The Academy Awards (The Oscars) Season 17 Episode 1 The 17th Annual Academy Awards

The 17th Annual Academy Awards were held this year at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Paramount's The Lost Weekend won big bringing home the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the year, Best Actor (Ray Milland), Best Director (Billy Wilder), as well as a few others. Joan Crawford won the Best Actress award for her role in the Warner Bros. film Mildred Pierce, and Anne Revere won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in National Velvet[. Tom and Jerry's Quiet Please! won for the Best Cartoon/Short Subjects.
Peggy Ann Garner received one of the many Special Awards passed out this year - the one she received was for being the outstanding child actress of 1945.