in.
Best Picture Bicycle Thieves, Italy (9 votes)
Best Director John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (6 votes, by 1 from Michael Powell)
Best Short The Cat That Hated People, US, Tex Avery (5 votes)
Best Actor Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (12 votes)
Best Actress Joan Fontaine, Letter from an Unknown Woman (9 votes)
Best Supp Actor Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (19 votes)
Best Supp Actress Jean Simmons, Hamlet (12 votes)
Best Cinematography Jack Cardiff, The Red Shoes (13 votes)
Best Score Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes (10 votes)
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and my own choices…
Best Picture SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN, China
Best Short THE CAT THAT HATED PEOPLE, US, Tex Avery
Best Director David Lean, Oliver Twist
Best Actor Rex Harrison, Unfaithfully Yours
Best Actress Yvonne de Bray, Les Parents Terribles
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Gomez, Force of Evil
Best Supporting Actress Jean Simmons, Hamlet
Best Cinematography Guy Green, Oliver Twist
Best Musical Score Arnold Bax, Oliver Twist
as you can see, the poll got Supporting Actress right 
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now 1949. This is one of the two trickiest years in that by the vagueries of chronology, many films that were long felt 1949 films were actually first seen publicly in 1950 (Orphée, Gun Crazy, La Beauté du Diable, D.O.A. and Les Enfants Terribles among them, which will feature next week/year).
So…
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Best Picture/Director
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Adam’s Rib (US…George Cukor)
Akademik Ivan Pavlov (USSR…Grigori Roshal)
Alias Nick Beal (US…John Farrow)
All the King’s Men (US…Robert Rossen)
Les Amants de Vérone (France…André Cayatte)
Andaz (India…Mehboob Khan)
Au dèla des Grilles (France…René Clément)
Au royaume des cieux (France…Julien Duvivier)
Battleground (US…William A.Wellman)
Beyond the Forest (US…King Vidor)
The Big Steal (US…Don Siegel)
Blue Mountains: Parts I & II (Japan…Tadashi Imai)
Border Incident (US…Anthony Mann)
A Broken Drum (Japan…Keisuke Kinoshita)
Cardboard Cavalier (UK…Walter Forde)
Catene (Italy…Raffaello Matarazzo)
Caught (US…Max Ophuls)
Champion (US…Mark Robson)
Colorado Territory (US…Raoul Walsh)
Criss Cross (US…Robert Siodmak)
Crows and Sparrows (China…Zheng Junli)
Diva Bara (Czechoslovakia…Vladimir Cech)
The Emperor’s Nightingale (Czechoslovakia…Jiri Trnka, Milos Makovec)
Entre Onze Heures et Minuit (France…Henri Decoin)
Fabiola (Italy…Alessandro Blasetti)
The Fall of Berlin (USSR…Mikhail Chiaureli)
The First Years (Czechoslovakia/Poland/Bulgaria…Joris Ivens)
Flamingo Road (US…Michael Curtiz)
The Fountainhead (US…King Vidor)
Gigi (France…Jacqueline Audry)
The Girl from the Third Row (Sweden…Hasse Ekman)
The Hasty Heart (US…Vincent Sherman)
Heaven Over the Marshes (Italy…Augusto Genina)
The Heiress (US…William Wyler)
Here’s to the Girls (Japan…Keisuke Kinoshita)
Holiday Affair (US…Don Hartford)
A Hometown in Heart (Korea…Yoon Yong-kyu)
House of Strangers (US…Joseph L.Mankiewicz)
I Shot Jesse James (US….Samuel Fuller)
I Was a Male War Bride (US…Howard Hawks)
In the Name of the Law (Italy…Pietro Germi)
Intruder in the Dust (US…Clarence Brown)
Jour de Fête (France…Jacques Tati)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (UK…Robert Hamer)
Kiss Me Casanova (Austria…Arthur de Glahs)
Late Spring (Japan…Yasujiro Ozu)
A Letter to Three Wives (US…Joseph L.Mankiewicz)
The Long Journey (Czechoslovakia…Alfred Radok)
Madame Bovary (US…Vincente Minnelli)
Mafia (Italy…Pietro Germi)
