8th Golden Globe Awards

The eighth presentation of the Golden Globe Awards took place on 28 February 1951.

Award winners and nominees

Best Picture

Sunset Boulevard

  • All About Eve
  • The Born Yesterday
  • The Last Musketeer
  • My friend Harvey

Best Film for the promotion of international understanding

The Broken Arrow ( Delmer Daves )

Best Director

Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard

Best Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve

Best Cinematography - Black and White

Franz planner - The Last Musketeer

  • Harold Rosson - The Asphalt Jungle
  • John F. Seitz - Sunset Boulevard

Best Cinematography - Colour

Robert Surtees - King Solomon's Mines

  • Ernest Palmer - The Broken Arrow
  • George Barnes - Samson and Delilah

Best Original Score

Franz Waxman - Sunset Boulevard

  • Bronislau Kaper - My life belongs to me
  • Leith Stevens - Destination Moon

Best Actor - Drama

José Ferrer - The Last Musketeer

  • Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee
  • James Stewart - My friend Harvey

Best Actress - Drama

Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard

  • Bette Davis - All About Eve
  • Judy Holliday - The Born Yesterday

Best Actor - Musical / Comedy

Fred Astaire - Three Little Words

  • Dan Dailey - How an unlucky
  • Harold Lloyd - Crazy Wednesday

Best Actress - Musical / Comedy

Judy Holliday - The Born Yesterday

  • Spring Byington - Age does not protect you from love
  • Betty Hutton - duel in the ring

Best Supporting Actor

Edmund Gwenn - Mister 880

Best Supporting Actress

Josephine Hull - My friend Harvey

Best Young Actor

Gene Nelson

Henrietta Award

Gregory Peck

Jane Wyman

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