22nd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1949
The 22nd Academy Awards introduced several firsts and records in Oscar history, including the first Best Picture winner to also claim two acting awards while losing Best Director.
Key Facts
- Ceremony Date
- March 23, 1950
- Venue
- RKO Pantages Theatre
- Films Honored
- Achievement in filmmaking in 1949
- Best Picture Winner
- All the King's Men
- Supporting Actress tie nominees
- Two films each received two nominations
- Second Oscar tie
- A Chance to Live and So Much for So Little (Documentary Short)
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually recognizes outstanding cinematic achievement from the prior year. Films released in 1949 competed across all major categories, with All the King's Men, Pinky, Come to the Stable, and others earning multiple nominations during a year when all Best Picture nominees were shot in black and white.
The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre. All the King's Men won Best Picture and two acting Oscars but lost Best Director, a rare outcome. Two films each received double nominations in the Best Supporting Actress category, and a tie occurred in the Best Documentary Short Subject category between A Chance to Live and So Much for So Little.
The ceremony established several lasting records: it marked the final year all Best Picture nominees were in black and white, the first year every Best Picture nominee won multiple Oscars, and only the second tie in Oscar history. All the King's Men's unusual combination of wins and losses set a precedent matched only by Shakespeare in Love in 1998.