Mahal (India…Kamal Amrohi)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (US…Burgess Meredith)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (Czechoslovakia…Zdenek Miller)
Manon (France…Henri-Georges Clouzot)
The Mill on the Po (Italy…Alberto Lattuada)
My Love Has Been Burning (Japan…Kenji Mizoguchi)
Occupe-toi d’Amélie (France…Claude Autant-Lara)
On the Town (US…Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly)
Only a Mother (Sweden…Alf Sjöberg)
Passport to Pimlico (UK…Henry Cornelius)
Pattes Blanche (France…Jean Grémillon)
The Poacher’s Ward (Czechoslovakia…Martin Fric)
Le Point du Jour (France…Louis Daquin)
Prison (Sweden…Ingmar Bergman)
The Queen of Spades (UK…ThoroldDickinson)
The Reckless Moment (US…Max Ophuls)
Reign of Terror (US…Anthony Mann)
Rendezvous de Juillet (France…Jacques Becker)
Riso Amaro (Italy…Giuseppe de Santis)
Rotation (West Germany…Wolfgang Staudte)
Salon Mexico (Mexico…Emilio Fernandez)
Samson and Delilah (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
Sands of Iwo Jima (US…Allan Dwan)
Le Sang des Bêtes (France…Georges Franju)
The Secret History of the Imperial Palace (Hong Kong…Zhu Shilin)
The Set-Up (US…RobertWise)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (US…John Ford)
Une Si Jolie Petit Plage (France…Yves Allégret)
Le Silence de la Mer (France…Jean-Pierre Melville)
The Silent Barricade (Czechoslovakia…Otakar Vavra)
Stray Dog (Japan…Akira Kurosawa)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (US…Busby Berkeley)
The Third Man (UK…Carol Reed)
The Threat (US…Felix Feist)
Three Strange Loves (Sweden…Ingmar Bergman)
Too Late for Tears (US…Byron Haskin)
Trapped (US…Richard Fleischer)
Under Capricorn (UK…Alfred Hitchcock)
Whisky Galore (UK…Alexander Mackendrick)
White Heat (US…Raoul Walsh)
The Window (US…Ted Tetzlaff)
The Woman of the Port (Mexico…Emilio Gómez Muriel)
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Best Short
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Bad Luck Blackie (US…Tex Avery)
Begone Dull Care (Canada…Norman McLaren)
The Counterfeit Cat (US…Tex Avery)
Dim Little Island (UK…Humphrey Jennings)
Doggone Tired (US…Tex Avery)
Dough for the Do Do (US…Friz Freleng)
Fast and Furry-Ous (US…Chuck Jones)
For Scent-Imental Reasons (US…Chuck Jones)
High Diving Hare (US…Friz Freleng)
The Lead Shoes (US…Sidney Peterson)
Little Rural Riding Hood (US…Tex Avery)
Long Haired Hare (US…Chuck Jones)
Out-Foxed (US…Tex Avery)
Señor Droopy (US…Tex Avery)
Story of a Bass Cello (Czechoslovakia…Jiri Trnka)
Who Done It? (US…Edward Bernds)
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Best Actor
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Pierre Brasseur Les Amants de Vérone
James Cagney White Heat
Joseph Cotten The Third Man
Broderick Crawford All the King’s Men
Jean Desailly Occupe toi d’Amélie
Kirk Douglas Champion
Errol Flynn That Forsyte Woman
Jean Gabin Au déla des Grilles
Alec Guinness Kind Hearts and Coronets
Juano Hernandez Intruder in the Dust
Louis Jouvet Entre Onze Heures et Minuit
Gene Kelly Black Hand
Fernand Ledoux Pattes Blanche
A.E.Matthews The Chiltern Hundreds
Toshiro Mifune Stray Dog
Ray Milland Alias Nick Beal
John Mills The History of Mr Polly
Thomas Mitchell Alias Nick Beal
Gregory Peck Twelve O’Clock High
Gérard Philipe Une si Jolie Petit Plage
Dennis Price Kind Hearts and Coronets
Edward G.Robinson House of Strangers
Robert Ryan The Set-Up
Chishu Ryu Late Spring
Richard Todd The Hasty Heart
Spencer Tracy Adam’s Rib
Anton Walbrook The Queen of Spades
John Wayne She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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Best Actress
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Joan Bennett The Reckless Moment
