1942

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Win indicated by an asterisk (*)

1942 (15th)

ACTOR

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James Cagney — Yankee Doodle Dandy {”George M. Cohan”}
 

Ronald Colman — Random Harvest {”Charles Ranier”}
 

Gary Cooper — The Pride of the Yankees {”Lou Gehrig”}
 

Walter Pidgeon — Mrs. Miniver {”Clem Miniver”}
 

Monty Woolley — The Pied Piper {”Howard”}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

 

William Bendix — Wake Island {”Smacksie Randall”}
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Van Heflin — Johnny Eager {”Jeff Hartnett”}
 

Walter Huston — Yankee Doodle Dandy {”Jerry Cohan”}
 

Frank Morgan — Tortilla Flat {”The Pirate”}
 

Henry Travers — Mrs. Miniver {”Mr. Ballard”}

ACTRESS

 

Bette Davis — Now, Voyager {”Charlotte Vale”}
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Greer Garson — Mrs. Miniver {”Kay Miniver”}
 

Katharine Hepburn — Woman of the Year {”Tess Harding”}
 

Rosalind Russell — My Sister Eileen {”Ruth Sherwood”}
 

Teresa Wright — The Pride of the Yankees {”Eleanor Gehrig”}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

 

Gladys Cooper — Now, Voyager {”Mrs. Vale”}
 

Agnes Moorehead — The Magnificent Ambersons {”Fanny Minafer”}
 

Susan Peters — Random Harvest {”Kitty”}
 

Dame May Whitty — Mrs. Miniver {”Lady Beldon”}
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Teresa Wright — Mrs. Miniver {”Carol Beldon”}

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

 

George Washington Slept Here — Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
 

The Magnificent Ambersons — Art Direction: Albert S. D’Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
 

Random Harvest — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
 

The Shanghai Gesture — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
 

Silver Queen — Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
 

The Spoilers — Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
 

Take a Letter, Darling — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
 

The Talk of the Town — Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
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This above All — Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

ART DIRECTION (Color)

 

Arabian Nights — Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
 

Captains of the Clouds — Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
 

Jungle Book — Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
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My Gal Sal — Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
 

Reap the Wild Wind — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

 

Kings Row — James Wong Howe
 

The Magnificent Ambersons — Stanley Cortez
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Mrs. Miniver — Joseph Ruttenberg
 

Moontide — Charles Clarke
 

The Pied Piper — Edward Cronjager
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Rudolph Maté
 

Take a Letter, Darling — John Mescall
 

The Talk of the Town — Ted Tetzlaff
 

Ten Gentlemen from West Point — Leon Shamroy
 

This above All — Arthur Miller

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

 

Arabian Nights — Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
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The Black Swan — Leon Shamroy
 

Captains of the Clouds — Sol Polito
 

Jungle Book — W. Howard Greene
 

Reap the Wild Wind — Victor Milner, William V. Skall
 

To the Shores of Tripoli — Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall

DIRECTING

 

Kings Row — Sam Wood
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Mrs. Miniver — William Wyler
 

Random Harvest — Mervyn LeRoy
 

Wake Island — John Farrow
 

Yankee Doodle Dandy — Michael Curtiz

DOCUMENTARY

 

Africa, Prelude to Victory — The March of Time
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The Battle of Midway — United States Navy

[NOTE: ‘A special award to ‘Battle of Midway’ for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.’]
 

Combat Report — United States Army Signal Corps
 

Conquer by the Clock — Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
 

The Grain that Built a Hemisphere — Walt Disney, Producer
 

Henry Browne, Farmer — United States Department of Agriculture
 

High over the Borders — National Film Board of Canada
 

High Stakes in the East — The Netherlands Information Bureau
 

Inside Fighting China — National Film Board of Canada
 

It’s Everybody’s War — United States Office of War Information
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Kokoda Front Line! — Australian News & Information Bureau

[NOTE: ‘A special award to ‘Kokoda Front Line!’ for its effectiveness in portraying, simply yet forcefully, the scene of war in New Guinea and for its moving presentation of the bravery and fortitude of our Australian comrades in arms.’]
 

Listen to Britain — British Ministry of Information
 

Little Belgium — Belgian Ministry of Information
 

Little Isles of Freedom — Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers
 

Mr. Blabbermouth! — United States Office of War Information
 

Mr. Gardenia Jones — United States Office of War Information
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Moscow Strikes Back — Artkino

[NOTE: ‘A special award to ‘Moscow Strikes Back’ for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.’]
 

The New Spirit — Walt Disney, Producer
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Prelude to War — United States Army Special Services

[NOTE: ‘A special award to ‘Prelude to War’ for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.’]
 

