Oscar statuette ©AMPAS


1974 (47th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview

Shown below is an overview of the 1974 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)

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The 1974 Preliminaries

1974 (47th) Reminder List of Eligible Releases

1974 (47th) Voting Rules
Eligibility Period:
January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974

Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Text of Voting Rules

The 1974 Ceremony

1974 (47th) Academy Award Ceremony Poster

1974 (47th) Academy Award Ceremony Program
Tuesday, April 8, 1975
7:00 PM

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center


Ceremony Poster

Ceremony Program

Nominations & Winners
Winners Only
Nominations by Film
Nomination Statistics by Film

See Also:
    Nominations & Winners by Category
    Winners Only by Category

The 1974 Winners

1974 (47th) Best Picture Poster: “The Godfather Part II”

1974 (47th) Best Picture Home Page Background: “The Godfather Part II”


Best Picture:
The Godfather Part II
Coppola Company Production;
Paramount

Francis Ford Coppola, Producer;
Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers

Best Picture Poster

Best Picture Home Page Background

1974 (47th) Best Actor: Art Carney   1974 (47th) Best Actor Volpe Sketch: Art Carney Best Actor:
Art Carney
as Harry Coombes
in the film
Harry and Tonto

1974 (47th) Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn   1974 (47th) Best Actress Volpe Sketch: Ellen Burstyn Best Actress:
Ellen Burstyn
as Alice Hyatt
in the film
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

1974 (39th) Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro Best Supporting Actor:
Robert De Niro
as Vito Corleone
in the film
The Godfather Part II

1974 (39th) Best Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman Best Supporting Actress:
Ingrid Bergman
as Greta Ohlsson
in the film
Murder on the Orient Express

1974 (41st) Best Song: “We May Never Love Like This Again” Best Song:
We May Never Love Like This Again
from the film
The Towering Inferno

Music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

Best Song Lyrics

Other 1974 Nominees

1974 (47th) Best Actor Nominees (Version 1)

Best Actor Nominees (Version 1)
1974 (47th) Best Actor Nominees (Version 2)

Best Actor Nominees (Version 2)
1974 (47th) Best Actress Nominees (Version 1)

Best Actress Nominees (Version 1)
1974 (47th) Best Actress Nominees (Version 2)

Best Actress Nominees (Version 2)
1974 (47th) Best Supporting Actor Nominees (Version 1)

Best Supporting Actor Nominees (Version 1)
1974 (47th) Best Supporting Actor Nominees (Version 2)

Best Supporting Actor Nominees (Version 2)
1974 (47th) Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Best Supporting Actress Nominees