Academy Awards 1947 Nominations

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Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original Screenplay	Best Original Motion Picture Story
Best Screenplay	Best Documentary Short
Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)	Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	Best Song
Best Sound Recording	Best Art Direction (Color)
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)	Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)	Best Film Editing
Best Special Effects

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Best Motion Picture

• Henry V
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Razor's Edge
• The Yearling

Best Director

• Brief Encounter (David Lean)
• It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler)
• The Killers (Robert Siodmak)
• The Yearling (Clarence Brown)

Best Actor

• Henry V (Laurence Olivier)
• It's a Wonderful Life (James Stewart)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (Fredric March)
• The Jolson Story (Larry Parks)
• The Yearling (Gregory Peck)

Best Actress

• Brief Encounter (Celia Johnson)
• Duel in the Sun (Jennifer Jones)
• Sister Kenny (Rosalind Russell)
• The Yearling (Jane Wyman)
• To Each His Own (Olivia de Havilland)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Notorious (Claude Rains)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (Harold Russell)
• The Green Years (Charles Coburn)
• The Jolson Story (William Demarest)
• The Razor's Edge (Clifton Webb)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Anna and the King of Siam (Gale Sondergaard)
• Duel in the Sun (Lillian Gish)
• Saratoga Trunk (Flora Robson)
• The Razor's Edge (Anne Baxter)
• The Spiral Staircase (Ethel Barrymore)

Best Original Screenplay

• Children of Paradise
• Notorious
• Road to Utopia
• The Blue Dahlia
• The Seventh Veil

Best Original Motion Picture Story

• The Dark Mirror
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
• The Stranger
• To Each His Own
• Vacation from Marriage

Best Screenplay

• Anna and the King of Siam
• Brief Encounter
• Rome, Open City
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Killers

Best Documentary Short

• Atomic Power
• Life at the Zoo
• Paramount News Issue #37
• Seeds of Destiny
• Traffic with the Devil

Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)

• Dive-Hi Champs
• Facing Your Danger
• Golden Horses
• Smart as a Fox
• Sure Cures

Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)

• A Boy and His Dog
• College Queen
• Hiss and Yell
• The Luckiest Guy in the World

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• John Henry and the Inky-Poo
• Musical Moments from Chopin
• Squatter's Rights
• The Cat Concerto
• Walky Talky Hawky

Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

• Anna and the King of Siam
• Henry V
• Humoresque
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Killers

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Blue Skies
• Centennial Summer
• Night and Day
• The Harvey Girls
• The Jolson Story

Best Song

• Blue Skies ("You Keep Coming Back Like a Song")
• Canyon Passage ("Ole Buttermilk Sky")
• Centennial Summer ("All Through the Day")
• The Dolly Sisters ("I Can't Begin to Tell You")
• The Harvey Girls ("On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe")

Best Sound Recording

• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Jolson Story

Best Art Direction (Color)

• Caesar and Cleopatra
• Henry V
• The Yearling

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• Anna and the King of Siam
• Kitty
• The Razor's Edge

Best Cinematography (Color)

• The Jolson Story
• The Yearling

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• Anna and the King of Siam
• The Green Years

Best Film Editing

• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Jolson Story
• The Killers
• The Yearling

Best Special Effects

• A Stolen Life
• Blithe Spirit