Academy Awards 1948

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The 1948 Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . It was the 20th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1947.

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
Taboo of the righteous 8th 3
Mysterious inheritance 5 2
Every woman needs an angel 5 1
In the crossfire 5 0
The miracle of Manhattan 4th 3
A double life 4th 2
typhoon 4th 1
Our life with father 4th 0
It all started in Schneider's opera house 3 1
Chasing Millions 3 1
The black daffodil 2 2
The farmer's daughter 2 1
Uncle Remus' Wonderland 2 1
The kiss of death 2 0
Mourning Becomes Electra 2 0
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 2 0

Moderation

Agnes Moorehead and Dick Powell

Nominations and winners

Best movie

presented by Fredric March

Taboo of the Just ( Gentleman's Agreement ) - Darryl F. Zanuck

Every woman needs an angel ( The Bishop's Wife ) - Samuel Goldwyn
In the Crossfire ( Crossfire ) - Adrian Scott
Great Expectations ( Great Expectations ) - Ronald Neame
The Miracle of Manhattan ( Miracle on 34th Street ) - William Perlberg

Best director

presented by Donald Crisp

Elia Kazan - Taboo of the Just ( Gentleman's Agreement )

Henry Koster - Every Woman Needs an Angel ( The Bishop's Wife )
Edward Dmytryk - In the Crossfire ( Crossfire )
George Cukor - A Double Life ( A Double Life )
David Lean - Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )

Best Actor

presented by Olivia de Havilland

Ronald Colman - A Double Life ( A Double Life )

John Garfield - Chasing Millions ( Body and Soul )
Gregory Peck - Taboo of the Righteous ( Gentleman's Agreement )
William Powell - Life with Father ( Life with Father )
Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra

Best main actress

presented by Fredric March

Loretta Young - The farmer's daughter ( The Farmer's Daughter )

Dorothy McGuire - Taboo of the Righteous ( Gentleman's Agreement )
Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra
Joan Crawford - Uninhibited Love ( Possessed )
Susan Hayward - Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Best supporting actor

presented by Anne Baxter

Edmund Gwenn - The Miracle of Manhattan ( Miracle on 34th Street )

Robert Ryan - In the Crossfire ( Crossfire )
Charles Bickford - The farmer's daughter ( The Farmer's Daughter )
Richard Widmark - The kiss of death ( Kiss of Death )
Thomas Gomez - ride on the Pink Horse ( Ride the Pink Horse )

The best supporting actress

presented by Donald Crisp

Celeste Holm - Taboo of the Just ( Gentleman's Agreement )

Gloria Grahame - In the Crossfire ( Crossfire )
Marjorie Main - The Egg and I ( The Egg and I )
Anne Revere - Taboo of the Just ( Gentleman's Agreement )
Ethel Barrymore - The Paradine Case ( The Paradine Case )

Best original script

presented by George Murphy

Sidney Sheldon - Love Isn't That Simple ( The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer )

Abraham Polonsky - Hunt for Millions ( Body and Soul )
Ruth Gordon , Garson Kanin - A Double Life ( A Double Life )
Charles Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux
Sergio Amidei , Adolfo Franci , Cesare Giulio Viola , Cesare Zavattini - Shoe shine ( Sciuscià )

Best original story

presented by George Murphy

Valentine Davies - The Miracle of Manhattan ( Miracle on 34th Street )

Georges Chaperot , René Wheeler - The Nightingale Cage ( La Cage aux rossignols )
Herbert Clyde Lewis , Frederick Stephani - A Life Like a Millionaire ( It Happened on 5th Avenue )
Eleazar Lipsky - The kiss of death ( Kiss of Death )
Dorothy Parker , Frank Cavett - Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Best adapted script

presented by Anne Baxter

George Seaton - The Miracle of Manhattan ( Miracle on 34th Street )

Richard Murphy - Boomerang ( Boomerang! )
John Paxton - In the Crossfire ( Crossfire )
Moss Hart - Taboo of the Righteous ( Gentleman's Agreement )
David Lean , Ronald Neame , Anthony Havelock-Allan - Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )

Best camera (black and white film)

presented by Agnes Moorehead and Anne Baxter

Guy Green - Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )

Charles Lang - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( The Ghost and Mrs. Muir )
George J. Folsey - Typhoon ( Green Dolphin Street )

Best camera (color film)

presented by Agnes Moorehead and Anne Baxter

Jack Cardiff - Black Narcissus ( Black Narcissus )

Peverell Marley , William V. Skall - Life with Father ( Life with Father )
Harry Jackson - It Started in Schneider's Opera House ( Mother Wore Tights )

Best production design (black and white film)

presented by Dick Powell

John Bryan , Wilfred Shingleton - Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )

