Best Picture Winner
The Lost Weekend
Best Picture
Director: Billy Wilder
Studio: Paramount
An alcoholic writer struggles with his addiction over a long, desperate weekend in New York City.
From the Worthy Podcast
Addiction? Maybe the first film that dives deep into a character and their psychosis taking you behind how they just feel but even how they see the world themselves.
The relationship between psychoanalysis and cinema is far more intertwined than many other mediums as cinema can be specifically constructed to portray the human psyche. The sights, sounds, and their intertwined meaning allows cinema to reveal the inner mind and our psyche. Our faults. Our love. Our addiction. Our betrayal. Our dreams. Our lies. Our passion.
Psychology in film -- first introduced as German Expressionism?
What does it mean to show a human perspective in a film; is it necessary for a film, does that help make a film Oscar Worthy??? Can films be completely subjective while portraying someone's perspectives?
What films have changed your perspective on struggles like addiction and mental health? And how did they effectively portray this struggle?
Silver Lining Playbook, A Beautiful Mind, all of Darren Aronofsky’s work, Good Will Hunting, Flight, Clean & Sober, A Woman Under the Influence, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The Aviator, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Star is Born
All Categories (26)
Best Motion Picture
The Lost Weekend— Paramount
Winner
Anchors Aweigh— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mildred Pierce— Warner Bros.
Spellbound— Selznick International Pictures
The Bells of St. Mary's— Rainbow Productions
Actor
Bing Crosby— The Bells of St. Mary's {"Father O'Malley"}
Cornel Wilde— A Song to Remember {"Frederick Chopin"}
Gene Kelly— Anchors Aweigh {"Joseph Brady"}
Gregory Peck— The Keys of the Kingdom {"Father Francis Chisholm"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
J. Carrol Naish— A Medal for Benny {"Charlie Martini"}
John Dall— The Corn Is Green {"Morgan Evans"}
Michael Chekhov— Spellbound {"Dr. Alex Brulov"}
Robert Mitchum— G. I. Joe {"Lieutenant Walker"}
Actress
Gene Tierney— Leave Her to Heaven {"Ellen Berent"}
Greer Garson— The Valley of Decision {"Mary Rafferty"}
Ingrid Bergman— The Bells of St. Mary's {"Sister Benedict"}
Jennifer Jones— Love Letters {"Singleton"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Angela Lansbury— The Picture of Dorian Gray {"Sibyl Vane"}
Ann Blyth— Mildred Pierce {"Veda Pierce"}
Eve Arden— Mildred Pierce {"Ida"}
Joan Lorring— The Corn Is Green {"Bessie Watty"}
Directing
National Velvet— Clarence Brown
Spellbound— Alfred Hitchcock
The Bells of St. Mary's— Leo McCarey
The Southerner— Jean Renoir
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Marie-Louise— Richard Schweizer
Winner
Dillinger— Philip Yordan
Music for Millions— Myles Connolly
Salty O'Rourke— Milton Holmes
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?— Harry Kurnitz
Writing (Original Story)
The House on 92nd Street— Charles G. Booth
Winner
A Medal for Benny— John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner
A Song to Remember— Ernst Marischka
Objective, Burma!— Alvah Bessie
The Affairs of Susan— Thomas Monroe, Laszlo Gorog
Writing (Screenplay)
The Lost Weekend— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Winner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn— Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis
G. I. Joe— Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson
Mildred Pierce— Ranald MacDougall
Pride of the Marines— Albert Maltz
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
The Picture of Dorian Gray— Harry Stradling
Winner
Mildred Pierce— Ernest Haller
Spellbound— George Barnes
The Keys of the Kingdom— Arthur Miller
The Lost Weekend— John F. Seitz
Cinematography (Color)
Leave Her to Heaven— Leon Shamroy
Winner
A Song to Remember— Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey
Anchors Aweigh— Robert Planck, Charles Boyle
National Velvet— Leonard Smith
The Spanish Main— George Barnes
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
Spellbound— Miklos Rozsa
Winner
A Song to Remember— Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
Brewster's Millions— Lou Forbes
Captain Kidd— Werner Janssen
Flame of Barbary Coast— Morton Scott, Dale Butts
G. I. Honeymoon— Edward J. Kay
G. I. Joe— Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
Guest Wife— Daniele Amfitheatrof
Guest in the House— Werner Janssen
Love Letters— Victor Young
Objective, Burma!— Franz Waxman
Paris--Underground— Alexander Tansman
The Bells of St. Mary's— Robert Emmett Dolan
The Enchanted Cottage— Roy Webb
The Keys of the Kingdom— Alfred Newman
The Lost Weekend— Miklos Rozsa
The Man Who Walked Alone— Karl Hajos
The Southerner— Werner Janssen
The Valley of Decision— Herbert Stothart
The Woman in the Window— Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
This Love of Ours— H. J. Salter
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
Anchors Aweigh— Georgie Stoll
Winner
Belle of the Yukon— Arthur Lange
Can't Help Singing— Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
Hitchhike to Happiness— Morton Scott
Incendiary Blonde— Robert Emmett Dolan
Rhapsody in Blue— Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
State Fair— Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
Sunbonnet Sue— Edward J. Kay
The Three Caballeros— Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
Tonight and Every Night— Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
Why Girls Leave Home— Walter Greene
Wonder Man— Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
Blood on the Sun— Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields
Winner
Experiment Perilous— Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
