The 20th Oscars
101 nominations in 24 categories.
The night's big films
3 of 8
2 of 5
1 of 5
0 of 5
3 of 4- 2 of 4
Every category
Best Picture
- 20th Century-Fox
- RKO Radio
- J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild
- 20th Century-Fox
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Best Director
Best Actor
- Ronald Colman · Anthony John
- John Garfield · Charlie Davis
- Gregory Peck · Phil Green
- William Powell · Clarence Day
- Michael Redgrave · Orin Mannon
Best Actress
- Loretta Young · Katrin Holstrom
- Rosalind Russell · Lavinia Mannon
- Joan Crawford · Louise Howell
Best Supporting Actor
- Edmund Gwenn · Kris Kringle
- Robert Ryan · Montgomery
- Richard Widmark · Tommy Udo
- Thomas Gomez · Pancho
Best Supporting Actress
- Gloria Grahame · Ginny Tremaine
- Anne Revere · Mrs. Green
- Marjorie Main · Ma Kettle
- Ethel Barrymore · Lady Sophie Horfield
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Story
Best Documentary Feature
- Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers
- United States Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange
- Paul Rotha, Producer
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton
Best Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge- Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Best Original Score
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score
Best Original Song
Song of the South · Zip-A-Dee-Doo-DahMusic by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Ray Gilbert- Good News · Pass That Peace Pipe
- Mother Wore Tights · You DoMusic by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- The Perils of Pauline · I Wish I Didn't Love You SoMusic and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
- The Time, the Place and the Girl · A Gal In CalicoMusic by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Best Sound
- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Best Visual Effects
- Special Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Special Audible Effects by Douglas Shearer, Michael Steinore
- Special Visual Effects by Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings, Wallace Kelley, Paul Lerpae; Special Audible Effects by George Dutton
Best Documentary Short
- United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information
- Australian News & Information Bureau
Best Animated Short
- Edward Selzer, Producer
- Walt Disney, Producer
- Walt Disney, Producer
- George Pal, Producer
Best Live Action Short (One-reel)
- Herbert Moulton, Producer
- Thomas Mead, Producer
- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
- Pete Smith, Producer
Best Live Action Short (Two-reel)
- Irving Allen, Producer
- Harry Grey, Producer
- Thomas Mead, Producer
- Herbert Morgan, Producer
Honorary and special awards
Special Award
- Bill and Coo
To Bill and Coo, in which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures.
- Shoe-Shine
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 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.
- William N. Selig, Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat, George K. Spoor
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.