Academy Awards®
Awards for 1946
Picture
* Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Won eight Awards.
Laurence Olivier - Producer, HENRY V
Frank Capra - Producer, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Sidney Franklin - Producer, THE YEARLING
Actor
* Fredric March, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Lord Laurence Olivier, HENRY V
Larry Parks, THE JOLSON STORY
Gregory Peck, THE YEARLING
James Stewart, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Actress
* 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
Supporting Actor
Charles Coburn, THE GREEN YEARS
William Demarest, THE JOLSON STORY
Claude Rains, NOTORIOUS
* Harold Russell, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Clifton Webb, THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore, THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE
* Anne Baxter, THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Lillian Gish, DUEL IN THE SUN
Dame Flora Robson, SARATOGA TRUNK
Gale Sondergaard, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
Director
Clarence Brown, THE YEARLING
Frank Capra, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Sir David Lean, BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Robert Siodmak, THE KILLERS
* William Wyler, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Writing - Original Story
Vladimir Pozner, DARK MIRROR
Jack Patrick, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
Victor Trivas, THE STRANGER
Charles Brackett, TO EACH HIS OWN
* Clemence Dane, VACATION FROM MARRIAGE
Writing - Original Screenplay
Raymond Chandler, THE BLUE DAHLIA
Jacques Prévert, CHILDREN OF PARADISE/LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS
Ben Hecht, NOTORIOUS
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, ROAD TO UTOPIA
* Muriel Box, Sydney Box, THE SEVENTH VEIL
Writing - Screenplay
Sally Benson, Talbot Jennings, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
* Robert E. Sherwood, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Anthony Havelock-Allan, Sir David Lean, Ronald Neame, BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Anthony Veiller, THE KILLERS
Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, OPEN CITY
Interior Decoration - Color
John Bryan - Art Direction, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
Paul Sheriff - Art Direction, Carmen Dillon - Art Direction, HENRY V
* Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Paul Groesse - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration, THE YEARLING
Interior Decoration - Black & White
* Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, William Darling - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, Frank E. Hughes - Interior Decoration, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Interior Decoration, Ray Moyer - Interior Decoration, KITTY
Richard Day - Art Direction, Nathan Juran - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, Paul S. Fox - Interior Decoration, THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Cinematography - Color
Joseph Walker, THE JOLSON STORY
* Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling, THE YEARLING
Cinematography - Black & White
* Arthur C. Miller, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
George Folsey, THE GREEN YEARS
Documentary Feature
No award given for 1946.
Documentary Short Subject
20th Century-Fox, ATOMIC POWER
Artkino, LIFE AT THE ZOO
Paramount, PARAMOUNT NEWS ISSUE #37
* U.S. War Department, SEEDS OF DESTINY
MGM, TRAFFIC WITH THE DEVIL
Film Editing
* Daniel Mandell, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
William Hornbeck, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
William Lyon, THE JOLSON STORY
Arthur Hilton, THE KILLERS
Harold F. Kress, THE YEARLING
Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Bernard Herrmann, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
* Hugo Friedhofer, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Sir William Walton, HENRY V
Franz Waxman, HUMORESQUE
Miklos Rozsa, THE KILLERS
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Robert Emmett Dolan, BLUE SKIES
Alfred Newman, CENTENNIAL SUMMER
Lennie Hayton, THE HARVEY GIRLS
* Morris Stoloff, THE JOLSON STORY
Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner, NIGHT AND DAY
Song
Jerome Kern - Music, Oscar Hammerstein II - Lyrics, CENTENNIAL SUMMER
"All Through the Day"
James Monaco - Music, Mack Gordon - Lyrics, THE DOLLY SISTERS
"I Can't Begin to Tell You"
Hoagy Carmichael - Music, Jack Brooks - Lyrics, CANYON PASSAGE
"Ole Buttermilk Sky"
* Harry Warren - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, THE HARVEY GIRLS
"On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, BLUE SKIES
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
Animated Short
* Frederick Quimby - Producer, THE CAT CONCERTO
Walter Lantz - Producer, CHOPIN'S MUSICAL MOMENTS
George Pal - Producer, JOHN HENRY AND THE INKY POO
Walt Disney - Producer, SQUATTER'S RIGHTS
Edward Selzer - Producer, WALKY TALKY HAWKY
Short Subjects - One-Reel
Edmund Reek - Producer, GOLDEN HORSES
Jack Eaton - Producer, DIVE-HI CHAMPS
* Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, FACING YOUR DANGER
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, SMART AS A FOX
Pete Smith - Producer, SURE CURES
Short Subjects - Two-Reel
* Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, A BOY AND HIS DOG
George Templeton - Producer, COLLEGE QUEEN
Jules White - Producer, HISS AND YELL
Jerry Bresler - Producer, THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD
Sound Recording
Gordon Sawyer, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
John Aalberg, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
* John Livadary, THE JOLSON STORY
Special Effects
Audible formerly Sound. Visual formerly Photographic.
* Thomas Howard (Visual),
BLITHE SPIRIT
No credit listed for audible work on this film.
William McGann (Visual),
Nathan Levinson (Audible),
A STOLEN LIFE
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1946.
Class II (Plaque)
No award given for 1946.
Class III (Citation)
* Harlan L. Baumbach, Paramount West Coast Laboratory, For an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths.
* Herbert E. Britt, For the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects.
* Burton F. Miller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound and Electrical Departments, For the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter.
* Carl Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department)
For the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light valve and galvonometer density recording.
* Mole-Richardson Company, For the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp.
* Arthur F. Blinn, Robert O. Cook, C.O. Slyfield, 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.
* Burton F. Miller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, For the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors.
* Marty Martin (RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department)
Hal Adkins (RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department)
For the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects.
* Harold Nye, Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department, For the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Lord Laurence Olivier, HENRY V
For his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing HENRY V to the screen. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Harold Russell, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
For bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Ernst Lubitsch, For his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture. Winner presented a Scroll.
* Claude Jarman, Jr.
Outstanding child actor of 1946. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Samuel Goldwyn,