Oscars 1947 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Sleep
Notorious
The Yearling

Best Director!

Winner: Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
Howard Hawks - The Big Sleep
Laurence Olivier - Henry V
Alfred Hitchcock - Notorious

Best Actor!

Winner: James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
Humphrey Bogart - The Big Sleep
Cary Grant - Notorious
Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives
Gregory Peck - The Yearling

Best Actress!

Winner: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own!

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - Notorious
Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun
Kim Hunter - A Matter of Life and Death
Jane Wyman - The Yearling

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Charles Coburn, The Green Years!

Nominees:
Lionel Barrymore - It's a Wonderful Life
Claude Rains - Notorious
Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives
Henry Travers - It's a Wonderful Life

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge!

Nominees:
Lauren Bacall - The Big Sleep
Ava Gardner - The Killers
Myrna Loy - The Best Years of Our Lives
Donna Reed - It's a Wonderful Life

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
Raymond Chandler - The Blue Dahlia
Ben Hecht - Notorious
Norman Panama and Melvin Frank - Road to Utopia
Muriel Box and Sydney Box - The Seventh Veil

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Robert E. Sherwood, The Best Years of Our Lives!

Nominees:
Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings - Anna and the King of Siam
William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman - The Big Sleep
Anthony Veiller - The Killers
Paul Osborn - The Yearling

Best Story!

Winner: Vacation from Marriage!

Nominees:
The Dark Mirror
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Stranger
To Each His Own

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Seeds of Destiny!

Nominees:
Atomic Power
Life at the Zoo
Paramount News Issue#37
Traffic with the Devil

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Squatter's Rights!

Nominees:
The Cat Concerto
Chopin's Musical Moments
John Henry and the Inky Poo
Walky Talky Hawky

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: Facing Your Danger!

Nominees:
Dive-Hi Champs
Golden Horses
Smart as a Fox
Sure Cures

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: A Boy and His Dog!

Nominees:
College Queen
Hiss and Yell
The Luckiest Guy in the World

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: The Best Years of Our Lives!

Nominees:
Anna and the King of Siam
Henry V
Humoresque
The Killers

Best Musical Score!

Winner: The Jolson Story!

Nominees:
Blue Skies
Centennial Summer
The Harvey Girls
Night and Day

Best Original Song!

Winner: Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer - On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, The Harvey Girls!

Nominees:
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II - All Through the Day, Centennial Summer
James V. Monaco and Mack Gordon - I Can't Begin to Tell You, The Dolly Sisters
Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks - Ole Buttermilk Sky, Canyon Passage
Irving Berlin - You Keep Coming Back Like a Song, Blue Skies

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Jolson Story

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Anna and the King of Siam!

Nominees:
Kitty
The Razor's Edge

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Henry V!

Nominees:
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Yearling

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: Anna and the King of Siam!

Nominees:
The Green Years

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: The Yearling!

Nominees:
The Jolson Story

Best Film Editing!

Winner: It's a Wonderful Life!

Nominees:
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Jolson Story
The Killers
The Yearlings

Best Special Effects!

Winner: Blithe Spirit!

Nominees:
A Stolen Life