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* Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Valentine Davies * Writing (Screenplay) - George Seaton Best Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
To MARTY MARTIN, JACK LANNON, RUSSELL SHEARMAN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets. [Stage Operations]
Great Expectations. David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame. Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947. It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards.
Another contender for awards this year was the Swiss-made film by director Fred Zinnemann, The Search (with four nominations and one win - Best Motion Picture Story, and a Special Award for Ivan Jandl - "outstanding juvenile performance of 1948"), the first film to be made in Europe after WWII with an American director and cast.
The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters. [2] .
Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
