The Complete Oscar Quest: 19th Academy Awards (1946)
1946
Best Picture
- The Best Years of Our Loves
- Henry V
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Razor’s Edge
- The Yearling
Best Director
- Frank Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life
- David Lean, Brief Encounter
- Robert Siodmak, The Killers
- Sam Wood, The Yearling
- William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor
- Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives
- Laurence Olivier, Henry V
- Larry Parks, The Jolson Story
- Gregory Peck, The Yearling
- James Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life
Best Actress
- Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
- Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter
- Jennifer Jones, Duel in the Sun
- Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny
- Jane Wyman, The Yearling
Best Supporting Actor
- Charles Coburn, The Green Years
- William Demarest, The Jolson Story
- Claude Rains, Notorious
- Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives
- Clifton Webb, The Razor’s Edge
Best Supporting Actress
- Anne Baxter, The Razor’s Edge
- Ethel Barrymore, The Spiral Staircase
- Lillian Gish, Duel in the Sun
- Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk
- Gale Sondergaard, Anna and the King of Siam
Best Original Screenplay
- The Blue Dahlia
- Les Enfants du Paradis
- Notorious
- Road to Utopia
- The Seventh Veil
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Anna and the King of Siam
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Brief Encounter
- The Killers
- Rome, Open City
Best Story
- The Dark Mirror
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- The Stranger
- To Each His Own
- Vacation from Marriage
Best Editing
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Jolson Story
- The Killers
- The Yearling
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- Anna and the King of Siam
- The Green Years
Best Cinematography, Color
- The Jolson Story
- The Yearling
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
- Anna and the King of Siam
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Henry V
- Humoresque
- The Killers
Best Musical Score
- Blue Skies
- Centennial Summer
- The Harvey Girls
- The Jolson Story
- Night and Day
Best Original Song
- “All Through the Day,” from Centennial Summer
- “I Can’t Begin to Tell You,” from The Dolly Sisters
- “Ole Buttermilk Sky,” from Canyon Passage
- “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” from The Harvey Girls
- “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song,” from Blue Skies
Best Art Direction, Black and White
- Anna and the King of Siam
- Kitty
- The Razor’s Edge
Best Art Direction, Color
- Caesar and Cleopatra
- Henry V
- The Yearling
Best Special Effects
- Blithe Spirit
- A Stolen Life
Best Sound Recording
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Jolson Story
Best Documentary Short
- Atomic Power
- Life at the Zoo
- Paramount News Issue #37
- Seeds of Destiny
- Traffic with the Devil
Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel
- Dive-Hi Champs
- Facing Your Danger
- Golden Horses
- Smart as a Fox
- Sure Cures
Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel
- A Boy and His Dog
- College Queen
- Hiss and Yell
- The Luckiest Guy in the World
Best Animated Short
- The Cat Concerto
- Chopin’s Musical Moments
- John Henry and the Inky Poo
- Squatter’s Rights
- Walky Talky Hawky
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Anna and the King of Siam
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Blithe Spirit
- The Blue Dahlia
- Blue Skies
- Brief Encounter
- Caesar and Cleopatra
- Canyon Passage
- Centennial Summer
- The Dark Mirror
- The Dolly Sisters
- Duel in the Sun
- The Green Years
- The Harvey Girls
- Henry V
- Humoresque
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Jolson Story
- The Killers
- Kitty
- Les Enfants du Paradis
- Night and Day
- Notorious
- The Razor’s Edge
- Road to Utopia
- Rome, Open City
- Saratoga Trunk
- The Seventh Veil
- Sister Kenny
- The Spiral Staircase
- A Stolen Life
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- The Stranger
- To Each His Own
- Vacation from Marriage
- The Yearling
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