19th Academy Awards

19th Academy Awards

Date

March 13, 1947

Site

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

Host

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)

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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.

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Awards

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

Best Picture	Best Director
The Best Years of Our Lives Henry V It's a Wonderful Life The Razor's Edge 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 Lilian 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 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 – Miklos Rozsa 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 Visual 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.

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

^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/19th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

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Merit awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) Best Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Animated Short Film Best Live Action Short Film Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Retired awards	Best Assistant Director Best Dance Direction Best Director of a Comedy Picture Best Engineering Effects Best Short Subject, Two-reel Best Short Subject, Color Best Short Subject, Novelty Best Original Musical Best Original Story Best Title Writing Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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