Best Picture

WINNER

The Lost Weekend: (Paramount)

NOMINEES

Anchors Aweigh: (M-G-M)

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The Bells of St. Mary's: (Rainbow Productions)

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Mildred Pierce: (Warner Bros.)

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Spellbound: (Selznick International Pictures)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Lost Weekend: Ray Milland

NOMINEES

The Bells of St. Mary's: Bing Crosby

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Anchors Aweigh: Gene Kelly

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The Keys of the Kingdom: Gregory Peck

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A Song to Remember: Cornel Wilde

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Mildred Pierce: Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford was not present at the awards ceremony and feigned ill that night. Meanwhile she listened to the show on the radio. When she won, she ushered the press into her bedroom, where she finally accepted her Oscar.

NOMINEES

The Bells of St. Mary's: Ingrid Bergman

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The Valley of Decision: Greer Garson

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Love Letters: Jennifer Jones

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Leave Her to Heaven: Gene Tierney

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: James Dunn

NOMINEES

Spellbound: Michael Chekhov

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The Corn Is Green: John Dall

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Story of G.I. Joe: Robert Mitchum

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A Medal for Benny: J. Carrol Naish

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

National Velvet: Anne Revere

NOMINEES

Mildred Pierce: Eve Arden

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Mildred Pierce: Ann Blyth

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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Angela Lansbury

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The Corn Is Green: Joan Lorring

Best Director

WINNER

The Lost Weekend: Billy Wilder

NOMINEES

National Velvet: Clarence Brown

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Spellbound: Alfred Hitchcock

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The Bells of St. Mary's: Leo McCarey

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The Southerner: Jean Renoir

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Marie-Louise: Richard Schweizer

NOMINEES

Dillinger: Philip Yordan

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Music for Millions: Myles Connolly

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Salty O'Rourke: Milton Holmes

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What Next, Corporal Hargrove?: Harry Kurnitz

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER

The House on 92nd Street: Charles G. Booth

NOMINEES

The Affairs of Susan: László Görög, Thomas Monroe

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A Medal for Benny: John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner

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Objective, Burma!: Alvah Bessie

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A Song to Remember: Ernst Marischka

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER

The Lost Weekend: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

NOMINEES

Mildred Pierce: Ranald MacDougall

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Pride of the Marines: Albert Maltz

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Story of G.I. Joe: Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Frank Davis, Tess Slesinger

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER

Leave Her to Heaven: Leon Shamroy

NOMINEES

Anchors Aweigh: Robert H. Planck, Charles P. Boyle

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National Velvet: Leonard Smith

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A Song to Remember: Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey

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The Spanish Main: George Barnes

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Harry Stradling Sr.

NOMINEES

The Keys of the Kingdom: Arthur C. Miller

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The Lost Weekend: John F. Seitz

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Mildred Pierce: Ernest Haller

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Spellbound: George Barnes

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER

Blood on the Sun: Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields

NOMINEES

Experiment Perilous: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter

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The Keys of the Kingdom: James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes

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Love Letters: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar, Hugh Hunt

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

WINNER

Frenchman's Creek: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Sam Comer

NOMINEES

Leave Her to Heaven: Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little

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National Velvet: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths

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San Antonio: Ted Smith, Jack McConaghy

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A Thousand and One Nights: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad, Frank Tuttle

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

The Bells of St. Mary's: Stephen Dunn (RKO Radio SSD)

NOMINEES

Flame of Barbary Coast: Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)

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Lady on a Train: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)

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Leave Her to Heaven: Thomas T. Moulton (20th Century-Fox SSD)

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Rhapsody in Blue: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)

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A Song to Remember: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)

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The Southerner: Jack Whitney (Sound Services Inc.)

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They Were Expendable: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)

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The Three Caballeros: C.O. Slyfield (Walt Disney SSD)

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Three Is a Family: W.V. Wolfe (RCA Sound)

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The Unseen: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)

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Wonder Man: Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

National Velvet: Robert Kern

NOMINEES

The Bells of St. Mary's: Harry Marker

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The Lost Weekend: Doane Harrison

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Objective, Burma!: George Amy

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A Song to Remember: Charles Nelson

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

Wonder Man: John P. Fulton (photographic), Arthur Johns (sound)

NOMINEES

Captain Eddie: Fred Sersen (photographic), Sol Halperin (photographic), Roger Heman Sr. (sound), Harry M. Leonard (sound)

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Spellbound: Jack Cosgrove (photographic)

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They Were Expendable: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Donald Jahraus (photographic), R.A. MacDonald (photographic), Michael Steinore (sound)

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A Thousand and One Nights: Lawrence W. Butler (photographic), Ray Bomba (sound)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

State Fair: Richard Rodgers (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
For the song "It Might as Well Be Spring"

