The 23rd Academy Awards


The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. All About Eve received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind in 1939. It won six Oscars, including Best Picture, and earned writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz his second consecutive Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, the only time such a feat has been accomplished.
All About Eve was the second film, after Mrs. Miniver (1942), to receive five acting nominations. It was the first to receive multiple nominations in two acting categories, and the first (and, to date, only) film to receive four female acting nominations—two each for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. None was successful, losing to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday and Josephine Hull in Harvey, respectively.
Jose Ferrer, then under investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee over suspected Communist ties, won the Best Actor award despite being given very little chances to win. Marlene Dietrich nearly stole the show by wearing an apparently-painted-on dress that displayed her legs and figure.
Darryl F. Zanuck "All About Eve" won for Best Picture over S. Sylvan Simon "Born Yesterday", Pandro S. Berman "Father of the Bride", Sam Zimbalist "King Solomon's Mines", and Charles Brackett "Sunset Boulevard".
Joseph L. Mankiewicz won Best Director for "All About Eve" with the other nominees being John Huston "The Asphalt Jungle", George Cukor "Born Yesterday", Billy Wilder "Sunset Boulevard", and Carol Reed "The Third Man.
Jose Ferrer won Best Actor for "Cyrano De Bergerac "with other nominees being Louis Calhern "The Magnificent Yankee", William Holden "Sunset Boulevard", James Stewart "Harvey", Spencer Tracy "Father of the Bride".
Judy Holliday won Best Actress for her performance as Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday" against Eleanor Parker "Caged", Anne Baxter "All About Eve", Bette Davis "All About Eve", Gloria Swanson "Sunset Boulevard".
George Sanders won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "All About Eve as Addison DeWitt with the other nominees being Jeff Chandler "Broken Arrow", Edmund Gwenn "Mister 800", Sam Jaffee "The Asphalt Jungle", Erich von Stroheim "Sunset Boulevard"
Josephine Hull won Best Supporting Actress for her hilarious performance as Veta Louise Simmons in "Harvey with the other nominees being Hope Emerson "Caged", Celeste Holm "Caged", Nancy Olson "Sunset Boulevard", Thelma Ritter "All About Eve".
Gloria Swanson congratulates Hudy Holliday and Jose Ferrer in New York City.

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