Eva Dahlbeck Only a Mother
Danielle Darrieux Occupe toi d’Amélie
Yvonne de Carlo Criss Cross
Olivia de Havilland The Heiress
Suzy Delair Pattes Blanche
Danièle Delorme Gigi
Choi Eun-hee A Hometown in Heart
Jane Greer The Big Steal
Setsuko Hara Late Spring
Katharine Hepburn Adam’s Rib
Marga Lopez Salon Mexico
Silvana Mangano Riso Amaro
Isa Miranda Au déla des Grilles
Patricia Neal The Fountainhead
Ann Sheridan I Was a Male War Bride
Barbara Stanwyck East Side, West Side
Kinuyo Tanaka My Love Has Been Burning
Blanka Waleska The Long Journey
Loretta Young Come to the Stable
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Best Supp Actor
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Luther Adler House of Strangers
William Bendix The Big Steal
Kirk Douglas A Letter to Three Wives
Paul Douglas A Letter to Three Wives
Robert Douglas The Fountainhead
Bobby Driscoll The Window
Dan Duryea Criss Cross
Tom Ewell Adam’s Rib
José Ferrer Whirlpool
Porter Hall Intruder in the Dust
Trevor Howard The Third Man
John Ireland All the King’s Men
Dean Jagger Twelve O’Clock High
Arthur Kennedy Champion
George Macready Alias Nick Beal
Raymond Massey The Fountainhead
Arnold Moss Reign of Terror
Cecil Parker The Chiltern Hundreds
Basil Radford Whisky Galore
Ralph Richardson The Heiress
Takashi Shimura Stray Dog
Everett Sloane Prince of Foxes
David Tomlinson The Chiltern Hundreds
Wylie Watson Whisky Galore
Orson Welles The Third Man
James Whitmore Battleground
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Best Supp Actress
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Brigitte Auber Rendezvous de Juillet
Keiko Awaji Stray Dog
Ethel Barrymore Pinky
Jean Cadell Whisky Galore
Betty Ann Davies The History of Mr Polly
Yvonne de Bray Gigi
Edith Evans The Queen of Spades
Gloria Grahame A Woman’s Secret
Joan Greenwood The Bad Lord Byron
Joan Greenwood Kind Hearts and Coronets
Jean Hagen Adam’s Rib
Chieko Higashiyama A Broken Drum
Judy Holliday Adam’s Rib
Celeste Holm Come to the Stable
Mercedes McCambridge All the King’s Men
Gaby Morlay Gigi
Elizabeth Patterson Intruder in the Dust
Thelma Ritter A Letter to Three Wives
Madeleine Robinson Une si Jolie Petit Plage
Margaret Rutherford Passport to Pimlico
Gale Sondergaard East Side, West Side
Haruko Sugimura Late Spring
Arlette Thomas Pattes Blanche
Ethel Waters Pinky
Margaret Wycherley White Heat
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Best Cinematography
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Henri Alekan Les Amants de Vérone
Henri Alekan Une Si Jolie Petite Plage
John Alton Reign of Terror
Robert Burks The Fountainhead
Jack Cardiff Under Capricorn
Christopher Challis The Small Back Room
Henri Decaë Le Silence de la Mer
Gunnar Fischer Three Strange Loves
Lee Garmes Caught
Burnett Guffey The Reckless Moment
Václav Hanus Diva Bara
Otto Heller The Queen of Spades
Winton C.Hoch She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Milton Krasner The Set-Up
Robert Krasker The Third Man
Lionel Lindon Alias Nick Beal
Otello Martelli Riso Amaro
Asaichi Nakai Stray Dog
Louis Page Au déla des Grilles
Franz Planer Criss Cross
Claude Renoir Rendezvous de Juillet
Göran Strindberg Prison
Kohei Sugiyama, Tomotaro Nishiki My Love Has Been Burning
Robert L.Surtees Intruder in the Dust
Armand Thirard Manon
Aldo Tonti The Mill on the Po
Leo Tover The Heiress
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Best Score
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Georges Auric Passport to Pimlico
Georges Auric The Queen of Spades
Aaron Copland The Heiress
Leigh Harline The Big Steal
Anton Karas The Third Man
Miklós Rózsa Criss Cross
Max Steiner Beyond the Forest
Max Steiner White Heat
