18th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB
name = 18th
date = March 7, 1946
site = Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
host = James Stewart and Bob Hope
last = 17th
next = 19th

The 18th Academy Awards was the first such ceremony after World War II. As a result, the ceremony featured more glamour than had been present during the war. Plaster statuettes that had been given out during the war years were replaced with bronze statuettes with gold plate.

Bing Crosby was nominated for a second time for playing Father O’Malley, this time in "The Bells of St. Mary's". (He had won the year before in "Going My Way".) He did not win in the second time nomination.

Awards

Best Picture : "The Lost Weekend"

Best Director : Billy Wilder, "The Lost Weekend"

Best Actor : Ray Milland, "The Lost Weekend"

Best Supporting Actor : James Dunn, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

Best Actress : Joan Crawford, "Mildred Pierce"

Best Supporting Actress : Anne Revere, "National Velvet"

Best Original Screenplay : Richard Schweizer, "Marie-Louise"

Best Original Story : Charles G. Booth, "The House on 92nd Street"

Best Screenplay Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, "The Lost Weekend"