Oscars 1946 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
Anchors Aweigh
The Lost Weekend
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound

Best Director!

Winner: David Lean, Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's
Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
Clarence Brown - National Velvet
Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound

Best Actor!

Winner: Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend!

Nominees:
Bing Crosby - The Bells of St. Mary's
Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck - The Keys of the Kingdom
Cornel Wilde - A Song to Remember

Best Actress!

Winner: Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
Greer Garson - The Valley of Decision
Gene Tierney - Leave Her to Heaven

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!

Nominees:
Michael Chekhov - Spellbound
John Dall - The Corn Is Green
Robert Mitchum - The Story of G.I. Joe
J. Carrol Naish - A Medal for Benny

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Anne Revere, National Velvet!

Nominees:
Eve Arden - Mildred Pierce
Ann Blyth - Mildred Pierce
Angela Lansbury - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Joan Lorring - The Corn Is Green

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Richard Schweizer, Marie-Louise!

Nominees:
Philip Yordan - Dillinger
Myles Connolly - Music for Millions
Milton Holmes - Salty O'Rourke
Harry Kurnitz - What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame, Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
Ranald McDougall - Mildred Pierce
Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson - The Story of G.I. Joe
Frank Davis and Tess Slesinger - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Best Story!

Winner: The House on 92nd Street!

Nominees:
The Affairs of Susan
A Medal for Benny
Objective, Burma!
A Song to Remember

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Quiet Please!

Nominees:
Donald's Crime
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Life with Feathers
Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: The True Glory!

Nominees:
The Last Bomb

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Hitler Lives?

Nominees:
Library of Congress
To the Shores of Iwo Jima

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: Stairway to Light!

Nominees:
Along the Rainbow Trail
Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary
Story of a Dog
White Rhapsody

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: Star in the Night!

Nominees:
A Gun in His Hand
The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round
The Little Witch

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: Spellbound!

Nominees:
The Bells of St. Mary's
The Lost Weekend
Love Letters
Mildred Pierce

Best Musical Score!

Winner: Anchors Aweigh!

Nominees:
Can't Help Singing
Rhapsody in Blue
Tonight and Every Night
Wonder Man

Best Original Song!

Winner: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, It Might as Well Be Spring, State Fair!

Nominees:
James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke - Aren't You Glad You're You, The Bells of St. Mary's
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn - I Fall in Love Too Easily, Anchors Aweigh
Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson - I'll Buy That Dream, Sing Your Way Home
Victor Young and Eddie Heyman - Love Letters, Love Letters

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: The Bells of St. Mary's!

Nominees:
Lady on a Train
Leave Her to Heaven
A Song to Remember
Wonder Man

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
Blood on the Sun
The Keys of the Kingdom
Love Letters
Spellbound

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: National Velvet!

Nominees:
Frenchman's Creek
Leave Her to Heaven
San Antonio
A Thousand and One Nights

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
The Keys of the Kingdom
The Lost Weekend
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Spellbound

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: Leave Her to Heaven!

Nominees:
Anchors Aweigh
National Velvet
A Song to Remember
The Spanish Main

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Brief Encounter!

Nominees:
The Bells of St. Mary's
The Lost Weekend
National Velvet
A Song to Remember

Best Special Effects!

Winner: Wonder Man!

Nominees:
Captain Eddie
Spellbound
They Were Expendable
A Thousand and One Nights