And the Oscar goes to . . .

Sound Recording. Wells Fargo, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Sound Recording. If I Were King, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Special Award (Special Effects). For outstanding achievement in creating Special Photographic and Sound Effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North. Special Effects by Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith. Transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs. Sound Effects by Loren Ryder, assisted by Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst. [Plaque]

Sound Recording. The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Union Pacific, Paramount. Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder.

Sound Recording. North West Mounted Police, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Typhoon, Paramount. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Loren Ryder.

Sound Recording. Skylark, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, and to Loren Ryder and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in studio production.

Sound Recording. Road to Morocco, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director.

Sound Recording. Riding High, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Sound Recording. Double Indemnity, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Sound Recording. The Unseen, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Loren L. Ryder, Charles R. Daily and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the design, construction and use of the first dial controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert Carr and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Loren L. Ryder and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the first studio-wide application of magnetic sound recording to motion picture production.

Sound Recording. The War of the Worlds, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Sound Recording. Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class I). To Paramount Pictures, Inc., Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop, and all the members of the technical and engineering staff for developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker, and the Paramount Studios for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.

Sound Recording. The Ten Commandments, Motion Picture Associates, Inc.; Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Honorary Award. To Linwood G. Dunn, Loren L. Ryder and Waldon O. Watson in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [Medal of Commendation]