Academy Awards, USA
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s
Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
A Double Life

Nominated

William Powell
William Powell
Life with Father
John Garfield
John Garfield
Body and Soul
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Gentleman's Agreement
Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Mourning Becomes Electra
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn
Miracle on 34th Street

Nominated

Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford
The Farmer's Daughter
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Ride the Pink Horse
Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
Crossfire
Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Kiss of Death
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Loretta Young
Loretta Young
The Farmer's Daughter

Nominated

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Possessed
Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell
Mourning Becomes Electra
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
Gentleman's Agreement
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm
Gentleman's Agreement

Nominated

Anne Revere
Anne Revere
Gentleman's Agreement
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
The Paradine Case
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame
Crossfire
Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
The Egg and I
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Winner
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
John Bryan
Wilfred Shingleton

Nominated

The Foxes of Harrow
The Foxes of Harrow
Lyle R. Wheeler
Maurice Ransford
Thomas Little
Paul S. Fox
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus
Alfred Junge

Nominated

Life with Father
Life with Father
Robert M. Haas
George James Hopkins
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Guy Green

Nominated

Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street
George J. Folsey
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Charles Lang
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus
Jack Cardiff

Nominated

Life with Father
Life with Father
J. Peverell Marley
William V. Skall
Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights
Harry Jackson
Best Director
Winner
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement

Nominated

David Lean
David Lean
Great Expectations
Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk
Crossfire
George Cukor
George Cukor
A Double Life
Henry Koster
Henry Koster
The Bishop's Wife
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
Design for Death
Design for Death
Sid Rogell
Theron Warth
Richard Fleischer

Nominated

Journey Into Medicine
Journey Into Medicine
The World Is Rich
The World Is Rich
Paul Rotha
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner
First Steps
First Steps

Nominated

School in the Mailbox
School in the Mailbox
Passport to Nowhere
Passport to Nowhere
Frederic Ullman Jr.
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner
Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe
Douglas Shearer
Michael Steinore

Nominated

Unconquered
Unconquered
Farciot Edouart
Devereaux Jennings
Gordon Jennings
W. Wallace Kelley
Paul K. Lerpae
George Dutton
Best Film Editing
Winner
Body and Soul
Body and Soul
Francis D. Lyon
Robert Parrish

Nominated

The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
Monica Collingwood
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
Harmon Jones
Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street
George White
Odd Man Out
Odd Man Out
Fergus McDonell
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
Song of the South
Song of the South
Allie Wrubel
Ray Gilbert

Nominated

Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights
Josef Myrow
Mack Gordon
The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Arthur Schwartz
Leo Robin
The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline
Frank Loesser
Good News
Good News
Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane
Roger Edens
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Winner
A Double Life
A Double Life
Miklós Rózsa

Nominated

The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
Hugo Friedhofer
Life with Father
Life with Father
Max Steiner
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile
Alfred Newman
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
David Raksin
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Winner
Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights
Alfred Newman

Nominated

Song of the South
Song of the South
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Paul J. Smith
Charles Wolcott
Road to Rio
Road to Rio
Robert Emmett Dolan
Fiesta
Fiesta
Johnny Green
My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose
Ray Heindorf
Max Steiner
Best Picture
Winner
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement

Nominated

Crossfire
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
Tweetie Pie
Tweetie Pie
Edward Selzer

Nominated

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Fred Quimby
Pluto's Blue Note
Pluto's Blue Note
Walt Disney
Tubby the Tuba
Tubby the Tuba
George Pal
Chip an' Dale
Chip an' Dale
Walt Disney
Best Short Subject, One-reel
Winner
Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Herbert Moulton

Nominated

Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Thomas Mead
So You Want to Be in Pictures
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Gordon Hollingshead
Moon Rockets
Moon Rockets
Jerry Fairbanks
Now You See It
Now You See It
Pete Smith
Best Short Subject, Two-reel
Winner
Climbing the Matterhorn
Climbing the Matterhorn
Irving Allen

Nominated

Fight of the Wild Stallions
Fight of the Wild Stallions
Thomas Mead
A Voice Is Born
A Voice Is Born
Ben K. Blake
Champagne for Two
Champagne for Two
Harry Grey
Give Us the Earth!
Give Us the Earth!
Herbert Morgan
Best Sound, Recording
Winner
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
Gordon Sawyer

Nominated

Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street
Douglas Shearer
T-Men
T-Men
Jack Whitney
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Winner
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Sidney Sheldon

Nominated

A Double Life
A Double Life
Ruth Gordon
Garson Kanin
Body and Soul
Body and Soul
Abraham Polonsky
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux
Charles Chaplin
Shoeshine
Shoeshine
Sergio Amidei
Adolfo Franci
Cesare Giulio Viola
Cesare Zavattini
Best Writing, Original Story
Winner
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
Valentine Davies

Nominated

Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
Eleazar Lipsky
A Cage of Nightingales
A Cage of Nightingales
Georges Chaperot
René Wheeler
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Herbert Clyde Lewis
Frederick Stephani
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Dorothy Parker
Frank Cavett
Best Writing, Screenplay
Winner
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton

Nominated

Boomerang!
Boomerang!
Richard Murphy
Crossfire
Crossfire
John Paxton
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
David Lean
Ronald Neame
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
Moss Hart