19th Academy Awards

19th Academy Awards
19th Academy Awards
Date	March 13, 1947
Site	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Hosted by	Jack Benny
Highlights
Best Picture	The Best Years of Our Lives
Most awards	The Best Years of Our Lives (7)
Most nominations	The Best Years of Our Lives (8)
	← 18th; Academy Awards; 20th →;

The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. The Best Years of Our Lives concerns the lives of three returning veterans from three branches of military service as they adjust to life on the home front after World War II.

The Academy awarded Harold Russell--a World War II veteran who had lost both hands in the war and who, despite not being an actor, portrayed Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives--an Honorary Academy Award for "bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans," believing he would not win the Best Supporting Actor award for which he was nominated. As it happened, he did win the competitive award, making him the only person to receive two Oscars for the same performance.

This was the first time since the 2nd Academy Awards that every category had at most 5 nominations.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio Pictures – The Best Years of Our Lives Laurence Olivier for United Artists – Henry V Frank Capra for RKO Radio Pictures – It's a Wonderful Life Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox – The Razor's Edge Sidney Franklin for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – The Yearling	William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives Clarence Brown – The Yearling Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life David Lean – Brief Encounter Robert Siodmak – The Killers
Best Actor	Best Actress
Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives Laurence Olivier – Henry V Larry Parks – The Jolson Story Gregory Peck – The Yearling James Stewart – It's a Wonderful Life	Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own Celia Johnson – Brief Encounter Jennifer Jones – Duel in the Sun Rosalind Russell – Sister Kenny Jane Wyman – The Yearling
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our Lives Charles Coburn – The Green Years William Demarest – The Jolson Story Claude Rains – Notorious Clifton Webb – The Razor's Edge	Anne Baxter – The Razor's Edge Ethel Barrymore – The Spiral Staircase Lillian Gish – Duel in the Sun Flora Robson – Saratoga Trunk Gale Sondergaard – Anna and the King of Siam
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Seventh Veil – Muriel Box and Sydney Box The Blue Dahlia – Raymond Chandler Notorious – Ben Hecht Road to Utopia – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank Children of Paradise – Jacques Prévert	The Best Years of Our Lives – Robert E. Sherwood Rome, Open City – Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini^[2] Anna and the King of Siam – Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings Brief Encounter – Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame The Killers – Anthony Veiller
Best Story
Vacation From Marriage – Clemence Dane To Each His Own – Charles Brackett The Strange Love of Martha Ivers – Jack Patrick The Dark Mirror – Vladimir Pozner The Stranger – Victor Trivas
Best Documentary Short	Best Animated Short Film
Seeds of Destiny Atomic Power Life at the Zoo Paramount News Issue#37 Traffic with the Devil	The Cat Concerto – Frederick Quimby Chopin's Musical Moments – Walter Lantz John Henry and the Inky Poo – George Pal Squatter's Rights – Walt Disney Walky Talky Hawky – Edward Selzer
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Facing Your Danger – Gordon Hollingshead Dive-Hi Champs – Jack Eaton Golden Horses – Edmund Reek Smart as a Fox – Gordon Hollingshead Sure Cures – Pete Smith	A Boy and His Dog – Gordon Hollingshead College Queen – George B. Templeton Hiss and Yell – Jules White The Luckiest Guy in the World – Jerry Bresler
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
The Best Years of Our Lives – Hugo Friedhofer Anna and the King of Siam – Bernard Herrmann The Killers – Miklós Rózsa Henry V – William Walton Humoresque – Franz Waxman	The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton Night and Day – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls* – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Johnny Mercer** "All Through the Day" from Centennial Summer – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II "I Can't Begin to Tell You" from The Dolly Sisters – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyric by Mack Gordon "Ole Buttermilk Sky" from Canyon Passage – Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyric by Jack Brooks "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" from Blue Skies – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin	The Jolson Story – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department It's a Wonderful Life – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department The Best Years of Our Lives – Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
Anna and the King of Siam – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and William S. Darling; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes The Razor's Edge – Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan Juran; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox Kitty – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer	The Yearling – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis Caesar and Cleopatra – Art Direction and Set Decoration: John Bryan Henry V – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
Anna and the King of Siam – Arthur C. Miller The Green Years – George Folsey	The Yearling – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling The Jolson Story – Joseph Walker
Best Film Editing	Best Special Effects
The Best Years of Our Lives – Daniel Mandell The Killers – Arthur Hilton It's a Wonderful Life – William Hornbeck The Yearling – Harold Kress The Jolson Story – William Lyon	Blithe Spirit – Thomas Howard A Stolen Life – William McGann and Nathan Levinson

Academy Honorary Awards

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Samuel Goldwyn

Academy Juvenile Award

Claude Jarman, Jr.

Presenters

Lionel Barrymore (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Presenters: Short Subject Awards, Scientific & Technical Awards, Documentary Awards)
Joan Fontaine (Presenter: Best Actor)
Greer Garson (Presenter: Best Art Direction)
Rex Harrison (Presenter: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Recording, and Best Special Effects)
Van Johnson (Presenter: Best Original Song)
Eric Johnston (Presenter: Best Picture)
Ray Milland (Presenter: Best Actress)
Robert Montgomery (Presenter: Writing Awards)
Donald Nelson (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman (Presenters: Show Introduction)
Anne Revere (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
Ann Sheridan (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
Shirley Temple (Presenter: Honorary Awards)
Lana Turner (Presenter: Scoring Awards)
Billy Wilder (Presenter: Best Director)

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

8 nominations: The Best Years of Our Lives
7 nominations: The Yearling
6 nominations: The Jolson Story
5 nominations: Anna and the King of Siam, It's a Wonderful Life
4 nominations: Henry V, The Killers, The Razor's Edge
3 nominations: Brief Encounter
2 nominations: Blue Skies, Centennial Summer, Duel in the Sun, The Green Years, The Harvey Girls, Notorious, To Each his Own

The following films received multiple awards.

7 wins: The Best Years of Our Lives
2 wins: Anna and the King of Siam, The Jolson Story, The Yearling

References

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