13th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1941)

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• Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 27, 1941
• For films released in: 1940

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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 13th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Production

• All This, and Heaven Too
  Warner Bros.
• Foreign Correspondent
  Walter Wanger
• The Grapes of Wrath
  20th Century-Fox
• The Great Dictator
  Charles Chaplin Productions
• Kitty Foyle
  RKO Radio
• The Letter
  Warner Bros.
• The Long Voyage Home
  Argosy-Wanger
• Our Town
  Sol Lesser
• The Philadelphia Story
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Rebecca
  Selznick International Pictures

Best Directing

• The Grapes of Wrath
  John Ford
• Kitty Foyle
  Sam Wood
• The Letter
  William Wyler
• The Philadelphia Story
  George Cukor
• Rebecca
  Alfred Hitchcock

Best Actor

• Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  Raymond Massey
• The Grapes of Wrath
  Henry Fonda
• The Great Dictator
  Charles Chaplin
• The Philadelphia Story
  James Stewart
• Rebecca
  Laurence Olivier

Best Actress

• Kitty Foyle
  Ginger Rogers
• The Letter
  Bette Davis
• Our Town
  Martha Scott
• The Philadelphia Story
  Katharine Hepburn
• Rebecca
  Joan Fontaine

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Foreign Correspondent
  Albert Basserman
• The Great Dictator
  Jack Oakie
• The Letter
  James Stephenson
• They Knew What They Wanted
  William Gargan
• The Westerner
  Walter Brennan

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• All This, and Heaven Too
  Barbara O'Neill
• The Grapes of Wrath
  Jane Darwell
• The Philadelphia Story
  Ruth Hussey
• Primrose Path
  Marjorie Rambeau
• Rebecca
  Judith Anderson

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• Arise, My Love
  Hans Dreier and Robert Usher
• Arizona
  Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson
• The Boys from Syracuse
  Jack Otterson
• The Dark Command
  John Victor Mackay
• Foreign Correspondent
  Alexander Golitzen
• Lillian Russell
  Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright
• My Favorite Wife
  Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee Kirk
• My Son, My Son!
  John DuCasse Schulze
• Our Town
  Lewis J. Rachmil
• Pride and Prejudice
  Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse
• Rebecca
  Lyle Wheeler
• The Sea Hawk
  Anton Grot
• The Westerner
  James Basevi

Best Art Direction (Color)

• Bitter Sweet
  Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie
• Down Argentine Way
  Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright
• North West Mounted Police
  Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
• The Thief of Bagdad
  Vincent Korda

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  James Wong Howe
• All This, and Heaven Too
  Ernest Haller
• Arise, My Love
  Charles B. Lang Jr.
• Boom Town
  Harold Rosson
• Foreign Correspondent
  Rudolph Maté
• The Letter
  Gaetano "Tony" Gaudio
• The Long Voyage Home
  Gregg Toland
• Rebecca
  George Barnes
• Spring Parade
  Joseph Valentine
• Waterloo Bridge
  Joseph Ruttenberg

Best Cinematography (Color)

• Bitter Sweet
  Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey
• The Blue Bird
  Arthur Miller and Ray Rennahan
• Down Argentine Way
  Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan
• North West Mounted Police
  Victor Milner and W. Howard Greene
• Northwest Passage
  Sidney Wagner and William V. Skall
• The Thief of Bagdad
  Georges Périnal

Best Film Editing

• The Grapes of Wrath
  Robert Simpson
• The Letter
  Warren Low
• The Long Voyage Home
  Sherman Todd
• North West Mounted Police
  Anne Bauchens
• Rebecca
  Hal C. Kern

Best Music (Scoring)

• Arise, My Love
  Victor Young
• Hit Parade of 1941
  Cy Feuer
• Irene
  Anthony Collins
• Our Town
  Aaron Copland
• The Sea Hawk
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Second Chorus
  Artie Shaw
• Spring Parade
  Charles Previn
• Strike Up the Band
  Roger Edens and George Stoll
• Tin Pan Alley
  Alfred Newman

Best Music (Original Score)

• Arizona
  Victor Young
• The Dark Command
  Victor Young
• The Fight for Life
  Louis Gruenberg
• The Great Dictator
  Meredith Wilson
• The House of the Seven Gables
  Frank Skinner
• The Howards of Virginia
  Richard Hageman
• The Letter
  Max Steiner
• The Long Voyage Home
  Richard Hageman
• The Mark of Zorro
  Alfred Newman
• My Favorite Wife
  Roy Webb
• North West Mounted Police
  Victor Young
• One Million B.C.
  Werner Heymann
• Our Town
  Aaron Copland
• Pinocchio
  Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington
• Rebecca
  Franz Waxman
• The Thief of Bagdad
  Miklos Rozsa
• Waterloo Bridge
  Herbert Stothart

Best Music (Song)

