| Best Motion Picture |
The Bishop's Wife (Goldwyn; RKO Radio) |
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Crossfire (RKO Radio) |
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Gentleman's Agreement (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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Great Expectations (J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild;
Universal-International) |
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Miracle on 34th Street (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Best Actor |
Ronald Colman, A Double Life |
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John Garfield, Body and Soul |
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Gregory Peck, Gentleman's Agreement |
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William Powell, Life With Father |
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Michael Redgrave, Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Best Actress |
Joan Crawford, Possessed |
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Susan Hayward, Smash Up—The Story of a Woman |
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Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement |
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Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra |
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Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Charles Bickford, The Farmer's Daughter |
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Thomas Gomez, Ride the Pink Horse |
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Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street |
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Robert Ryan, Crossfire |
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Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Ethel Barrymore, The Paradine Case |
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Gloria Grahame, Crossfire |
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Celeste Holm, Gentleman's Agreement |
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Marjorie Main, The Egg and I |
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Anne Revere, Gentleman's Agreement |
| Directing |
George Cukor, A Double Life |
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Edward Dmytryk, Crossfire |
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Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement |
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Henry Koster, The Bishop's Wife |
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David Lean, Great Expectations |
| Writing |
| Original Motion Picture Story |
Georges Chaperot and Rene Wheeler, A Cage of
Nightingales |
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Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani, It
Happened on Fifth Avenue |
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Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street |
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Eleazar Lipsky, Kiss of Death |
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Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett, Smash Up—The
Story of a Woman |
| Original Screenplay |
Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola and
Cesare Zavattini, Shoeshine |
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Charles Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux |
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Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, A Double Life |
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Abraham Polonsky, Body and Soul |
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Sidney Sheldon, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| Screenplay |
Moss Hart, Gentleman's Agreement |
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David Lean, Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan,
Great Expectations |
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Richard Murphy, Boomerang! |
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John Paxton, Crossfire |
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George Seaton, Miracle on 34th Street |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
George Folsey, Green Dolphin Street |
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Guy Green, Great Expectations |
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Charles Lang, Jr., The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| Color |
Jack Cardiff, Black Narcissus |
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Harry Jackson, Mother Wore Tights |
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Peverell Marley and William V. Skall, Life
With Father |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
John Bryan, art direction; Wilfred Shingleton,
set decoration, Great Expectations |
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Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford, art direction;
Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The
Foxes of Harrow |
| Color |
Robert M. Haas, art direction; George James Hopkins,
set decoration, Life With Father |
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Alfred Junge, art direction and set decoration,
Black Narcissus |
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| Sound Recording |
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, The Bishop's
Wife |
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MGM Studio Sound Department, Green Dolphin Street |
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Sound Service, Inc., T-Men |
| Music |
| Song |
“A Gal in Calico,” The Time, the Place and
the Girl, Arthur Schwartz, music; Leo Robin,
lyrics |
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“I Wish I Didn't Love You So,” The Perils of
Pauline, Frank Loesser, music and lyrics |
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“Pass That Peace Pipe,” Good News, Ralph
Blane, Hugh Martin and Roger Edens, music and lyrics |
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“You Do,” Mother Wore Tights, Josef Myrow,
music; Mack Gordon, lyrics |
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“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” Song of the South,
Allie Wrubel, music; Ray Gilbert, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
Hugo Friedhofer, The Bishop's Wife |
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Alfred Newman, Captain From Castile |
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David Raksin, Forever Amber |
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Miklos Rozsa, A Double Life |
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Max Steiner, Life With Father |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith and Charles
Wolcott, Song of the South |
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Robert Emmett Dolan, Road to Rio |
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Johnny Green, Fiesta |
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Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner, My Wild Irish
Rose |
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Alfred Newman, Mother Wore Tights |
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| Film Editing |
Monica Collingwood, The Bishop's Wife |
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Harmon Jones, Gentleman's Agreement |
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Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish, Body and Soul |
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Fergus McDonnell, Odd Man Out |
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George White, Green Dolphin Street |
| Special Effects |
Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings,
Wallace Kelley and Paul Lerpae, visual; George Dutton,
audible, Unconquered |
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A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe, visual;
Douglas Shearer and Michael Steinore, audible, Green
Dolphin Street |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Chip an' Dale (Donald Duck Series) (Walt
Disney Productions; RKO Radio) |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (Tom and Jerry
Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM) |
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Pluto's Blue Note (Pluto Series) (Walt
Disney Productions; RKO Radio) |
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Tubby the Tuba (George Pal Puppetoon Series)
(George Pal, producer; Paramount) |
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Tweetie Pie (Merrie Melodies Series)
(Edward Selzer, producer; Warner Bros.) |
| One-Reel |
Brooklyn, U.S.A. (Variety View Series)
(Thomas Mead, producer; Universal-International) |
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Goodbye Miss Turlock (John Nesbitt Passing
Parade Series) (Herbert Moulton, producer; MGM) |
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Moon Rockets (Popular Science Series) (Jerry
Fairbanks, producer; Paramount) |
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Now You See It (Pete Smith Specialty Series)
(Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
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So You Want to Be in Pictures (Joe McDoakes
Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner
Bros.) |
| Two-Reel |
Champagne for Two (Musical Parade Featurette
Series) (Harry Grey, producer; Paramount) |
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Climbing the Matterhorn (Color Series)
(Irving Allen, producer; Monogram) |
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Fight of the Wild Stallions (Featurette Series)
(Thomas Mead, producer; Universal-International) |
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Give Us the Earth (Herbert Morgan, producer;
MGM) |
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A Voice Is Born: The Story of Niklos Gafni
(Musical Featurette Series) (Ben Blake, producer;
Columbia) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
First Steps (United Nations Division
of Films and Visual Education) |
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Passport to Nowhere (This Is America Series)
(Frederic Ullman, Jr., producer; RKO Pathé) |
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School in the Mailbox (Australian News
and Information Bureau) |
| Feature |
Design for Death (Theron Warth and Richard
O. Fleischer, producers; RKO Radio) |
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Journey Into Medicine (U.S. State Department
Office of Information and Educational Exchange) |
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The World Is Rich (Paul Rotha, producer;
British Information Services) |
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| Special Awards |
To James Baskett for his able and heartwarming
characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and storyteller
to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song
of the South |
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To Bill and Coo, in which artistry and
patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the
medium of motion pictures |
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To Shoeshine, 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. |
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To Colonel William N. Selig, Albert E. Smith, Thomas
Armat and George K. Spoor, 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 worldwide acclaim |
