Academy Awards 1946
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1946 Academy Awards were held on March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles . It was the 18th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case films from 1945.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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Movie | N | S. |
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The bells of St. Mary | 8th | 1 |
The lost weekend | 7th | 4th |
I'm fighting for you | 6th | 1 |
As long as a heart beats | 6th | 1 |
Polonaise | 6th | 0 |
Little girl, big heart | 5 | 2 |
Hollywood vacation | 5 | 1 |
The miracle man | 4th | 1 |
mortal sin | 4th | 1 |
Love letters | 4th | 0 |
Battle storm on Monte Cassino | 4th | 0 |
Key to the kingdom of heaven | 4th | 0 |
The portrait of Dorian Gray | 3 | 1 |
The hero of Burma | 3 | 0 |
The man from the south | 3 | 0 |
A tree grows in Brooklyn | 2 | 1 |
Love fair | 2 | 1 |
A Medal for Benny | 2 | 0 |
Belle of the Yukon | 2 | 0 |
The green grain | 2 | 0 |
The song of the golden west | 2 | 0 |
The decision | 2 | 0 |
Three caballeros | 2 | 0 |
A man of action | 2 | 0 |
Rhapsody in blue | 2 | 0 |
San Francisco Lilly | 2 | 0 |
Speedboats in front of Bataan | 2 | 0 |
1001 night | 2 | 0 |
Tonight and Every Night | 2 | 0 |
Why Girls Leave Home | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Nominations and winners
Best movie
presented by Eric Johnston
The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend) - Charles Brackett
- The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's) - Leo McCarey
- I fight for you (Spellbound) - David O. Selznick
- As long as a heart beats (Mildred Pierce) - Jerry Wald , Jack L. Warner
- Vacation in Hollywood (Anchors Aweigh) - Joe Pasternak
Best director
presented by William Wyler
Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
- Clarence Brown - Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- Alfred Hitchcock - I'll fight for you (Spellbound)
- Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Jean Renoir - The man from the south (The Southerner)
Best Actor
presented by Ingrid Bergman
Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
- Bing Crosby - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Gene Kelly - Hollywood Vacation (Anchors Aweigh)
- Gregory Peck - Keys of the Kingdom (The Keys of the Kingdom)
- Cornel Wilde - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
Best main actress
presented by Charles Boyer
Joan Crawford - As Long a Heart Beats (Mildred Pierce)
- Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Greer Garson - The decision (The Valley of Decision)
- Jennifer Jones - Love Letters (Love Letters)
- Gene Tierney - Mortal Sin (Leave Her to Heaven)
Best supporting actor
presented by Van Heflin
James Dunn - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
- John Dall - The green grain (The Corn Is Green)
- Robert Mitchum - Battle Thunderstorm on Monte Cassino (Story of GI Joe)
- J. Carrol Naish - A Medal for Benny
- Michael Chekhov - I fight for you (Spellbound)
The best supporting actress
presented by Van Heflin
Anne Revere - Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- Eve Arden - As long as a heart beats (Mildred Pierce)
- Ann Blyth - As Long as a Heart Beats (Mildred Pierce)
- Angela Lansbury - Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Joan Lorring - The green grain (The Corn Is Green)
Best adapted script
presented by Bette Davis
Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
- Leopold Atlas , Guy Endore , Philip Stevenson - Battle Thunderstorm on Monte Cassino (Story of GI Joe)
- Frank Davis , Tess Slesinger - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
- Ranald MacDougall - As long as a heart beats (Mildred Pierce)
- Albert Maltz - Pride of the Marines (1945)
Best original script
presented by Bette Davis
Richard Schweizer - Marie-Louise
- Myles Connolly - Music for millions (Music for Millions)
- Milton Holmes - Crooks and Gangsters (Salty O'Rourke)
- Harry Kurnitz - What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
- Philip Yordan - Hunt for Dillinger (Dillinger)
Best original story
presented by Bette Davis
Charles G. Booth - The House on 92nd Street (The House on 92nd Street)
- Alvah Bessie - The Hero of Burma (Objective, Burma!)
