19TH ACADEMY AWARDS
March 13, 1947
Shrine Auditorium
Hosted by Jack Benny
MOTION PICTURE
| “The Best Years of Our Lives” |
| “Henry V” |
| “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
| “The Razor’s Edge” |
| “The Yearling” |
DIRECTOR
| Clarence Brown – “The Yearling” |
| Frank Capra – “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
| David Lean – “Brief Encounter” |
| Robert Siodmak – “The Killers” |
| William Wyler – “The Best Years of Our Lives” |
ACTOR
| Fredric March – “The Best Years of Our Lives” |
| Laurence Olivier – “Henry V” |
| Larry Parks – “The Jolson Story” |
| Gregory Peck – “The Yearling” |
| James Stewart – “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
ACTRESS
| Olivia de Havilland – “To Each His Own” |
| Celia Johnson – “Brief Encounter” |
| Jennifer Jones – “Duel in the Sun” |
| Rosalind Russell – “Sister Kenny” |
| Jane Wyman – “The Yearling” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
| Charles Coburn – “The Green Years” |
| William Demarest – “The Jolson Story” |
| Claude Rains – “Notorious” |
| Harold Russell – “The Best Years of Our Lives” |
| Clifton Webb – “The Razor’s Edge” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| Ethel Barrymore – “The Spiral Staircase” |
| Anne Baxter – “The Razor’s Edge” |
| Lillian Gish – “Duel in the Sun” |
| Flora Robson – “Saratoga Trunk” |
| Gale Sondergaard – “Anna and the King of Siam” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & WHITE)
“Anna and the King of Siam”
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and William S. Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes |
“Kitty”
Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer |
“The Razor’s Edge”
Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan H. Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox |
ART DIRECTION
(COLOR)
“Caesar and Cleopatra”
Art Direction and Interior Decoration: John Bryan |
“Henry V”
Art Direction and Interior Decoration: Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon |
“The Yearling”
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & WHITE)
| “Anna and the King of Siam” – Arthur Miller |
| “The Green Years” – George J. Folsey |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(COLOR)
| “The Jolson Story” – Joseph Walker |
| “The Yearling” – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
| “Atomic Power” |
| “Life at the Zoo” |
| “Paramount News Issue #37” |
| “Seeds of Destiny” |
| “Traffic with the Devil” |
FILM EDITING
| “The Best Years of Our Lives” – Daniel Mandell |
| “It’s a Wonderful Life” – William Hornbeck |
| “The Jolson Story” – William Lyon |
| “The Killers” – Arthur Hilton |
| “The Yearling” – Harold F. Kress |
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
| “The Cat Concerto” – Fred Quimby |
| “John Henry and the Inky-Poo” – George Pal |
| “Musical Moments from Chopin” – Walter Lantz |
| “Squatter’s Rights” – Walt Disney |
| “Walky Talky Hawky” – Edward Selzer |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(ONE-REEL)
| “Dive-Hi Champs” – Jack Eaton |
| “Facing Your Danger” – Gordon Hollingshead |
| “Golden Horses” – Edmund Reek |
| “Smart as a Fox” – Gordon Hollingshead |
| “Sure Cures” – Pete Smith |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(TWO-REEL)
| “A Boy and His Dog” – Gordon Hollingshead |
| “College Queen” – George B. Templeton |
| “Hiss and Yell” – Jules White |
| “The Luckiest Guy in the World” – Jerry Bresler |
Scoring of a Dramatic or comedy Picture
| “Anna and the King of Siam” – Bernard Herrmann |
| “The Best Years of Our Lives” – Hugo Friedhofer |
| “Henry V” – William Walton |
| “Humoresque” – Franz Waxman |
| “The Killers” – Miklós Rózsa |
Scoring of a Musical Picture
| “Blue Skies” – Robert Emmett Dolan |
| “Centennial Summer” – Alfred Newman |
| “The Harvey Girls” – Lennie Hayton |
| “The Jolson Story” – Morris Stoloff |
| “Night and Day” – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner |
SONG
“You Keep Coming Back Like a Song” from “Blue Skies”
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin |
“Ole Buttermilk Sky” from “Canyon Passage”
Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Jack Brooks |
“All Through the Day” from “Centennial Summer”
Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
“I Can’t Begin to Tell You” from “The Dolly Sisters”
Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
“On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” from “The Harvey Girls”
Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer |
SOUND RECORDING
| “The Best Years of Our Lives” – Gordon E. Sawyer |
| “It’s a Wonderful Life” – John O. Aalberg |
| “The Jolson Story” – John P. Livadary |
SPECIAL EFFECTS
| “Blithe Spirit” – Tom Howard |
| “A Stolen Life” – William C. McGann; Special Audible Effects: Nathan Levinson |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
| “Anna and the King of Siam” – Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings |
| “The Best Years of Our Lives” – Robert E. Sherwood |
| “Brief Encounter” – Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame |
| “The Killers” – Anthony Veiller |
| “Rome, Open City” – Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini |
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
| “The Blue Dahlia” – Raymond Chandler |
| “Children of Paradise” – Jacques Prévert |
| “Notorious” – Ben Hecht |
| “Road to Utopia” – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank |
| “The Seventh Veil” – Muriel Box and Sydney Box |
WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)
| “The Dark Mirror” – Vladimir Pozner |
| “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” – Jack Patrick |
| “The Stranger” – Victor Trivas |
| “To Each His Own” – Charles Brackett |
| “Vacation From Marriage” – Clemence Dane |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Laurence Olivier
“for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing “Henry V” to the screen” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Harold Russell
“for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in “The Best Years of Our Lives” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Ernst Lubitsch
“for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture” |
Academy Juvenile Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- “Anna and the King of Siam”
- “The Best Years of Our Lives”
- “The Blue Dahlia”
- “Blue Skies”
- “Brief Encounter”
- “Caesar and Cleopatra”
- “Canyon Passage”
- “Centennial Summer”
- “Children of Paradise”
- “The Dark Mirror”
- “The Dolly Sisters”
- “Duel in the Sun”
- “The Green Years”
- “The Harvey Girls”
- “Henry V”
- “It’s a Wonderful Life”
- “The Jolson Story”
- “The Killers”
- “Kitty”
- “Night and Day”
- “Notorious”
- “The Razor’s Edge”
- “Road to Utopia”
- “Rome, Open City”
- “Saratoga Trunk”
- “The Seventh Veil”
- “Sister Kenny”
- “The Spiral Staircase”
- “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers”
- “The Stranger”
- “To Each His Own”
- “Vacation From Marriage”
- “The Yearling”
SHORT FILMS
- “Atomic Power”
- “A Boy and His Dog”
- “The Cat Concerto”
- “College Queen”
- “Dive-Hi Champs”
- “Facing Your Danger”
- “Golden Horses”
- “Hiss and Yell”
- “John Henry and the Inky-Poo”
- “Life at the Zoo”
- “The Luckiest Guy in the World”
- “Musical Moments from Chopin”
- “Paramount News Issue #37”
- “Seeds of Destiny”
- “Smart as a Fox”
- “Squatter’s Rights”
- “Sure Cures”
- “Traffic with the Devil”
- “Walky Talky Hawky”
