17th Academy Awards
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- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.Winner - Best Motion Picture
Winner - Best Director for Leo McCarey
Winner - Best Actor for Bing Crosby
Nominated - Best Actor for Barry Fitzgerald
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Barry Fitzgerald
Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Frank Butler and Frank Cavett
Winner - Best Story for Leo McCarey
Winner - Best Original Song for "Swinging on a Star"
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Lionel Lindon
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Leroy Stone - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Directory for Billy Wilder
Nominated - Best Actress for Barbara Stanwyck
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder
Nominated - Best Dramatic of Comedy Score for Miklós Rózsa
Nominated - Best Sound Recording for Loren L. Ryder
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for John F. Seitz - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph CottenTen years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Actor for Charles Boyer
Winner - Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Angela Lansbury
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten
Winner - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Joseph Ruttenberg - DirectorJohn CromwellEdward F. ClineTay GarnettStarsClaudette ColbertJennifer JonesJoseph CottenWith her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Actress for Claudette Colbert
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Monty Woolley
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Jones
Winner - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Max Steiner
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
Nominated - Best Special Effects - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Henry King
Nominated - Best Actor for Alexander Knox
Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Lamar Trotti
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Alfred Newman
Winner - Best Sound Recording for E. H. Hansen
Winner - Best Art Direction, Color
Winner - Best Cinematography, Color for Leon Shamroy
Winner - Best Film Editing for Barbara McLean
Nominated - Best Special Effects - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton WebbA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.Nominated - Best Director for Otto Preminger
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Clifton Webb
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Winner - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Joseph LaShelle - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Nominated - Best Director for Alfred Hitchcock
Nominated - Best Story for John Steinbeck
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Glen MacWilliams - DirectorClifford OdetsStarsCary GrantEthel BarrymoreBarry FitzgeraldWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.Nominated - Best Actor for Cary Grant
Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Roland Gross - DirectorVincent ShermanStarsBette DavisClaude RainsWalter AbelPopular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.Nominated - Best Actress for Bette Davis
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Claude Rains - DirectorTay GarnettStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonEdward ArnoldA widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.Nominated - Best Actress for Greer Garson
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Agnes Moorehead - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsSpencer TracySigne HassoHume CronynIn 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Hume Cronyn
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetJack ConwayStarsKatharine HepburnWalter HustonAline MacMahonThe lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Aline MacMahon
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Black and White for Sidney Wagner - DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenElla RainesRaymond WalburnWoodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Preston Sturges
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenBetty HuttonDiana LynnAfter an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Preston Sturges
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsVan JohnsonJune AllysonGloria DeHavenMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirerNominated - Best Original Screenplay for Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDon AmecheDana AndrewsWilliam EytheIn WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Jerome Cady
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe
Nominated - Best Musical Score for Georgie Stoll
Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Trolley Song"
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for George J. Folsey - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyIrene DunneVan JohnsonA dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.Nominated - Best Story for David Boehm and Chandler Sprague
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsMarsha HuntAlexander KnoxHenry TraversThe career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.Nominated - Best Story for Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsAnne BaxterThomas MitchellSelena RoyleThe lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression.Nominated - Best Story for Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaHarry LangTom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.Winner - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsGary GrayThird of the seven Academy Award® nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject and the second based on a story by Dr. Seuss. Marco, a young boy re-imagines progressively more elaborate scenes on Mulberry Street.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorHoward SwiftStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamEarl KeenA cat is apparently looking for lunch after chasing a mouse, some birds and a squirrel. It then spies in a backyard (SPOILERS?) a canary and a dog. The cat is initially successful at outwitting the dog, but mayhem then ensues.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsHarry LangGrace StaffordLionel StanderAn alley cat attempts to steal the goldfish Andy Panda just bought from a pet shop, but the fish proves too clever for him.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsFrank BullPinto ColvigJack KinneyTaking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film