The Price of Victory — William H. Pine, Producer
 

A Ship Is Born — United States Merchant Marine
 

Twenty-One Miles — British Ministry of Information
 

We Refuse to Die — William C. Thomas, Producer
 

White Eagle — Concanen Films
 

Winning Your Wings — United States Army Air Force

FILM EDITING

 

Mrs. Miniver — Harold F. Kress
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The Pride of the Yankees — Daniel Mandell
 

The Talk of the Town — Otto Meyer
 

This above All — Walter Thompson
 

Yankee Doodle Dandy — George Amy

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

 

Arabian Nights — Frank Skinner
 

Bambi — Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
 

The Black Swan — Alfred Newman
 

The Corsican Brothers — Dimitri Tiomkin
 

Flying Tigers — Victor Young
 

The Gold Rush — Max Terr
 

I Married a Witch — Roy Webb
 

Joan of Paris — Roy Webb
 

Jungle Book — Miklos Rozsa
 

Klondike Fury — Edward Kay
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Now, Voyager — Max Steiner
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Leigh Harline
 

Random Harvest — Herbert Stothart
 

The Shanghai Gesture — Richard Hageman
 

Silver Queen — Victor Young
 

Take a Letter, Darling — Victor Young
 

The Talk of the Town — Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
 

To Be or Not to Be — Werner Heymann

MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

 

Flying with Music — Edward Ward
 

For Me and My Gal — Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
 

Holiday Inn — Robert Emmett Dolan
 

It Started with Eve — Hans Salter, Charles Previn
 

Johnny Doughboy — Walter Scharf
 

My Gal Sal — Alfred Newman
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Yankee Doodle Dandy — Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
 

You Were Never Lovelier — Leigh Harline

MUSIC (Song)

 

“Always in My Heart” from Always in My Heart — Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
 

“Dearly Beloved” from You Were Never Lovelier — Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
 

“How About You?” from Babes on Broadway — Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
 

“It Seems I Heard That Song Before” from Youth on Parade — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
 

“I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” from Orchestra Wives — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
 

“Love Is a Song” from Bambi — Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
 

“Pennies for Peppino” from Flying with Music — Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
 

“Pig Foot Pete” from Hellzapoppin’ — Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye

[NOTE: This nomination is a mystery. Both the nominations list and the program from the Awards dinner list the song as being from ‘Hellzapoppin’,’ a 1942 release for Awards purposes. The song does not appear in that film, but did appear in ‘Keep ‘Em Flying,’ a 1941 release from the same production company and studio, and was therefore ineligible for a 1942 nomination.]
 

“There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise” from The Mayor of 44th Street — Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
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“White Christmas” from Holiday Inn — Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

 

The Invaders — Ortus
 

Kings Row — Warner Bros.
 

The Magnificent Ambersons — Mercury
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Mrs. Miniver — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 

The Pied Piper — 20th Century-Fox
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
 

Random Harvest — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 

The Talk of the Town — Columbia
 

Wake Island — Paramount
 

Yankee Doodle Dandy — Warner Bros.

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

 

All Out for ‘V’ — 20th Century-Fox
 

Blitz Wolf — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Der Fuehrer’s Face — Walt Disney, Producer
 

Juke Box Jamboree — Walter Lantz, Producer
 

Pigs in a Polka — Leon Schlesinger, Producer
 

Tulips Shall Grow — George Pal, Producer

SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)

 

Desert Wonderland — 20th Century-Fox
 

Marines in the Making — Pete Smith, Producer
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Speaking of Animals and Their Families — Paramount
 

United States Marine Band — Warner Bros.

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)

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Beyond the Line of Duty — Warner Bros.
 

Don’t Talk — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 

Private Smith of the U.S.A. — RKO Radio

SOUND RECORDING

 

Arabian Nights — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
 

Bambi — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director
 

Flying Tigers — Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director
 

Friendly Enemies — Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
 

The Gold Rush — RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director
 

Mrs. Miniver — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
 

Once Upon a Honeymoon — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
 

Road to Morocco — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
 

This above All — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
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Yankee Doodle Dandy — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
 

You Were Never Lovelier — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

SPECIAL EFFECTS

 

The Black Swan — Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
 

Desperate Journey — Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
 

Flying Tigers — Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
 

Invisible Agent — Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
 

Jungle Book — Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
 

Mrs. Miniver — Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
 

The Navy Comes Through — Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
 

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing — Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
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Reap the Wild Wind — Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop

WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story)

 

Holiday Inn — Irving Berlin
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The Invaders — Emeric Pressburger
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Paul Gallico
 

The Talk of the Town — Sidney Harmon
 

Yankee Doodle Dandy — Robert Buckner

WRITING (Original Screenplay)

 

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing — Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
 

Road to Morocco — Frank Butler, Don Hartman
 

Wake Island — W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
 

The War against Mrs. Hadley — George Oppenheimer
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Woman of the Year — Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin

WRITING (Screenplay)

 

The Invaders — Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
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Mrs. Miniver — Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
 

The Pride of the Yankees — Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
 

Random Harvest — Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
 

The Talk of the Town — Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman

SPECIAL AWARD

* To Charles Boyer for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry.
* To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in ‘In Which We Serve.’
* To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the ‘Andy Hardy’ series of films.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

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Sidney Franklin

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)

* To CARROLL CLARK, F. THOMAS THOMPSON and the RKO RADIO STUDIO ART and MINIATURE DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine. [Stage Operations]
* To DANIEL B. CLARK and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)

* To ROBERT HENDERSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING and TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography. [Special Photographic]
* To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negative for pre-selection purposes. [Laboratory]