19th Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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
    • 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 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

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