Oscar Nominations: 5
Actress: Irene Dunne
Supporting Actress: Barbara Bel Geddes
Supporting Actress: Ellen Corby
Supporting Actor: Oscar Homolka
Cinematography (b/w): Nicholas Musuraca
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
The winner of the Best Actress Oscar was Jane Wyman for “Johnny Belinda.” This was the fifth and last Oscar nomination of Irene Dunne, who never won a competitive Oscar. It was also one of her last pictures before retiring from the screen in 1952.
Claire Trevor won the Supporting Actress Oscar (at her second nomination) for “Key Largo,” directed by John Huston. Huston also directed that year”The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” for which his father, Walter Huston, received the Supporting Actor.
William Daniels was honored with the Cinematography Oscar for the noir film, “The Naked City.”
Running Time: 134 Minutes
