Oscars Academy Awards (1940-1949) ------------------------------------ The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. The awards, first presented in 1927, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. ------------------------------------ 1940 (13th) ACTOR James Stewart -- The Philadelphia Story {"Mike Connor"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Walter Brennan -- The Westerner {"Judge Roy Bean"} ACTRESS Ginger Rogers -- Kitty Foyle {"Kitty Foyle"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jane Darwell -- The Grapes of Wrath {"Ma Joad"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Pride and Prejudice -- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse ART DIRECTION (Color) The Thief of Bagdad -- Vincent Korda CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Rebecca -- George Barnes CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) The Thief of Bagdad -- Georges Périnal DIRECTING The Grapes of Wrath -- John Ford FILM EDITING North West Mounted Police -- Anne Bauchens MUSIC (Original Score) Pinocchio -- Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington MUSIC (Scoring) Tin Pan Alley -- Alfred Newman MUSIC (Song) "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Pinocchio -- Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Rebecca -- Selznick International Pictures SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Milky Way -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Quicker 'N a Wink -- Pete Smith, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Teddy, the Rough Rider -- Warner Bros. SOUND RECORDING Strike Up the Band -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS The Thief of Bagdad -- Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by Jack Whitney WRITING (Original Screenplay) The Great McGinty -- Preston Sturges WRITING (Original Story) Arise, My Love -- Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy WRITING (Screenplay) The Philadelphia Story -- Donald Ogden Stewart SPECIAL AWARD To Bob Hope, in recognition of his unselfish services to the Motion Picture Industry. To Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I) To 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by DANIEL CLARK, GROVER LAUBE, CHARLES MILLER and ROBERT W. STEVENS. [Camera] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To WARNER BROS. STUDIO ART DEPARTMENT and ANTON GROT for the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine. [Stage Operations] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1941 (14th) ACTOR Gary Cooper -- Sergeant York {"Alvin C. York"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Donald Crisp -- How Green Was My Valley {"Mr. Morgan"} ACTRESS Joan Fontaine -- Suspicion {"Lina McLaidlaw"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Mary Astor -- The Great Lie {"Sandra Kovak"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) How Green Was My Valley -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little ART DIRECTION (Color) Blossoms in the Dust -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) How Green Was My Valley -- Arthur Miller CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Blood and Sand -- Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan DIRECTING How Green Was My Valley -- John Ford DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Churchill's Island -- National Film Board of Canada FILM EDITING Sergeant York -- William Holmes MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) All That Money Can Buy -- Bernard Herrmann MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Dumbo -- Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace MUSIC (Song) "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good -- Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE How Green Was My Valley -- 20th Century-Fox SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Lend a Paw -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Of Pups and Puzzles -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Main Street on the March! -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SOUND RECORDING That Hamilton Woman -- General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS I Wanted Wings -- Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop WRITING (Original Screenplay) Citizen Kane -- Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles WRITING (Original Story) Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Harry Segall WRITING (Screenplay) Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller SPECIAL AWARD To Rey Scott for his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions. To The British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, Target for Tonight. To Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form. To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Walt Disney SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS DIVISION OF WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC., for the development of the precision integrating sphere densitometer. [Laboratory] To RCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the design and development of the MI-3043 Uni-directional microphone. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To RAY WILKINSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO LABORATORY for pioneering in the use of and for the first practical application to release printing of fine grain positive stock. [Film] To CHARLES LOOTENS and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for pioneering the use of and for the first practical application to motion picture production of CLASS B push-pull variable area recording. [Sound] To WILBUR SILVERTOOTH and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT for the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light. [Special Photographic] To PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., and 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device. [Stage Operations] To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT, and to LOREN RYDER and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in studio production. