20th Annual Academy Awards
March 20, 1948

"Oscar's Family Album"

The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Your Hosts: Dick Powell & Agnes Moorehead
Broadcast on ABC Radio

Welcome:Academy President Jean Hersholt
"Oscar's Family Album" (home movies of Hollywood stars when they were unknowns;
a silent tribute to members of the movie colony who had died in 1947)
Motion Picture Story and Original Screenplay:George Murphy
Scientific and Technical Awards:Robert Montgomery
Short Subjects:Shirley Temple
Documentary Awards:Shirley Temple
Special Effects:Larry Parks
Musical Scoring:Larry Parks
Sound Recording:Larry Parks
Supporting Actress:Donald Crisp
Director:Donald Crisp
Actor:Olivia De Havilland
"Twenty Years of Academy Awards" (archival footage of Oscar® winners)
Song:Dinah Shore
Art Direction:Dick Powell
  • The winners for Black & White Art Direction were not present at the ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the Award on their behalf.
  • The winners for Color Art Direction were not present at the ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the Award on their behalf.
  • Special Award to Bill and Coo:Jean Hersholt
    Special Award to Shoe-Shine:Jean Hersholt
    Special Awards to William N. Selig,
    Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat and George K. Spoor:
    Jean Hersholt
    Special Award to James Baskett:Ingrid Bergman
    Cinematography:Agnes Moorehead
  • Jack Cardiff, winner for Color Cinematography, was not present at the ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the Award on his behalf.
  • Guy Green, winner for Black & White Cinematography, was not present at the ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the Award on his behalf.
  • Supporting Actor:Anne Baxter
    Screenplay:Anne Baxter
    Film Editing:Anne Baxter
    Best Picture:Fredric March
    Actress:Fredric March
    A Gal in Calico-- Gordon MacRae
    I Wish I Didn't Love You So-- Dennis Day
    Pass That Peace Pipe-- Dinah Shore
    You Do-- Frances Langford
    Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah-- Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers

    Oscar® winners Darryl Zanuck (Best Picture), Edmund Gwenn (Supporting Actor), Loretta Young (Actress),
    Ronald Colman (Actor) and Celeste Holm (Supporting Actress)