14TH ACADEMY AWARDS
February 26, 1942
Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by Bob Hope
OUTSTANDING PICTURE
| “Blossoms in the Dust” |
| “Citizen Kane” |
| “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” |
| “Hold Back the Dawn” |
| “How Green Was My Valley” |
| “The Little Foxes” |
| “The Maltese Falcon” |
| “One Foot in Heaven” |
| “Sergeant York” |
| “Suspicion” |
DIRECTOR
| John Ford – “How Green Was My Valley” |
| Alexander Hall – “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” |
| Howard Hawks – “Sergeant York” |
| Orson Welles – “Citizen Kane” |
| Howard Hawks – “Sergeant York” |
ACTOR
| Gary Cooper – “Sergeant York” |
| Cary Grant – “Penny Serenade” |
| Walter Huston – “All That Money Can Buy” |
| Robert Montgomery – “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” |
| Orson Welles – “Citizen Kane” |
ACTRESS
| Bette Davis – “The Little Foxes” |
| Joan Fontaine – “Suspicion” |
| Greer Garson – “Blossoms in the Dust” |
| Olivia de Havilland – “Hold Back the Dawn” |
| Barbara Stanwyck – “Ball of Fire” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
| Walter Brennan – “Sergeant York” |
| Charles Coburn – “The Devil and Miss Jones” |
| Donald Crisp – “How Green Was My Valley” |
| James Gleason – “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” |
| Sydney Greenstreet – “The Maltese Falcon” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| Sara Allgood – “How Green Was My Valley” |
| Mary Astor – “The Great Lie” |
| Patricia Collinge – “The Little Foxes” |
| Teresa Wright – “The Little Foxes” |
| Margaret Wycherly – “Sergeant York” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & WHITE)
| “Citizen Kane” Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields and Darrell Silvera |
| “The Flame of New Orleans” Art Direction: Martin Obzina and Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman |
| “Hold Back the Dawn” Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer |
| “How Green Was My Valley” Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan H. Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little |
| “Ladies in Retirement” Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery |
| “The Little Foxes” Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol |
| “Sergeant York” Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean |
| “The Son of Monte Cristo” Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle |
| “Sundown” Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine |
| “That Hamilton Woman” Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron |
| “When Ladies Meet” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis |
ART DIRECTION
(COLOR)
| “Blood and Sand” Art Direction: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little |
| “Blossoms in the Dust” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis |
| “Louisiana Purchase” Art Direction: Raoul Pene Du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen Seymour |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & 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 Lang |
| “That Hamilton Woman” – Rudolph Maté |
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 |
DOCUMENTARY
| “Adventure in the Bronx” |
| “Bomber: A Defense Report on Film” |
| “Christmas Under Fire” |
| “Churchill’s Island” |
| “A Letter from Home” |
| “Life of a Thoroughbred” |
| “Norway in Revolt” |
| “A Place to Live” |
| “Russian Soil” |
| “Soldiers of the Sky” |
| “War Clouds in the Pacific” |
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 |
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
| “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” – Walter Lantz Productions and Universal |
| “Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt” – Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros. |
| “How War Came” – Columbia |
| “Lend a Paw” – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio |
| “The Night Before Christmas” – MGM |
| “Rhapsody in Rivets” – Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros. |
| “Rhythm in the Ranks” – George Pal Productions and Paramount |
| “The Rookie Bear” – MGM |
| “Superman” – Fleischer Studios and Paramount |
| “Truant Officer Donald” – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio |
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT
(ONE-REEL)
| “Army Champions” – Pete Smith and MGM |
| “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” – MGM |
| “Sagebrush and Silver” – 20th Century Fox |
LIVE ACTION 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” – U.S. Army and Warner Bros. |
Scoring 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 J. Kay |
| “Ladies in Retirement” – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch |
| “The Little Foxes” – Meredith Willson |
| “Lydia” – Miklós Rózsa |
| “Mercy Island” – Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf |
| “Sergeant York” – Max Steiner |
| “So Ends Our Night” – Louis Gruenberg |
| “Sundown” – Miklós Rózsa |
| “Suspicion” – Franz Waxman |
| “Tanks a Million” – Edward Ward |
| “That Uncertain Feeling” – Werner R. Heymann |
| “This Woman is Mine” – Richard Hageman |
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 Bronisław Kaper |
| “Dumbo” – Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace |
| “Ice-Capades” – Cy Feuer |
| “The Strawberry Blonde” – Heinz Roemheld |
| “Sunny” – Anthony Collins |
| “Sun Valley Serenade” – Emil Newman |
| “You’ll Never Get Rich” – Morris Stoloff |
SONG
| “Out of the Silence” from “All-American Co-ed” Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlin |
