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* Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Valentine Davies * Writing (Screenplay) - George Seaton Best Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
Great Expectations. David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame. Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947. It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards.
The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1956. This award can be a source of confusion for modern audiences, given its co-existence with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures. To Adolph Zukor , a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years.
Agnes Moorehead and Dick Powell hosted the 20th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, March 20, 1948. The awards were evenly spread out, with none of the big films taking more than three awards.
Another contender for awards this year was the Swiss-made film by director Fred Zinnemann, The Search (with four nominations and one win - Best Motion Picture Story, and a Special Award for Ivan Jandl - "outstanding juvenile performance of 1948"), the first film to be made in Europe after WWII with an American director and cast.
