An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director, respectively.
A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the four acting awards for which it was nominated.
He won it over favored winner Marlon Brando, by the logic of the former being too long overlooked and the latter being a newcomer.
[2] The next day, Bogart remarked that "awards don't mean a thing unless every actor plays Hamlet and then who is best is decided.
Some reflected that it may have won due to the number of Academy voters employed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the time.