- 1941 Oscars were held at the Biltmore Bowl (Biltmore Hotel,
Los Angeles) on February 26, 1942
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| 1941
Nominees and Winners: |
| Outstanding Motion Picture |
Blossoms in the Dust (MGM) |
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Citizen Kane (Mercury; RKO Radio) |
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Columbia) |
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Hold Back the Dawn (Paramount) |
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How Green Was My Valley (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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The Little Foxes (Goldwyn; RKO Radio) |
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The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.) |
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One Foot in Heaven (Warner Bros.) |
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Sergeant York (Warner Bros.) |
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Suspicion (RKO Radio) |
| Best Actor |
Gary Cooper, Sergeant York |
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Cary Grant, Penny Serenade |
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Walter Huston, All That Money Can Buy |
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Robert Montgomery, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Orson Welles, Citizen Kane |
| Best Actress |
Bette Davis, The Little Foxes |
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Olivia de Havilland, Hold Back the Dawn |
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Joan Fontaine, Suspicion |
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Greer Garson, Blossoms in the Dust |
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Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Walter Brennan, Sergeant York |
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Charles Coburn, The Devil and Miss Jones |
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Donald Crisp, How Green Was My Valley |
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James Gleason, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Sarah Allgood, How Green Was My Valley |
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Mary Astor, The Great Lie |
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Patricia Collinge, The Little Foxes |
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Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes |
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Margaret Wycherly, Sergeant York |
| Directing |
John Ford, How Green Was My Valley |
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Alexander Hall, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Howard Hawks, Sergeant York |
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Orson Welles, Citizen Kane |
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William Wyler, The Little Foxes |
| Writing |
| Original Story |
Richard Connell and Robert Presnell, Meet John
Doe |
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Monckton Hoffe, The Lady Eve |
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Thomas Monroe and Billy Wilder, Ball of Fire |
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Harry Segall, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Gordon Wellesley, Night Train |
| Original Screenplay |
Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston and Howard
Koch, Sergeant York |
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Paul Jarrico, Tom, Dick and Harry |
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Norman Krasna, The Devil and Miss Jones |
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Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles, Citizen
Kane |
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Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware, Tall, Dark and
Handsome |
| Screenplay |
Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, Hold Back
the Dawn |
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Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller, Here
Comes Mr. Jordan |
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Philip Dunne, How Green Was My Valley |
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Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes |
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John Huston, The Maltese Falcon |
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| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White |
Edward Cronjager, Sun Valley Serenade |
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Karl Freund, The Chocolate Soldier |
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Charles Lang, Sundown |
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Rudolph Maté, That Hamilton Woman |
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Arthur Miller, How Green Was My Valley |
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Sol Polito, Sergeant York |
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Joseph Ruttenberg, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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Gregg Toland, Citizen Kane |
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Leo Tover, Hold Back the Dawn |
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Joseph Walker, Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Color |
Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss and William Snyder,
Aloma of the South Seas |
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Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene, Blossoms
in the Dust |
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Bert Glennon, Dive Bomber |
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Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan, Louisiana
Purchase |
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Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan, Blood and
Sand |
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William V. Skall and Leonard Smith, Billy the
Kid |
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| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White |
Lionel Banks, art direction; George Montgomery,
interior decoration, Ladies in Retirement |
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Richard Day and Nathan Juran, art direction;
Thomas Little, interior decoration, How Green
Was My Valley |
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Hans Dreier and Robert Usher, art direction; Sam
Comer, interior decoration, Hold Back the Dawn |
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John DuCasse Schulze, art direction; Edward G.
Boyle, interior decoration, The Son of Monte
Cristo |
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Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase, art direction;
Al Fields and Darrell Silvera, interior decoration,
Citizen Kane |
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Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell, art direction;
Edwin B. Willis, interior decoration, When Ladies
Meet |
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Alexander Golitzen, art direction; Richard Irvine,
interior decoration, Sundown |
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Stephen Goosson, art direction; Howard Bristol,
interior decoration, The Little Foxes |
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John Hughes, art direction; Fred MacLean, interior
decoration, Sergeant York |
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Vincent Korda, art direction; Julia Heron, interior
decoration, That Hamilton Woman |
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Martin Obzina and Jack Otterson, art direction;
Russell A. Gausman, interior decoration, The
Flame of New Orleans |
| Color |
Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright, art direction;
Thomas Little, interior decoration, Blood and
Sand |
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Raoul Pene du Bois, art direction; Stephen A.
