The Academy Awards
1946 Best Picture The Best Years of Our Lives Henry V It’s a Wonderful Life The Razor’s Edge The Yearling Best Director William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives David Lean - Brief Encounter Frank Capra - It’s a Wonderful Life Robert Siodmak - The Killers Clarence Brown - The Yearling Best Actor Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives Laurence Olivier - Henry V Larry Parks - The Jolson Story Gregory Peck - The Yearling James Stewart - It’s a Wonderful Life Best Actress Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny Jane Wyman - The Yearling Best Supporting Actor Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives Charles Coburn - The Green Years William Demarest - The Jolson Story Claude Rains - Notorious Clifton Webb - The Razor’s Edge Best Supporting Actress Anne Baxter - The Razor’s Edge Ethel Barrymore - The Spiral Staircase Lillian Gish - Duel in the Sun Flora Robson - Saratoga Trunk Gale Sodergaard - Anna and the King of Siam Best Original Screenplay The Seventh Veil The Blue Dahlia Children of Paradise Notorious Road to Utopia Adapted Screenplay The Best Years of Our Lives Anna and the King of Siam Brief Encounter The Killers Rome, Open City Best Musical Score Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of Our Lives Bernard Herrmann - Anna and the King of Siam William Walton - Henry V Franz Waxman - Humoresque Miklos Rozsa - The Killers Special Award Harold Russell For bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives. |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1946 Best Picture The Best Years of Our Lives Duel in the Sun The Green Years It’s a Wonderful Life Best Director William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives Richard Siodmak - The Dark Mirror Laurence Olivier - Henry V Jean Negulesco - Humoresque Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - A Matter of Life and Death Best Actor James Stewart - It’s a Wonderful Life Dana Andrews - The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives John Payne - Sentimental Journey Best Actress Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun Maureen O’Hara - Sentimental Journey Barbara Stanwyck - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Best Supporting Actor Charles Coburn - The Green Years Thomas Mitchell - It’s a Wonderful Life Lionel Barrymore - It’s a Wonderful Life Roman Bohnen - The Best Years of Our Lives Kirk Douglas - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives Best Supporting Actress Myrna Loy - The Best Years of Our Lives Donna Reed - It’s a Wonderful Life Gale Sodergaard - Anna and the King of Siam Teresa Wright - The Best Years of Our Lives Juvenile Awards Bobby Anderson Claude Jarman, Jr. Connie Marshall Dean Stockwell Best Adapted Screenplay The Best Years of Our Lives The Green Years Humoresque Never Say Goodbye Sister Kenny Vacation from Marriage Best Musical Score Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of Our Lives Miklos Rozsa - The Killers Clifton Parker - Vacation from Marriage Special Award Harold Russell For bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives. |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
This year is an obvious departure from WWII movies, and films started to emerge about returning home from the war, like The Best Years of Our Lives, which swept 5 competitive Rags and a special award.
Hidden Gem: The Green Years
- M.E.
This year is an obvious departure from WWII movies, and films started to emerge about returning home from the war, like The Best Years of Our Lives, which swept 5 competitive Rags and a special award.
Hidden Gem: The Green Years
- M.E.