19th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1947 took place on March 13, 1947 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It was the 19th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1946.
- 2.1 Honorary Oscar
- 2.2 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- 2.3 Juvenile Award
- 2.4 Technical Achievement Award
Nominations and Winners
Best Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives ) - Samuel Goldwyn
Best Director
William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Actor
Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland - Mother Heart ( To Each His Own)
Best Supporting Actor
Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge ( The Razor's Edge )
Best Original Screenplay
Muriel Box, Sydney Box - The Seventh Veil ( The Seventh Veil )
Best Original Story
Best Adapted Screenplay
Robert E. Sherwood - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Cinematography (black & white )
Arthur C. Miller - Anna and the King of Siam ( Anna and the King of Siam)
Best Cinematography ( color film )
Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur E. Arling - calls The Wild ( The Yearling )
Best Art Direction (black & white )
Lyle R. Wheeler, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - Anna and the King of Siam ( Anna and the King of Siam)
Best Art Direction (Color film )
Best Sound
John P. Livadary - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)
Best Editing
David Mandell - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Visual Effects
Tom Howard - Blithe Spirit ( Blithe Spirit )
Best Song
Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer - "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " in The Harvey Girls
Best Score ( Drama / Comedy )
Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Best Original Score ( Music Film )
Morris Stoloff - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)
Best Short Film (1 roll of film )
Facing Your Danger - Gordon Hollingshead
Best Short Film (2 films)
A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
Best Short Film ( Animation )
Tom gives a concert ( The Cat Concerto ) - Fred Quimby
Best Documentary Short Film
Seeds of Destiny - U.S. War Dept..