Seymour, interior decoration, Louisiana Purchase |
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Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary, art direction;
Edwin B. Willis, interior decoration, Blossoms
in the Dust |
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| Sound Recording |
Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Men in Her Life |
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General Service Sound Dept., That Hamilton Woman |
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Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., Topper Returns |
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MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Chocolate Soldier |
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Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Skylark |
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Republic Studio Sound Dept., The Devil Pays Off |
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RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Citizen Kane |
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Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Ball of Fire |
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., How Green
Was My Valley |
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Universal Studio Sound Dept., Appointment for Love |
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Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Sergeant York |
| Music |
| Song |
“Baby Mine,” Dumbo, Frank Churchill, music;
Ned Washington, lyrics |
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“Be Honest With Me,” Ridin' on a Rainbow,
Gene Autry and Fred Rose, music and lyrics |
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“Blues in the Night,” Blues in the Night,
Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics |
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“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B,” Buck
Privates, Hugh Prince, music; Don Raye, lyrics |
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“Chattanooga Choo Choo,” Sun Valley Serenade,
Harry Warren, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics |
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“Dolores,” Las Vegas Nights, Lou Alter,
music; Frank Loesser, lyrics |
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“The Last Time I Saw Paris,” Lady Be Good,
Jerome Kern, music; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrics |
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“Out of the Silence,” All-American Co-Ed,
Lloyd B. Norlind, music and lyrics |
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“Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye,” You'll Never
Get Rich, Cole Porter, music and lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic Picture |
Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf, Mercy Island |
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Louis Gruenberg, So Ends Our Night |
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Richard Hageman, That Woman Is Mine |
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Bernard Herrmann, All That Money Can Buy |
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Bernard Herrmann, Citizen Kane |
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Werner Heymann, That Uncertain Feeling |
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Edward Kay, King of the Zombies |
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Alfred Newman, Ball of Fire |
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Alfred Newman, How Green Was My Valley |
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Miklos Rozsa, Lydia |
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Miklos Rozsa, Sundown |
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Frank Skinner, Back Street |
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Max Steiner, Sergeant York |
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Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch, Ladies in Retirement |
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Edward Ward, Cheers for Miss Bishop |
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Edward Ward, Tanks a Million |
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Franz Waxman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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Franz Waxman, Suspicion |
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Meredith Willson, The Little Foxes |
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Victor Young, Hold Back the Dawn |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture |
Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace, Dumbo |
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Anthony Collins, Sunny |
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Robert Emmett Dolan, Birth of the Blues |
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Cy Feuer, Ice-Capades |
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Emil Newman, Sun Valley Serenade |
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Charles Previn, Buck Privates |
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Heinz Roemheld, The Strawberry Blonde |
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Morris Stoloff, You'll Never Get Rich |
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Herbert Stothart and Bronislau Kaper, The Chocolate
Soldier |
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Edward Ward, All-American Co-Ed |
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| Film Editing |
James B. Clark, How Green Was My Valley |
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William Holmes, Sergeant York |
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Harold F. Kress, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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Daniel Mandell, The Little Foxes |
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Robert Wise, Citizen Kane |
| Special Effects |
Lawrence Butler, photography; William H. Wilmarth, sound,
That Hamilton Woman |
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Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; Louis
Mesenkop, sound, Aloma of the South Seas |
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Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography;
Louis Mesenkop, sound, I Wanted Wings |
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John Fulton, photography; John Hall, sound, The Invisible
Woman |
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A. Arnold Gillespie, photography; Douglas Shearer, sound,
Flight Command |
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Byron Haskin, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, The
Sea Wolf (This was not one of the original nominees;
it replaced Dive Bomber, another Warner Bros. production.) |
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Roy Seawright, photography; Elmer Raguse, sound, Topper
Returns |
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Fred Sersen, photography; E.H. Hansen, sound, A Yank
in the R.A.F. |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B (Walter
Lantz Productions, Universal) |
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Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (Merrie Melodies Series)
(Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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How War Came (Raymond Gram Swing Series)
(Columbia) |
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Lend a Paw (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt
Disney Productions; RKO Radio) |
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The Night Before Christmas (Tom and Jerry Series)
(MGM) |
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Rhapsody in Rivets (Merrie Melodies Series)
(Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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Rhythm in the Ranks (George Pal Puppetoon Series)
(George Pal Productions; Paramount) |
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The Rookie Bear (Bear Series) (MGM) |
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Superman (Superman Series #1) (Max Fleischer,
producer; Paramount) |
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Truant Officer Donald (Donald Duck Series)
(Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) |
| One-Reel |
Army Champions (Pete Smith Specialties Series)
(Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
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Beauty and the Beach (Headliner Series)
(Paramount) |
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Down on the Farm (Speaking of Animals Series)
(Paramount) |
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Forty Boys and a Song (Melody Master Series)
(Warner Bros.) |
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Kings of the Turf (Color Parade Series)
(Warner Bros.) |
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Of Pups and Puzzles (Passing Parade Series)
(MGM) |
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Sagebrush and Silver (Magic Carpet Series)
(Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Two-Reel |
Alive in the Deep (Woodard Productions,
Inc.) |
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Forbidden Passage (Crime Doesn't Pay Series)
(MGM) |
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The Gay Parisian (Minature Featurette Series)
(Warner Bros.) |
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Main Street on the March! (MGM) |
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The Tanks Are Coming (National Defense Series)
(U.S. Army; Warner Bros.) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
Adventures in the Bronx (Film Associates) |
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Bomber (U.S. Office for Emergency Management
Film Unit; Motion Picture Committee Cooperating
for National Defense) |
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Christmas Under Fire (British Ministry
of Information; Warner Bros.) |
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Churchill's Island (National Film Board
of Canada; United Artists) |
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Letter From Home (British Ministry of Information;
United Artists) |
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Life of a Thoroughbred (Truman Talley;
Twentieth Century-Fox) |
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Norway in Revolt (March of Time; RKO Radio) |
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A Place to Live (Philadelphia Housing Authority;
Philadelphia Housing Association) |
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Russian Soil (Amkino) |
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Soldiers of the Sky (Truman Talley; Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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War Clouds in the Pacific (National Film
Board of Canada; MGM) |
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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Walt Disney |
| Special Awards |
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 |
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To the British Ministry of Information for its
vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the
R.A.F. in the documentary film Target for Tonight |
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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 |
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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 |
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