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Academy Awards, USA 1947

Event held on 13 March 1947 in Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar

Best Picture

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Nominated

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)

Nominated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Nominated

The Razor's Edge (1946)

Nominated

The Yearling (1946)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Fredric March

Nominated

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), Laurence Olivier

Nominated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946), James Stewart

Nominated

The Jolson Story (1946), Larry Parks

Nominated

The Yearling (1946), Gregory Peck

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Won

To Each His Own (1946), Olivia de Havilland

Nominated

Brief Encounter (1945), Celia Johnson

Nominated

Duel in the Sun (1946), Jennifer Jones

Nominated

Sister Kenny (1946), Rosalind Russell

Nominated

The Yearling (1946), Jane Wyman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Harold Russell

Nominated

The Green Years (1946), Charles Coburn

Nominated

The Jolson Story (1946), William Demarest

Nominated

Notorious (1946), Claude Rains

Nominated

The Razor's Edge (1946), Clifton Webb

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Won

The Razor's Edge (1946), Anne Baxter

Nominated

Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Gale Sondergaard

Nominated

Duel in the Sun (1946), Lillian Gish

Nominated

Saratoga Trunk (1945), Flora Robson

Nominated

The Spiral Staircase (1945), Ethel Barrymore

Best Director

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), William Wyler

Nominated

Brief Encounter (1945), David Lean

Nominated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Frank Capra

Nominated

The Killers (1946), Robert Siodmak

Nominated

The Yearling (1946), Clarence Brown

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Won

The Seventh Veil (1945), Muriel Box, Sydney Box

Nominated

The Blue Dahlia (1946), Raymond Chandler

Nominated

Children of Paradise (1945), Jacques Prévert

Nominated

Notorious (1946), Ben Hecht

Nominated

Road to Utopia (1946), Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Best Writing, Original Story

Won

Vacation from Marriage (1945), Clemence Dane

Nominated

The Dark Mirror (1946), Vladimir Pozner

Nominated

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), John Patrick

Nominated

The Stranger (1946), Victor Trivas

Nominated

To Each His Own (1946), Charles Brackett

Best Writing, Screenplay

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Robert E. Sherwood

Nominated

Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Sally Benson, Talbot Jennings

Nominated

Brief Encounter (1945), Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame

Nominated

The Killers (1946), Anthony Veiller

Nominated

Roma, città aperta (1945), Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Won

Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Arthur C. Miller

Nominated

The Green Years (1946), George J. Folsey

Best Cinematography, Color

Won

The Yearling (1946), Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur E. Arling

Nominated

The Jolson Story (1946), Joseph Walker

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

Won

The Yearling (1946), Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis

Nominated

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), John Bryan

Nominated

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon

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

Won

Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Lyle R. Wheeler, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes

Nominated

Kitty (1945), Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

Nominated

The Razor's Edge (1946), Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

Best Sound, Recording

Won

The Jolson Story (1946), John P. Livadary

Nominated

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gordon Sawyer

Nominated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946), John Aalberg

Best Film Editing

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Daniel Mandell

Nominated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946), William Hornbeck

Nominated

The Jolson Story (1946), William A. Lyon

Nominated

The Killers (1946), Arthur Hilton

Nominated

The Yearling (1946), Harold F. Kress

Best Effects, Special Effects

Won

Blithe Spirit (1945), Tom Howard

Nominated

A Stolen Life (1946), William C. McGann, Nathan Levinson

Best Music, Original Song

Won

The Harvey Girls (1946), Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer

Nominated

Blue Skies (1946), Irving Berlin

Nominated

Canyon Passage (1946), Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks

Nominated

Centennial Summer (1946), Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Nominated

The Dolly Sisters (1945), James V. Monaco, Mack Gordon

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Hugo Friedhofer

Nominated

Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Bernard Herrmann

Nominated

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), William Walton

Nominated

Humoresque (1946), Franz Waxman

Nominated

The Killers (1946), Miklós Rózsa

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Won

The Jolson Story (1946), Morris Stoloff

Nominated

Blue Skies (1946), Robert Emmett Dolan

Nominated

Centennial Summer (1946), Alfred Newman

Nominated

The Harvey Girls (1946), Lennie Hayton

Nominated

Night and Day (1946), Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

Won

The Cat Concerto (1947), Fred Quimby

Nominated

John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946), George Pal

Nominated

Musical Moments from Chopin (1946), Walter Lantz

Nominated

Squatter's Rights (1946), Walt Disney

Nominated

Walky Talky Hawky (1946), Edward Selzer

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Won

A Boy and His Dog (1946), Gordon Hollingshead

Nominated

College Queen (1946), George Templeton

Nominated

Hiss and Yell (1946), Jules White

Nominated

A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947), Jerry Bresler

Best Short Subject, One-reel

Won

Facing Your Danger (1946), Gordon Hollingshead

Nominated

Dive-Hi Champs (1946), Jack Eaton

Nominated

Golden Horses (1946), Edmund Reek

Nominated

Smart as a Fox (1946), Gordon Hollingshead

Nominated

Sure Cures (1946), Pete Smith

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Won

Seeds of Destiny (1946)

Nominated

Atomic Power (1946)

Nominated

Life at the Zoo (1946)

Nominated

Paramount News Issue #37 (1946)

Nominated

Traffic with the Devil (1946)

Juvenile Award

Won

Claude Jarman Jr.

Honorary Award

Won

Ernst Lubitsch

Won

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Harold Russell

Won

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), Laurence Olivier

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Won

Samuel Goldwyn

Academy Award of Merit

Won

Scientific and Engineering Award

Won

Technical Achievement Award

Won

Robert O. Cook, C.O. Slyfield

Won

Carlton W. Faulkner

Won

Marty Martin

Won

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