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The 19th Academy Awards continued 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.

Awards

Best Picture : The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Director : William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Actor : Frederic March, The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Supporting Actor : Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Actress : Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own

Best Supporting Actress : Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge

Best Original Story : Clemence Dane, Vacation From Marriage

Best Original Screenplay : Muriel Box and Sydney Box, The Seventh Veil

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

Best Art Direction (Black and White) : Art direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling, Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes, Anna and the King of Siam

Best Art Direction (Color) : Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, The Yearling

Best Cinematography (Black and White) : Arthur Miller, Anna and the King of Siam

Best Cinematography (Color) : Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling, The Yearling

Best Documentary : United States Department of War, Seeds of Destiny

Best Film Editing : Daniel Mandell, The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) : Hugo Friedhofer, The Best Years of Our Lives

Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) : Morris Stoloff, The Jolson Story

Best Music (Song) : Music: Harry Warren, Lyrics: Johnny Mercer, "On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe", The Harvey Girls

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) : Frederick Quimby, Producer, The Cat Concerto

Best Short Subject (One Reel) : Gordon Hollingshead, Producer, Facing Your Danger

Best Short Subject (Two Reel) : Gordon Hollingshead, Producer, A Boy and His Dog

Best Sound Recording : Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director, The Jolson Story

Best Special Effects : Thomas Howard, Blithe Spirit