Skip to main content

1947

Experience over nine decades of the Oscars from 1927 to 2024

The 19th Academy Awards | 1947
Shrine Civic Auditorium
Thursday, March 13, 1947
Honoring movies released in 1946
Highlights
Supporting Actress
Image
The Razor's Edge

Anne Baxter

Cinematography
Image
The Yearling

Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling

Special Award
Image

Ernst Lubitsch

Memorable Moments
The Best Years of Our Lives
Image

Best Picture and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Samuel Goldwyn, Supporting Actor and Special Award recipient Harold Russell and Best Directing winner William Wyler

Olivia de Havilland
Image

Best Actress winner for To Each His Own, with presenter Ray Milland

Elizabeth Taylor
Image

with Marshall Thompson at the Academy Awards

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Fredric March
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nominees
Laurence Olivier
Henry V
Nominees
Larry Parks
The Jolson Story
Nominees
Gregory Peck
The Yearling
Nominees
James Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Harold Russell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nominees
Charles Coburn
The Green Years
Nominees
William Demarest
The Jolson Story
Nominees
Claude Rains
Notorious
Nominees
Clifton Webb
The Razor's Edge
Actress
Winner
Olivia de Havilland
To Each His Own
Nominees
Celia Johnson
Brief Encounter
Nominees
Jennifer Jones
Duel in the Sun
Nominees
Rosalind Russell
Sister Kenny
Nominees
Jane Wyman
The Yearling
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Anne Baxter
The Razor's Edge
Nominees
Ethel Barrymore
The Spiral Staircase
Nominees
Lillian Gish
Duel in the Sun
Nominees
Flora Robson
Saratoga Trunk
Nominees
Gale Sondergaard
Anna and the King of Siam
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Anna and the King of Siam
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
Nominees
Kitty
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees
The Razor's Edge
Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
The Yearling
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Nominees
Caesar and Cleopatra
John Bryan
Nominees
Henry V
Art Direction: Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Anna and the King of Siam
Arthur Miller
Nominees
The Green Years
George Folsey
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
The Yearling
Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
Nominees
The Jolson Story
Joseph Walker
Directing
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler
Nominees
Brief Encounter
David Lean
Nominees
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra
Nominees
The Killers
Robert Siodmak
Nominees
The Yearling
Clarence Brown
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Seeds of Destiny
United States Department of War
Nominees
Atomic Power
The March of Time
Nominees
Life at the Zoo
Artkino
Nominees
Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927.....1947)
Paramount
Nominees
Traffic with the Devil
Herbert Morgan, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Daniel Mandell
Nominees
It's a Wonderful Life
William Hornbeck
Nominees
The Jolson Story
William Lyon
Nominees
The Killers
Arthur Hilton
Nominees
The Yearling
Harold Kress
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Samuel Goldwyn
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hugo Friedhofer
Nominees
Anna and the King of Siam
Bernard Herrmann
Nominees
Henry V
William Walton
Nominees
Humoresque
Franz Waxman
Nominees
The Killers
Miklos Rozsa
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
The Jolson Story
Morris Stoloff
Nominees
Blue Skies
Robert Emmett Dolan
Nominees
Centennial Summer
Alfred Newman
Nominees
The Harvey Girls
Lennie Hayton
Nominees
Night and Day
Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
Music (Song)
Winner
The Harvey Girls
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe in "The Harvey Girls" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Nominees
Centennial Summer
All Through The Day in "Centennial Summer" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Nominees
The Dolly Sisters
I Can't Begin To Tell You in "The Dolly Sisters" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Nominees
Canyon Passage
Ole Buttermilk Sky in "Canyon Passage" Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Nominees
Blue Skies
You Keep Coming Back Like A Song in "Blue Skies" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Best Motion Picture
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Nominees
Henry V
J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
Nominees
It's a Wonderful Life
Liberty Films
Nominees
The Razor's Edge
20th Century-Fox
Nominees
The Yearling
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
The Cat Concerto
Frederick Quimby, Producer
Nominees
Chopin's Musical Moments
Walter Lantz, Producer
Nominees
John Henry and the Inky Poo
George Pal, Producer
Nominees
Squatter's Rights
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Walky Talky Hawky
Edward Selzer, Producer
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Facing Your Danger
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Nominees
Dive-Hi Champs
Jack Eaton, Producer
Nominees
Golden Horses
Edmund Reek, Producer
Nominees
Smart as a Fox
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Nominees
Sure Cures
Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
A Boy and His Dog
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Nominees
College Queen
George B. Templeton, Producer
Nominees
Hiss and Yell
Jules White, Producer
Nominees
The Luckiest Guy in the World
Jerry Bresler, Producer
Sound Recording
Winner
The Jolson Story
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
The Best Years of Our Lives
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
It's a Wonderful Life
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
Special Award
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Special Award
Winner
Henry V
Special Award
Special Effects
Winner
Blithe Spirit
Special Visual Effects by Thomas Howard
Nominees
A Stolen Life
Special Visual Effects by William McGann; Special Audible Effects by Nathan Levinson
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Winner
Vacation from Marriage
Clemence Dane
Nominees
The Dark Mirror
Vladimir Pozner
Nominees
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Jack Patrick
Nominees
The Stranger
Victor Trivas
Nominees
To Each His Own
Charles Brackett
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
The Seventh Veil
Muriel Box, Sydney Box
Nominees
The Blue Dahlia
Raymond Chandler
Nominees
Children of Paradise
Jacques Prevert
Nominees
Notorious
Ben Hecht
Nominees
Road to Utopia
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Robert E. Sherwood
Nominees
Anna and the King of Siam
Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson
Nominees
Brief Encounter
David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Nominees
The Killers
Anthony Veiller
Nominees
Open City
Sergio Amidei, F. Fellini

