The Oscars Academy Awards: 1941

The Academy Awards:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

1941 (14th)

*	Gary Cooper -- Sergeant York {"Alvin C. York"}

Cary Grant -- Penny Serenade {"Roger Adams"}

Walter Huston -- All That Money Can Buy {"Mr. Scratch"}

Robert Montgomery -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan {"Joe Pendleton"}

Orson Welles -- Citizen Kane {"Charles Foster Kane"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Walter Brennan -- Sergeant York {"Pastor Posier Pile"}

Charles Coburn -- The Devil and Miss Jones {"John P. Merrick"}

*	Donald Crisp -- How Green Was My Valley {"Mr. Morgan"}

James Gleason -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan {"Max Corkle"}

Sydney Greenstreet -- The Maltese Falcon {"Kaspar Gutman"}

ACTRESS

Bette Davis -- The Little Foxes {"Regina Hubbard Giddens"}

Olivia de Havilland -- Hold Back the Dawn {"Emmy Brown"}

*	Joan Fontaine -- Suspicion {"Lina McLaidlaw"}

Greer Garson -- Blossoms in the Dust {"Edna Gladney"}

Barbara Stanwyck -- Ball of Fire {"Sugarpuss O'Shea"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sara Allgood -- How Green Was My Valley {"Mrs. Morgan"}

*	Mary Astor -- The Great Lie {"Sandra Kovak"}

Patricia Collinge -- The Little Foxes {"Birdie Hubbard"}

Teresa Wright -- The Little Foxes {"Alexandra Giddens"}

Margaret Wycherly -- Sergeant York {"Mother York"}

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

Citizen Kane -- Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera

The Flame of New Orleans -- Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman

Hold Back the Dawn -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer

*	How Green Was My Valley -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

Ladies in Retirement -- Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery

The Little Foxes -- Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

Sergeant York -- Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean

Sis Hopkins

[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Nomination withdrawn by Republic Studios.]

The Son of Monte Cristo -- Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle

Sundown -- Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine

That Hamilton Woman -- Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron

When Ladies Meet -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

ART DIRECTION (Color)

Blood and Sand -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

*	Blossoms in the Dust -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

Louisiana Purchase -- Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

The Chocolate Soldier -- Karl Freund

Citizen Kane -- Gregg Toland

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Joseph Ruttenberg

Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Joseph Walker

Hold Back the Dawn -- Leo Tover

*	How Green Was My Valley -- Arthur Miller

Sergeant York -- Sol Polito

Sun Valley Serenade -- Edward Cronjager

Sundown -- Charles Lang

That Hamilton Woman -- Rudolph Maté

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

Aloma of the South Seas -- Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder

Billy the Kid -- William V. Skall, Leonard Smith

*	Blood and Sand -- Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan

Blossoms in the Dust -- Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene

Dive Bomber -- Bert Glennon

Louisiana Purchase -- Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan

DIRECTING

Citizen Kane -- Orson Welles

Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Alexander Hall

*	How Green Was My Valley -- John Ford

The Little Foxes -- William Wyler

Sergeant York -- Howard Hawks

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

Adventure in the Bronx -- Film Associates

Bomber -- United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit

Christmas under Fire -- British Ministry of Information

*	Churchill's Island -- National Film Board of Canada

Letter from Home -- British Ministry of Information

Life of a Thoroughbred -- Truman Talley, Producer

Norway in Revolt -- The March of Time

A Place to Live -- Philadelphia Housing Association

Russian Soil -- Amkino

Soldiers of the Sky -- Truman Talley, Producer

War Clouds in the Pacific -- National Film Board of Canada

FILM EDITING

Citizen Kane -- Robert Wise

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Harold F. Kress

How Green Was My Valley -- James B. Clark

The Little Foxes -- Daniel Mandell

*	Sergeant York -- William Holmes

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)

*	All That Money Can Buy -- Bernard Herrmann

Back Street -- Frank Skinner

Ball of Fire -- Alfred Newman

Cheers for Miss Bishop -- Edward Ward

Citizen Kane -- Bernard Herrmann

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Franz Waxman

Hold Back the Dawn -- Victor Young

How Green Was My Valley -- Alfred Newman

King of the Zombies -- Edward Kay

Ladies in Retirement -- Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch

The Little Foxes -- Meredith Willson

Lydia -- Miklos Rozsa

Mercy Island -- Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf

Sergeant York -- Max Steiner

So Ends Our Night -- Louis Gruenberg

Sundown -- Miklos Rozsa

Suspicion -- Franz Waxman

Tanks a Million -- Edward Ward

That Uncertain Feeling -- Werner Heymann

This Woman Is Mine -- Richard Hageman

MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

All-American Co-Ed -- Edward Ward

Birth of the Blues -- Robert Emmett Dolan

Buck Privates -- Charles Previn

The Chocolate Soldier -- Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper

*	Dumbo -- Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace

Ice-Capades -- Cy Feuer

The Strawberry Blonde -- Heinz Roemheld

Sun Valley Serenade -- Emil Newman

Sunny -- Anthony Collins

You'll Never Get Rich -- Morris Stoloff

MUSIC (Song)

