14th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1942)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 26, 1942
  • For films released in: 1941
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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
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