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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "The Seventh Veil", by Sidney Box, British producer.
SPECIAL JUNIOR AWARD to Claude Jarman, Jr., actor in MGM's "The Yearling".
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Ernst Lubitsch, director.
A WARD WINNERS FOR '46
Following are the awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 1946,. presented at formal ceremonies cm the evening of March 13, at the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood :
Best motion picture of the year — "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn,, RKO Radio.
Best performance by an actor — Fredric March in "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel' Goldwyn, RKO Radio.
Best Performance by an actress — Olivia deHavilland in "To Each His Own", Paramount.
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role — Harold Russell in "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio.
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role — Anne Baxter in "The Razor's Edge", 20th Century-Fox.
Best achievement in directing — William Wyler for "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio.
Best written screenplay — Robert E. Sherwood for "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio.
Best original screenplay — "The Seventh Veil", J. Arthur Rank-Sidney Box-Ortus, Universal (British). Screen play by Muriel Box and Sidney Box.
Best original motion picture story — "Vacation from Marriage", London Films Prods., Ltd., MGM (British). Original story by Clemence Dane.
Best achievements in art direction — Black-and-white: "Anna and the King of Siam", 20th Century-Fox; Lyle Wheeler and William Darling. Color: "The Yearling", MGM; Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse.
Certificates of merit to interior decorators of the productions receiving awards for art direction — Black-and-white: "Anna and the King of Siam", 20th Century-Fox; Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes. Color: "The Yearling", MGM; Edwin B. Willis.
Best achievements in cinematography — Black-and-white: "Anna and the King of Siam", 20th Century-Fox; Arthur Miller. Color: "The Yearling", MGM; Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling.
Best achievements in sound recording — "The Jolson Story", Columbia; John Livadary.
Best achievements in film editing — "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio; Daniel Mandell.
Best achievements in special effects — "Blithe Spirit", J. Arthur Rank-Noel Coward-Cineguild, U.A. (British.) Thomas Howard, Special Visual Effects.
Best short subjects — Cartoons: "The Cat Concert", MGM; Frederick Quimby, Producer. One-reel: "Facing Your Danger", Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, Producer. Tworeel: "A Boy and His Dog", Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.
Best scoring of a musical picture — "The Jolson Story", Columbia; by Morris Stoloff.
Best music scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture — "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio; by Hugo Friedhofer.
Best original song — "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" from "The Harvey Girls", MGM. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Distinctive achievement in documentary production — Short subject: "Seeds of Destiny", U. S. War Department.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for the most consistently high quality of production achieved by an individual producer — Sam Goldwyn.
Special award to Laurence Olivier as producer, director and star of "Henry V".
Special Junior award to Claude Jarman, Jr., actor in "The Yearling", MGM.
Special award to Harold Russell, actor in "The Best Years of Our Lives", Samuel Goldwyn, RKO Radio.
Special achievement award to Ernst Lubitsch, director.
MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 22, 1947
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