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    Oscar

    Edit

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Gary Cooper
      Winner
      • Gary Cooper
      • Sergeant York
    • Cary Grant
      • Cary Grant
      • Penny Serenade
    • Walter Huston
      • Walter Huston
      • The Devil and Daniel Webster
    • Robert Montgomery
      • Robert Montgomery
      • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
    • Orson Welles
      • Orson Welles
      • Citizen Kane

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Donald Crisp
      Winner
      • Donald Crisp
      • How Green Was My Valley
    • Walter Brennan
      • Walter Brennan
      • Sergeant York
    • Charles Coburn
      • Charles Coburn
      • The Devil and Miss Jones
    • James Gleason
      • James Gleason
      • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
    • Sydney Greenstreet
      • Sydney Greenstreet
      • The Maltese Falcon

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Joan Fontaine
      Winner
      • Joan Fontaine
      • Suspicion
    • Bette Davis
      • Bette Davis
      • The Little Foxes
    • Olivia de Havilland
      • Olivia de Havilland
      • Hold Back the Dawn
    • Greer Garson
      • Greer Garson
      • Blossoms in the Dust
    • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Ball of Fire

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Mary Astor in Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
      Winner
      • Mary Astor
      • The Great Lie
    • Sara Allgood
      • Sara Allgood
      • How Green Was My Valley
    • Patricia Collinge
      • Patricia Collinge
      • The Little Foxes
    • Teresa Wright
      • Teresa Wright
      • The Little Foxes
    • Margaret Wycherly
      • Margaret Wycherly
      • Sergeant York

    Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      Richard Day
      Nathan Juran
      Thomas Little
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      Perry Ferguson
      Van Nest Polglase
      A. Roland Fields
      Darrell Silvera
    • [object Object]

      The Flame of New Orleans

      6.5 (1.5K)
      Martin Obzina
      Jack Otterson
      Russell A. Gausman
    • [object Object]

      Hold Back the Dawn

      7.3 (3K)
      Hans Dreier
      Robert Usher
      Sam Comer
    • [object Object]

      Ladies in Retirement

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Lionel Banks
      George Montgomery
    • [object Object]

      The Little Foxes

      7.9 (14K)
      Stephen Goosson
      Howard Bristol
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      John Hughes
      Fred M. MacLean
    • [object Object]

      Sis Hopkins

      5.9 (176)
      The nomination was withdrawn by Republic Studios. It is thus not counted as an official Academy nomination and listed here for the purpose of information only.
    • [object Object]

      The Son of Monte Cristo

      6.2 (951)
      John DuCasse Schulze
      Edward G. Boyle
    • [object Object]

      Sundown

      5.6 (1.1K)
      Alexander Golitzen
      Richard Irvine
    • [object Object]

      That Hamilton Woman

      7.2 (5.4K)
      Vincent Korda
      Julia Heron
    • [object Object]

      When Ladies Meet

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Cedric Gibbons
      Randall Duell
      Edwin B. Willis

    Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blossoms in the Dust

      6.9 (2.5K)
      Cedric Gibbons
      Urie McCleary
      Edwin B. Willis
    • [object Object]

      Blood and Sand

      6.7 (3.4K)
      Richard Day
      Joseph C. Wright
      Thomas Little
    • [object Object]

      Louisiana Purchase

      6.1 (584)
      Raoul Pene Du Bois
      Stephen Seymour

    Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      Arthur C. Miller
    • [object Object]

      The Chocolate Soldier

      6.0 (348)
      Karl Freund
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      Gregg Toland
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      6.8 (11K)
      Joseph Ruttenberg
    • [object Object]

      Here Comes Mr. Jordan

      7.5 (7.9K)
      Joseph Walker
    • [object Object]

      Hold Back the Dawn

      7.3 (3K)
      Leo Tover
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      Sol Polito
    • [object Object]

      Sun Valley Serenade

      7.1 (2.1K)
      Edward Cronjager
    • [object Object]

      Sundown

      5.6 (1.1K)
      Charles Lang
    • [object Object]

      That Hamilton Woman

      7.2 (5.4K)
      Rudolph Maté

    Best Cinematography, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blood and Sand

      6.7 (3.4K)
      Ernest Palmer
      Ray Rennahan
    • [object Object]

      Aloma of the South Seas

      5.4 (179)
      Wilfrid M. Cline
      Karl Struss
      William E. Snyder
    • [object Object]