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1942 (15th) ACTOR James Cagney -- Yankee Doodle Dandy {"George M. Cohan"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Van Heflin -- Johnny Eager {"Jeff Hartnett"} ACTRESS Greer Garson -- Mrs. Miniver {"Kay Miniver"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Teresa Wright -- Mrs. Miniver {"Carol Beldon"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) This above All -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little ART DIRECTION (Color) My Gal Sal -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Mrs. Miniver -- Joseph Ruttenberg CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) The Black Swan -- Leon Shamroy DIRECTING Mrs. Miniver -- William Wyler DOCUMENTARY The Battle of Midway -- United States Navy [NOTE: "A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle."] Kokoda Front Line! -- Australian News & Information Bureau [NOTE: "A special award to Kokoda Front Line! for its effectiveness in portraying, simply yet forcefully, the scene of war in New Guinea and for its moving presentation of the bravery and fortitude of our Australian comrades in arms."] Moscow Strikes Back -- Artkino [NOTE: "A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger."] Prelude to War -- United States Army Special Services [NOTE: "A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight."] FILM EDITING The Pride of the Yankees -- Daniel Mandell MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Now, Voyager -- Max Steiner MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld MUSIC (Song) "White Christmas" from Holiday Inn -- Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE Mrs. Miniver -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Der Fuehrer's Face -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Speaking of Animals and Their Families -- Paramount SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Beyond the Line of Duty -- Warner Bros. SOUND RECORDING Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Reap the Wild Wind -- Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) The Invaders -- Emeric Pressburger WRITING (Original Screenplay) Woman of the Year -- Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin WRITING (Screenplay) Mrs. Miniver -- Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West SPECIAL AWARD To Charles Boyer for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry. To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve. To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the "Andy Hardy" series of films. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Sidney Franklin SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To CARROLL CLARK, F. THOMAS THOMPSON and the RKO RADIO STUDIO ART and MINIATURE DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine. [Stage Operations] To DANIEL B. CLARK and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography. [Lenses and Filters] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To ROBERT HENDERSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING and TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography. [Special Photographic] To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negative for pre-selection purposes. [Laboratory] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1943 (16th) ACTOR Paul Lukas -- Watch on the Rhine {"Kurt Muller"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Charles Coburn -- The More the Merrier {"Benjamin Dingle"} ACTRESS Jennifer Jones -- The Song of Bernadette {"Bernadette Soubirous"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Katina Paxinou -- For Whom the Bell Tolls {"Pilar"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) The Song of Bernadette -- Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little ART DIRECTION (Color) Phantom of the Opera -- Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) The Song of Bernadette -- Arthur Miller CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Phantom of the Opera -- Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene DIRECTING Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Desert Victory -- British Ministry of Information DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) December 7th -- United States Navy FILM EDITING Air Force -- George Amy MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) The Song of Bernadette -- Alfred Newman MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) This Is the Army -- Ray Heindorf MUSIC (Song) "You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE Casablanca -- Warner Bros. SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Yankee Doodle Mouse -- Frederick Quimby, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Amphibious Fighters -- Grantland Rice, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Heavenly Music -- Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers SOUND RECORDING This Land Is Mine -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Crash Dive -- Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) The Human Comedy -- William Saroyan WRITING (Original Screenplay) Princess O'Rourke -- Norman Krasna WRITING (Screenplay) Casablanca -- Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch SPECIAL AWARD To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Hal B. Wallis SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To FARCIOT EDOUART, EARLE MORGAN, BARTON THOMPSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING and TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENTS for the development and practical application to motion picture production of a method of duplicating and enlarging natural color photographs, transferring the image emulsions to glass plates and projecting these slides by especially designed stereopticon equipment. [Special Photographic] To PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT, E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS AND CO., INC. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films. [Film] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction. [Sound] To CHARLES GALLOWAY CLARKE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO CAMERA DEPARTMENT for the development and practical application of a device for composing artificial clouds into motion picture scenes during production photography. [Photography] To FARCIOT EDOUART and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENT for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer. [Special Photographic] To WILLARD H. TURNER and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1944 (17th) ACTOR Bing Crosby -- Going My Way {"Father O'Malley"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Barry Fitzgerald -- Going My Way {"Father Fitzgibbon"} ACTRESS Ingrid Bergman -- Gaslight {"Paula Alquist"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Ethel Barrymore -- None but the Lonely Heart {"Ma Mott"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Gaslight -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky ART DIRECTION (Color) Wilson -- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Laura -- Joseph LaShelle CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Wilson -- Leon Shamroy DIRECTING Going My Way -- Leo McCarey DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The Fighting Lady -- United States Navy DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) With the Marines at Tarawa -- United States Marine Corps FILM EDITING Wilson -- Barbara McLean MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Since You Went Away -- Max Steiner MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Cover Girl -- Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon