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1942

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The 14th Academy Awards | 1942
Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
Thursday, February 26, 1942
Honoring movies released in 1941
Highlights
Thalberg Award

Walt Disney

Supporting Actress
Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers
The Great Lie

Mary Astor, with presenter Ginger Rogers

Best Actress
Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Havilland, Burgess Meredith
Suspicion

Joan Fontaine, with Burgess Meredith and sister Olivia de Havilland

Memorable Moments
Gary Cooper, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor and Donald Crisp

Best Actor winner for Sergeant York, Best Actress winner for Suspicion, Supporting Actress winner for The Great Lie, and Supporting Actor winner for How Green Was My Valley

Bob Hope

Host of the Academy Awards

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell

At the Academy Awards ceremony

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WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Nominees
Cary Grant
Penny Serenade
Nominees
Walter Huston
All That Money Can Buy
Nominees
Robert Montgomery
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Nominees
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Donald Crisp
How Green Was My Valley
Nominees
Walter Brennan
Sergeant York
Nominees
Charles Coburn
The Devil and Miss Jones
Nominees
James Gleason
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Nominees
Sydney Greenstreet
The Maltese Falcon
Actress
Winner
Joan Fontaine
Suspicion
Nominees
Bette Davis
The Little Foxes
Nominees
Olivia de Havilland
Hold Back the Dawn
Nominees
Greer Garson
Blossoms in the Dust
Nominees
Barbara Stanwyck
Ball of Fire
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Mary Astor
The Great Lie
Nominees
Sara Allgood
How Green Was My Valley
Nominees
Patricia Collinge
The Little Foxes
Nominees
Teresa Wright
The Little Foxes
Nominees
Margaret Wycherly
Sergeant York
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
How Green Was My Valley
Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
Nominees
The Flame of New Orleans
Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
Nominees
Hold Back the Dawn
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Nominees
Ladies in Retirement
Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
Nominees
The Little Foxes
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Nominees
Sergeant York
Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
Nominees
The Son of Monte Cristo
Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Nominees
Sundown
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
Nominees
That Hamilton Woman
Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Nominees
When Ladies Meet
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Blossoms in the Dust
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Nominees
Blood and Sand
Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
Louisiana Purchase
Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
How Green Was My Valley
Arthur Miller
Nominees
The Chocolate Soldier
Karl Freund
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Gregg Toland
Nominees
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Joseph Ruttenberg
Nominees
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Joseph Walker
Nominees
Hold Back the Dawn
Leo Tover
Nominees
Sergeant York
Sol Polito
Nominees
Sun Valley Serenade
Edward Cronjager
Nominees
Sundown
Charles Lang
Nominees
That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Blood and Sand
Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
Nominees
Aloma of the South Seas
Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
Nominees
Billy the Kid
William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
Nominees
Blossoms in the Dust
Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
Nominees
Dive Bomber
Bert Glennon
Nominees
Louisiana Purchase
Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
Directing
Winner
How Green Was My Valley
John Ford
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles
Nominees
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Alexander Hall
Nominees
The Little Foxes
William Wyler
Nominees
Sergeant York
Howard Hawks
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Churchill's Island
National Film Board of Canada
Nominees
Adventure in the Bronx
Film Associates
Nominees
Bomber
United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
Nominees
Christmas under Fire
British Ministry of Information
Nominees
Letter from Home
British Ministry of Information
Nominees
Life of a Thoroughbred
Truman Talley, Producer
Nominees
Norway in Revolt
The March of Time
Nominees
A Place to Live
Philadelphia Housing Association
Nominees
Russian Soil
Amkino
Nominees
Soldiers of the Sky
Truman Talley, Producer
Nominees
War Clouds in the Pacific
National Film Board of Canada
Film Editing
Winner
Sergeant York
William Holmes
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Robert Wise
Nominees
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Harold F. Kress
Nominees
How Green Was My Valley
James B. Clark
Nominees
The Little Foxes
Daniel Mandell
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Walt Disney
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)
Winner
All That Money Can Buy
Bernard Herrmann
Nominees
Back Street
Frank Skinner
Nominees
Ball of Fire
Alfred Newman
Nominees
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Edward Ward
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Bernard Herrmann
Nominees
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Franz Waxman
Nominees
Hold Back the Dawn
Victor Young
Nominees
How Green Was My Valley
Alfred Newman
Nominees
King of the Zombies
Edward Kay
Nominees
Ladies in Retirement
Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
Nominees
The Little Foxes
Meredith Willson
Nominees
Lydia
Miklos Rozsa
Nominees
Mercy Island
Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
Nominees
Sergeant York
Max Steiner
Nominees
So Ends Our Night
Louis Gruenberg
Nominees
Sundown
Miklos Rozsa
Nominees
Suspicion
Franz Waxman
Nominees
Tanks a Million