NOMINEES

Here Come the Waves: Harold Arlen (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
For the song "Accentuate the Positive"

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Tonight and Every Night: Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "Anywhere"

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The Bells of St. Mary's: Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
For the song "Aren't You Glad You're You"

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Why Girls Leave Home: Jay Livingston (music), Ray Evans (lyrics)
For the song "The Cat and the Canary"

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Earl Carroll Vanities: Walter Kent (music), Kim Gannon (lyrics)
For the song "Endlessly"

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Anchors Aweigh: Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "I Fall in Love Too Easily"

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Sing Your Way Home: Allie Wrubel (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics)
For the song "I'll Buy That Dream"

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Story of G.I. Joe: Ann Ronell
For the song "Linda"

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Love Letters: Victor Young (music), Edward Heyman (lyrics)
For the song "Love Letters"

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Can't Help Singing: Jerome Kern (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)
For the song "More and More"

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Belle of the Yukon: Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
For the song "Sleighride in July"

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Wonder Man: David Rose (music), Leo Robin (lyrics)
For the song "So in Love"

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San Antonio: Ray Heindorf (music), M.K. Jerome (music), Ted Koehler (lyrics)
For the song "Some Sunday Morning"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER

Anchors Aweigh: George Stoll
On 10 September 2001 Kevin Spacey purchased Stoll's Oscar statuette at a Butterfields auction in Los Angeles and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

NOMINEES

Belle of the Yukon: Arthur Lange

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Can't Help Singing: Jerome Kern, Hans J. Salter

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Hitchhike to Happiness: Morton Scott

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Incendiary Blonde: Robert Emmett Dolan

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Rhapsody in Blue: Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

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State Fair: Charles Henderson, Alfred Newman

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Sunbonnet Sue: Edward J. Kay

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The Three Caballeros: Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott

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Tonight and Every Night: Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff

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Why Girls Leave Home: Walter Greene

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Wonder Man: Louis Forbes, Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER

Spellbound: Miklós Rózsa

NOMINEES

The Bells of St. Mary's: Robert Emmett Dolan

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Brewster's Millions: Louis Forbes

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Captain Kidd: Werner Janssen

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The Enchanted Cottage: Roy Webb

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Flame of Barbary Coast: R. Dale Butts, Morton Scott

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G.I. Honeymoon: Edward J. Kay

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Guest in the House: Werner Janssen

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Guest Wife: Daniele Amfitheatrof

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The Keys of the Kingdom: Alfred Newman

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The Lost Weekend: Miklós Rózsa

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Love Letters: Victor Young

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The Man Who Walked Alone: Karl Hajos

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Objective, Burma!: Franz Waxman

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Paris Underground: Alexander Tansman

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A Song to Remember: Miklós Rózsa, Morris Stoloff

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The Southerner: Werner Janssen

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Story of G.I. Joe: Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell

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This Love of Ours: Hans J. Salter

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The Valley of Decision: Herbert Stothart

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The Woman in the Window: Hugo Friedhofer, Arthur Lange

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER

Star in the Night: Gordon Hollingshead

NOMINEES

A Gun in His Hand: Chester M. Franklin

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The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round: Jules White

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The Little Witch: George Templeton

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER

Stairway to Light: Herbert Moulton

NOMINEES

Along the Rainbow Trail: Edmund Reek

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Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary: Ralph Staub

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Story of a Dog: Gordon Hollingshead

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White Rhapsody: Grantland Rice

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Your National Gallery: Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

Quiet Please!: Fred Quimby

NOMINEES

Donald's Crime: Walt Disney

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Jasper and the Beanstalk: George Pal

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Life with Feathers: Edward Selzer

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Gypsy Life: Paul Terry

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The Poet & Peasant: Walter Lantz

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Rippling Romance: (Columbia)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

Hitler Lives: (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES

Library of Congress: (Office of War Information)

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To the Shores of Iwo Jima: (U.S. Marine Corps)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

The True Glory: (Government of Great Britain, Government of USA)

NOMINEE

The Last Bomb: (U.S. Army Air Force)

WINNER

Peggy Ann Garner
For the outstanding child actress of 1945.

WINNERS

The House I Live In: Mervyn LeRoy, Frank Ross, Frank Sinatra, Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson, Albert Maltz
For tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song "The House I Live In" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.

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Walter Wanger
For his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (special plaque).

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Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic Studio, Republic Sound Department)
For the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design (certificate).

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Loren L. Ryder, Charles R. Daily (Paramount Studio Sound Department)
For the design, construction and use of the first dial-controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit.

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Michael S. Leshing (20th Century-Fox Studio), Benjamin C. Robinson (20th Century-Fox Studio), Arthur B. Chatelain (20th Century-Fox Studio), Robert C. Stevens (20th Century-Fox Studio), John G. Capstaff (Eastman Kodak Co.)
For the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine.