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* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Hugo Friedhofer * Best Motion Picture - Samuel Goldwyn Productions * Special Award - Special Award * Writing (Screenplay) - Robert E. Sherwood Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
The 19th Academy Awards were held on March 13, 1947, honoring the films of 1946. The top awards portion of the ceremony was hosted by Jack Benny. The Best Years of Our Lives won seven of its eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and both male acting Oscars.
The Best Picture winner was producer Darryl F. Zanuck's Gentleman's Agreement (with a total of eight nominations and three wins - Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director), a serious, preachy melodramatic film by director Elia Kazan.
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
Best Picture and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Samuel Goldwyn, Supporting Actor and Special Award recipient Harold Russell and Best Directing winner William Wyler 1947 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1947 Oscar Nominees and Winners. Best Motion Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives – Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio Pictures (WINNER) Henry V – Laurence Olivier for United Artists. It’s a Wonderful Life – Frank Capra for RKO Radio Pictures. The Razor’s Edge – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox. The Yearling – Sidney Franklin for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Best Years of Our Lives and its post-war story took home seven of eight awards it was nominated for: Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Film Editing, Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), and Best Writing (Screenplay). Results. Best Motion Picture.
