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The 18th Academy Awards - 1945

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com

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 Weekend
Actor: 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)

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