Lyle R. Wheeler , Maurice Ransford , Thomas Little , Paul S. Fox - Eine Welt zu Füssen ( The Foxes of Harrow )

Best production design (color film)

presented by Dick Powell

Alfred Young - Black Narcissus ( Black Narcissus )

Robert M. Haas , George James Hopkins - Life with Father ( Life with Father )

Best tone

presented by Larry Parks

Gordon Sawyer - Every Woman Needs an Angel ( The Bishop's Wife )

Douglas Shearer - Typhoon ( Green Dolphin Street )
Jack Whitney - Secret Agent T ( T-Men )

Best cut

presented by Anne Baxter

Francis D. Lyon , Robert Parrish - Hunt for Millions ( Body and Soul )

Harmon Jones - Taboo of the Righteous ( Gentleman's Agreement )
George White - Typhoon ( Green Dolphin Street )
Fergus McDonell - Launched ( Odd Man Out )
Monica Collingwood - Every Woman Needs an Angel ( The Bishop's Wife )

Best visual effects

presented by Larry Parks

A. Arnold Gillespie , Warren Newcombe , Douglas Shearer , Michael Steinore - Typhoon ( Green Dolphin Street )

Farciot edouart , Devereaux Jennings , Gordon Jennings , W. Wallace Kelley , Paul K. Lerpae , George Dutton - The Undefeated ( Unconquered )

Best song

presented by Dinah Shore

Allie Wrubel , Ray Gilbert - " Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " - Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song of the South )

Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin , Roger Edens - " Pass That Peace Pipe " - Good News
Josef Myrow , Mack Gordon - " You Do " - It started in Schneider's opera house ( Mother Wore Tights )
Frank Loesser - " I Wish I Didn't Love You So " - Pauline, stop kissing ( The Perils of Pauline )
Arthur Schwartz , Leo Robin - " A Gal in Calico " - The sky full of violins ( The Time, the Place and the Girl )

Best Score (Drama / Comedy)

presented by Larry Parks

Miklos Rozsa - A Double Life ( A Double Life )

Hugo Friedhofer - Every woman needs an angel ( The Bishop's Wife )
Alfred Newman - Captain from Castile ( Captain from Castile )
David Raksin - Amber, the Great Courtesan ( Forever Amber )
Max Steiner - Life with Father ( Life with Father )

Best Score (Music Film)

presented by Larry Parks

Alfred Newman - It started in Schneider's opera house ( Mother Wore Tights )

Johnny Green - Mexican Nights
Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner - My Wild Irish Rose
Robert Emmett Dolan - Road to Rio ( Road to Rio )
Daniele Amfitheatrof , Paul J. Smith , Charles Wolcott - Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song of the South )

Best short film (1 film roll)

presented by Shirley Temple

Goodbye, Miss Turlock - Herbert Moulton

Brooklyn, USA - Thomas Mead
Moon Rockets - Jerry Fairbanks
Now You See It - Pete Smith
So You Want to Be in Pictures - Gordon Hollingshead

Best short film (2 film roles)

presented by Shirley Temple

Climbing the Matterhorn - Irving Allen

A Voice Is Born - Ben K. Blake
Champagne for Two - Harry Gray
Fight of the Wild Stallions - Thomas Mead
Give Us the Earth! - Herbert Morgan

Best Short Film (Cartoon)

presented by Shirley Temple

Such a cute birdie (Tweetie Pie) - Edward Selzer

Donald the Nut Thief ( Chip an 'Dale ) - Walt Disney
Avarice Makes Small and Ugly (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse) - Fred Quimby
Pluto sings the blues (Pluto's Blue Note) - Walt Disney
Tubby the Tuba - George Pal

Best short documentary film

presented by Shirley Temple

First Steps - United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education

Passport to Nowhere - Frederic Ullman Jr.
School in the Mailbox - Australian News and Information Bureau

Best documentary

presented by Shirley Temple

Design for Death - Sid Rogell , Theron Warth , Richard Fleischer

Journey Into Medicine - US Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange
The World Is Rich - Paul Rotha

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Oscar

presented by Jean Hersholt

Shoe shiner ( Sciuscià )
Bill and Coo
William Nicholas Selig , Albert E. Smith , George K. Spoor , Thomas Armat

presented by Ingrid Bergman

James Baskett - Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song of the South )

Scientific and Engineering Award

presented by Robert Montgomery

CR Daily
CC Davis

Technical Achievement Award

presented by Robert Montgomery

Farciot Edouart , CR Daily , Hal Corl , HG Cartwright
James Gibbons
Nathan Levinson
Fred Ponedel
Kurt Singer

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