Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 1945 will be presented on Thursday, March 7, at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Nominations for the 18th Academy Awards were announced Sunday, January 27, 1946, by Academy President Jean Hersholt.
Best Motion Picture
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“Anchors Aweigh” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Joe Pasternak, Producer -
“The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio)
Leo McCarey, Producer -
“The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
Charles Brackett, Producer -
“Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
Jerry Wald, Producer -
“Spellbound” (United Artists)
David O. Selznick, Producer
Best Director
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“The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio)
Leo McCarey -
“The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
Billy Wilder -
“National Velvet” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Clarence Brown -
“The Southerner” (United Artists)
Jean Renoir -
“Spellbound” (United Artists)
Alfred Hitchcock
Best Actor
- Bing Crosby in “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio)
- Gene Kelly in “Anchors Aweigh” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Ray Milland in “The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
- Gregory Peck in “The Keys of the Kingdom” (20th Century-Fox)
- Cornel Wilde in “A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures)
Best Supporting Actor
- Michael Chekhov in “Spellbound” (United Artists)
- John Dall in “The Corn Is Green” (Warner Bros.)
- James Dunn in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” (20th Century-Fox)
- Robert Mitchum in “The Story of G.I. Joe” (United Artists)
- J. Carrol Naish in “A Medal for Benny” (Paramount Pictures)
Best Actress
- Ingrid Bergman in “The Bells of St. Mary” (RKO Radio)
- Joan Crawford in “Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
- Greer Garson in “The Valley of Decision” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Jennifer Jones in “Love Letters” (Paramount Pictures)
- Gene Tierney in “Leave Her to Heaven” (20th Century-Fox)
Best Supporting Actress
- Eve Arden in “Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
- Ann Blyth in “Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
- Angela Lansbury in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Joan Lorring in “The Corn Is Green” (Warner Bros.)
- Anne Revere in “National Velvet” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Best Original Screenplay
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“Dillinger” (Monogram Pictures)
Screenplay by Philip Yordan -
“Marie-Louise” (Praesens-Film)
Screenplay by Richard Schweizer -
“Music for Millions” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Screenplay by Myles Connolly -
“Salty O’Rourke” (Paramount Pictures)
Screenplay by Milton Holmes -
“What Next, Corporal Hargrove?” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Screenplay by Harry Kurnitz
Best Screenplay
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“Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Ranald MacDougall -
“The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
Screenplay by Charles Brackett -
“Pride of the Marines” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Albert Maltz -
“The Story of G.I. Joe” (United Artists)
Screenplay by Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore & Philip Stevenson -
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” (20th Century-Fox)
Screenplay by Frank Davis & Tess Slesinger
Best Motion Picture Story
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“The Affairs of Susan” (Paramount Pictures)
Story by Laszlo Gorog & Thomas Monroe -
“The House of 92nd Street” (20th Century-Fox)
Story by Charles G. Booth -
“A Medal for Benny” (Paramount Pictures)
Story by John Steinbeck & Jack Wagner -
“Objective, Burma!” (Warner Bros.)
Story by Alvah Bessie -
“A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures)
Story by Ernst Marischka
Best Documentary Feature
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“The Last Bomb” (Warner Bros.)
First Motion Picture Unit
Frank Lloyd -
“The True Glory” (Columbia Pictures)
Office of War Information, Ministry of Information
Garson Kanin & Carol Reed
Best Documentary Short Subject
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“Hitler Lives” (Warner Bros.)
