title: 8th Golden Globe Awards
text: # 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
  
  ### 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
  
  