"Baby Mine" from Dumbo -- Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington

"Be Honest With Me" from Ridin' on a Rainbow -- Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose

"Blues In The Night" from Blues in the Night -- Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B" from Buck Privates -- Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye

"Chattanooga Choo Choo" from Sun Valley Serenade -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

"Dolores" from Las Vegas Nights -- Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser

*	"The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good -- Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

"Out Of The Silence" from All-American Co-Ed -- Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind

"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" from You'll Never Get Rich -- Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

Blossoms in the Dust -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Citizen Kane -- Mercury

Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Columbia

Hold Back the Dawn -- Paramount

*	How Green Was My Valley -- 20th Century-Fox

The Little Foxes -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions

The Maltese Falcon -- Warner Bros.

One Foot in Heaven -- Warner Bros.

Sergeant York -- Warner Bros.

Suspicion -- RKO Radio

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B -- Walter Lantz, Producer

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt -- Leon Schlesinger, Producer

How War Came -- Columbia

*	Lend a Paw -- Walt Disney, Producer

The Night before Christmas -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Rhapsody in Rivets -- Leon Schlesinger, Producer

Rhythm in the Ranks -- George Pal, Producer

The Rookie Bear -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Superman -- Max Fleischer, Producer

Truant Officer Donald -- Walt Disney, Producer

SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)

Army Champions -- Pete Smith, Producer

Beauty and the Beach -- Paramount

Down on the Farm -- Paramount

Forty Boys and a Song -- Warner Bros.

Kings of the Turf -- Warner Bros.

*	Of Pups and Puzzles -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Sagebrush and Silver -- 20th Century-Fox

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)

Alive in the Deep -- Woodard Productions, Inc.

Forbidden Passage -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Gay Parisian -- Warner Bros.

*	Main Street on the March! -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Tanks Are Coming -- United States Army

SOUND RECORDING

Appointment for Love -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director

Ball of Fire -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

The Chocolate Soldier -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director

Citizen Kane -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director

The Devil Pays Off -- Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director

How Green Was My Valley -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director

The Men in Her Life -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

Sergeant York -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

Skylark -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director

*	That Hamilton Woman -- General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director

Topper Returns -- Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Aloma of the South Seas -- Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop

Dive Bomber -- Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson

[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Originally announced as a nominee on February 9, 1942, but sometime between the 10th and the 19th of February, this title was dropped and replaced by another Warner Bros. production, The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the nomination. There is no explanation in the files as to why this replacement was made.]

Flight Command -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer

*	I Wanted Wings -- Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop

The Invisible Woman -- Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall

The Sea Wolf -- Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson

[NOTE: Not originally one of the nominees announced on February 9, 1942. Dive Bomber, another Warner Bros. production, was on the list, but sometime between the 10th and 19th of February, the Dive Bomber nomination was replaced by The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the achievement. There is no explanation in the files as to why the replacement was made.]

That Hamilton Woman -- Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth

Topper Returns -- Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse

A Yank in the R.A.F. -- Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen

WRITING (Original Screenplay)

*	Citizen Kane -- Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

The Devil and Miss Jones -- Norman Krasna

Sergeant York -- Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston

Tall, Dark and Handsome -- Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware

Tom, Dick and Harry -- Paul Jarrico

WRITING (Original Story)

Ball of Fire -- Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe

*	Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Harry Segall

The Lady Eve -- Monckton Hoffe

Meet John Doe -- Richard Connell, Robert Presnell

Night Train -- Gordon Wellesley

WRITING (Screenplay)

*	Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller

Hold Back the Dawn -- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

How Green Was My Valley -- Philip Dunne

The Little Foxes -- Lillian Hellman

The Maltese Falcon -- John Huston

SPECIAL AWARD

*	To Rey Scott for his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions.

*	To The British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, Target for Tonight.

*	To Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form.

*	To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

*	Walt Disney

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)

*	To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS DIVISION OF WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC., for the development of the precision integrating sphere densitometer. [Laboratory]

*	To RCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the design and development of the MI-3043 Uni-directional microphone. [Sound]

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)

*	To RAY WILKINSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO LABORATORY for pioneering in the use of and for the first practical application to release printing of fine grain positive stock. [Film]

*	To CHARLES LOOTENS and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for pioneering the use of and for the first practical application to motion picture production of CLASS B push-pull variable area recording. [Sound]

*	To WILBUR SILVERTOOTH and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT for the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light. [Special Photographic]

*	To PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., and 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device. [Stage Operations]

*	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]