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Mar 24, 2015 · * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - William Daniels * Film Editing - Paul Weatherwax Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Malvin Wald
The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters. [2]
From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. After Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the most recent black-and-white films to win since then are Schindler's List (1993), Roma (2018) and Mank (2020).
Feb 5, 2014 · 22nd Academy Awards (1949): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen Productions. Battleground – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Heiress – Paramount. A Letter to Three Wives – 20th Century-Fox. Twelve O’Clock High – 20th Century-Fox. DIRECTING. All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen.
director William A. Wellman's Battleground (with six nominations and two wins - Best Story/Screenplay, and Best B/W Cinematography) - an excellent Battle of the Bulge war film that followed a platoon of American soldiers. [Wellman had directed another war film - Wings (1927/8), the first Best Picture winner.]
Apr 19, 2024 · From 1929 to 1967, there were separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. Floyd Crosby won the award for Tabu in 1931, the last silent film to win in this category. Hal Mohr won the only write-in Academy Award in 1935 for Cleopatra .
The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949. This was the final year in which all five Best Picture nominees were in Black & White, and the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture won multiple Oscars.