Don Siegel -
“Library of Congress”
Office of War Information
Alexander Hammid -
“To the Shores of Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
U.S. Marine Corps
Milton Sperling
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel
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“Along the Rainbow Trail”
Edmund Reek -
“Screen Snapshots’ 25th Anniversary”
Ralph Staub -
“Stairway to Light”
Herbert Moulton and Jerry Bresler -
“Story of a Dog”
Gordon Hollingshead -
“White Rhapsody”
Grantland Rice -
“Your National Gallery”
Joseph O’Brien and Thomas Mead
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel
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“A Gun in His Hand”
Chester Franklin -
“The Jury Goes Round ‘N’ Round”
Jules White -
“The Little Witch”
George Templeton -
“Star in the Night”
Gordon Hollingshead
Best Short Subject - Cartoons
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“Donald’s Crime”
Walt Disney -
“Jasper and the Beanstalk”
George Pal -
“Life with Feathers”
Edward Selzer -
“Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life”
Paul Terry -
“The Poet and Peasant”
Walter Lantz -
“Quiet Please!”
Fred Quimby -
“Rippling Romance”
Ray Katz
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio) Robert Emmett Dolan
- “Brewster’s Millions” (United Artists) Lou Forbes
- “Captain Kidd” (United Artists) Werner Janssen
- “The Enchanted Cottage” (RKO Radio) Roy Webb
- “Flame of Barbary Coast” (Republic Pictures) Dale Butts and Morton Scott
- “G. I. Honeymoon” (Monogram Pictures) Edward J. Kay
- “Guest in the House” (United Artists) Werner Janssen
- “Guest Wife” (United Artists) Daniele Amfitheatrof
- “The Keys of the Kingdom” (20th Century-Fox) Alfred Newman
- “The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures) Miklos Rozsa
- “Love Letters” (Paramount Pictures) Victor Young
- “The Man Who Walked Alone” (PRC Pictures, Inc.) Karl Hajos
- “Objective, Burma!” (Warner Bros.) Franz Waxman
- “Paris Underground” (United Artists) Alexandre Tansman
- “A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures) Miklos Rozsa and Morris Stoloff
- “Spellbound” (United Artists) Miklos Rozsa
- “The Southerner” (United Artists) Werner Janssen
- “The Story of G.I. Joe” (United Artists) Louis Applebaum and Ann Ronell
- “This Love of Ours” (Universal Pictures) H. J. Salter
- “The Valley of Decision” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Herbert Stothart
- “The Woman in the Window” (RKO Radio) Hugo Friedhofer and Arthur Lange
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
- “Anchors Aweigh” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Georgie Stoll
- “Belle of the Yukon” (RKO Radio) Arthur Lange
- “Can’t Help Singing” (Universal Pictures) Jerome Kern and H. J. Salter
- “Hitchhike to Happiness” (Republic Pictures) Morton Scott
- “Incendiary Blonde” (Paramount Pictures) Robert Emmett Dolan
- “Rhapsody in Blue” (Warner Bros.) Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner
- “State Fair” (20th Century-Fox) Charles Henderson and Alfred Newman
- “Sunbonnet Sue” (Monogram Pictures) Edward J. Kay
- “The Three Caballeros” (Walt Disney, RKO) Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott
- “Tonight and Every Night” (Columbia Pictures) Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff
- “Why Girls Leave Home” (PRC Pictures, Inc.) Walter Greene
- “Wonder Man” (RKO Radio) Lou Forbes and Ray Heindorf
Best Original Song
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“Accentuate the Positive” from “Here Come the Waves” (Paramount Pictures)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyric by Johnny Mercer -
“Anywhere” from “Tonight and Every Night” (Columbia Pictures)
Music by Jule Styne
Lyric by Sammy Cahn -
“Aren’t You Glad You’re You” from “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio)
Music by James Van Heusen
Lyric by Johnny Burke -
“The Cat and the Canary” from “Why Girls Leave Home” (PRC Pictures, Inc.)
