7th Golden Globe Awards explained

Number:	7
Award:	Golden Globe Awards
Date:	February 23, 1950
Best Picture:	All the King's Men
Last:	6th
Next:	8th

The 7th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1949 films, were held on February 23, 1950.

Winners and Nominees

Best Picture

All the King's Men directed by Robert Rossen

• Come to the Stable directed by Henry Koster

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men

• Richard Todd - The Hasty Heart^[1]

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress

• Deborah Kerr - Edward, My Son

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

James Whitmore - Battleground

• David Brian - Intruder in the Dust

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Mercedes McCambridge - All the King's Men

• Miriam Hopkins - The Heiress

Best Director - Motion Picture

Robert Rossen - All the King's Men

• William Wyler - The Heiress

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Battleground - Robert Pirosh

• Rope of Sand - Walter Doniger

Best Music, Original Score - Motion Picture

The Inspector General - Johnny Green

• All the King's Men - George Duning

Best Foreign Language Film

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette), Italy

• The Fallen Idol, UK

Best Cinematography - Black and White

Champion photographed by Franz F. Planer

• All the King's Men photographed by Burnett Guffey

Best Cinematography - Color

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad by Walt Disney

• On The Town by Harold Rosson^[2]

Promoting International Understanding

The Hasty Heart directed by Vincent Sherman

• Monsieur Vincent directed by Maurice Cloche^[3]

New Star of the Year - Actor

Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart

• Juano Hernandez in Intruder in the Dust^[4]

New Star of the Year - Actress

Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men

• Ruth Roman in Champion^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Best Actor in a Leading Role(Previous Award Given)" Web site: HFPA - Awards Search . 2011-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124174256/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1949 . 2010-11-24 .
2. "Cinematography for Outstanding use of Color"Web site: HFPA - Awards Search . 2011-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124174256/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1949 . 2010-11-24 . and https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1950
3. "Promoting International Understanding(Previous Award Given)"Web site: HFPA - Awards Search . 2011-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124174256/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1949 . 2010-11-24 .
4. "New Star of the Year - Actor"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1950
5. "New Star of the Year - Actor"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1950