14th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1942)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 26, 1942
- For films released in: 1941
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 14th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
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
Best 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
Best Actor
- All That Money Can Buy
Walter Huston - Citizen Kane
Orson Welles - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Robert Montgomery - Penny Serenade
Cary Grant - Sergeant York
Gary Cooper
Best Actress
- Ball of Fire
Barbara Stanwyck - Blossoms in the Dust
Greer Garson - Hold Back the Dawn
Olivia de Havilland - The Little Foxes
Bette Davis - Suspicion
Joan Fontaine
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Devil and Miss Jones
Charles Coburn - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
James Gleason - How Green Was My Valley
Donald Crisp - The Maltese Falcon
Sydney Greenstreet - Sergeant York
Walter Brennan
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Great Lie
Mary Astor - How Green Was My Valley
Sara Allgood - The Little Foxes
Patricia Collinge - The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright - Sergeant York
Margaret Wycherly
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Citizen Kane
Perry Ferguson [Art Direction], Van Nest Polglase [Art Direction], Al Fields [Interior Decoration] and Darrell Silvera [Interior Decoration] - The Flame of New Orleans
Martin Obzina [Art Direction], Jack Otterson [Art Direction] and Russell A. Gausman [Interior Decoration] - Hold Back the Dawn
Hans Dreier [Art Direction], Robert Usher [Art Direction] and Sam Comer [Interior Decoration] - How Green Was My Valley
Richard Day [Art Direction], Nathan Juran [Art Direction] and Thomas Little [Interior Decoration] - Ladies in Retirement
Lionel Banks [Art Direction] and George Montgomery [Interior Decoration] - The Little Foxes
Stephen Goosson [Art Direction] and Howard Bristol [Interior Decoration] - Sergeant York
John Hughes [Art Direction] and Fred MacLean [Interior Decoration] - The Son of Monte Cristo
John DuCasse Schulze [Art Direction] and Edward G. Boyle [Interior Decoration] - Sundown
Alexander Golitzen [Art Direction] and Richard Irvine [Interior Decoration] - That Hamilton Woman
Vincent Korda [Art Direction] and Julia Heron [Interior Decoration] - When Ladies Meet
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Randall Duell [Art Direction] and Edwin B. Willis [Interior Decoration]
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Blood and Sand
Richard Day [Art Direction], Joseph C. Wright [Art Direction] and Thomas Little [Interior Decoration] - Blossoms in the Dust
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Urie McCleary [Art Direction] and Edwin B. Willis [Interior Decoration] - Louisiana Purchase
Raoul Pene du Bois [Art Direction] and Stephen A. Seymour [Interior Decoration]
Best 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 B. Lang Jr. - That Hamilton Woman
Rudolph Maté
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Aloma of the South Seas
Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss and William Snyder - Billy the Kid
William V. Skall and Leonard Smith - Blood and Sand
Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan - Blossoms in the Dust
Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene - Dive Bomber
Bert Glennon - Louisiana Purchase
Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan
Best 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 - Norway in Revolt
The March of Time - A Place to Live
Philadelphia Housing Association - Russian Soil
Amkino - Soldiers of the Sky
Truman Talley - War Clouds in the Pacific
National Film Board of Canada
Best 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
Best 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 and Ernst Toch - The Little Foxes
Meredith Wilson - Lydia
Miklos Rozsa - Mercy Island
Cy Feuer and 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
Best 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 and Bronislau Kaper - Dumbo
Frank Churchill and 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
Best Music (Song)
- All-American Co-Ed "Out of the Silence"
Lloyd B. Norlind [Music and Lyrics by] - Blues in the Night "Blues in the Night"
Harold Arlen [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by] - Buck Privates "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B"
Hugh Prince [Music by] and Don Raye [Lyrics by] - Dumbo "Baby Mine"
Frank Churchill [Music by] and Ned Washington [Lyrics by] - Lady Be Good "The Last Time I Saw Paris"
Jerome Kern [Music by] and Oscar Hammerstein II [Lyrics by] - Las Vegas Nights "Dolores"
Lou Alter [Music by] and Frank Loesser [Lyrics by] - Ridin' on a Rainbow "Be Honest with Me"
Gene Autry [Music and Lyrics by] and Fred Rose [Music and Lyrics by] - Sun Valley Serenade "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Harry Warren [Music by] and Mack Gordon [Lyrics by] - You'll Never Get Rich "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye"
Cole Porter [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
Walter Lantz - Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Leon Schlesinger - How War Came
Columbia - Lend a Paw
Walt Disney - The Night before Christmas
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Rhapsody in Rivets
Leon Schlesinger - Rhythm in the Ranks
George Pal - The Rookie Bear
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Superman
Max Fleischer - Truant Officer Donald
Walt Disney
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- Army Champions
Pete Smith - 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
Best 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
Best Sound Recording
- Appointment for Love
Universal Studio Sound Department and Bernard B. Brown [Sound Director] - Ball of Fire
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director] - The Chocolate Soldier
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director] - Citizen Kane
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John Aalberg [Sound Director] - The Devil Pays Off
Republic Studio Sound Department and Charles Lootens [Sound Director] - How Green Was My Valley
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director] - The Men in Her Life
Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director] - Sergeant York
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director] - Skylark
Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren Ryder [Sound Director] - That Hamilton Woman
General Service Sound Department and Jack Whitney [Sound Director] - Topper Returns
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer Raguse [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- Aloma of the South Seas
Farciot Edouart [Photographic Effects by], Gordon Jennings [Photographic Effects by] and Louis Mesenkop [Sound Effects by] - Flight Command
A. Arnold Gillespie [Photographic Effects by] and Douglas Shearer [Sound Effects by] - I Wanted Wings
Farciot Edouart [Photographic Effects by], Gordon Jennings [Photographic Effects by] and Louis Mesenkop [Sound Effects by] - The Invisible Woman
John Fulton [Photographic Effects by] and John Hall [Sound Effects by] - The Sea Wolf
Byron Haskin [Photographic Effects by] and Nathan Levinson [Sound Effects by] - That Hamilton Woman
Lawrence Butler [Photographic Effects by] and William H. Wilmarth [Sound Effects by] - Topper Returns
Roy Seawright [Photographic Effects by] and Elmer Raguse [Sound Effects by] - A Yank in the R.A.F.
Fred Sersen [Photographic Effects by] and E.H. Hansen [Sound Effects by]
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Citizen Kane
Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles - The Devil and Miss Jones
Norman Krasna - Sergeant York
Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch and John Huston - Tall, Dark and Handsome
Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware - Tom, Dick and Harry
Paul Jarrico
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller - Hold Back the Dawn
Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder - How Green Was My Valley
Philip Dunne - The Little Foxes
Lillian Helman - The Maltese Falcon
John Huston
Best Writing (Original Story)
- Ball of Fire
Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Harry Segall - The Lady Eve
Monckton Hoffe - Meet John Doe
Richard Connell and Robert Presnell - Night Train
Gordon Wellesley