The Bells of St. Mary's Crosby became the first actor to be twice nominated for an Oscar for portraying the same character; he had previously portrayed Father Chuck O'Malley in Going My Way (1944).
Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford was not present at the awards ceremony and feigned ill that night. Meanwhile she listened to the show on the radio. When she won, she ushered the press into her bedroom, where she finally accepted her Oscar.
George Stoll On 10 September 2001 Kevin Spacey purchased Stoll's Oscar statuette at a Butterfields auction in Los Angeles and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Frank Sinatra, Lewis Allan, Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Maltz, Earl Robinson, Frank Ross For tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song "The House I Live In" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.