8th Golden Globe Awards
8th Golden Globe Awards | |
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Date | February 28, 1951 |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Sunset Boulevard |
The 8th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1950 films, were held on February 28, 1951, in the Ciro's nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip.
Winners and Nominees
Best Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Fred Astaire – Three Little Words
- Dan Dailey – When Willie Comes Marching Home
- Mad Wednesday
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- George Sanders – All About Eve
- Sunset Boulevard
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Best Director - Motion Picture
Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- The Asphalt Jungle – John Huston
- Sunset Boulevard – Charles Brackett
Best Music, Original Score - Motion Picture
Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
- Bronislau Kaper
- Destination Moon – Leith Stevens
Cinematography - Black and White
Franz F. Planer
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Sunset Boulevard
Cinematography - Color
King Solomon's Mines – Robert Surtees
New Star of the Year
Promoting International Understanding
Broken Arrow directed by Delmer Daves
- The Big Lift directed by George Seton
- The Next Voice You Hear... directed by William A. Wellman