19th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB
name = 19th
date = March 13, 1947
site = Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
host = Jack Benny
last = 18th
next = 20th

The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. "The Best Years of Our Lives" concerns the lives of three returning veterans from three branches of military service as they adjust to life on the home front after World War II.

The classic film "It's a Wonderful Life" lost in all categories in which it was nominated (Picture, Direction, Actor, Sound Recording and Editing).

Awards

Best Picture : "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Director : William Wyler, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Actor : Frederic March, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Supporting Actor : Harold Russell, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Actress : Olivia de Havilland, "To Each His Own"

Best Supporting Actress : Anne Baxter, "The Razor's Edge"

Best Original Story : Clemence Dane, "Vacation From Marriage"

Best Original Screenplay : Muriel Box and Sydney Box, "The Seventh Veil"

Best Screenplay : Robert E. Sherwood, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Art Direction (Black and White) : Art direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling, Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes, "Anna and the King of Siam"

Best Art Direction (Color) : Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, "The Yearling"

Best Cinematography (Black and White) : Arthur Miller, "Anna and the King of Siam"

Best Cinematography (Color) : Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling, "The Yearling"

Best Documentary : United States Department of War, "Seeds of Destiny"

Best Film Editing : Daniel Mandell, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) : Hugo Friedhofer, "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) : Morris Stoloff, "The Jolson Story"

Best Music (Song) : Music: Harry Warren, Lyrics: Johnny Mercer, "On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "The Harvey Girls"

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) : Frederick Quimby, Producer, "The Cat Concerto"

Best Short Subject (One Reel) : Gordon Hollingshead, Producer, "Facing Your Danger"

Best Short Subject (Two Reel) : Gordon Hollingshead, Producer, "A Boy and His Dog"

Best Sound Recording : Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director, "The Jolson Story"

Best Special Effects : Thomas Howard, "Blithe Spirit"