- László Görög , Thomas Monroe - Oh, Susanne! (The Affairs of Susan)
- John Steinbeck , Jack Wagner - A Medal for Benny
- Ernst Marischka - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
Best camera (black and white film)
presented by David Wark Griffith
Harry Stradling Sr. - Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- George Barnes - I'll Fight For You (Spellbound)
- Ernest Haller - As long as a heart beats (Mildred Pierce)
- Arthur C. Miller - Keys of the Kingdom (The Keys of the Kingdom)
- John F. Seitz - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
Best camera (color film)
presented by David Wark Griffith
Leon Shamroy - Mortal Sin (Leave Her to Heaven)
- George Barnes - The Anglerfish of Cartagena (The Spanish Main)
- Charles P. Boyle , Robert H. Planck - Hollywood Vacation (Anchors Aweigh)
- Allen M. Davey , Tony Gaudio - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
- Leonard Smith - Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
Best production design (black and white film)
presented by Ginger Rogers
A. Roland Fields , Wiard you - Spying in the Far East (Blood on the Sun)
- Roland Anderson , Sam Comer , Hans Dreier , Ray Moyer - Love Letters (Love Letters)
- James Basevi , William S. Darling , Frank E. Hughes , Thomas Little - Keys of the Kingdom (The Keys of the Kingdom)
- John Bonar , Cedric Gibbons , Hugh Hunt , Hans O. Peters , Edwin B. Willis - Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Claude E. Carpenter , Albert S. D'Agostino , Jack Okey , Darrell Silvera - Experiment in Terror (Experiment Perilous)
Best production design (color film)
presented by Ginger Rogers
Sam Comer , Hans Dreier , Ernst Fegté - The Pirate and the Lady (Frenchman's Creek)
- Cedric Gibbons , Mildred Griffiths , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis - Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- Stephen Goosson , Rudolph Sternad , Frank Tuttle - 1001 Nights (A Thousand and One Nights)
- Thomas Little , Maurice Ransford , Lyle R. Wheeler - Mortal Sin (Leave Her to Heaven)
- Jack McConaghy , Ted Smith - A Man of Action (San Antonio)
Best tone
presented by Frank Capra
Stephen Dunn - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Daniel J. Bloomberg - San Francisco Lilly (Flame of Barbary Coast)
- Bernard B. Brown - The Lady on a Train
- Nathan Levinson - Rhapsody in Blue (Rhapsody in Blue)
- John P. Livadary - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
- Thomas T. Moulton - Mortal Sin (Leave Her to Heaven)
- Loren L. Ryder - Death Lives Next Door (The Unseen)
- Gordon Sawyer - The Wonder Man
- Douglas Shearer - Speed Boats off Bataan (They Were Expendable)
- CO Slyfield - Drei Caballeros (The Three Caballeros)
- Jack Whitney - The man from the south (The Southerner)
- Wallace V. Wolfe - Three Is a Family
Best cut
presented by Frank Capra
Robert Kern - Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- George Amy - The Hero of Burma (Objective, Burma!)
- Harry Marker - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Charles Nelson - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
- Doane Harrison - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
Best visual effects
presented by Frank Capra
John P. Fulton , Arthur Johns - The Wonder Man
- Ray Bomba , Lawrence W. Butler - 1001 Nights (A Thousand and One Nights)
- Jack Cosgrove - The Daredevil Adventures of Captain Eddie (Captain Eddie)
- A. Arnold Gillespie , Donald Jahraus , Robert MacDonald , Michael Steinore - Schnellboote vor Bataan (They Were Expendable)
- Sol Halperin , Roger Heman senior , Harry M. Leonard , Fred Sersen - The daring adventures of Captain Eddie (Captain Eddie)
Best movie song
presented by ???
" It Might as Well Be Spring " from the State Fair - Oscar Hammerstein , Richard Rodgers
- " Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive " from Here Come the Waves - Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer
- " Anywhere " from Tonight and Every Night - Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne
- " Are not You Glad You're You " from The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's) - Johnny Burke , Jimmy Van Heusen
- " Endlessly " from Earl Carroll Vanities - Kim Gannon , Walter Kent
- " I Fall in Love Too Easily " from Vacation in Hollywood (Anchors Aweigh) - Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne
- " I'll Buy That Dream " from Sing Your Way Home - Herb Magidson , Allie Wrubel
- " Linda " from Battle Thunderstorm on Monte Cassino (Story of GI Joe) - Ann Ronell
- " Love Letters " of love letters (Love Letters) - Edward Heyman , Victor Young
- “ More and More ” from The Song of the Golden West (Can't Help Singing) - EY Harburg , Jerome Kern
- " Sleigh Ride in July " from Belle of the Yukon - Johnny Burke , Jimmy Van Heusen
- " So in Love " from The Miracle Man (Wonder Man) - Leo Robin , David Rose
- " Some Sunday Morning " from A Man of Action (San Antonio) - Ray Heindorf , Maurice K. Jerome , Ted Koehler
- " The Cat and the Canary " from Why Girls Leave Home - Ray Evans , Jay Livingston
Best Score (Drama / Comedy)
presented by ???
