20th Academy Awards
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- DirectorElia KazanStarsGregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn GarfieldA reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.Winner - Best Motion Picture
Winner - Best Director for Elia Kazan
Nominated - Best Actor for Gregory Peck
Nominated - Best Actress for Dorothy McGuire
Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Celeste Holm
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Anne Revere
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Moss Hart
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Harmon Jones - DirectorHenry KosterStarsCary GrantLoretta YoungDavid NivenA debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.Nominated - Best Motion Picture
Nominated - Best Director for Henry Koster
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Hugo Friedhofer
Winner - Best Sound Recording for Gordon E. Sawyer
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Monica Collingwood - DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert YoungRobert MitchumRobert RyanA man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?Nominated - Best Motion Pictures
Nominated - Best Director for Edward Dmytryk
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Robert Ryan
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Gloria Grahame
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for John Paxton - DirectorDavid LeanStarsJohn MillsValerie HobsonTony WagerA humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.Nominated - Best Motion Pictures
Nominated - Best Director for David Lean
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for avid Lean, Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan
Winner - Best Art Direction, Black and White
Winner - Best Cinematography, Black and White - DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.Nominated - Best Motion Pictures
Winner - Best Supporting Actor for Edmund Gwenn
Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for George Seaton
Winner - Best Story for Valentine Davies - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsRonald ColmanEdmond O'BrienSigne HassoA celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.Nominated - Best Director for George Cukor
Winner - Best Actor for Ronald Colman
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
Winner - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Miklos Rozsa - DirectorRobert RossenStarsJohn GarfieldLilli PalmerHazel BrooksA talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.Nominated - Best Actor for John Garfield
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Abraham Polonsky
Winner - Best Film Editing for Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellIrene DunneElizabeth TaylorA straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.Nominated - Best Actor for William Powell
Nominated - Best Dramatic or Comedy Score for Max Steiner
Nominated - Best Art Direction, Color
Nominated - Best Cinematography, Color for Peverell Marley and William V. Skall - DirectorDudley NicholsStarsRosalind RussellMichael RedgraveRaymond MasseyEugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.Nominated - Best Actor for Michael Redgrave
Nominated - Best Actress for Rosalind Russell - DirectorH.C. PotterStarsLoretta YoungJoseph CottenEthel BarrymoreAfter leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.Winner - Best Actress for Loretta Young
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Charles Bickford - DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsJoan CrawfordVan HeflinRaymond MasseyAfter being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.Nominated - Best Actress for Joan Crawford
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsSusan HaywardLee BowmanMarsha HuntA successful nightclub singer weds a struggling songwriter, but when his fame eclipses hers, she delves into alcoholism.Nominated - Best Actress for Susan Hayward
Nominated - Best Story for Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett - DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryThomas GomezWanda HendrixWW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Thomas Gomez
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsVictor MatureBrian DonlevyColeen GrayA crook arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind once his wife dies under worrying circumstances.Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Richard Widmark
Nominated - Best Story for Eleazar Lipsky - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsGregory PeckAnn ToddCharles LaughtonA happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore
- DirectorChester ErskineStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayMarjorie MainOn their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Marjorie Main
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyShirley TempleA high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.Winner - Best Original Screenplay for Sidney Sheldon
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsRinaldo SmordoniFranco InterlenghiAnnielo MeleTwo shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola and Cesare Zavattini
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMady CorrellAllison RoddanA suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Charlie Chaplin
- DirectorElia KazanStarsDana AndrewsJane WyattLee J. CobbThe true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Richard Murphy
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsNoël-NoëlMicheline FranceyRené GéninIn France, in 1930, the supervisor of a reformatory for young offenders seeks to awaken in them the love of music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of the institution's director.Nominated - Best Story for Georges Chaperot and René Wheeler
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles RugglesTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.Nominated - Best Story for Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetThomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.Winner - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJack HannahStarsJames MacDonaldDessie FlynnClarence NashDonald needs a log for his fire. Unfortunately, the one he picks is occupied by a couple of chipmunks and their stash of acorns. When he cuts it down, Chip and Dale fall out, but their acorns stay behind, so they work at putting out Donald's fire and retrieving their stash. Donald, of course, takes this as calmly and cheerfully as you would expect.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaTom, sick of Jerry stealing the milk out of his bowl, poisons it. Instead of killing the mouse, the potion transforms him into a muscular beast.Nominated - Best Animated Short Film