      Billy the Kid

      5.7 (1.1K)
      William V. Skall
      Leonard Smith
    • [object Object]

      Blossoms in the Dust

      6.9 (2.5K)
      Karl Freund
      W. Howard Greene
    • [object Object]

      Dive Bomber

      6.5 (2.2K)
      Bert Glennon
    • [object Object]

      Louisiana Purchase

      6.1 (584)
      Harry Hallenberger
      Ray Rennahan

    Best Director

    • John Ford
      Winner
      • John Ford
      • How Green Was My Valley
    • Alexander Hall
      • Alexander Hall
      • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
    • Howard Hawks
      • Howard Hawks
      • Sergeant York
    • Orson Welles
      • Orson Welles
      • Citizen Kane
    • William Wyler
      • William Wyler
      • The Little Foxes

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Churchill's Island

      6.2 (264)
    • [object Object]

      A Place to Live

      5.4 (63)
      Philadelphia Housing Association
    • [object Object]

      Russian Soil

      3.6 (10)
      Amkino Corporation
    • [object Object]

      Adventure in the Bronx

      5.1 (34)
    • [object Object]

      Bomber

      5.0 (77)
    • [object Object]

      Christmas Under Fire

      6.9 (164)
    • A Letter from Home

      6.6 (76)
    • Life of a Thoroughbred

      7.0 (14)
    • Norway in Revolt

      4.9 (25)
    • [object Object]

      Soldiers of the Sky

      5.6 (20)
    • [object Object]

      Warclouds in the Pacific

      5.6 (74)

    Best Effects, Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Wanted Wings

      6.2 (621)
      Farciot Edouart(photographic)
      Gordon Jennings(photographic)
      Louis Mesenkop(sound)
    • [object Object]

      Aloma of the South Seas

      5.4 (179)
      Farciot Edouart(photographic)
      Gordon Jennings(photographic)
      Louis Mesenkop(sound)
    • [object Object]

      Flight Command

      6.3 (966)
      A. Arnold Gillespie(photographic)
      Douglas Shearer(sound)
    • [object Object]

      The Invisible Woman

      5.9 (3.8K)
      John P. Fulton(photographic)
      John D. Hall(sound)
    • [object Object]

      The Sea Wolf

      7.5 (4.9K)
      Byron Haskin(photographic)
      Nathan Levinson(sound)
    • [object Object]

      That Hamilton Woman

      7.2 (5.4K)
      Lawrence W. Butler(photographic)
      William A. Wilmarth(sound)
    • [object Object]

      Topper Returns

      6.8 (3.7K)
      Roy Seawright(photographic)
      Elmer Raguse(sound)
    • [object Object]

      A Yank in the RAF

      6.3 (1.7K)
      Fred Sersen(photographic)
      Edmund H. Hansen(sound)

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      William Holmes
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      Robert Wise
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      6.8 (11K)
      Harold F. Kress
    • [object Object]

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      James B. Clark
    • [object Object]

      The Little Foxes

      7.9 (14K)
      Daniel Mandell

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lady Be Good

      6.4 (1.3K)
      Jerome Kern(music)
      Oscar Hammerstein II(lyrics)
      For the song "The Last Time I Saw Paris".
    • [object Object]

      Dumbo

      7.2 (150K)
      Frank Churchill(music)
      Ned Washington(lyrics)
      For the song "Baby Mine".
    • [object Object]

      Ridin' on a Rainbow

      5.5 (195)
      Gene Autry
      Fred Rose
      For the song "Be Honest with Me".
    • [object Object]

      Blues in the Night

      6.7 (1.5K)
      Harold Arlen(music)
      Johnny Mercer(lyrics)
      For the song "Blues in the Night".
    • [object Object]

      Buck Privates

      7.0 (5K)
      Hugh Prince(music)
      Don Raye(lyrics)
      For the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B".
    • [object Object]

      Sun Valley Serenade

      7.1 (2.1K)
      Harry Warren(music)
      Mack Gordon(lyrics)
      For the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
    • [object Object]

      Las Vegas Nights

      5.2 (182)
      Louis Alter(music)
      Frank Loesser(lyrics)
      For the song "Dolores".
    • [object Object]

      All-American Co-Ed

      4.9 (475)
      For the song "Out of the Silence".
    • [object Object]

      You'll Never Get Rich

      6.7 (3.2K)
      Cole Porter
      For the song "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye".

    Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Devil and Daniel Webster

      7.6 (6.4K)
      Bernard Herrmann
    • [object Object]

      Back Street

      6.7 (731)
      Frank Skinner
    • [object Object]

      Ball of Fire

      7.7 (16K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      Cheers for Miss Bishop

      6.4 (885)
      Edward Ward
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      Bernard Herrmann
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      6.8 (11K)
      Franz Waxman
    • [object Object]

      Hold Back the Dawn

      7.3 (3K)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      King of the Zombies

      5.2 (2.8K)
      Edward J. Kay
    • [object Object]

      Ladies in Retirement

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Morris Stoloff
      Ernst Toch
    • [object Object]

      The Little Foxes

      7.9 (14K)
      Meredith Willson
    • [object Object]

      Lydia

      6.3 (975)
      Miklós Rózsa
    • [object Object]

      Mercy Island

      5.1 (74)
      Cy Feuer
      Walter Scharf
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      Max Steiner
    • [object Object]

      So Ends Our Night

      6.9 (859)
      Louis Gruenberg
    • [object Object]

      Sundown

      5.6 (1.1K)
      Miklós Rózsa
    • [object Object]

      Suspicion

      7.2 (46K)
      Franz Waxman
    • [object Object]

      Tanks a Million

      5.9 (362)
      Edward Ward
    • [object Object]

      That Uncertain Feeling

      6.6 (3.3K)
      Werner R. Heymann
    • [object Object]

      This Woman Is Mine

      5.5 (156)
      Richard Hageman

    Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dumbo

      7.2 (150K)
      Frank Churchill
      Oliver Wallace
    • [object Object]

      All-American Co-Ed

      4.9 (475)
      Edward Ward
    • [object Object]

      Birth of the Blues

      6.3 (483)
      Robert Emmett Dolan
    • [object Object]

      Buck Privates

      7.0 (5K)
      Charles Previn
    • [object Object]

      The Chocolate Soldier

      6.0 (348)
      Herbert Stothart
      Bronislau Kaper
    • [object Object]

      Ice-Capades

      5.3 (93)
      Cy Feuer
    • [object Object]

      The Strawberry Blonde

      7.2 (4.6K)
      Heinz Roemheld
    • [object Object]

      Sun Valley Serenade

      7.1 (2.1K)
      Emil Newman
    • [object Object]

      Sunny

      5.5 (264)
      Anthony Collins
    • [object Object]

      You'll Never Get Rich

      6.7 (3.2K)
      Morris Stoloff

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
    • [object Object]

      Blossoms in the Dust

      6.9 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
    • [object Object]

      Here Comes Mr. Jordan

      7.5 (7.9K)
      Columbia
    • [object Object]

      Hold Back the Dawn

      7.3 (3K)
    • [object Object]

      The Little Foxes

      7.9 (14K)
      Samuel Goldwyn Productions
    • [object Object]

      The Maltese Falcon

      7.9 (173K)
    • [object Object]

      One Foot in Heaven

      6.6 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      Suspicion

      7.2 (46K)

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lend a Paw

      6.9 (2.2K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B'

      5.7 (257)
      Walter Lantz
    • [object Object]

      Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

      6.5 (905)
      Leon Schlesinger
    • [object Object]

      How War Came

      5.6 (143)
      Columbia
    • [object Object]

      The Night Before Christmas

      7.9 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Rhapsody in Rivets

      7.1 (727)
      Leon Schlesinger
    • [object Object]

      The Rookie Bear

      6.2 (294)
    • [object Object]

      Rhythm in the Ranks

      6.4 (115)
      George Pal
    • [object Object]

      Superman: The Mad Scientist

      7.3 (3.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Truant Officer Donald

      7.2 (960)
      Walt Disney

    Best Short Subject, One-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Of Pups and Puzzles

      6.5 (186)
    • [object Object]

      Army Champions

      6.0 (166)
      Pete Smith
    • [object Object]

      Beauty and the Beach

    • [object Object]

      Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm

      6.4 (70)
    • [object Object]

      Forty Boys and a Song

      5.3 (182)
    • [object Object]

      Kings of the Turf

      5.3 (217)
    • Sagebrush and Silver

    Best Short Subject, Two-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Main Street on the March!

