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.

8th Golden Globe Awards
Date	February 28, 1951
Highlights
Best Picture	Sunset Boulevard

Winners and Nominees

Best Picture

Sunset Boulevard

• All About Eve
• Born Yesterday
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac

• Louis Calhern – The Magnificent Yankee
• James Stewart – Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard

• Bette Davis – All About Eve
• Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday

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

Fred Astaire – Three Little Words

• Dan Dailey – When Willie Comes Marching Home
• Harold Lloyd – Mad Wednesday

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

Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday

• Spring Byington – Louisa
• Betty Hutton – Annie Get Your Gun

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

Edmund Gwenn – Mister 880

• George Sanders – All About Eve
• Erich von Stroheim – Sunset Boulevard

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

Josephine Hull – Harvey

• Judy Holliday – Adam's Rib
• Thelma Ritter – All About Eve

Best Director - Motion Picture

Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard

• George Cukor – Born Yesterday
• John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve

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

• A Life of Her Own – Bronislau Kaper
• Destination Moon – Leith Stevens

Cinematography - Black and White

Cyrano de Bergerac – Franz F. Planer

• The Asphalt Jungle
• Sunset Boulevard

Cinematography - Color

King Solomon's Mines – Robert Surtees

• Broken Arrow
• Samson and Delilah

New Star of the Year

Gene Nelson

• Mala Powers
• Debbie Reynolds

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

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman