The Academy Awards
1947 Best Picture Gentleman’s Agreement The Bishop’s Wife Crossfire Great Expectations Miracle on 34th Street Best Director Elia Kazan - Gentleman’s Agreement Henry Koster - The Bishop’s Wife Edward Dmytryk - Crossfire George Cukor - A Double Life David Lean - Great Expectations Best Actor Ronald Colman - A Double Life John Garfield - Body and Soul Gregory Peck - Gentleman’s Agreement William Powell - Life with Father Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra Best Actress Loretta Young - The Farmer’s Daughter Joan Crawford - Possessed Susan Hayward - Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Dorothy McGuire - Gentleman’s Agreement Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra Best Supporting Actor Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street Charles Bickford - The Farmer’s Daughter Thomas Gomez - Ride the Pink Horse Robert Ryan - Crossfire Richard Widmark - Kiss of Death Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm - Gentleman’s Agreement Ethel Barrymore - The Paradine Case Gloria Grahame - Crossfire Marjorie Main - The Egg and I Anne Revere - Gentleman’s Agreement Best Original Screenplay The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer Body and Soul A Double Life Monsieur Verdoux Shoe-Shine Adapted Screenplay Miracle on 34th Street Boomerang! Crossfire Gentleman’s Agreement Great Expectations Best Musical Score Miklos Rozsa - A Double Life Hugo Friedhofer - The Bishop’s Wife Alfred Newman - Captain from Castile David Raksin - Forever Amber Max Steiner - Life with Father Best Original Song “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” - Song of the South “A Gal In Calico” - The Time, the Place, and the Girl “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” - The Perils of Pauline “Pass That Peace Pipe - Good News “You Do” - Mother Wore Tights |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1947 Best Picture This Happy Breed The Beginning or the End The Bishop’s Wife Great Expectations Hungry Hill It Happened on 5th Avenue Miracle on 34th Street Nightmare Alley Best Director George Cukor - A Double Life Norman Taurog - The Beginning or the End Jean Cocteau - La belle et la bete (Beauty and the Beast) Henry Koster - The Bishop’s Wife Jules Dassin - Brute Force David Lean - Great Expectations Robert Montgomery - Lady in the Lake David Lean - This Happy Breed Best Actor Ronald Colman - A Double Life Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street Victor Mature - Kiss of Death Robert Newton - This Happy Breed Tyrone Power - Nightmare Alley Mickey Rooney - Killer McCoy Best Actress Celia Johnson - This Happy Breed Susan Hayward - Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Rosalind Russell - The Guilt of Janet Ames Best Supporting Actor Monty Woolley - The Bishop’s Wife James Baskett - Song of the South Finlay Currie - Great Expectations Ian Keith - Nightmare Alley Charles Ruggles - It Happened on 5th Avenue Best Supporting Actress Selena Royle - Romance at Rosy Ridge Gladys Cooper - The Bishop’s Wife Ann Harding - Christmas Eve Martita Hunt - Great Expectations Juvenile Awards Alvin Greenman Natalie Wood Best Comedic Screenplay Miracle on 34th Street The Bishop’s Wife Christmas Eve The Farmer’s Daughter It Happened on 5th Avenue Monsieur Verdoux Best Dramatic Screenplay The Beginning or the End The Guilt of Janet Ames Killer McCoy Kiss of Death This Happy Breed Best Musical Score Hugo Friedhofer - The Bishop’s Wife Walter Goehr - Great Expectations Cyril J. Mockridge - Miracle on 34th Street Leith Stevens - Night Song Best Original Song “Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah” - Song of the South “Time After Time” - It Happened in Brooklyn “Too Good to Be True” - Fun and Fancy Free |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
Hugo Friedhofer makes Rag history by being the first person to win two back-to-back Rag awards.
Hidden Gem: Killer McCoy
- M.E.
Hugo Friedhofer makes Rag history by being the first person to win two back-to-back Rag awards.
Hidden Gem: Killer McCoy
- M.E.