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Academy Awards, USA: 1946

Oscar

Date:	7 March
Host:	Bob Hope (I); James Stewart (I)
Location:	Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Paramount
Other Nominees:
	Anchors Aweigh (1945) - M-G-M Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Rainbow Productions Mildred Pierce (1945) - Warner Bros. Spellbound (1945) - Selznick International Pictures

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Ray Milland
Other Nominees:
	Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Gene Kelly (I) Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Bing Crosby Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) - Gregory Peck Song to Remember, A (1945) - Cornel Wilde

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Mildred Pierce (1945) - Joan Crawford (I) - Joan Crawford was not present at the awards ceremony and feigned ill that night. Meanwhile she listened to the show on the radio. When she won, she ushered the press into her bedroom, where she finally accepted her Oscar.
Other Nominees:
	Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Ingrid Bergman (I) Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Gene Tierney Love Letters (1945) - Jennifer Jones (I) Valley of Decision, The (1945) - Greer Garson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) - James Dunn (I)
Other Nominees:
	Corn Is Green, The (1945) - John Dall (I) Medal for Benny, A (1945) - J. Carrol Naish Spellbound (1945) - Michael Chekhov Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Robert Mitchum

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	National Velvet (1944) - Anne Revere
Other Nominees:
	Corn Is Green, The (1945) - Joan Lorring Mildred Pierce (1945) - Eve Arden Mildred Pierce (1945) - Ann Blyth Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) - Angela Lansbury

Best Director


Winner:
	Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Billy Wilder
Other Nominees:
	Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Leo McCarey National Velvet (1944) - Clarence Brown (I) Southerner, The (1945) - Jean Renoir Spellbound (1945) - Alfred Hitchcock (I)

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Marie-Louise (1944) - Richard Schweizer
Other Nominees:
	Dillinger (1945) - Philip Yordan Music for Millions (1944) - Myles Connolly (I) Salty O'Rourke (1945) - Milton Holmes What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) - Harry Kurnitz

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	House on 92nd Street, The (1945) - Charles G. Booth
Other Nominees:
	Affairs of Susan, The (1945) - L�szl� G�r�g (I); Thomas Monroe Medal for Benny, A (1945) - John Steinbeck; Jack Wagner (III) Objective, Burma! (1945) - Alvah Bessie Song to Remember, A (1945) - Ernst Marischka

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder
Other Nominees:
	Mildred Pierce (1945) - Ranald MacDougall Pride of the Marines (1945) - Albert Maltz Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Leopold Atlas; Guy Endore; Philip Stevenson (I) Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) - Frank Davis (I); Tess Slesinger

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) - Harry Stradling Sr.
Other Nominees:
	Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) - Arthur C. Miller Lost Weekend, The (1945) - John F. Seitz Mildred Pierce (1945) - Ernest Haller Spellbound (1945) - George Barnes (I)

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Leon Shamroy
Other Nominees:
	Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Robert H. Planck; Charles P. Boyle National Velvet (1944) - Leonard Smith (I) Song to Remember, A (1945) - Tony Gaudio; Allen M. Davey (I) Spanish Main, The (1945) - George Barnes (I)

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Frenchman's Creek (1944) - Hans Dreier; Ernst Fegt�; Sam Comer
Other Nominees:
	Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Maurice Ransford; Thomas Little (I) National Velvet (1944) - Cedric Gibbons; Urie McCleary; Edwin B. Willis; Mildred Griffiths San Antonio (1945) - Ted Smith (I); Jack McConaghy Thousand and One Nights, A (1945) - Stephen Goosson; Rudolph Sternad; Frank Tuttle (II)

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Blood on the Sun (1945) - Wiard Ihnen; A. Roland Fields
Other Nominees:
	Experiment Perilous (1944) - Albert S. D'Agostino; Jack Okey; Darrell Silvera; Claude E. Carpenter Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) - James Basevi; William S. Darling; Thomas Little (I); Frank E. Hughes Love Letters (1945) - Hans Dreier; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I) Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) - Cedric Gibbons; Hans Peters (I); Edwin B. Willis; John Bonar; Hugh Hunt (I)

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Stephen Dunn (I) (RKO Radio SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) - Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD) Lady on a Train (1945) - Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD) Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Thomas T. Moulton (20th Century-Fox SSD) Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD) Song to Remember, A (1945) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD) Southerner, The (1945) - Jack Whitney (I) (Sound Services Inc.) They Were Expendable (1945) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD) Three Caballeros, The (1944) - C.O. Slyfield (Walt Disney SSD) Three Is a Family (1944) - W.V. Wolfe (RCA Sound) Unseen, The (1945) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD) Wonder Man (1945) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	National Velvet (1944) - Robert Kern (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Harry Marker Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Doane Harrison Objective, Burma! (1945) - George Amy Song to Remember, A (1945) - Charles Nelson (I)

