Charles Brackett, Program Director
Mervyn LeRoy, General Stage Manager
Franz Waxman, Musical Director

Part One:

John Cromwell, Master of Ceremonies
"The Star Spangled Banner"


Honorary Award to Bob Hope - Presented by Walter Wanger
For his many services to the Academy (Lifetime Membership to AMPAS)
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Awards for Documentary - Presented by John Cromwell

For Short Subject Documentary:
"With the Marines at Tarawa" - United States Marine Corps., Award accepted by General Julian Smith, U.S.M.C.

For Feature-Length Documentary:
"The Fighting Lady" - United States Navy and 20th Century-Fox. Award accepted by Rear Admiral D. C. Rawsey, U.S.N.
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Awards for Short Subjects - Presented by John Cromwell

For Cartoon Short Subject:
"Mouse Trouble" - Frederick Quimby, Producer

For One-Reel Short Subject:
"Who's Who in Animal Land"- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer

For Two-Reel Short Subjects:
"I Won't Play" - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
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Awards for Scientific or Technical Achievements - Presented by John Cromwell

Class II Award (Sound)
Stephen Dunn and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and the Radio Corporation of America for the design and development of the electronic compressor-limitor.

Class III Award (Laboratory):
Linwood G. Dunn and Cecil Love and the Acme Tool Manufacturing Company for the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer.

Class III Award (Sound)
Grover Laube of the 20th Century-Fox Camera Depatment for the development of a continuous loop projection device.

Class III Award (Sound)
Western Electric Company for the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording.

Class III Award (Stage Operations)
Russell Brown, Ray Hinsdale, Joseph E. Robbins for the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker.

Class III Award (Photography)
Gordon Jennings for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod.

Class III Award (Sound)
Radio Corporation of America and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department for the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber.

Class III Award (Stage Operations)
Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch.

Class III Award (Sound)
Bernard B. Brown and John P. Livadary for the design and development of a separate soloist and chorus recording room.

Class III Award (Laboratory)
Paul Zeff, S.J. Twinning, George Seid of the Columbia Studio Laboratory for the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer.

Class III Award (Special Photographic)
Paul K. Lerpae for the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device.
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Award for Film Editing - Presented by John Cromwell

"Wilson" - Barbara McLean
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Award for Sound Recording - Presented by John Cromwell

"Wilson" - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hanson, Sound Director
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Award for Special Effects - Presented by John Cromwell

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe, Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
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Awards for Music - Presented by John Cromwell

For Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
"Since You Went Away" - Max Steiner

For Music Scoring of a Musical PIcture
"Cover Girl" - Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff
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Awards for Art Direction and Interior Decoration - Presented by John Cromwell

For Blank and White:
"Gaslight" - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Associate Art Direction: William Ferrari, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Associate Set Decorator: Paul Huldschinsky

For Color:
"Wilson" - Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen, Set Decoration: Thomas Little

Ed Gardner
Abe Burrows
The Andrews Sisters
Danny Kaye

INTERMISSION

Part Two:

Bob Hope, Master of Ceremonies
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Award for Song for a Motion Picture - Presented by Bob Hope
"Swinging on a Star" from "Going My Way" - Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyric by Johnny Burke
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Awards for Cinematography - Presented by Bob Hope

For Black and White:
"Laura" - Joseph LaShelle

For Color:
"Wilson" - Leon Shamroy
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Awards for Writing - Presented by Hugo Butler

For Original Motion Picture Story:
"Going My Way" - Leo McCarey

For Original Screenplay:
"Wilson" - Lamar Trotti

For Screenplay:
"Going My Way" - Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
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Award for Direction - Presented by Mervyn LeRoy

"Going My Way" - Leo McCarey
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Award for Most Outstanding Motion Picture of the Year - Presented by Hal B. Wallis

"Going My Way" - Leo McCarey, Producer for Paramount Pictures
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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Presented by Norma Shearer

To Darryl F. Zanuck
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Juvenile Award - Presented by Bob Hope
Margaret O'Brien - "Meet Me in St. Louis"
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Award for Supporting Actor - Presented by Charles Coburn

"Going My Way" - Barry Fitzgerald
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Award for Supporting Actress - Presented by Teresa Wright

"None But the Lonely Heart" - Ethel Barrymore (Award accepted by Charles Koerner)
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Award for Actor - Presented by Cary Cooper

"Going My Way" - Bing Crosby
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Award for Actress - Presented by Jennifer Jones

"Gaslight" - Ingrid Bergman
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Sam Ledner, Stage Manager

Tonight's program is dedicated to the memory of Mark Sandrich whose basic plan has been followed in the presentation of this 17th Annual Awards Program.

