In 1949, the War drama “Twelve O'Clock High” competed for the Best picture Oscar with the marriage satire “A Letter to Three Wives,” “All the King's Men,” which won, the family drama “The Heiress,” and another WWII film, “Battleground.”

Leo McCarey's Love Affair was one of the year's biggest losers, failing to win one award out of six nominations; the big winner was Gone With the Wind.

Goodbye Mr. Chips was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, winning one, Best Actor for Robert Donat.

“Test Pilot” was nominated for three Oscars, Best Picture, Original Story by Frank Wead, and Film Editing by Tom Held.

A Star Is Born won the Original Story
Oscar, by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson,
based on the screenplay of Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, and Dorothy Parker, and Special Award for W. Howard Greene for his color photography.