Edward Ward
Nominees
That Uncertain Feeling
Werner Heymann
Nominees
This Woman Is Mine
Richard Hageman
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Dumbo
Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
Nominees
All-American Co-Ed
Edward Ward
Nominees
Birth of the Blues
Robert Emmett Dolan
Nominees
Buck Privates
Charles Previn
Nominees
The Chocolate Soldier
Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
Nominees
Ice-Capades
Cy Feuer
Nominees
The Strawberry Blonde
Heinz Roemheld
Nominees
Sun Valley Serenade
Emil Newman
Nominees
Sunny
Anthony Collins
Nominees
You'll Never Get Rich
Morris Stoloff
Music (Song)
Winner
Lady Be Good
The Last Time I Saw Paris in "Lady Be Good" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Nominees
Dumbo
Baby Mine in "Dumbo" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Nominees
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Be Honest With Me in "Ridin' on a Rainbow" Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
Nominees
Blues in the Night
Blues In The Night in "Blues in the Night" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Nominees
Buck Privates
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B in "Buck Privates" Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
Nominees
Sun Valley Serenade
Chattanooga Choo Choo in "Sun Valley Serenade" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Nominees
Las Vegas Nights
Dolores in "Las Vegas Nights" Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Nominees
All-American Co-Ed
Out Of The Silence in "All-American Co-Ed" Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
Nominees
You'll Never Get Rich
Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye in "You'll Never Get Rich" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Outstanding Motion Picture
Winner
How Green Was My Valley
20th Century-Fox
Nominees
Blossoms in the Dust
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Citizen Kane
Mercury
Nominees
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Columbia
Nominees
Hold Back the Dawn
Paramount
Nominees
The Little Foxes
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Nominees
The Maltese Falcon
Warner Bros.
Nominees
One Foot in Heaven
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Sergeant York
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Suspicion
RKO Radio
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Lend a Paw
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
Walter Lantz, Producer
Nominees
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Nominees
How War Came
Columbia
Nominees
The Night before Christmas
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Rhapsody in Rivets
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Nominees
Rhythm in the Ranks
George Pal, Producer
Nominees
The Rookie Bear
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Superman
Max Fleischer, Producer
Nominees
Truant Officer Donald
Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Of Pups and Puzzles
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Army Champions
Pete Smith, Producer
Nominees
Beauty and the Beach
Paramount
Nominees
Down on the Farm
Paramount
Nominees
Forty Boys and a Song
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Kings of the Turf
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Sagebrush and Silver
20th Century-Fox
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
Main Street on the March!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Alive in the Deep
Woodard Productions, Inc.
Nominees
Forbidden Passage
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The Gay Parisian
Warner Bros.
Nominees
The Tanks Are Coming
United States Army
Sound Recording
Winner
That Hamilton Woman
General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Nominees
Appointment for Love
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Nominees
Ball of Fire
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
The Chocolate Soldier
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Nominees
Citizen Kane
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
Nominees
The Devil Pays Off
Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
Nominees
How Green Was My Valley
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Nominees
The Men in Her Life
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
Sergeant York
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
Skylark
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
Nominees
Topper Returns
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
Special Award
Winner
Fantasia
Special Award
Winner
Kukan
Special Award
Winner
Target for Tonight
Special Award
Special Effects
Winner
I Wanted Wings
Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Nominees
Aloma of the South Seas
Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Nominees
Flight Command
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
Nominees
The Invisible Woman
Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall
Nominees
The Sea Wolf
Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Nominees
That Hamilton Woman
Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Nominees
Topper Returns
Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
Nominees
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Citizen Kane
Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Nominees
The Devil and Miss Jones
Norman Krasna
Nominees
Sergeant York
Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
Nominees
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
Nominees
Tom, Dick and Harry
Paul Jarrico
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Harry Segall
Nominees
Ball of Fire
Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
Nominees
The Lady Eve
Monckton Hoffe
Nominees
Meet John Doe
Richard Connell, Robert Presnell
Nominees
Night Train
Gordon Wellesley
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
Nominees
Hold Back the Dawn
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Nominees
How Green Was My Valley
Philip Dunne
Nominees
The Little Foxes
Lillian Hellman
Nominees
The Maltese Falcon
John Huston
ALL 0-9 A A-E B C D E F F-J G H I J K K-O L M N O P P-T Q R S T U U-Z V W X Y Z

