8th Golden Globe Awards


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

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Picture]]

Sunset Boulevard

[Golden Globe [Award for Best ActorMotion Picture Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama]]

José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac

[Golden Globe [Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama]]

Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]]

Fred Astaire - Three Little Words

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]]

Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture]]

Edmund Gwenn - Mister 880

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture]]

Josephine Hull - Harvey

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Director|Best Director - Motion Picture]]

Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture">Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

All About Eve - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Music, [Original Score - Motion Picture">Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score">Best Music, [Original Score - Motion Picture]

Sunset Boulevard - Franz Waxman

Cinematography - Black and White

Cyrano de Bergerac - Franz F. Planer

Cinematography - Color

King Solomon's Mines - Robert Surtees

New Star of the Year

Gene Nelson

Promoting International Understanding

Broken Arrow directed by Delmer Daves

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

''' Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman'''