• Down Argentine Way "Down Argentine Way"
  Harry Warren [Music by] and Mack Gordon [Lyrics by]
• Hit Parade of 1941 "Who Am I?"
  Jule Styne [Music by] and Walter Bullock [Lyrics by]
• Music in My Heart "It's a Blue World"
  Chet Forrest [Music and Lyrics by] and Bob Wright [Music and Lyrics by]
• Pinocchio "When You Wish upon a Star"
  Leigh Harline [Music by] and Ned Washington [Lyrics by]
• Rhythm on the River "Only Forever"
  James Monaco [Music by] and John Burke [Lyrics by]
• Second Chorus "Love of My Life"
  Artie Shaw [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by]
• Spring Parade "Waltzing in the Clouds"
  Robert Stoltz [Music by] and Gus Kahn [Lyrics by]
• Strike Up the Band "Our Love Affair"
  Roger Edens [Music and Lyrics by] and Arthur Freed [Music and Lyrics by]
• You'll Find Out "I'd Know You Anywhere"
  Jimmy McHugh [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• The Milky Way
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Puss Gets the Boot
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• A Wild Hare
  Leon Schlesinger

Best Short Subject (One-reel)

• London Can Take It
  Warner Bros.
• More about Nostradamus
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Quicker 'N a Wink
  Pete Smith
• Siege
  RKO Radio

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Eyes of the Navy
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Service with the Colors
  Warner Bros.
• Teddy, the Rough Rider
  Warner Bros.

Best Sound Recording

• Behind the News
  Republic Studio Sound Department and Charles L. Lootens [Sound Director]
• Captain Caution
  Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer A. Raguse [Sound Director]
• The Grapes of Wrath
  20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director]
• The Howards of Virginia
  General Service Sound Department and Jack Whitney [Sound Director]
• Kitty Foyle
  RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John Aalberg [Sound Director]
• North West Mounted Police
  Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder [Sound Director]
• Our Town
  Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]
• The Sea Hawk
  Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director]
• Spring Parade
  Universal Studio Sound Department and Bernard B. Brown [Sound Director]
• Strike Up the Band
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director]
• Too Many Husbands
  Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director]

Best Special Effects

• The Blue Bird
  Fred Sersen [Photographic Effects by] and E.H. Hansen [Sound Effects by]
• Boom Town
  A. Arnold Gillespie [Photographic Effects by] and Douglas Shearer [Sound Effects by]
• The Boys from Syracuse
  John P. Fulton [Photographic Effects by], Bernard B. Brown [Sound Effects by] and Joseph Lapis [Sound Effects by]
• Dr. Cyclops
  Gordon Jennings [Photographic Effects by] and Farciot Edouart [Photographic Effects by]
• Foreign Correspondent
  Paul Eagler [Photographic Effects by] and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Effects by]
• The Invisible Man Returns
  John P. Fulton [Photographic Effects by], Bernard B. Brown [Sound Effects by] and William Hedgecock [Sound Effects by]
• The Long Voyage Home
  R.T. Layton [Photographic Effects by], Ray Binger [Photographic Effects by] and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Effects by]
• One Million B.C.
  Roy Seawright [Photographic Effects by] and Elmer Raguse [Sound Effects by]
• Rebecca
  Jack Cosgrove [Photographic Effects by] and Arthur Johns [Sound Effects by]
• The Sea Hawk
  Byron Haskin [Photographic Effects by] and Nathan Levinson [Sound Effects by]
• Swiss Family Robinson
  Vernon L. Walker [Photographic Effects by] and John O. Aalberg [Sound Effects by]
• The Thief of Bagdad
  Lawrence Butler [Photographic Effects by] and Jack Whitney [Sound Effects by]
• Typhoon
  Farciot Edouart [Photographic Effects by], Gordon Jennings [Photographic Effects by] and Loren Ryder [Sound Effects by]
• Women in War
  Howard J. Lydecker [Photographic Effects by], William Bradford [Photographic Effects by], Ellis J. Thackery [Photographic Effects by] and Herbert Norsch [Sound Effects by]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Angels over Broadway
  Ben Hecht
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
  John Huston, Heinz Herald and Norman Burnside
• Foreign Correspondent
  Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison
• The Great Dictator
  Charles Chaplin
• The Great McGinty
  Preston Sturges

Best Writing (Screenplay)

• The Grapes of Wrath
  Nunnally Johnson
• Kitty Foyle
  Dalton Trumbo
• The Long Voyage Home
  Dudley Nichols
• The Philadelphia Story
  Donald Ogden Stewart
• Rebecca
  Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harris

Best Writing (Original Story)

• Arise, My Love
  Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy
• Comrade X
  Walter Reisch
• Edison, the Man
  Dore Schary and Hugo Butler
• My Favorite Wife
  Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack and Leo McCarey
• The Westerner
  Stuart N. Lake