The Academy Awards
1951 Best Picture An American in Paris Deadline Before Dawn A Place in the Sun Quo Vadis A Streetcar Named Desire Best Director George Stevens - A Place in the Sun John Huston - The African Queen Vincente Minnelli - An American in Paris William Wyler - Detective Story Elia Kazan - A Streetcar Named Desire Best Actor Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire Montgomery Clift - A Place in the Sun Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory Fredric March - Death of a Salesman Best Actress Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen Eleanor Parker - Detective Story Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil Best Supporting Actor Karl Malden - A Streetcar Named Desire Leo Genn - Quo Vadis Kevin McCarthy - Death of a Salesman Peter Ustinov - Quo Vadis Gig Young - Come Fill the Cup Best Supporting Actress Kim Hunter - A Streetcar Named Desire Joan Blondell - The Blue Veil Mildred Dunnock - Death of a Salesman Lee Grant - Detective Story Thelma Ritter - The Mating Season Best Original Screenplay An American in Paris The Big Carnival** David and Bathsheba Go For Broke! The Well Best Adapted Screenplay A Place in the Sun The African Queen Detective Story La Ronde A Streetcar Named Desire Best Musical Score Franz Waxman - A Place in the Sun Alfred Newman - David and Bathsheba Alex North - Death of a Salesman Miklos Rozsa - Quo Vadis Alex North - A Streetcar Named Desire Best Original Song “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” - Here Comes the Groom “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” - The Strip “Never” - The Golden Girl “Too Late Now” - Royal Wedding “Wonder Why” - Rich, Young and Pretty **The Big Carnival was subsequently retitled Ace in the Hole |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1951 Best Picture A Christmas Carol The African Queen The Big Carnival** Go For Broke! Show Boat Best Director Henry Hathaway - Fourteen Hours John Huston - The African Queen László Benedek - Death of a Salesman Anatole Litvak - Decision Before Dawn Robert Pirosh - Go For Broke! Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - The Tales of Hoffman George Stevens - A Place in the Sun Stanley Donen - Royal Wedding Best Actor Fredric March - Death of a Salesman Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen Montgomery Clift - A Place in the Sun Kirk Douglas - The Big Carnival** John Garfield - He Ran All the Way Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory Ray Milland - Night Into Morning Alastair Sim - A Christmas Carol Best Actress Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen Thelma Ritter - The Model and the Marriage Broker Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun Ethel Barrymore - It’s a Big Country Ava Gardner - Show Boat Best Supporting Actor Richard Basehart - Fourteen Hours Alec Guinness - Oliver Twist Karl Malden - A Streetcar Named Desire Fredric March - It’s a Big Country Kevin McCarthy - Death of a Salesman Robert Newton - Tom Brown’s Schooldays Peter Ustinov - Quo Vadis Juvenile Award John Howard Davies Best Dramatic Screenplay A Christmas Carol Go For Broke! Oliver Twist The Unknown Man Best Comedic Screenplay The Model and the Marriage Broker The African Queen Laughter in Paradise Week-End with Father Best Musical Score Franz Waxman - He Ran All the Way Alex North - The 13th Letter Allan Gray - The African Queen Richard Addinsell - A Christmas Carol Bernard Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still Alfred Newman - Fourteen Hours Sol Kaplan - I’d Climb the Highest Mountain Stanley Black - Laughter in Paradise Cyril Mockridge - The Model and the Marriage Broker Alex North - A Streetcar Named Desire **The Big Carnival was subsequently retitled Ace in the Hole |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
As Members of the Board with extensive musical backgrounds, we are traditionally very tough on the Musical Score category. Nominating ten compositions is a testament to the talent in the category this year. Hats off to all the nominees; it was a very tough decision.
Hidden Gem: Go For Broke!
- M.E.
As Members of the Board with extensive musical backgrounds, we are traditionally very tough on the Musical Score category. Nominating ten compositions is a testament to the talent in the category this year. Hats off to all the nominees; it was a very tough decision.
Hidden Gem: Go For Broke!
- M.E.