18th Academy Awards

thumb|right|335 px|Scene from The Lost Weekend
==Event==
Bob Hope once agains cohosts the ceremony this time with Jimmy Stewart at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Now that WWII is finally over, the ceremonies are now far more glamourous than ever before. Plaster statuettes have been replaced (permanetley) with bronze statuettes with gold plating. Joan Crawford didn't attend the ceremony fearing she would lose. However when she won (best Actress, Mildred Pierce) her award was delivered to her in bed later that night. Peggy Ann Garner was given an Juvenile Award. 3 Honorary Oscars were given: one to Daniel J Bloomberg and the Republic Studio staff for building a music auditorium providing optimum recording conditions and combining all elements of engineering and acoustic design, one for Walter Wagner for his 6 years as AMPAS' president, and one to Frank Sinatra, Mervyn LeRoy, Frank Ross, Albert Maltz, Earl Robinson and Lewis Allan for The House I Live In as a tolerance short subject.
==Winners Synopsis==
Quiet Please won for Best Animated Short
True Glory won for Best Documentary Feature
Hitler Lives? won for Best Documentary Short
Stairway To Light won for Best 1-reel Live Action Short
Star In The Night won for Best 2-reel Live Action Short
Womnder Man won for Best Special Effects
Leave Her To Heaven won for Best Technicolor Cinematography
The Picture Of Dorian Grey won for Best Black and White Cinematography
Frenchman's Creek won for Best Technicolor Art Direction
Blood On The Sun won for Best Black and Whtie Art Direction
The Bells Of St. Mary's won for Best Sound Recording
State Fair won for Best Original Song (It Might As Well Be Spring)
Spellbound won for Best Dramatic/Comedy Score
Anchors Aweigh won for Best Musical Score
House On 92nd Street won for Best Story
Marie-Louise won for Best Original Screenplay
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn won for Best Supporting Actor
Mildred Pierce won for Best Actress
National Velvet won 2 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Film Editing
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The Lost Weekend won 4 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay
Category:40's ceremonies