Dimitri Tiomkin Champion
Victor Young Samson and Delilah
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Another year sporting cinematic greatness, (making fair claim to be the best of all-time, in fact) with KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, LATE SPRING, THE THIRD MAN and CRISS CROSS sitting at five stars, and THE HEIRESS with them. I came very close to giving the prize to Ozu’s shattering masterpiece (one of my favorite films of all-time) but in the end I couldn’t deny the iconic landmark that prevailed, which for me is the greatest British film ever made. And truly lamentable that other masterful films, a few five stars no less are looking in: THE SET-UP, LA SILENCE DE LA MER, WHISKEY GALORE, WHITE HEAT, CROWS AND SPARROWS, INTRUDER IN THE DUST, RISO AMARO and Autant-Lara’s film.
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Yashujiro Ozu (Late Spring)
Best Actor: Dennis Price (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Guiness (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Short: Bad Luck Blackie (Tex Avery)
Best Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Aaron Copland’s score to THE HEIRESS is a close second to Karras, with Victor Young’s work in SAMSON magnificent as well. It was very difficult putting aside Olivia de Havilland for THE HEIRESS for lead actress, just as it was to pass on Burt Lancaster for CRISS CROSS, James Cagney for WHITE HEAT, Robert Ryan for THE SET-UP and Chishu Ryu for LATE SPRING for Best Actor. Franz Planer is runner-up to Krasker for CRISS CROSS in cinematography as is Milton R. Krasner for THE SET-UP. In supporting actor, Orson Welles is a whisker behind Guiness for me.
beyond………..
Best Screenplay: Graham Greene (The Third Man)
Best Editing: Roland Gross (The Set-Up)
Best Art Direction: Vincent Korda (The Third Man)
Best Costumes: Edith Head (The Heiress)
Best Ensemble Acting: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Reed
Best Actor: Douglas, Champion
Best Actress: De Carlo, Criss Cross
Supp. Actor: Welles, Third Man — I’m not fond of him as an actor, but here was the perfect convergence of man and role.
Supp. Actor: McCambridge, All the King’s Men.
Cinematography: Planer, Criss Cross
Score: Karas, Third Man
Short: Little Rural Riding Hood
Just saw Caught this week and believe Robert Ryan should at least have been considered, but would he be considered lead actor or support in that one?
Yay for John Huston getting best director for 1948. Yay for Walter Huston getting best supporting actor for “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” in 1948. Yay for “The Red Shoes” in getting best cinematography and score in 1948.
I vote “Long-Haired Hare” for best short in 1949.
(“Long-Haired Hare” is one of the landmarks of my childhood).
Picture: The Third Man
Director: Carol Reed, The Third Man
Actor: James Cagney, White Heat
Actress: Setsuko Hara, Late Spring
Sup. Actor: Ralph Richardson, The Heiress (I would have voted for Juano Hernandez if his performance had been classified as supporting, which is where I would have placed it)
Sup. Actress: Edith Evans, The Queen of Spades
Cinematography: Robert Krasker, The Third Man
UuI find myself torn between two films this year but I don’t think anyone would blame me for my affections.
Here goes:
BEST PICTURE: TH THIRD MAN
DIRECTOR: Yashujiro Ozu(LATE SPRING)
SHORT: FAST AND FURRYOUS
LEAD ACTOR: Chisu Ryu (LATE SPRING)
LEAD ACTRESS: Setsuko Hara (LATE SPRING)
SUPP ACTOR: Orson Welles (THE THIRD MAN)
SUPP ACTRESS: Haruka Suigimura (LATE SPRING)
PHOTO: Robert Kessler (THE THIRD MAN)
MUSIC: Anton Karras (THE THIRD MAN)
Fast and Furry-Ous, only my no 3 choice, but love any vote for RR and WEC.