      6.5 (194)
    • Alive in the Deep

    • [object Object]

      Forbidden Passage

      6.4 (326)
    • [object Object]

      The Gay Parisian

      5.6 (439)
    • [object Object]

      The Tanks Are Coming

      5.6 (306)

    Best Sound, Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      That Hamilton Woman

      7.2 (5.4K)
      Jack Whitney(General Service SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Appointment for Love

      5.8 (197)
      Bernard B. Brown(Universal SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Ball of Fire

      7.7 (16K)
      Thomas T. Moulton(Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
    • [object Object]

      The Chocolate Soldier

      6.0 (348)
      Douglas Shearer(M-G-M SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      John Aalberg(RKO Radio SSD)
    • [object Object]

      The Devil Pays Off

      5.3 (108)
      Charles L. Lootens(Republic SSD)
    • [object Object]

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      Edmund H. Hansen(20th Century-Fox SSD)
    • [object Object]

      The Men in Her Life

      6.0 (191)
      John P. Livadary(Columbia SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      Nathan Levinson(Warner Bros. SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Skylark

      6.1 (725)
      Loren L. Ryder(Paramount SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Topper Returns

      6.8 (3.7K)
      Elmer Raguse(Hal Roach SSD)

    Best Writing, Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Citizen Kane

      8.2 (489K)
      Herman J. Mankiewicz
      Orson Welles
      On Friday, July 19th, 2003, Orson Welles' Oscar statuette went on sale at an auction at Christie's, New York, but was voluntarily withdrawn so the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences could buy it back for just 1 dollar. The statuette, included in a large selection of Welles-related material, was going to be sold by Beatrice Welles, the youngest of the filmmaker's three daughters and the sole heir of his estate and was expected to sell at over 300,000 dollars.
    • [object Object]

      The Devil and Miss Jones

      7.6 (5.1K)
      Norman Krasna
    • [object Object]

      Sergeant York

      7.7 (21K)
      Harry Chandlee
      Abem Finkel
      John Huston
      Howard Koch
    • [object Object]

      Tall, Dark and Handsome

      6.6 (301)
      Karl Tunberg
      Darrell Ware
    • [object Object]

      Tom, Dick and Harry

      6.3 (1.3K)
      Paul Jarrico

    Best Writing, Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Here Comes Mr. Jordan

      7.5 (7.9K)
      Harry Segall
    • [object Object]

      Ball of Fire

      7.7 (16K)
      Thomas Monroe
      Billy Wilder
    • [object Object]

      The Lady Eve

      7.7 (25K)
      Monckton Hoffe
    • [object Object]

      Meet John Doe

      7.6 (16K)
      Richard Connell
      Robert Presnell Sr.
    • [object Object]

      Night Train to Munich

      7.2 (6.1K)
      Gordon Wellesley

    Best Writing, Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Here Comes Mr. Jordan

      7.5 (7.9K)
      Sidney Buchman
      Seton I. Miller
    • [object Object]

      Hold Back the Dawn

      7.3 (3K)
      Charles Brackett
      Billy Wilder
    • [object Object]

      How Green Was My Valley

      7.7 (29K)
      Philip Dunne
    • [object Object]

      The Little Foxes

      7.9 (14K)
      Lillian Hellman
    • [object Object]

      The Maltese Falcon

      7.9 (173K)
      John Huston

    Honorary Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China

      7.3 (75)
      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 (certificate).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Target for Tonight

      6.3 (449)
      For its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film (certificate).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fantasia

      7.7 (110K)
      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 (certificate).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fantasia

      7.7 (110K)
      Walt Disney
      William E. Garity
      J.N.A. Hawkins
      For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia (certificate).

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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    • Walt Disney
      Winner
      • Walt Disney

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
          For the development of the precision integrating sphere densitometer.
        • Winner
            For the design and development of the MI-3043 Uni-directional microphone.

          Technical Achievement Award

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          • Winner
              For pioneering in the use of and for the first practical application to release printing of fine grain positive stock.
            • Winner
              • Charles L. Lootens
              For pioneering the use of and for the first practical application to motion picture production of Class B push-pull variable area recording.
            • Winner
                For the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light.
              • Winner
                  For the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device.
                • Douglas Shearer
                  Loren L. Ryder
                  Winners
                  • Douglas Shearer
                  • Loren L. Ryder
                  For pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in a studio production.

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                Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsActors AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

                Event date

                February 26, 1942

                Event location

                Los Angeles, California, USA

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