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| Pierre Fresnay as Vincent de Paul, the seventeenth-century priest whose work among the poor during the Black Death eventually led to his canonization. The French film, directed by Maurice Cloche, was one of the first to be honored by the Academy before the creation of the competitive foreign language film award. |
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| Ivan Jandl, with the miniature Oscar and Golden Globe that he won for his performance in The Search |
Jandl was a member of a radio choir in Prague, and had appeared in radio plays and a Czech film when he was selected by director Fred Zinnemann for his role in The Search as a boy whom Montgomery Clift helps reunite with his mother in the aftermath of World War II. He was either unable to attend the awards ceremony or was prevented from doing so by the communist government, but his miniature Oscar and the Golden Globe he was also awarded were brought to him in Prague. Stories about his life after the award are often tinged by politics, and hence may not be entirely reliable: According to one story, he was forced to withdraw from university and to work as a laborer in a quarry because of his association with the capitalist Academy. He made only three more films, the last in 1951, but later in life returned to radio work. He died in 1987, at the age of fifty.
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| Sid Grauman and Gene Tierney at Tierney's handprinting ceremony in 1946 |
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| Grauman left his own prints at the Chinese Theatre |
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| The Chinese Theatre forecourt today |
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| To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years |
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| To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc |
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| To Jean Hersholt in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president |
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