Hard category for sure, BAD LUCK BLACKIE by Avery is one of the master “Gag-Man”s most blisteringly brilliant and funny cartoons. But, FAST AND FURRY-OUS really started the ball rolling on a series of cartoons that would forever change the landscape of the bizarre in Warners animated shorts…
Favorite Wile-E Coyote scheme (forget which cartoon): The Burmese Tiger Trap Gag (only Jones would have a real Burmese Tiger land in that pit!)
Cracks me the fuck up every time I see it…
love both Bad Luck Blackie and Fast and Furry-Ous, yet didn’t vote for either, though either would have won previous year.
Okay, I’ll play along.
Best Film: The Third Man
runner-up: Samson and Delilah
Best Director: Carol Reed (The Third Man)
runner-up: The Archers (The Small Back Room)
Best Actor: Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
runner-up: Chishu Ryu (Late Spring)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
runner-up: Olivia de Havilland (The Heiress)
Best Supp. Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
runner-up: James Whitmore (Battleground)
Best Supp. Actress: Gloria Grahame (A Woman’s Secret)
runner-up: Thelma Ritter (A Letter to Three Wives)
Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
runner-up: Christopher Challis (The Small Back Room)
Score: Anton Karas (The Third Man)
runner-up: Victor Young (Samson and Delilah)
Short: Little Rural Riding Hood (Tex Avery)
runner-up: Bad Luck Blackie (Tex Avery)
Best Picture: Criss Cross (Siodmak)
Best Director: Robert Siodmak (Criss Cross)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Yvonne De Carlo (Criss Cross)
Supporting Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Whoops, forgot to watch the short films last week. Hopefully this week I remember, but for now I’ll pass up that category again.
Feature: The Third Man
Director: Yasujiro Ozu (Late Spring)
Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Supp. Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Supp. Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Cinematography: The Third Man
Score: The Third Man (no-brainer for me, probably favorite score of the pre-60s era)
Screenplay: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Editing: The Set-Up
honorable mention: Whisky Galore
Plenty of great films, but no competition for the top this year:
PICTURE: Late Spring
DIRECTOR: Ozu
LEAD ACTOR: Chishu Ryu
LEAD ACTRESS: Setsuko Hara
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Orson Welles
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Haruko Sugimura
SHORT: Begone Dull Care
SCORE: Karas, Third Man
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lasker, Third Man
Extra pick – Script: Late Spring
Best Film: Criss Cross
Best Director: Robert Siodmak (Criss Cross)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Yvonne De Carlo (Criss Cross)
Best Supporting Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Wycherly (White Heat)
Best Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Jean Yatove (Jour de Fete)
Best Screenplay: Daniel Fuchs & William Bowers (Criss Cross)
Best Editing: Roland Gross (The Set-Up)
Top 5:
1. Criss Cross
2. White Heat
3. The Third Man
4. Jour de Fete
5. The Set-Up
I’m doing this one with my eyes closed.
Film: The Third Man
Director: Carol Reed (“The Third Man’)
Actor: James Cagney (‘White Heat’)
Actress: Setsuko Hara (‘Late Spring’)
S. Actor: Ralph Richardson (‘The Heiress’)
S. Actress: Joan Greenwood (‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’)
Photography: Robert Krasker (‘The Third Man’)
Short: ‘Little Rural Riding Hood’
It aches to omit Ozu, Guinness, Price, Welles, Howard, Ryu, Pat Neal, Cardiff for ‘Under Capricorn’, not to mention Margaret Leighton from the same film, deserving artists one and all.