Miklós Rózsa - I fight for you (Spellbound)
- Daniele Amfitheatrof - His wife is my wife (Guest Wife)
- Louis Applebaum , Ann Ronell - Battle Thunderstorm on Monte Cassino (Story of GI Joe)
- R. Dale Butts , Morton Scott - San Francisco Lilly (Flame of Barbary Coast)
- Robert Emmett Dolan - The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- Louis Forbes - Help, I'm a Millionaire (Brewster's Millions)
- Hugo Friedhofer , Arthur Lange - Dangerous Encounters (The Woman in the Window)
- Karl Hajos - The Man Who Walked Alone
- Werner Janssen - The Man from the South (The Southerner)
- Werner Janssen - Guest in the House
- Werner Janssen - Under the Black Flag (Captain Kidd)
- Edward J. Kay - GI Honeymoon
- Alfred Newman - Keys of the Kingdom (The Keys of the Kingdom)
- Miklos Rozsa - The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
- Miklós Rózsa , Morris Stoloff - Polonaise (A Song to Remember)
- Hans J. Salter - The love of our lives (This Love of Ours)
- Herbert Stothart - The decision (The Valley of Decision)
- Alexander Tansman - Paris Underground
- Franz Waxman - The Hero of Burma (Objective, Burma!)
- Roy Webb - With the Eyes of Love (The Enchanted Cottage)
- Victor Young - Love Letters (Love Letters)
Best Score (Musical)
presented by ???
George E. Stoll - Hollywood Vacation (Anchors Aweigh)
- Robert Emmett Dolan - Incendiary Blonde
- Louis Forbes , Ray Heindorf - The Wonder Man (Wonder Man)
- Walter Greene - Why Girls Leave Home
- Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner - Rhapsody in Blue (Rhapsody in Blue)
- Charles Henderson , Alfred Newman - carnival of love (State Fair)
- Edward J. Kay - Sunbonnet Sue
- Jerome Kern , Hans J. Salter - The Song of the Golden West (Can't Help Singing)
- Arthur Lange - Belle of the Yukon
- Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith , Charles Wolcott - Drei Caballeros (The Three Caballeros)
- Morton Scott - Hitchhike to Happiness
- Marlin Skiles , Morris Stoloff - Tonight and Every Night
Best short film (1 film roll)
presented by Y. Frank Freeman
Stairway to Light - Herbert Moulton
- Along the Rainbow Trail - Edmund Reek
- Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary - Ralph Staub
- Story of a Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
- White Rhapsody - Grantland Rice
- Your National Gallery - Joseph O'Brien , Thomas Mead
Best short film (2 film roles)
presented by Y. Frank Freeman
Star in the Night - Gordon Hollingshead
- A Gun in His Hand - Chester M. Franklin
- The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round - Jules White
- The Little Witch - George Templeton
Best Short Film (Cartoon)
presented by Y. Frank Freeman
Tom the Night Watchman (Quiet Please!) - Fred Quimby
- Donald's Crime (Donald's Crime) - Walt Disney
- Jasper and the Beanstalk - George Pal
- Without love, life is empty (Life with Feathers) - Edward Selzer
- Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life - Paul Terry
- Poet and Bauer (The Poet & Peasant) - Walter Lantz
- Rippling Romance - Columbia Pictures
Best short documentary film
presented by Y. Frank Freeman
Best documentary
The True Glory - United Kingdom and United States Government
Honorary Oscars
Honorary Oscar
- Frank Ross , Mervyn LeRoy , Albert Maltz , Earl Robinson , Lewis Allen , Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In
- Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Walter Wanger
Juvenile Award
Technical Achievement Award
- Michael S. Leshing , Benjamin C. Robinson , Arthur B. Chatelain , Robert C. Stevens , John G. Capstaff
- Loren L. Ryder , Charles R. Daily
Web links
- Oscars 1946 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Academy Awards 1946 at Oscars.org