| “Blues in the Night” from “Blues in the Night” Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer |
| “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” from “Buck Privates” Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye |
| “Baby Mine” from “Dumbo” Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
| “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from “Lady Be Good” Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
| “Dolores” from “Las Vegas Nights” Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser |
| “Be Honest With Me” from “Ridin’ on a Rainbow” Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose |
| “Chattanooga Choo Choo” from “Sun Valley Serenade” Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
| “Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye” from “You’ll Never Get Rich” Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter |
SOUND RECORDING
| “Appointment for Love” – Bernard B. Brown |
| “Ball of Fire” – Thomas T. Moulton |
| “The Chocolate Soldier” – Douglas Shearer |
| “Citizen Kane” – John O. Aalberg |
| “The Devil Pays Off” – Charles L. Lootens |
| “How Green Was My Valley” – E. H. Hansen |
| “The Men in Her Life” – John P. Livadary |
| “Sergeant York” – Nathan Levinson |
| “Skylark” – Loren L. Ryder |
| “That Hamilton Woman” – Jack Whitney |
| “Topper Returns” – Elmer Raguse |
SPECIAL EFFECTS
| “Aloma of the South Seas” Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop |
| “Flight Command” Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer |
| “The Invisible Woman” Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton; Sound Effects: John D. Hall |
| “I Wanted Wings” Photographic Effects Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop |
| “The Sea Wolf” Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson |
| “That Hamilton Woman” Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects: William H. Wilmarth |
| “Topper Returns” Photographic Effects: Roy Seawright; Sound Effects: Elmer Raguse |
| “A Yank in the R.A.F.” Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Edmund H. Hansen |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
| “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 Hellman |
| “The Maltese Falcon” – John Huston |
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
| “Citizen Kane” – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles |
| “The Devil and Miss Jones” – Norman Krasna |
| “Sergeant York” – John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel, and Harry Chandlee |
| “Tall, Dark and Handsome” – Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware |
| “Tom, Dick and Harry” – Paul Jarrico |
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 Sr. |
| “Night Train to Munich” – Gordon Wellesley |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
| Rey Scott for “Kukan” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
| The British Ministry of Information for “Target for Tonight” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
| Leopold Stokowski for “Fantasia” |
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
| Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company for “Fantasia” |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
| Walt Disney |
- “All-American Co-Ed”
- “All That Money Can Buy”
- “Aloma of the South Seas”
- “Appointment for Love”
- “How Green Was My Valley”
- “Back Street”
- “Ball of Fire”
- “Billy the Kid”
- “Birth of the Blues”
- “Blood and Sand”
- “Blossoms in the Dust”
- “Blues in the Night”
- “Buck Privates”
- “Cheers for Miss Bishop”
- “The Chocolate Soldier”
- “Citizen Kane”
- “The Devil and Miss Jones”
- “The Devil Pays Off”
- “Dive Bomber”
- “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
- “Dumbo”
- “The Flame of New Orleans”
- “Flight Command”
- “The Great Lie”
- “Here Comes Mr. Jordan”
- “Hold Back the Dawn”
- “How Green Was My Valley”
- “Ice-Capades”
- “The Invisible Woman”
- “I Wanted Wings”
- “King of the Zombies”
- “Ladies in Retirement”
- “Lady Be Good”
- “The Lady Eve”
- “Las Vegas Nights”
- “The Little Foxes”
- “Louisiana Purchase”
- “Lydia”
- “The Maltese Falcon”
- “Meet John Doe”
- “The Men in Her Life”
- “Mercy Island”
- “Night Train to Munich”
- “One Foot in Heaven”
- “Penny Serenade”
- “Ridin’ on a Rainbow”
- “The Sea Wolf”
- “Sergeant York”
- “Skylark”
- “So Ends Our Night”
- “The Son of Monte Cristo”
- “The Strawberry Blonde”
- “Sundown”
- “Sunny”
- “Sun Valley Serenade”
- “Suspicion”
- “Tall, Dark and Handsome”
- “Tanks a Million”
- “That Hamilton Woman”
- “That Uncertain Feeling”
- “This Woman is Mine”
- “Tom, Dick and Harry”
- “Topper Returns”
- “When Ladies Meet”
- “A Yank in the R.A.F.”
- “You’ll Never Get Rich”
DOCUMENTARY
- “Adventure in the Bronx”
- “Bomber: A Defense Report on Film”
- “Christmas Under Fire”
- “Churchill’s Island”
- “A Letter from Home”
- “Life of a Thoroughbred”
- “Norway in Revolt”
- “A Place to Live”
- “Russian Soil”
- “Soldiers of the Sky”
- “War Clouds in the Pacific”
SHORT FILMS
- “Alive in the Deep”
- “Army Champions”
- “Beauty and the Beach”
- “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B”
- “Down on the Farm”
- “Forbidden Passage”
- “Forty Boys and a Song”
- “The Gay Parisian”
- “Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt”
- “How War Came”
- “Kings of the Turf”
- “Lend a Paw”
- “Main Street on the March!”
- “The Night Before Christmas”
- “Of Pups and Puzzles”
- “Rhapsody in Rivets”
- “Rhythm in the Ranks”
- “The Rookie Bear”
- “Sagebrush and Silver”
- “Superman”
- “The Tanks Are Coming”
- “Truant Officer Donald”