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	Wonder Man (1945) - John P. Fulton (photographic); Arthur Johns (I) (sound)
Other Nominees:
	Captain Eddie (1945) - Fred Sersen (photographic); Sol Halperin (photographic); Roger Heman Sr. (sound); Harry M. Leonard (sound) Spellbound (1945) - Jack Cosgrove (I) (photographic) They Were Expendable (1945) - A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic); Donald Jahraus (photographic); R.A. MacDonald (photographic); Michael Steinore (sound) Thousand and One Nights, A (1945) - Lawrence W. Butler (photographic); Ray Bomba (sound)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	State Fair (1945) - Richard Rodgers (I) (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) - For the song "It Might as Well Be Spring"
Other Nominees:
	Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "I Fall in Love Too Easily" Belle of the Yukon (1944) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (II) (lyrics) - For the song "Sleighride in July" Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (II) (lyrics) - For the song "Aren't You Glad You're You" Can't Help Singing (1944) - Jerome Kern (music); E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) - For the song "More and More" Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) - Walter Kent (I) (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics) - For the song "Endlessly" Here Come the Waves (1944) - Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "Accentuate the Positive" Love Letters (1945) - Victor Young (I) (music); Edward Heyman (lyrics) - For the song "Love Letters" San Antonio (1945) - Ray Heindorf (music); M.K. Jerome (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics) - For the song "Some Sunday Morning" Sing Your Way Home (1945) - Allie Wrubel (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics) - For the song "I'll Buy That Dream" Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Ann Ronell - For the song "Linda" Tonight and Every Night (1945) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "Anywhere" Why Girls Leave Home (1945) - Jay Livingston (music); Ray Evans (I) (lyrics) - For the song "The Cat and the Canary" Wonder Man (1945) - David Rose (I) (music); Leo Robin (I) (lyrics) - For the song "So in Love"

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Spellbound (1945) - Mikl�s R�zsa
Other Nominees:
	Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) - Robert Emmett Dolan Brewster's Millions (1945) - Louis Forbes Captain Kidd (1945) - Werner Janssen Enchanted Cottage, The (1945) - Roy Webb (I) Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) - R. Dale Butts; Morton Scott G.I. Honeymoon (1945) - Edward J. Kay Guest in the House (1944) - Werner Janssen Guest Wife (1945) - Daniele Amfitheatrof Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) - Alfred Newman Lost Weekend, The (1945) - Mikl�s R�zsa Love Letters (1945) - Victor Young (I) Man Who Walked Alone, The (1945) - Karl Hajos Objective, Burma! (1945) - Franz Waxman Paris Underground (1945) - Alexander Tansman Song to Remember, A (1945) - Mikl�s R�zsa; Morris Stoloff Southerner, The (1945) - Werner Janssen Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Louis Applebaum; Ann Ronell This Love of Ours (1945) - Hans J. Salter Valley of Decision, The (1945) - Herbert Stothart Woman in the Window, The (1944) - Hugo Friedhofer; Arthur Lange

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Anchors Aweigh (1945) - George E. Stoll - On 10 September 2001 Kevin Spacey purchased Stoll's Oscar statuette at a Butterfields auction in Los Angeles and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Other Nominees:
	Belle of the Yukon (1944) - Arthur Lange Can't Help Singing (1944) - Jerome Kern; Hans J. Salter Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) - Morton Scott Incendiary Blonde (1945) - Robert Emmett Dolan Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Ray Heindorf; Max Steiner (I) State Fair (1945) - Charles Henderson (I); Alfred Newman Sunbonnet Sue (1945) - Edward J. Kay Three Caballeros, The (1944) - Edward H. Plumb; Paul J. Smith (III); Charles Wolcott Tonight and Every Night (1945) - Marlin Skiles; Morris Stoloff Why Girls Leave Home (1945) - Walter Greene (II) Wonder Man (1945) - Louis Forbes; Ray Heindorf

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Quiet Please! (1945) - Fred Quimby
Other Nominees:
	Donald's Crime (1945) - Walt Disney Jasper and the Beanstalk (1945) - George Pal Life with Feathers (1945) - Edward Selzer Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life (1945) - Paul Terry (I) Poet & Peasant, The (1945) - Walter Lantz Rippling Romance (1945) - Columbia

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	Star in the Night (1945) - Gordon Hollingshead
Other Nominees:
	Gun in His Hand, A (1945) - Chester M. Franklin Jury Goes Round 'n' Round, The (1945) - Jules White Little Witch, The (1945) - George Templeton

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Stairway to Light (1945) - Herbert Moulton
Other Nominees:
	Along the Rainbow Trail (1946) - Edmund Reek Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945) - Ralph Staub Story of a Dog (1945) - Gordon Hollingshead White Rhapsody (1945) - Grantland Rice Your National Gallery (1945) - Joseph O'Brien (I); Thomas Mead

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Hitler Lives (1945) - Warner Bros.
Other Nominees:
	Library of Congress (1945) - Office of War Information To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945) - U.S. Marine Corps

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	True Glory, The (1945) - Government of Great Britain; Government of USA
Other Nominees:
	Last Bomb, The (1945) - U.S. Army Air Force

Juvenile Award


Awarded to:
	Peggy Ann Garner - For the outstanding child actress of 1945.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Daniel J. Bloomberg; Republic Studio; Republic Sound Department - For the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design (certificate). Walter Wanger - For his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (special plaque). House I Live In, The (1945) - Frank Ross (I); Mervyn LeRoy; Albert Maltz; Earl Robinson (I); Lewis Allen (II); Frank Sinatra - For tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song "The House I Live In" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allen; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Michael S. Leshing (20th Century-Fox Studio); Benjamin C. Robinson (20th Century-Fox Studio); Arthur B. Chatelain (20th Century-Fox Studio); Robert C. Stevens (II) (20th Century-Fox Studio); John G. Capstaff (Eastman Kodak Co.) - For the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine. Loren L. Ryder; Charles R. Daily; Paramount Studio Sound Department - For the design, construction and use of the first dial-controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit.