The eighteenth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Bob Hope and James Stewart hosted the event.
The 1945 Academy Award Winners
Picture: The Lost WeekendActor: Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend)
Actress: Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce)
Supporting Actor: James Dunn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Supporting Actress: Anne Revere (National Velvet)
Director: Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend)
Adapted Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend)
Original Screenplay: Richard Schweizer (Marie-Louise) / Charles G. Booth (The House on 92nd Street)
Song: "It Might As Well Be Spring" (State Fair)
Score: Spellbound / Anchors Aweigh
Cinematography: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Black and White) / Leave Her to Heaven (Color)
Interior Decoration: Blood on the Sun (Black and White) / Frenchman's Creek (Color)
Film Editing: National Velvet
Sound: The Bells of St. Mary's
Special Effects: Wonder Man
Short Films: Quiet Please (Cartoons) / Stairway to Light (One-Reel) / Star in the Night (Two-Reel)
Documentaries: Hitler Lives? (Short) / The True Glory (Feature)