A

Adventure in the Bronx
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Film Associates
Alive in the Deep
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Woodard Productions, Inc.
All That Money Can Buy
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Bernard Herrmann
  • Actor - Walter Huston
All-American Co-Ed
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Edward Ward
  • Music (Song) - Out Of The Silence in "All-American Co-Ed" Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
Aloma of the South Seas
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography (Color) - Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Appointment for Love
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Army Champions
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer

B

Back Street
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Frank Skinner
Ball of Fire
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Barbara Stanwyck
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Alfred Newman
  • Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
  • Writing (Original Story) - Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
Beauty and the Beach
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Paramount
Billy the Kid
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Color) - William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
Birth of the Blues
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Robert Emmett Dolan
Blood and Sand
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Cinematography (Color) - Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Blossoms in the Dust
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
  • Actress - Greer Garson
  • Cinematography (Color) - Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Blues in the Night
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Blues In The Night in "Blues in the Night" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Bomber
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walter Lantz, Producer
Buck Privates
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Charles Previn
  • Music (Song) - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B in "Buck Privates" Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye

C

Cheers for Miss Bishop
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Edward Ward
The Chocolate Soldier
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Karl Freund
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
  • Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Christmas under Fire
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - British Ministry of Information
Churchill's Island
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - National Film Board of Canada
Citizen Kane
9 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
  • Actor - Orson Welles
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Gregg Toland
  • Directing - Orson Welles
  • Film Editing - Robert Wise
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Bernard Herrmann
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Mercury
  • Sound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director

D

The Devil and Miss Jones
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Charles Coburn
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Norman Krasna
The Devil Pays Off
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
Dive Bomber
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Color) - Bert Glennon
Down on the Farm
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Paramount
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Ruttenberg
  • Film Editing - Harold F. Kress
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Franz Waxman
Dumbo
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
  • Music (Song) - Baby Mine in "Dumbo" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington

F

Fantasia
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Special Award - Special Award
The Flame of New Orleans
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
Flight Command
1 NOMINATION
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
Forbidden Passage
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Forty Boys and a Song
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Warner Bros.