MUSIC (Song) "Swinging On A Star" from Going My Way -- Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke BEST MOTION PICTURE Going My Way -- Paramount SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Mouse Trouble -- Frederick C. Quimby, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Who's Who in Animal Land -- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) I Won't Play -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer SOUND RECORDING Wilson -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Thirty Seconds over Tokyo -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) Going My Way -- Leo McCarey WRITING (Original Screenplay) Wilson -- Lamar Trotti WRITING (Screenplay) Going My Way -- Frank Butler, Frank Cavett SPECIAL AWARD To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944. To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Darryl F. Zanuck SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To STEPHEN DUNN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT and RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA for the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To LINWOOD DUNN, CECIL LOVE and ACME TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer. [Laboratory] To GROVER LAUBE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO CAMERA DEPARTMENT for the development of a continuous loop projection device. [Sound] To WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY for the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording. [Sound] To RUSSELL BROWN, RAY HINSDALE and JOSEPH E. ROBBINS for the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker. [Stage Operations] To GORDON JENNINGS for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod. [Photography] To RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber. [Sound] To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch. [Stage Operations] To BERNARD B. BROWN and JOHN P. LIVADARY for the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room. [Sound] To PAUL ZEFF, S. J. TWINING and GEORGE SEID of the Columbia Studio Laboratory for the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer. [Laboratory] To PAUL LERPAE for the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device. [Special Photographic] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1945 (18th) ACTOR Ray Milland -- The Lost Weekend {"Don Birnam"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE James Dunn -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn {"Johnny Nolan"} ACTRESS Joan Crawford -- Mildred Pierce {"Mildred Pierce"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Anne Revere -- National Velvet {"Mrs. Brown"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Blood on the Sun -- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields ART DIRECTION (Color) Frenchman's Creek -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) The Picture of Dorian Gray -- Harry Stradling CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Leave Her to Heaven -- Leon Shamroy DIRECTING The Lost Weekend -- Billy Wilder DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The True Glory -- The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Hitler Lives? -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer FILM EDITING National Velvet -- Robert J. Kern MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Spellbound -- Miklos Rozsa MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Anchors Aweigh -- Georgie Stoll MUSIC (Song) "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair -- Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II BEST MOTION PICTURE The Lost Weekend -- Paramount SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Quiet Please! -- Frederick Quimby, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Stairway to Light -- Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Star in the Night -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer SOUND RECORDING The Bells of St. Mary's -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Wonder Man -- Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) The House on 92nd Street -- Charles G. Booth WRITING (Original Screenplay) Marie-Louise -- Richard Schweizer WRITING (Screenplay) The Lost Weekend -- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder SPECIAL AWARD To Walter Wanger for his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To Peggy Ann Garner, outstanding child actress of 1945. To The House I Live In, 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 Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio. To Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio 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. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To LOREN L. RYDER, CHARLES R. DAILY and the 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. [Sound] To MICHAEL S. LESHING, BENJAMIN C. ROBINSON, ARTHUR B. CHATELAIN and ROBERT C. STEVENS of 20th Century-Fox Studio and JOHN G. CAPSTAFF of Eastman Kodak Company for the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine. [Laboratory] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1946 (19th) ACTOR Fredric March -- The Best Years of Our Lives {"Al Stephenson"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Harold Russell -- The Best Years of Our Lives {"Homer Parrish"} ACTRESS Olivia de Havilland -- To Each His Own {"Jody Norris"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Anne Baxter -- The Razor's Edge {"Sophie MacDonald"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Anna and the King of Siam -- Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes ART DIRECTION (Color) The Yearling -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Anna and the King of Siam -- Arthur Miller CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) The Yearling -- Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling DIRECTING The Best Years of Our Lives -- William Wyler DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Seeds of Destiny -- United States Department of War FILM EDITING The Best Years of Our Lives -- Daniel Mandell MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) The Best Years of Our Lives -- Hugo Friedhofer MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) The Jolson Story -- Morris Stoloff MUSIC (Song) "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer BEST MOTION PICTURE The Best Years of Our Lives -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Cat Concerto -- Frederick Quimby, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Facing Your Danger -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) A Boy and His Dog -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer SOUND RECORDING The Jolson Story -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Blithe Spirit -- Special Visual Effects by Thomas Howard WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) Vacation from Marriage -- Clemence Dane WRITING (Original Screenplay) The Seventh Veil -- Muriel Box, Sydney Box WRITING (Screenplay) The Best Years of Our Lives -- Robert E. Sherwood SPECIAL AWARD To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen. To Harold Russell for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives. To Ernst Lubitsch for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture. To Claude Jarman, Jr., outstanding child actor of 1946. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Samuel Goldwyn SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To HARLAN L. BAUMBACH and the PARAMOUNT WEST COAST LABORATORY for an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths. [Laboratory] To HERBERT E. BRITT for the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects. [Stage Operations] To BURTON F. MILLER and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO SOUND and ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter. [Lighting] To CARL FAULKNER of the 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department for the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light valve and galvonometer density recording. [Sound] To the MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp. [Lighting] To ARTHUR F. BLINN, ROBERT O. COOK, C. O. SLYFIELD and the WALT DISNEY STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks. [Sound] To BURTON F. MILLER and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors. [Sound] To MARTY MARTIN and HAL ADKINS of the RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department for the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects. [Stage Operations] To HAROLD NYE and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT for the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect. [Stage Operations] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1947 (20th) ACTOR Ronald Colman -- A Double Life {"Anthony John"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Edmund Gwenn -- Miracle on 34th Street {"Kris Kringle"} ACTRESS Loretta Young -- The Farmer's Daughter {"Katrin Holstrom"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Celeste Holm -- Gentleman's Agreement {"Anne"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Great Expectations -- Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton ART DIRECTION (Color) Black Narcissus -- Art Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Great Expectations -- Guy Green CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Black Narcissus -- Jack Cardiff DIRECTING Gentleman's Agreement -- Elia Kazan DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Design for Death -- Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) First Steps -- United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information FILM EDITING Body and Soul -- Francis Lyon, Robert Parrish MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) A Double Life -- Dr. Miklos Rozsa MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Mother Wore Tights -- Alfred Newman MUSIC (Song) "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South -- Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Ray Gilbert BEST MOTION PICTURE Gentleman's Agreement -- 20th Century-Fox SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Tweetie Pie -- Edward Selzer, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Good-bye Miss Turlock -- Herbert Moulton, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Climbing the Matterhorn -- Irving Allen, Producer SOUND RECORDING The Bishop's Wife -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Green Dolphin Street -- Special Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Special Audible Effects by Douglas Shearer, Michael Steinore WRITING (Motion Picture Story) Miracle on 34th Street -- Valentine Davies WRITING (Original Screenplay) The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer -- Sidney Sheldon WRITING (Screenplay) Miracle on 34th Street -- George Seaton SPECIAL AWARD To James Baskett for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South. To Bill and Coo, in which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures. To Shoe-Shine - the high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity. To Colonel William N. Selig, Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat and George K. Spoor (one of) the small group of pioneers whose belief in a new medium, and whose contributions to its development, blazed the trail along which the motion picture has progressed, in their lifetime, from obscurity to world-wide acclaim. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To C. C. DAVIS and ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS DIVISION OF WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY for the development and application of an improved film drive filter mechanism. [Projection] To C. R. DAILY and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO FILM LABORATORY, STILL and ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS for the development and first practical application to motion picture and still photography of a method of increasing film speed as first suggested to the industry by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company. [Laboratory] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To NATHAN LEVINSON and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of a constant-speed sound editing machine. [Sound] To FARCIOT EDOUART, C. R. DAILY, HAL CORL, H. G. CARTWRIGHT and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY and ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS for the first application of a special anti-solarizing glass to high-intensity background and spot arc projectors. [Lighting] To FRED PONEDEL of Warner Bros. Studio for pioneering the fabrication and practical application to motion picture color photography of large translucent photographic backgrounds. [Special Photographic] To KURT SINGER and the RCA VICTOR DIVISION OF RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA for the design and development of a continuously variable band-elimination filter. [Sound] To JAMES GIBBONS of Warner Bros. Studio for the development and production of large dyed plastic filters for motion picture photography. [Lighting] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1948 (21st) ACTOR Laurence Olivier -- Hamlet {"Hamlet"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Walter Huston -- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre {"Howard"} ACTRESS Jane Wyman -- Johnny Belinda {"Belinda McDonald"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Claire Trevor -- Key Largo {"Gaye"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) Hamlet -- Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon ART DIRECTION (Color) The Red Shoes -- Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) The Naked City -- William