A

Anna and the King of Siam
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
  • * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Arthur Miller
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Gale Sondergaard
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Bernard Herrmann
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson
Atomic Power
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - The March of Time

B

The Best Years of Our Lives
9 NOMINATIONS, 8 WINS
  • * Actor - Fredric March
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Harold Russell
  • * Directing - William Wyler
  • * Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
  • * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Hugo Friedhofer
  • * Best Motion Picture - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • * Special Award - Special Award
  • * Writing (Screenplay) - Robert E. Sherwood
  • Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Blithe Spirit
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Special Effects - Special Visual Effects by Thomas Howard
The Blue Dahlia
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Raymond Chandler
Blue Skies
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Robert Emmett Dolan
  • Music (Song) - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song in "Blue Skies" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
A Boy and His Dog
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Two-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Brief Encounter
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Celia Johnson
  • Directing - David Lean
  • Writing (Screenplay) - David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame

C

Caesar and Cleopatra
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Color) - John Bryan
Canyon Passage
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Ole Buttermilk Sky in "Canyon Passage" Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
The Cat Concerto
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Frederick Quimby, Producer
Centennial Summer
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman
  • Music (Song) - All Through The Day in "Centennial Summer" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Children of Paradise
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Jacques Prevert
Chopin's Musical Moments
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walter Lantz, Producer
College Queen
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - George B. Templeton, Producer

D

The Dark Mirror
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Vladimir Pozner
Dive-Hi Champs
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Jack Eaton, Producer
The Dolly Sisters
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - I Can't Begin To Tell You in "The Dolly Sisters" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Duel in the Sun
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Jennifer Jones
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Lillian Gish

F

Facing Your Danger
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (One-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer

G

Golden Horses
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Edmund Reek, Producer
The Green Years
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Charles Coburn
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - George Folsey

H

The Harvey Girls
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Song) - On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe in "The Harvey Girls" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Lennie Hayton
Henry V
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Special Award - Special Award
  • Actor - Laurence Olivier
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - William Walton
  • Best Motion Picture - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
Hiss and Yell
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Jules White, Producer
Humoresque
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Franz Waxman

I

It's a Wonderful Life
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - James Stewart
  • Directing - Frank Capra
  • Film Editing - William Hornbeck
  • Best Motion Picture - Liberty Films
  • Sound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director

J

John Henry and the Inky Poo
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - George Pal, Producer
The Jolson Story
6 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Morris Stoloff
  • * Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
  • Actor - Larry Parks
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - William Demarest
  • Cinematography (Color) - Joseph Walker
  • Film Editing - William Lyon

K

The Killers
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Directing - Robert Siodmak
  • Film Editing - Arthur Hilton
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Anthony Veiller
Kitty
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

L

Life at the Zoo
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Artkino
The Luckiest Guy in the World
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Jerry Bresler, Producer

N

Night and Day
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
Notorious
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Claude Rains
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Ben Hecht

O

Open City
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Sergio Amidei, F. Fellini

P

Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927.....1947)
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Paramount

R

The Razor's Edge
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Baxter
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Clifton Webb
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
  • Best Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
Road to Utopia
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

S

Saratoga Trunk
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Flora Robson
Seeds of Destiny
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - United States Department of War
The Seventh Veil
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Muriel Box, Sydney Box
Sister Kenny
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Rosalind Russell
Smart as a Fox
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
The Spiral Staircase
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Ethel Barrymore
Squatter's Rights
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
A Stolen Life
1 NOMINATION
  • Special Effects - Special Visual Effects by William McGann; Special Audible Effects by Nathan Levinson
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Jack Patrick
The Stranger
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Victor Trivas
Sure Cures
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer

T

To Each His Own
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress - Olivia de Havilland
  • Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Charles Brackett
Traffic with the Devil
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Herbert Morgan, Producer

V

Vacation from Marriage
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Clemence Dane

W

Walky Talky Hawky
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Edward Selzer, Producer

Y

The Yearling
7 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
  • * Cinematography (Color) - Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
  • Actor - Gregory Peck
  • Actress - Jane Wyman
  • Directing - Clarence Brown
  • Film Editing - Harold Kress
  • Best Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
No Films Found