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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).
Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
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.
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 .
Oscars – Cinematography (Black-and-White) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
Edith Head won two Best Costume Design awards this year, one for a color film (Samson and Delilah), and one for a black and white film (All About Eve). The last of the big studio bosses received an Honorary Award, MGM's Louis B. Mayer, "for distinguished service to the motion picture industry."
23rd Academy Awards (1950): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. All about Eve – 20th Century-Fox. Born Yesterday – Columbia. Father of the Bride – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. King Solomon’s Mines – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sunset Blvd. – Paramount. DIRECTING. All about Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