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Carol Reed (Third Man)
Best Actor: Dennis Price (Coronets)
Best Actress: Yvonne De Carlo (Criss Cross)
Best Supp Actor: Orson Welles (Third Man)
Best Supp Actress: Joan Greenwood (Coronets)
Top Five: 1. The Third Man 2. Criss Cross 3. Kind Hearts And Coronets 4. Le Sang Des Betes 5. Late Spring
A few missing from the nominations – all way better than The Big Steal which made the list:
Follow Me Quietly – Richard Fleischer
Give Us This Day (aka Christ in Concrete)- Edward Dmytryk
Salón México - Emilio Fernández
Thieves’ Highway – Jules Dassin
Well Tony, you can be rest assured I am totally with you on at least two of these – CHRIST IN CONCRETE and THIEVES HIGHWAY, both of which I consider near masterpieces. I can also see the ultimate rating for both.
PS: Sorry Salón México is on the list
Thieves Highway should have been, it’s on one of the prior lists. Sometimes pasting does cause problems in WP, though shoiuld have checked.
Best Picture: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Director: Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Actor: Denis Price (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Actress: Joan Bennett (This Reckless Moment)
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Guiness (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Aaron Copland (The Heiress)
Best Short: Bad Luck Blackie
A very difficult year. The cinephile would have to go for Ozu and Setsuko Hara, and the noirista Une si jolie petite plage, but the for the romantic 1949 is all about the Third Man:
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Carol Reed
Best Actor: Joseph Cotton (The Third Man)
Best Actress: Alida Valli (The Third Man)
Best Supp Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Best Supp Actress: Elizabeth Patterson (Intruder in the Dust)
Best Screenplay: Graham Greene (The Third Man)
Best Cinematogaphy: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Anton Karas (The Third Man)
Pic- The Third Man
Dir- Ozu (Late Spring)
Actor- Cagney (White Heat)
Actress- Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Supp Actor- Welles (The Third Man)
Supp Actress- Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Score- Anton Karas (The Third Man)
Cinematography – Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Picture: Colorado Territory
Director: Alfred Hitchcock (Under Capricorn)
Actor: Robert Ryan (The Set-Up)
Actress: Ingrid Bergman (Under Capricorn)
Supporting Actor: Robert Ryan (Caught)
Supporting Actress: Thelma Ritter (A Letter to Three WIves)
Cinematography: Hoch/Ford (She Wore A Yellow Ribbon)
Short: The Lead Shoes
Best Pic: Third Man
Runners up: Heiress, Late Spring, Criss Cross, Adam’s Rib
Best Dir: Carol Reed Third Man
Best Actors: Olivia DeHavilland-Heiress/Cagney-White Heat
Very surprised Montgomery Clift wasn’t one of the best actor noms. His performance in The Heiress was second only to Cagney in my judgment.
Best Scr: Graham Greene Third Man
Best Ph: Rob’t Krasker Third Man
Best Score: Anton Karas-Third Man
Best Supp Actor: Welles-Third Man
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Best Supporting Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Short: Bad Luck Blackie (Tex Avery)
Best Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman (Under Capricorn)
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Guiness (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Best Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Film: The Third Man
Director: Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Lead Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Lead Actress: Olivia de Havilland (The Heiress)
Supporting Actor: Alec Guiness (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Short: Bad Luck Blackie
Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Runner ups to The Third Man:
Late Spring
The Heiress
Kind Hearts and Coronets
White Heat
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Best Actor: Broderick Crawford (All the King’s Men)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Best Supporting Actor: Trevor Howard (The Third Man)
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Wycherley (White Heat)
Best Score: Samson and Delilah
Best Cinematography: The Third Man
Best Short Film: Bad Luck Blackie
Pic – Kind Hearts and Coronets (UK…Robert Hamer)
Director – The Third Man (UK…Carol Reed)
Actor – Alec Guinness Kind Hearts and Coronets
Actress – Olivia de Havilland The Heiress
Sup Actor – John Ireland All the King’s Men
Sup Actress – Judy Holliday Adam’s Rib
Score – Victor Young Samson and Delilah
Terrific year, but one film clearly stands the tallest……
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Director: Sir Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Best Sup. Actor: Alec Guiness (Kind Hearts….)
