Academy Awards 1947

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The 1947 Academy Awards were held on March 13, 1947 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . It was the 19th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case films from 1946.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The best years of our life 8th 7th
The wilderness is calling 7th 2
The jazz singer 6th 2
Anna and the King of Siam 5 2
The life is wonderful, is not it? 5 0
On a knife edge 4th 1
Henry V. 4th 0
Avengers of the Underworld 4th 0
encounter 3 0
Notorious 2 0
The sky is blue 2 0
Centennial Summer 2 0
The legacy 2 0
Duel in the sun 2 0
Mother heart 2 1
The Harvey Girls 2 1

Nominations and winners

Best movie

presented by Eric Johnston

The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives) - Samuel Goldwyn

The Razor's Edge (The Razor's Edge) - Darryl F. Zanuck
The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling) - Sidney Franklin
Heinrich V. (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France) - Dallas Bower , Laurence Olivier
The life is wonderful, is not it? (It's a Wonderful Life) - Frank Capra

Best director

presented by Billy Wilder

William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Clarence Brown - The Yearling (The Yearling)
David Lean - Encounter (Brief Encounter)
Frank Capra - Isn't Life Beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
Robert Siodmak - Avengers of the Underworld (The Killers)

Best Actor

presented by Joan Fontaine

Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Laurence Olivier - Heinrich V. (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France)
Larry Parks - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)
Gregory Peck - The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)
James Stewart - Isn't Life Beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)

Best main actress

presented by Ray Milland

Olivia de Havilland - Mutterherz (To Each His Own)

Celia Johnson - Encounter (Brief Encounter)
Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun (Duel in the Sun)
Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny (Sister Kenny)
Jane Wyman - The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)

Best supporting actor

presented by Anne Revere

Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Charles Coburn - The Legacy (The Green Years)
William Demarest - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)
Claude Rains - Notorious (Notorious)
Clifton Webb - The Razor's Edge (The Razor's Edge)

The best supporting actress

presented by Lionel Barrymore

Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge (The Razor's Edge)

Ethel Barrymore - The spiral staircase (The Spiral Staircase)
Lillian Gish - Duel in the Sun (Duel in the Sun)
Flora Robson - Playing with Fate (Saratoga Trunk)
Gale Sondergaard - Anna and the King of Siam (Anna and the King of Siam)

Best adapted script

presented by Robert Montgomery

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

Sergio Amidei , Federico Fellini - Rome, open city (Roma, città aperta)
Sally Benson , Talbot Jennings - Anna and the King of Siam (Anna and the King of Siam)
Anthony Havelock-Allan , David Lean , Ronald Neame - Encounter (Brief Encounter)
Anthony Veiller - Avengers of the Underworld (The Killers)

Best original script

presented by Robert Montgomery

Muriel Box , Sydney Box - The Last Veil (The Seventh Veil)

Raymond Chandler - The Blue Dahlia (The Blue Dahlia)
Melvin Frank , Norman Panama - Road to Utopia (Road to Utopia)
Ben Hecht - Notorious (Notorious)
Jacques Prévert - Children of Olympus (Les enfants du paradis)

Best original story

presented by Robert Montgomery

Clemence Dane - Perfect Strangers

Charles Brackett - Mutterherz (To Each His Own)
John Patrick - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
Vladimir Pozner - The black mirror (The Dark Mirror)
Victor Trivas - The Stranger (The Stranger)

Best camera (black and white film)

presented by Ann Sheridan

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

George J. Folsey - The Legacy (The Green Years)

Best camera (color film)

presented by Ann Sheridan

Arthur E. Arling , Charles Rosher , Leonard Smith - The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)

Joseph Walker - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)

Best production design (black and white film)

presented by Greer Garson

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

Sam Comer , Hans Dreier , Ray Moyer , Walter H. Tyler - A Lady with a Past (Kitty)
Richard Day , Paul S. Fox , Nathan Juran , Thomas Little - The Razor's Edge (The Razor's Edge)

Best production design (color film)

presented by Greer Garson

Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis - The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)

John Bryan - Caesar and Cleopatra (Caesar and Cleopatra)
Carmen Dillon , Paul Sheriff - Heinrich V. (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France)

Best tone

presented by Rex Harrison

John P. Livadary - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)

John Aalberg - Isn't Life Beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
Gordon Sawyer - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Best cut

presented by Rex Harrison

Daniel Mandell - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Arthur Hilton - Avengers of the Underworld (The Killers)
William Hornbeck - Isn't Life Beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
Harold F. Kress - The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)
William A. Lyon - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)

Best visual effects

presented by Rex Harrison

Tom Howard - Blithe Spirit (Blithe Spirit)

Nathan Levinson , William C. McGann - The Big Lie (A Stolen Life)

Best movie song

presented by Van Johnson

" On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " from The Harvey Girls - Johnny Mercer , Harry Warren

" All Through the Day " from Centennial Summer - Oscar Hammerstein , Jerome Kern
" I Can't Begin to Tell You " from Dolly Sisters (The Dolly Sisters) - Mack Gordon , James V. Monaco
" Ole Buttermilk Sky " from Fire on the Horizon (Canyon Passage) - Hoagy Carmichael , Jack Brooks
" You Keep Coming Back Like a Song " from Blau ist der Himmel (Blue Skies) - Irving Berlin

Best Score (Drama / Comedy)

presented by Lana Turner

Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)

Bernard Herrmann - Anna and the King of Siam (Anna and the King of Siam)
Miklós Rózsa - Avengers of the Underworld (The Killers)
William Walton - Heinrich V. (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France)
Franz Waxman - Humoresque (Humoresque)

Best Score (Music Film)

presented by Lana Turner

Morris Stoloff - The Jazz Singer (The Jolson Story)

Robert Emmett Dolan - Blue is Heaven (Blue Skies)
Lennie Hayton - The Harvey Girls
Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner - I think of you day and night (Night and Day)
Alfred Newman - Centennial Summer

Best short film (1 film roll)

presented by Douglas Fairbanks junior

Facing Your Danger - Gordon Hollingshead

Dive-Hi Champs - Jack Eaton
Golden Horses - Edmund Reek
Smart as a Fox - Gordon Hollingshead
Surah Cures - Pete Smith

Best short film (2 film roles)

presented by Douglas Fairbanks junior

A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead

College Queen - George Templeton
Hiss and Yell - Jules White
The Luckiest Guy in the World - Jerry Bresler

Best Short Film (Cartoon)

presented by Douglas Fairbanks junior

Tom gives a concert (The Cat Concerto) - Fred Quimby

Hawk looking for a chicken (Walky Talky Hawky) - Edward Selzer
John Henry and the Inky-Poo - George Pal
Musical Moments from Chopin - Walter Lantz
Squatter's Rights - Walt Disney

Best short documentary film

presented by Douglas Fairbanks junior

Seeds of Destiny - US War Dept.

Atomic Power - 20th Century Fox
Life at the Zoo - Artkino Pictures
Paramount News Issue No. 37 - Paramount Pictures
Traffic with the Devil - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Oscar

Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives ( The Best Years of Our Lives )
Laurence Olivier - Heinrich V. ( The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France )
Ernst Lubitsch

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Samuel Goldwyn

Juvenile Award

Claude Jarman Jr.

Technical Achievement Award

Harlan L. Baumbach
Arthur F. Blinn , Robert O. Cook , CO Slyfield
Herbert E. Britt
Carlton W. Faulkner
Marty Martin , Hal Adkins
Burton F. Miller
Harold Nye

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