Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

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for her performance in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. 1946 Actor: Frederic March, The Best Years of Our Lives. Actress: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own. Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives, RKO-Samuel Goldwyn. Special Awards: Laurence Olivier. Harold Russell. Ernst Lubitsch. Claude Jarman, Jr. (Junior Award). Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Samuel Goldwyn. 1947 Actor: Ronald Colman, A Double Life. Actress: Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter. Picture: Gentleman's Agreement, 20th CenturyFox. Special Awards: Shoe Shine, Lopert Films. Ken Murray for Bill and Coo. James Baskett for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South. Industry pioneers — George K. Spoor, Thomas Armat, Albert E. Smith, Col. William N. Selig. C. C. Davis of Western Electric. Charles R. Dailey of Paramount Laboratories. Col. Nathan Levinson of Warner Bros. 1948 Actor: Sir Laurence Olivier, Hamlet. Actress: Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda. Picture: Hamlet, J. Arthur Rank Organization. Special Awards: Ivan Jandl for The Search. Sid Grcuman, Adolph Zukor. Walter Wanger for Joan of Arc. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Jerry Wald. 1949 Actor: Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men. Actress: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress. Picture: All the King's Men, Robert RossenColumbia. Special Awards: Jean Hersholt for distinguished service to the industry. Bobby Driscoll for outstanding juvenile performance in The Window and So Dear to My Heart. Fred Astaire for raising the standard of musi¬ cal films. Cecil B. DeMille for 37 years of pioneer work in the industry. 1950 Actor: Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac. Actress: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday. Picture: All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox. Special Awards: The Walls of Malapaga. George Murphy. Louis B. Mayer. James B. Gordon and 20th-Fox camera dept. John Paul Livadary, Floyd Campbell, L. W. Russell end Columbia sound dept. Loren L. Ryder and Paramount sound dept. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darryl F. Zanuck. 1951 Actor: Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen. Actress: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire. Picture: An American in Paris, MGM. Special Awards: Rashomon. Gene Kelly for Achievement in the Art of Choreography on Film. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Arthur Freed. 1952 Actor: Gary Cooper, High Noon. Actress: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba. Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth, Paramount. Special Awards: Bob Hope, Harold Lloyd, Merian C. Cooper, Joseph M. Schenck, A. Arnold Gillespie, George Alfred Mitchell. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Cecil B. DeMille. BRITISH FILM ACADEMY 60 Queen Anne St., London W.l (WELbeck 0631) OFFICERS Chairman . . Anthony I lavelock-Allun Vice-Chairman . Sir Carol Reed, John Bryan COUNCIL Fellows: Hon. Anthony Asquith, Sir Michael Balcon, Sir Alexander Korda, David Lean, Sir Laurence Olivier, George Pearson, Sir Carol Reed, Paul Rotha, Vincent Korda, Vivien Leigh, Michael Powell. Management: William Alwyn, Edgar Anstey, Teddy Baird, Betty Box, Ken Cameron, Robert Clark, Ian Dalrymple, Mary Field, Charles Frend, Peter Tanner, Michael Truman, Basil Wright. Director . Roger Manvell, Ph.D Executive Secretary . . Mrs. P. J. Steele The British Film Academy was founded in 1947 and in general terms its aims are: To advance the art and technique of motion pictures in every way, particularly by encourag¬ ing exceptional creative work, experiment and research. To co-operate with all organizations and groups concerned with the artistic and technical ad¬ vancement of the motion picture everywhere. To compile statistics and records of the world motion picture industry; to form a library of film literature, scripts, designs, films, musical scores, photographs and other material; to en¬ courage and sponsor publications, promote exhi¬ bitions and lectures; and to organize and assist in the organization of, film festivals. To co-operate with educational organizations to increase cinema appreciation and understand¬ ing, and to encourage the educational aspect of motion pictures in every way. To make awards of merit for outstanding artis¬ tic, technical and scientific achievements in con¬ nection with motion pictures. 1953 WINNERS Best Film from Any Source: Jeux Interdits (The Secret Game) (France). Best British Film: Genevieve (J. Arthur Rank). Best Documentary Film: The Conquest of Everest (J. Arthur Rank). Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Fea¬ ture and Documentary Fields: The Romance of Transportation (NFB, Canada). United Nations Award for the Best Film Illus¬ trating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: World Without End. Special Certificates of Merit were awarded to J. Arthur Rank's A Queen Is Crowned and Associated British-Pathe — IFD's Elizabeth Is Queen as "historical records of exceptional quality." Best British Actress: Audrey Hepburn for her role in Roman Holiday (Paramount). Best British Actor: John Gielgud for his role in Julius Caesar (MGM). Best Foreign Actress: Leslie Caron for her role in Lili (MGM). Best Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando for his role in Julius Caesar (MGM). Most Promising Newcomer: Norman Wisdom in Trouble in Store (J. Arthur Rank). WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS The Best Picture from Any Source: 1947 _ The Best Years of Our Lives; 1948 — Hamlet; 1949 _ The Bicycle Thief; 1950 — All About Eve'; 1951 _ La Ronde; 1952 — Breaking the Sound Barrier. The Best British Picture: 1947 — Odd Man Out 1948 — The Fallen Idol; 1949 — The Third Man 169