Best Sup. Actress: Margaret Wycherley (White Heat)
Best Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Best Cinematography: Bob Krasker (The Third Man)
Another incredible year. The eventual winner here is clear, but I’m taking a minority view:
PICTURE: The Set-Up (followed by The Heiress, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Third Man, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, White Heat, Late Spring, The Window, Stray Dog, A Letter to Three Wives, Battleground, On The Town, Border Incident, Come to the Stable, Champion, Criss Cross, It Happens Every Spring, Mighty Joe Young, Colorado Territory, Whiskey Galore)
DIRECTOR: Robert Wise, The Set-Up (2nd: William Wyler, The Heiress)
ACTOR: Alec Guinness, Kind Hearts and Coronets (2nd: Robert Ryan, The Set-Up)
ACTRESS: Olivia De Havilland, The Heiress (2nd: Loretta Young, Come to the Stable)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Orson Welles, The Third Man (2nd: Ralph Richardson, The Heiress)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mercedes McCambridge, All The King’s Men (2nd: Margaret Wycherly, White Heat)
SHORT: Long Haired Hare (2nd: Begone Dull Care)
ORIGINAL SCORE: Anton Karas, The Third Man (2nd: Aaron Copland, The Heiress)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Milton Krasner, The Set-Up (2nd (B&W): Paul Vogel, Battleground)
FURTHER:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Graham Greene, The Third Man (2nd: Valentine Davies and Shirley Smith, It Happens Every Spring)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Robert Hamer and John Dighton, Kind Hearts and Coronets (2nd: Ruth and Augustus Goetz, The Heiress)
COLOR CINEMATOGRAPHY: Winton Hoch, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (2nd: Harold Rosson, On The Town)
B&W ART DIRECTION: The Heiress
COLOR ART DIRECTION: Little Women
B&W COSTUME DESIGN: Kind Hearts and Coronets
COLOR COSTUME DESIGN: Little Women
FILM EDITING: The Set-Up
SOUND: The Set-Up
SCORING OF A MUSICAL: On The Town
ORIGINAL SONG: “Through a Long and Sleepless Night” from Come to the Stable
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Mighty Joe Young
MAKEUP: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Best Picture: Late Spring
Best Director: Yasujiro Ozu (Late Spring)
Best Actor: James Cagney (White Heat)
Best Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring)
Best Supporting Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Best Supporting Actress: Alida Valli (The Third Man)
Cinematography: Robert Krasker (The Third Man)
Score: Anton Karas (The Third Man)
If I may participate, these are my picks for 1949.
Duane, your vote will certainly be counted (Allan tabulates every Saturday morning, so you are still several days early) and you are welcome and urged to participate from here on in you you have the time to do so.
Many thanks for the great ballot.
Best Picture: The Third Man
Best Short: Bad Luck Blackie
Best Actor: John Wayne (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland (The Heiress)
Best Supporting Actor: Orson Welles (The Third Man)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
Best Cinematography: Winton Hoch (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
Best Score: A write-in vote for Miklos Rozsa for “Madam Bovary” if only for the waltz sequence, one of the great marriages of image and music.
Best Picture/Director – The Third Man (UK…Carol Reed)
Best Actor – James Cagney White Heat
Best Actress – Yvonne de Carlo Criss Cross
Best Supp Actor – John Ireland All the King’s Men
Best Supp Actress – Mercedes McCambridge All the King’s Men
Thanks, Sam, I will do just that. This gives me some added incentive to watch some of the movies from the fifties that I haven’t gotten to yet.
Picture: White Heat
Director: Raoul Walsh (White Heat)
Actor: James Cagney (White Heat) (I also like Joseph Cotten, Chishu Ryu and Kirk Douglas… and nice to see a nomination for Errol Flynn playing against type)
Actress: Setsuko Hara (Late Spring) (I also like Olivia de Havilland)
Supporting actor: Ralph Richardson (The Heiress) (I also like Trevor Howard)
Supporting actress: Margaret Wycherley (White Heat) (I also like Judy Holliday)
Score: Anton Karras (The Third Man)
Cinematography: Robert Krasker, The Third Man