Daniels CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Joan of Arc -- Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) Hamlet -- Roger K. Furse COSTUME DESIGN (Color) Joan of Arc -- Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska DIRECTING The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston DOCUMENTARY (Feature) The Secret Land -- Orville O. Dull, Producer DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Toward Independence -- United States Army FILM EDITING The Naked City -- Paul Weatherwax MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) The Red Shoes -- Brian Easdale MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Easter Parade -- Johnny Green, Roger Edens MUSIC (Song) "Buttons And Bows" from The Paleface -- Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans BEST MOTION PICTURE Hamlet -- J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Little Orphan -- Fred Quimby, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Symphony of a City -- Edmund H. Reek, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Seal Island -- Walt Disney, Producer SOUND RECORDING The Snake Pit -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Portrait of Jennie -- Special Visual Effects by Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects by Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart WRITING (Motion Picture Story) The Search -- Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler WRITING (Screenplay) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD To Monsieur Vincent - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948. SPECIAL AWARD To Ivan Jandl, for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as "Karel Malik" in The Search. To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures. To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years. To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc. To Jean Hersholt - in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president. [NOTE: Presented on "Jean Hersholt Night," June 26, 1949, at the Academy building.] IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Jerry Wald SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To VICTOR CACCIALANZA, MAURICE AYERS and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SET CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT for the development and application of "Paralite," a new lightweight plaster process for set construction. [Props] To NICK KALTEN, LOUIS J. WITTE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO MECHANICAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage. [Props] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To MARTY MARTIN, JACK LANNON, RUSSELL SHEARMAN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets. [Stage Operations] To A. J. MORAN and the WARNER BROS. STUDIO ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT for a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment. [Lighting] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1949 (22nd) ACTOR Broderick Crawford -- All the King's Men {"Willie Stark"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Dean Jagger -- Twelve O'Clock High {"Major Stovall"} ACTRESS Olivia de Havilland -- The Heiress {"Catherine Sloper"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Mercedes McCambridge -- All the King's Men {"Sadie Burke"} ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) The Heiress -- Art Direction: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri ART DIRECTION (Color) Little Women -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Battleground -- Paul C. Vogel CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon -- Winton Hoch COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) The Heiress -- Edith Head, Gile Steele COSTUME DESIGN (Color) The Adventures of Don Juan -- Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best DIRECTING A Letter to Three Wives -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Daybreak in Udi -- Crown Film Unit DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) A Chance to Live -- Richard de Rochemont, Producer [NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was So Much for So Little.] So Much for So Little -- Edward Selzer, Producer [NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was A Chance to Live.] FILM EDITING Champion -- Harry Gerstad MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) The Heiress -- Aaron Copland MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) On the Town -- Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton MUSIC (Song) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter -- Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser BEST MOTION PICTURE All the King's Men -- Robert Rossen Productions SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) For Scent-Imental Reasons -- Edward Selzer, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Aquatic House-Party -- Jack Eaton, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Van Gogh -- Gaston Diehl and Robert Haessens, Producers SOUND RECORDING Twelve O'Clock High -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS Mighty Joe Young -- ARKO Productions WRITING (Motion Picture Story) The Stratton Story -- Douglas Morrow WRITING (Screenplay) A Letter to Three Wives -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz WRITING (Story and Screenplay) Battleground -- Robert Pirosh SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD To The Bicycle Thief - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. SPECIAL AWARD To Bobby Driscoll, as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949. To Fred Astaire for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures. To Cecil B. DeMille, distinguished motion picture pioneer, for 37 years of brilliant showmanship. To Jean Hersholt, for distinguished service to the motion picture industry. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I) To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film. [Film] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To LOREN L. RYDER, BRUCE H. DENNEY, ROBERT CARR and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system. [Stage Operations] To M. B. PAUL for the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds. [Special Photographic] To HERBERT E. BRITT for the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion picture sets. [Stage Operations] To ANDRE COUTANT and JACQUES MATHOT for the design of the Eclair camerette. [Camera] To CHARLES R. DAILY, STEVE CSILLAG and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING, EDITORIAL and MUSIC DEPARTMENTS for a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks. [Editorial] To the INTERNATIONAL PROJECTOR CORPORATION for a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines. [Projection] To ALEXANDER VELCOFF for the application to production of the infra-red photographic evaluator. [Photography]