Academy Awards®<BR>
Awards for 1947<BR>
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<A NAME="Pic"><B>Picture</B><BR>
 Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, THE BISHOP'S WIFE</I><BR>
 Adrian Scott - Producer, CROSSFIRE</I><BR>
* Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 Ronald Neame - Producer, GREAT EXPECTATIONS</I><BR>
 William Perlberg - Producer, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actor"><B>Actor</B><BR>
* Ronald Colman, A DOUBLE LIFE</I><BR>
 John Garfield, BODY AND SOUL</I><BR>
 Gregory Peck, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 William Powell, LIFE WITH FATHER</I><BR>
 Sir Michael Redgrave, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actress"><B>Actress</B><BR>
 Joan Crawford, POSSESSED</I><BR>
 Susan Hayward, SMASH-UP, THE STORY OF A WOMAN</I><BR>
 Dorothy McGuire, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 Rosalind Russell, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA</I><BR>
* Loretta Young, THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER</I><BR>
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<A NAME="SActor"><B>Supporting Actor</B><BR>
 Charles Bickford, THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER</I><BR>
 Thomas Gomez, RIDE THE PINK HORSE</I><BR>
* Edmund Gwenn, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET</I><BR>
 Robert Ryan, CROSSFIRE</I><BR>
 Richard Widmark, KISS OF DEATH</I><BR>
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<A NAME="SActress"><B>Supporting Actress</B><BR>
 Ethel Barrymore, THE PARADINE CASE</I><BR>
 Gloria Grahame, CROSSFIRE</I><BR>
* Celeste Holm, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 Marjorie Main, THE EGG AND I</I><BR>
 Anne Revere, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Dir"><B>Director</B><BR>
 George Cukor, A DOUBLE LIFE</I><BR>
 Edward Dmytryk, CROSSFIRE</I><BR>
* Elia Kazan, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 Henry Koster, THE BISHOP'S WIFE</I><BR>
 Sir David Lean, GREAT EXPECTATIONS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Original Story</B><BR>
 Georges Chaperot,  Rene Wheeler, A CAGE OF NIGHTINGALES</I><BR>
 Herbert Clyde Lewis,  Frederick Stephani, IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE</I><BR>
 Eleazar Lipsky, KISS OF DEATH</I><BR>
* Valentine Davies, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET</I><BR>
 Dorothy Parker,  Frank Cavett, SMASH-UP, THE STORY OF A WOMAN</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Original Screenplay</B><BR>
* Sidney Sheldon, THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER</I><BR>
 Abraham Polonsky, BODY AND SOUL</I><BR>
 Ruth Gordon,  Garson Kanin, A DOUBLE LIFE</I><BR>
 Sir Charles Chaplin, MONSIEUR VERDOUX</I><BR>
 Sergio Amidei,  Adolfo Franci,  C.G. Viola,  Cesare Zavattini, SHOESHINE</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Screenplay</B><BR>
 Richard Murphy, BOOMERANG!<BR>
 John Paxton, CROSSFIRE</I><BR>
 Moss Hart, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 Sir David Lean,  Ronald Neame,  Anthony Havelock-Allan, GREAT EXPECTATIONS</I><BR>
* George Seaton, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Art"><B>Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color</B><BR>
(formerly Interior Decoration - Color)<BR>
* Alfred Junge - Art Direction, BLACK NARCISSUS</I><BR>
 Robert M. Haas - Art Direction,  George James Hopkins - Set Decoration, LIFE WITH FATHER</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Art"><B>Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White</B><BR>
(formerly Interior Decoration - Black & White)<BR>
 Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction,  Maurice Ransford - Art Direction,  Thomas Little - Set Decoration,  Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration, THE FOXES OF HARROW</I><BR>
* John Bryan - Art Direction,  Wilfred Shingleton - Set Decoration, GREAT EXPECTATIONS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Cinemat"><B>Cinematography - Color</B><BR>
* Jack Cardiff, BLACK NARCISSUS</I><BR>
 J. Peverell Marley,  William V. Skall, LIFE WITH FATHER</I><BR>
 Harry Jackson, MOTHER WORE TIGHTS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Cinemat"><B>Cinematography - Black & White</B><BR>
 Charles B. Lang, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR</I><BR>
* Guy Green, GREAT EXPECTATIONS</I><BR>
 George Folsey, GREEN DOLPHIN STREET</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Docu"><B>Documentary Feature</B><BR>
* Sid Rogell - Executive Producer,  Theron Warth - Producer,  Richard O. Fleischer - Producer, DESIGN FOR DEATH</I><BR>
 U.S. Department of State, Office of Information and Educational Exchange, JOURNEY INTO MEDICINE</I><BR>
 Paul Rotha - Producer, THE WORLD IS RICH</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Docu"><B>Documentary Short Subject</B><BR>
* United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education, FIRST STEPS</I><BR>
 Frederic Ullman, Jr. - Producer, PASSPORT TO NOWHERE</I><BR>
 Australian News and Information Bureau, SCHOOL IN THE MAILBOX</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Editing"><B>Film Editing</B><BR>
 Monica Collingwood, THE BISHOP'S WIFE</I><BR>
* Francis Lyon,  Robert Parrish, BODY AND SOUL</I><BR>
 Harmon Jones, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT</I><BR>
