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Academy Awards, USA: 1947

Oscar

Date:	13 March
Host:	Jack Benny
Location:	Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Other Nominees:
	Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) - J. Arthur Rank; Two Cities It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Liberty Films Razor's Edge, The (1946) - 20th Century Fox Yearling, The (1946) - M-G-M

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Fredric March - Fredric March was not present at the awards ceremony. Cathy O'Donnell (I) accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) - Laurence Olivier It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - James Stewart (I) Jolson Story, The (1946) - Larry Parks (I) Yearling, The (1946) - Gregory Peck

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	To Each His Own (1946) - Olivia de Havilland
Other Nominees:
	Brief Encounter (1945) - Celia Johnson (I) Duel in the Sun (1946) - Jennifer Jones (I) Sister Kenny (1946) - Rosalind Russell Yearling, The (1946) - Jane Wyman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Harold Russell
Other Nominees:
	Green Years, The (1946) - Charles Coburn Jolson Story, The (1946) - William Demarest Notorious (1946) - Claude Rains Razor's Edge, The (1946) - Clifton Webb

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Razor's Edge, The (1946) - Anne Baxter
Other Nominees:
	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Gale Sondergaard Duel in the Sun (1946) - Lillian Gish Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Flora Robson Spiral Staircase, The (1945) - Ethel Barrymore

Best Director


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - William Wyler
Other Nominees:
	Brief Encounter (1945) - David Lean (I) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Frank Capra Killers, The (1946) - Robert Siodmak Yearling, The (1946) - Clarence Brown (I)

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Seventh Veil, The (1945) - Muriel Box; Sydney Box
Other Nominees:
	Blue Dahlia, The (1946) - Raymond Chandler Enfants du paradis, Les (1945) - Jacques Pr�vert Notorious (1946) - Ben Hecht (I) Road to Utopia (1946) - Norman Panama; Melvin Frank

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	Perfect Strangers (1945) - Clemence Dane
Other Nominees:
	Dark Mirror, The (1946) - Vladimir Pozner (I) Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946) - John Patrick (II) Stranger, The (1946) - Victor Trivas To Each His Own (1946) - Charles Brackett

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Robert E. Sherwood (I)
Other Nominees:
	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Sally Benson (I); Talbot Jennings Brief Encounter (1945) - Anthony Havelock-Allan; David Lean (I); Ronald Neame Killers, The (1946) - Anthony Veiller Roma, città aperta (1945) - Sergio Amidei; Federico Fellini

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Arthur C. Miller
Other Nominees:
	Green Years, The (1946) - George J. Folsey

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Yearling, The (1946) - Charles Rosher; Leonard Smith (I); Arthur E. Arling
Other Nominees:
	Jolson Story, The (1946) - Joseph Walker (I)

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Yearling, The (1946) - Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis
Other Nominees:
	Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - John Bryan (I) Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) - Paul Sheriff (I); Carmen Dillon

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Lyle R. Wheeler; William S. Darling; Thomas Little (I); Frank E. Hughes
Other Nominees:
	Kitty (1945) - Hans Dreier; Walter H. Tyler; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I) Razor's Edge, The (1946) - Richard Day (I); Nathan Juran; Thomas Little (I); Paul S. Fox

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Jolson Story, The (1946) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Daniel Mandell (I)
Other Nominees:
	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - William Hornbeck Jolson Story, The (1946) - William A. Lyon Killers, The (1946) - Arthur Hilton Yearling, The (1946) - Harold F. Kress

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	Blithe Spirit (1945) - Tom Howard (IV) (visual)
Other Nominees:
	Stolen Life, A (1946) - William C. McGann (visual); Nathan Levinson (audible)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Harvey Girls, The (1946) - Harry Warren (I) (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe".
Other Nominees:
	Blue Skies (1946) - Irving Berlin (I) - For the song "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song". Canyon Passage (1946) - Hoagy Carmichael (music); Jack Brooks (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Ole Buttermilk Sky". Centennial Summer (1946) - Jerome Kern (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) - For the song "All Through the Day". Dolly Sisters, The (1945) - James V. Monaco (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics) - For the song "I Can't Begin to Tell You".

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Hugo Friedhofer
Other Nominees:
	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Bernard Herrmann (I) Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) - William Walton (I) Humoresque (1946) - Franz Waxman Killers, The (1946) - Mikl�s R�zsa

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Jolson Story, The (1946) - Morris Stoloff
Other Nominees:
	Blue Skies (1946) - Robert Emmett Dolan Centennial Summer (1946) - Alfred Newman Harvey Girls, The (1946) - Lennie Hayton Night and Day (1946) - Ray Heindorf; Max Steiner (I)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Cat Concerto, The (1947) - Fred Quimby
Other Nominees:
	John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946) - George Pal Musical Moments from Chopin (1946) - Walter Lantz Squatter's Rights (1946) - Walt Disney Walky Talky Hawky (1946) - Edward Selzer

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	Boy and His Dog, A (1946) - Gordon Hollingshead
Other Nominees:
	College Queen (1946) - George Templeton Hiss and Yell (1946) - Jules White Luckiest Guy in the World, The (1947) - Jerry Bresler

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Facing Your Danger (1946) - Gordon Hollingshead
Other Nominees:
	Dive-Hi Champs (1946) - Jack Eaton Golden Horses (1946) - Edmund Reek Smart as a Fox (1946) - Gordon Hollingshead Sure Cures (1946) - Pete Smith (I)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Seeds of Destiny (1946) - U.S. War Dept.
Other Nominees:
	Atomic Power (1946) - 20th Century-Fox Life at the Zoo (1946) - Artkino Paramount News Issue #37 (1946) - Paramount Traffic with the Devil (1946) - M-G-M

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Ernst Lubitsch - For his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture (certificate). Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) - Harold Russell - For bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives. Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) - Laurence Olivier - For his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing 'Henry V' to the screen.

Juvenile Award


Awarded to:
	Claude Jarman Jr. - For the outstanding child actor of 1946.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Samuel Goldwyn

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Mole-Richardson Co. - For the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp. Harlan L. Baumbach; Paramount West Coast Laboratory - For an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths. Arthur F. Blinn; Robert O. Cook; C.O. Slyfield; Walt Disney SSD - For the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks. Herbert E. Britt - For the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects. Carlton W. Faulkner; 20th Century-Fox SSD - For the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light valve and galvanometer density recording. Marty Martin (II) (RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department); Hal Adkins (RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department) - For the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects. Burton F. Miller; Warner Bros. SSD - For the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors. Burton F. Miller; Warner Bros. Studio Sound and Electrical Departments - For the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter. Harold Nye; Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Dept. - For the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect.