8th Golden Globes

8th Golden Globe Awards
DateFebruary 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

Sunset Boulevard[1][2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac[3][2]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard[2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Fred Astaire – Three Little Words[2]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday[2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Edmund Gwenn – Mister 880[2]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Josephine Hull – Harvey[2]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard[2]

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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[2]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman

References

  1. ↑ "Sunset Boulevard". Golden Globes. 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Gloria Swanson, Ferrer Awarded Golden Globes". Newspapers.com. 1951-03-01. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  3. ↑ "José Ferrer". Golden Globes. 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
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