Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)
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for her performance in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
1946
Actor: Fredric 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 Grauman, 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 and 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.
1953
Actor: William Holden, Stalog 17.
Actress: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday. Picture: From Here to Eternity, Columbia.
Special Awards: Joseph I. Breen, Pete Smith, Fred Waller, 20th-Fox for CinemoScope, Bell & Howell.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: George
Stevens.
1954
Actor: Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront.
Actress: Grace Kelly, The Country Girl.
Picture: On the Waterfront, Columbia.
Special Awards: Gate of Hell, Daiei-IFD. Jon Whit¬ ley and Vincent Winters for Best Juvenile Performance in The Kidnappers, JARO. Greta Garbo. Danny Kaye for work for UN and performance in Assignment Children. Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop and Paramount technical staff for VistaVision.
BRITISH FILM ACADEMY
60 Queen Anne St.( London W.l (WELbeck 0631)
OFFICERS
Chairman . Edgar Anstey
Vice-Chairmen John Bryan, Ian Dalrymple
COUNCIL
Fellows: Hon. Anthony Asquith, Sir Michael Balcon, G. Albert Smith, David Lean, Sir Laurence Olivier, George Pearson, Sir Carol Reed, Paul Rotha, Vincent Korda, Vivien Leigh, Michael Powell, Basil Wright.
Management: Sir Michael Balcon, Ken Camer¬ on, Henry Cornelius, Charles Crichton, Mary Field, George Gunn, Guy Hamilton, Frank Launder, James Lawrie, Muir Mathieson, Peter Tanner, Michael Trueman.
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 ond 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 f.lm 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.
1955 WINNERS
Best Film From any Source: Richard III (Gt.
Britain).
Best British Film: Richard III (IFD).
Best Documentary Film: The Vanishing Prairie
(EmpireUniversal).
Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Fea¬ ture and Documentary Fields: The Bespoke Overcoat (IFD)
United Nations Award for the Best Film Illus¬ trating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: Children of Hiro¬ shima (Japan).
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