Music by Jay Livingston
Lyric by Ray Evans -
“Endlessly” from “Earl Carroll Vanities” (Republic Pictures)
Music by Walter Kent
Lyric by Kim Gannon -
“I Fall in Love Too Easily” from “Anchors Aweigh” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Music by Jule Styne
Lyric by Sammy Cahn -
“I’ll Buy That Dream” from “Sing Your Way Home” (RKO Radio)
Music by Allie Wrubel
Lyric by Herb Magidson -
“It Might as Well Be Spring” from “State Fair” (20th Century-Fox)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II -
“Linda” from “The Story of G.I. Joe” (United Artists)
Music and Lyric by Ann Ronell -
“Love Letters” from “Love Letters” (Paramount Pictures)
Music by Victor Young
Lyric by Edward Heyman -
“More and More” from “Can’t Help Singing” (Universal Pictures)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyric by E. Y. Harburg -
“Sleighride in July” from “Belle of the Yukon” (RKO Radio)
Music by James Van Heusen
Lyric by Johnny Burke -
“So in Love” from “Wonder Man” (RKO Radio)
Music by David Rose
Lyric by Leo Robin -
“Some Sunday Morning” from “San Antonio” (Warner Bros.)
Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome
Lyric by Ted Koehler
Best Sound Recording
- “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio) Stephen Dunn
- “Flame of Barbary Coast” (Republic Pictures) Daniel J. Bloomberg
- “Lady on a Train” (Universal Pictures) Bernard B. Brown
- “Leave Her to Heaven” (20th Century-Fox) Thomas T. Moulton
- “Rhapsody in Blue” (Warner Bros.) Nathan Levinson
- “A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures) John P. Livadary
- “The Southerner” (United Artists) Jack Whitney
- “They Were Expendable” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Douglas Shearer
- “The Three Caballeros” (Walt Disney, RKO) C. O. Slyfield
- “Three Is a Family” (United Artists) W. V. Wolfe
- “The Unseen” (Paramount Pictures) Loren L. Ryder
- “Wonder Man” (RKO Radio) Gordon E. Sawyer
Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
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“Blood on the Sun” (United Artists)
Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen
Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields -
“Experiment Perilous” (RKO Radio)
Art Direction: Albert S. D’Agostino and Jack Okey
Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude E. Carpenter -
“The Keys of the Kingdom” (20th Century-Fox)
Art Direction: James Basevi and William S. Darling
Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes -
“Love Letters” (Paramount Pictures)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer -
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters
Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar and Hugh Hunt
Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration, Color
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“Frenchman’s Creek” (Paramount Pictures)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte
Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer -
“Leave Her to Heaven” (20th Century-Fox)
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Maurice Ransford
Interior Decoration: Thomas Little -
“National Velvet” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary
Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Mildred Griffiths -
“San Antonio” (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Ted Smith
Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy -
“A Thousand and One Nights” (Columbia Pictures)
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson and Rudolph Sternad
Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
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“The Keys of the Kingdom” (20th Century-Fox)
Arthur C. Miller -
“The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
John F. Seitz -
“Mildred Pierce” (Warner Bros.)
Ernest Haller -
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Harry Stradling -
“Spellbound” (United Artists)
George Barnes
Best Cinematography, Color
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“Anchors Aweigh” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Robert Planck and Charles P. Boyle -
“Leave Her to Heaven” (20th Century-Fox)
Leon Shamroy -
“National Velvet” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Leonard Smith -
“A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures)
Tony Gaudio and Allen M. Davey -
“The Spanish Main” (RKO Radio)
George Barnes
Best Film Editing
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“The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO Radio)
Harry Marker -
“The Lost Weekend” (Paramount Pictures)
Doane Harrison -
“National Velvet” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Robert J. Kern -
“Objective, Burma!” (Warner Bros.)
George Amy -
“A Song to Remember” (Columbia Pictures)
Charles Nelson
Best Special Effects
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“Captain Eddie” (20th Century-Fox)
Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen and Sol Halperin
Sound Effects: Roger Heman Sr. and Harry M. Leonard -
“Spellbound” (United Artists)
Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove -
“They Were Expendable” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and R. A. MacDonald
Sound Effects: Michael Steinore -
“A Thousand and One Nights” (Columbia Pictures)
Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler
Sound Effects: Ray Bomba -
“Wonder Man” (RKO Radio)
Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Sound Effects: Arthur Johns