G

The Gay Parisian
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - Warner Bros.
The Great Lie
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Mary Astor

H

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
7 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Writing (Original Story) - Harry Segall
  • * Writing (Screenplay) - Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
  • Actor - Robert Montgomery
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - James Gleason
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Walker
  • Directing - Alexander Hall
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Columbia
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Hold Back the Dawn
6 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Olivia de Havilland
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Leo Tover
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Victor Young
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Paramount
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
How Green Was My Valley
10 NOMINATIONS, 5 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Donald Crisp
  • * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
  • * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Arthur Miller
  • * Directing - John Ford
  • * Outstanding Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Sara Allgood
  • Film Editing - James B. Clark
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Alfred Newman
  • Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Philip Dunne
How War Came
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Columbia

I

I Wanted Wings
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Ice-Capades
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Cy Feuer
The Invisible Woman
1 NOMINATION
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall

K

King of the Zombies
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Edward Kay
Kings of the Turf
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - Warner Bros.
Kukan
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Special Award - Special Award

L

Ladies in Retirement
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
Lady Be Good
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Music (Song) - The Last Time I Saw Paris in "Lady Be Good" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
The Lady Eve
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Monckton Hoffe
Las Vegas Nights
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Dolores in "Las Vegas Nights" Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Lend a Paw
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Letter from Home
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - British Ministry of Information
Life of a Thoroughbred
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Truman Talley, Producer
The Little Foxes
8 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Bette Davis
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Patricia Collinge, Teresa Wright
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
  • Directing - William Wyler
  • Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Meredith Willson
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Lillian Hellman
Louisiana Purchase
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
  • Cinematography (Color) - Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
Lydia
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Miklos Rozsa

M

Main Street on the March!
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Two-reel) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Maltese Falcon
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Sydney Greenstreet
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Warner Bros.
  • Writing (Screenplay) - John Huston
Meet John Doe
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Richard Connell, Robert Presnell
The Men in Her Life
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Mercy Island
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf

N

The Night before Christmas
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Night Train
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Gordon Wellesley
Norway in Revolt
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - The March of Time

O

Of Pups and Puzzles
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (One-reel) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
One Foot in Heaven
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Warner Bros.

P

Penny Serenade
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Cary Grant
A Place to Live
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Philadelphia Housing Association

R

Rhapsody in Rivets
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Rhythm in the Ranks
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - George Pal, Producer
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Be Honest With Me in "Ridin' on a Rainbow" Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
The Rookie Bear
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Russian Soil
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Amkino

S

Sagebrush and Silver
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (One-reel) - 20th Century-Fox
The Sea Wolf
1 NOMINATION
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Sergeant York
11 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor - Gary Cooper
  • * Film Editing - William Holmes
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Walter Brennan
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Margaret Wycherly
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Sol Polito
  • Directing - Howard Hawks
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Max Steiner
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - Warner Bros.
  • Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
Skylark
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
So Ends Our Night
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Louis Gruenberg
Soldiers of the Sky
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Truman Talley, Producer
The Son of Monte Cristo
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Strawberry Blonde
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Heinz Roemheld
Sun Valley Serenade
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Edward Cronjager
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Emil Newman
  • Music (Song) - Chattanooga Choo Choo in "Sun Valley Serenade" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sundown
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Charles Lang
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
Sunny
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Anthony Collins
Superman
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Max Fleischer, Producer
Suspicion
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress - Joan Fontaine
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Franz Waxman
  • Outstanding Motion Picture - RKO Radio

T

Tall, Dark and Handsome
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
Tanks a Million
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Edward Ward
The Tanks Are Coming
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Two-reel) - United States Army
Target for Tonight
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Special Award - Special Award
That Hamilton Woman
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Recording - General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - That Hamilton Woman
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
That Uncertain Feeling
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Werner Heymann
This Woman Is Mine
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Richard Hageman
Tom, Dick and Harry
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Paul Jarrico
Topper Returns
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Sound Recording - Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
Truant Officer Donald
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer

W

War Clouds in the Pacific
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - National Film Board of Canada
When Ladies Meet
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

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A Yank in the R.A.F.
1 NOMINATION
  • Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
You'll Never Get Rich
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Morris Stoloff
  • Music (Song) - Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye in "You'll Never Get Rich" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
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