ACADEMY OFFICERS
Walter Wagner - President
Jean Hersholt - Vice President
Michael Curtiz - Vice-President
Ronald Colman - Vice-President
Mary C. McCall, Jr., Vice-President
Nat W. Finston - Treasurer
Gordon Hollingshead - Assistant Treasurer
Loyd Wright - Counsel
John LeRoy Johnston - Secretary
W. B. Ihnen - Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Donald Gledhill - Executive Secretary

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Charles Brackett
Harry Brand
Ronald Colman
Michael Curtiz
Hector S. Dods
Farciot Edouart
Nat W. Finston
Y. Frank Freeman
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
E. J. Mannix
Thomas T. Moulton
George R. Murphy
Mark Sandrich
Walter Wanger
Sam Wood

AWARDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Walter Wanger, Chairman
Charles Brackett
Donald Crisp
Alex Evelove
Nat W. Finston
Y. Frank Freeman
Mrs. Donald Gledhill
Hal Hall
John LeRoy Johnston
John C. Lee
Mervyn LeRoy
E. J. Mannix
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Arch Reeve
Loyd Wright

DOCUMENTARY AWARDS COMMITTEE
William Dozier, Chairman
Nunnaly Johnson
Kenneth McGowan
William C. Menzies
John Mock
Harriet Parsons
Joseph Sistrom
Sidney Solow
Frank Tuttle

AWARDS MUSIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Nat W. Finston, Chairman
Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Louis Lipstone
Abe Meyer
Charles Previn
Walter Scharf
Ned Washington

AWARDS SHORT SUBJECTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jules White, Chairman
Walter Lance
Louis Notarius
Pete Smith

AWARDS SCREENING COMMITTEE
Daniel O'Shea, Chairman
Maxwell Arnow
William Dozier
Jacob Karp

AWARDS PRESENTATION COMMITTEES:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Charles Brackett, Chairman
Harry Brand
Hector Dods
Farciot Edouart
Jean Hersholt
Wiard Ihnen
Charles Koerner
Mervyn LeRoy
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Thomas Noulton
George R. Murphy
Alfred Newman
Frederick Richards
Joseph Sistrom
Franz Waxman
William H. Ziegler

FILM PRESENTATION COMMITTEE
Deleon Anthony
N. Edward Beck
John Beck, Jr.
George Berthelon
Daniel J. Bloomberg
Abram Burrows
Dunlan Burrows
John W. Cutting
Kenneth Deland
Douglas Denis
Howard Dimsdale
Hal Elias
Saul Elkins
Ben A. Englander
Al Fisher
William Golden
Roger Heman
Bernard Herzbrun
Gordon Hollingshead
Stacy Keach
William F. Kelly
Hal C. Kern
Henry King
Harry Kleiner
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Sam Lederer
Robert Lees
Clarence Logan
J. P. McGowan
Louis Mesenkop
Peter Milne
Zion Myers
Clem Portman
Fred Pressburger
Frederik Rinaldo
Charles R. Rogers
DeVallon Scott
C. O. Slyfield
Leonard Smith
I. James Wilkinson
Carey Wilson
William Winter
Dwight Wylie

PRESS COMMITTEE
John Joseph, Chairman
Harry Brand
Hal Hall
John LeRoy Johnson
Arch Reeve

TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
Whitey Hendry, Chairman
Capt. Lee C. German
Lt. William H. Wingard

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

To Hollywood studios, executives, and the personnel of our industry whose generosity and cooperation made this program possible;
To Mr. Charles Skouras and Fox West Coast Theatres for donating the facilities of Grauman's Chinese Theatre;
To the artists who appear on the program;
To the many committees and individual members who have contributed invaluable time and effort;
To the Screen Actors Guild, the Screen Directors Guild, the Screen Writers Guild, the Assiciation of Motion Picture Producers, Theatre Authority, Hollywood Victory Committee, Musicians Mutual Protective Association, and Radio Corporation of America for their cooperation.

Tonight for the first time, the Blue Network of The American Broadcasting Company broadcasts coast-to-coast the ceremonies attending the 17th Annual Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, thus through the medium of radio, all America, which has benefitted from the efforts of those we honor tonight, is here with us in spirit to applaud.