Love Letters— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
The Keys of the Kingdom— Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
The Picture of Dorian Gray— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar
Art Direction (Color)
Frenchman's Creek— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Winner
A Thousand and One Nights— Art Direction: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle
Leave Her to Heaven— Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
National Velvet— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths
San Antonio— Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
Special Effects
Wonder Man— Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns
Winner
A Thousand and One Nights— Photographic Effects by Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects by Ray Bomba
Captain Eddie— Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
Spellbound— Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove
They Were Expendable— Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
Film Editing
National Velvet— Robert J. Kern
Winner
A Song to Remember— Charles Nelson
Objective, Burma!— George Amy
The Bells of St. Mary's— Harry Marker
The Lost Weekend— Doane Harrison
Sound Recording
The Bells of St. Mary's— RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Winner
A Song to Remember— Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Flame of Barbary Coast— Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Lady on a Train— Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Leave Her to Heaven— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Rhapsody in Blue— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
The Southerner— General Service, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
The Three Caballeros— Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
The Unseen— Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
They Were Expendable— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Three Is a Family— RCA Sound, W. V. Wolfe, Sound Director
Wonder Man— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Documentary (Feature)
The True Glory— The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
Winner
The Last Bomb— United States Army Air Force
Documentary (Short Subject)
Hitler Lives?— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
Library of Congress— United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
To the Shores of Iwo Jima— United States Marine Corps
Special Award
To Walter Wanger for his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winner
To Peggy Ann Garner, outstanding child actress of 1945.
To Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design.
To The House I Live In, tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song "The House I Live In," music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To LOREN L. RYDER, CHARLES R. DAILY and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design, construction and use of the first dial controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit. [Sound]
Winner
To MICHAEL S. LESHING, BENJAMIN C. ROBINSON, ARTHUR B. CHATELAIN and ROBERT C. STEVENS of 20th Century-Fox Studio and JOHN G. CAPSTAFF of Eastman Kodak Company for the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine. [Laboratory]
Music (Song)
"It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair— Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Winner
"Accentuate The Positive" from Here Come the Waves— Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Anywhere" from Tonight and Every Night— Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" from The Bells of St. Mary's— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
"Endlessly" from Earl Carroll Vanities— Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
"I Fall In Love Too Easily" from Anchors Aweigh— Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"I'll Buy That Dream" from Sing Your Way Home— Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
"Linda" from G. I. Joe— Music and Lyrics by Ann Ronell
"Love Letters" from Love Letters— Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Eddie Heyman
"More And More" from Can't Help Singing— Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
"Sleighride In July" from Belle of the Yukon— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
"So In Love" from Wonder Man— Music by David Rose; Lyrics by Leo Robin
"Some Sunday Morning" from San Antonio— Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
"The Cat And The Canary" from Why Girls Leave Home— Music by Jay Livingston; Lyrics by Ray Evans
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Quiet Please!— Frederick Quimby, Producer
Winner
Donald's Crime— Walt Disney, Producer
Jasper and the Beanstalk— George Pal, Producer
Life with Feathers— Eddie Selzer, Producer
Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life— Paul Terry, Producer
Rippling Romance— Screen Gems
The Poet and Peasant— Walter Lantz, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
Stairway to Light— Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
Winner
Along the Rainbow Trail— Edmund Reek, Producer
Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary— Ralph Staub, Producer
Story of a Dog— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
White Rhapsody— Grantland Rice, Producer
Your National Gallery— Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead, Producers
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
Star in the Night— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
A Gun in His Hand— Chester Franklin, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round— Jules White, Producer
The Little Witch— George Templeton, Producer