1948
BEST PICTURE
Fort Apache
Hamlet
Key Largo
Macbeth
Red River
Rope
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST DIRECTOR
John Ford, FORT APACHE
Howard Hawks, RED RIVER
Alfred Hitchcock, ROPE
John Huston, KEY LARGO
John Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Laurence Olivier, HAMLET
Orson Welles, MACBETH
BEST ACTOR
Kirk Alyn, SUPERMAN: THE SERIAL
Humphrey Bogart, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Montgomery Clift, RED RIVER
Henry Fonda, FORT APACHE
Laurence Olivier, HAMLET
Edward G. Robinson, KEY LARGO
Orson Welles, MACBETH
John Wayne, RED RIVER
BEST ACTRESS
Lauren Bacall, KEY LARGO
Olivia DeHavilland, THE SNAKE PIT
Noel Neill, SUPERMAN: THE SERIAL
Jenette Nolan, MACBETH
Barbara Stanwyck, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alfonso Bedoya, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Walter Brennan, RED RIVER
Lee J. Cobb, CALL NORTHSIDE 777
Thomas Gomez, KEY LARGO
Tim Holt, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MAdre
Walter Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
John Ireland, RED RIVER
James Stewart, ROPE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joanne Dru, RED RIVER
Eileen Herlie, HAMLET
Jean Simmons, HAMLET
Shirley Temple, FORT APACHE
Lurene Tuttle, MACBETH
Claire Trevor, KEY LARGO
BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Brooks and John Huston, KEY LARGO
Borden Chase and Charles Schnee, RED RIVER
Hume Cronyn and Arthur Laurents, ROPE
Lucille Fletcher, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
John Huston, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Richard Hageman, FORT APACHE
Jacques Ibert, MACBETH
Max Steiner, KING KONG
Max Steiner, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Dimitri Tiomkin, RED RIVER
William Walton, HAMLET
Franz Waxman, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fort Apache
Hamlet
Key Largo
Red River
Rope
BEST ART DIRECTION
Call Northside 777
Hamlet
Macbeth
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Hamlet
Key Largo
Macbeth
Red River
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST EDITING
Fort Apache
Key Largo
Red River
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fighter Squadron
Hamlet
Macbeth
Rope
Superman: The Serial
BEST SOUND
Fort Apache
Macbeth
Red River
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
This, to me, was one of the trickiest years to pin down......so many of the films were this close to equally good. Comments? Compliments? Condemnations?