 George White, GREEN DOLPHIN STREET</I><BR>
 Fergus McDonnell, ODD MAN OUT</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Score"><B>Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture</B><BR>
 Hugo Friedhofer, THE BISHOP'S WIFE</I><BR>
 Alfred Newman, CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE</I><BR>
* Miklos Rozsa, A DOUBLE LIFE</I><BR>
 David Raksin, FOREVER AMBER</I><BR>
 Max Steiner, LIFE WITH FATHER</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Score"><B>Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture</B><BR>
 Johnny Green, FIESTA</I><BR>
* Alfred Newman, MOTHER WORE TIGHTS</I><BR>
 Ray Heindorf,  Max Steiner, MY WILD IRISH ROSE</I><BR>
 Robert Emmett Dolan, ROAD TO RIO</I><BR>
 Daniele Amfitheatrof,  Paul J. Smith,  Charles Wolcott, SONG OF THE SOUTH</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Song"><B>Song</B><BR>
 Arthur Schwartz - Music,  Leo Robin - Lyrics, THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL</I><BR>
"A Gal in Calico"<BR>
 Frank Loesser - Music & Lyrics, THE PERILS OF PAULINE</I><BR>
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So"<BR>
 Ralph Blane - Music & Lyrics,  Hugh Martin - Music & Lyrics,  Roger Edens - Music & Lyrics, GOOD NEWS</I><BR>
"Pass That Peace Pipe"<BR>
 Josef Myrow - Music,  Mack Gordon - Lyrics, MOTHER WORE TIGHTS</I><BR>
"You Do"<BR>
* Allie Wrubel - Music,  Ray Gilbert - Lyrics, SONG OF THE SOUTH</I><BR>
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"<BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Animated Short</B><BR>
 Walt Disney - Producer, CHIP AN' DALE</I><BR>
 Frederick Quimby - Producer, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. MOUSE</I><BR>
 Walt Disney - Producer, PLUTO'S BLUE NOTE</I><BR>
 George Pal - Producer, TUBBY THE TUBA</I><BR>
* Edward Selzer - Producer, TWEETIE PIE</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Short Subjects - One-Reel</B><BR>
 Thomas Mead - Producer, BROOKLYN, U.S.A.<BR>
* Herbert Moulton - Producer, GOODBYE MISS TURLOCK</I><BR>
 Jerry Fairbanks - Producer, MOON ROCKETS</I><BR>
 Pete Smith - Producer, NOW YOU SEE IT</I><BR>
 Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES (JOE MCDOAKES SERIES)<BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Short Subjects - Two-Reel</B><BR>
 Harry Grey - Producer, CHAMPAGNE FOR TWO</I><BR>
* Irving Allen - Producer, CLIMBING THE MATTERHORN</I><BR>
 Thomas Mead - Producer, FIGHT OF THE WILD STALLIONS</I><BR>
 Herbert Morgan - Producer, GIVE US THE EARTH</I><BR>
 Ben Blake - Producer, A VOICE IS BORN</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Sound"><B>Sound Recording</B><BR>
* Goldwyn Sound Department, THE BISHOP'S WIFE</I><BR>
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sound Department, GREEN DOLPHIN STREET</I><BR>
 Sound Services Inc., 
T-MEN</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Fx"><B>Special Effects</B><BR>
* A. Arnold Gillespie, 
 Warren Newcombe (Visual), 
 Douglas Shearer, 
 Michael Steinore (Audible), 
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET</I><BR>
 Farciot Edouart, 
 Devereux Jennings, 
 Gordon Jennings, 
 Paul Lerpae (Visual), 
 George Dutton (Audible), 
UNCONQUERED</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class I (Statuette)</B><BR>
No award given for 1947. <BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class II (Plaque)</B><BR>
* C.C. Davis,  Electrical Research Products Division of Western Electric Company, For the development and application of an improved film drive filter mechanism.<BR>
* C.R. Daily,  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.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class III (Citation)</B><BR>
* Nathan Levinson,  Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, For the design and construction of a constant-speed sound editing machine.<BR>
* Farciot Edouart,  C.R. Daily,  Hal Corl,  H.G. Cartwright,  Paramount Studio Transparency and Engineering Departments, For the first application of a special anti-solarizing glass to high intensity background and spot arc projectors.<BR>
* Fred Ponedel (Warner Bros. Studio)<BR>
For pioneering the fabrication and practical application to motion picture color photography of large translucent photographic backgrounds.<BR>
* Kurt Singer,  RCA - Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America, For the design and development of a continuously variable band elimination filter.<BR>
* James Gibbons (Warner Bros. Studio)<BR>
For the development and production of large dyed plastic filters for motion picture photography.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Honorary and Other Awards</B><BR>
* James Baskett, For his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and storyteller to the children of the world. Winner presented a Statuette.<BR>
* BILL AND COO</I><BR>
In which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures. Winner presented a Plaque.<BR>
* SHOESHINE</I><BR>
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. Winner presented a Statuette.<BR>
* Colonel William N. Selig,  Albert E. Smith,  Thomas Armat,  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. Winners presented Statuettes.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award</B><BR>
No award given for 1947. <BR>
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