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Encyclopedia > 19th Academy Awards
19th Academy Awards
Date March 13, 1947
Site Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Host Jack Benny

The 19th Academy Awards continues a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. The Best Years of Our Lives concerns the lives of three returning veterans from three branches of military service as they adjust to life on the home front after World War II. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... An early postcard view of the Shrine The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... For other uses, see California (disambiguation). ... Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974), an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor, was one of the biggest stars in classic American radio and was also a major television personality. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ...


The classic film It's a Wonderful Life lost in all categories in which it was nominated. (Picture, Direction, Actor, Sound Recording and Editing.) Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, produced by his own Liberty Films and released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ...


Awards

Best Picture : The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ...


Best Director : William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ...


Best Actor : Frederic March, The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) (August 31, 1897–April 14, 1975) was an Academy Award winning American actor. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ...


Best Supporting Actor : Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives Harold John Russell (b. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ...


Best Actress : Olivia De Havilland, To Each His Own Olivia de Havilland on the March, 1944 issue of Movieland Magazine Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award-winning Japanese-born American film actress. ... To Each His Own is a 1946 film which tells the story of an unwed mother, following World War I, who gives up her son for adoption and loves him from afar. ...


Best Supporting Actress : Anne Baxter, The Razor’s Edge Baxter in The Blue Gardenia (1953) Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...


Best Original Story : Clemence Dane, Vacation From Marriage


Best Original Screenplay : Muriel Box and Sydney Box, The Seventh Veil Muriel Box (1905-1991) was a British writer of books and films, as well as a producer and director. ... Sydney Box (born April 29, 1907 in Beckenham, Kent, England) is a British producer/writer, brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. ... The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodramatic film. ...


Best Screenplay: Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings, Anna and the King of Siam Sally Benson (September 3, 1897 - July 19, 1972) was a St. ... Anna and the King of Siam is a 1944 book by Margaret Landon, a play and a 1946 movie. ...


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