The 14th Academy Awards (1941): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
11 10 9 9 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3	Sergeant York How Green Was My Valley Citizen Kane The Little Foxes Here Comes Mr. Jordan Hold Back the Dawn Ball of Fire Blossoms in the Dust That Hamilton Woman The Chocolate Soldier Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Maltese Falcon Sun Valley Serenade Sundown Suspicion	5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	How Green Was My Valley Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sergeant York All That Money Can Buy Blood and Sand Blossoms in the Dust Churchill's Island Citizen Kane Dumbo The Great Lie I Wanted Wings Lady Be Good Lend a Paw Main Street on the March! Of Pups and Puzzles That Hamilton Woman
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Outstanding Picture 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

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

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
• Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn
• Joan Fontaine - Suspicion
• Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust
• Barbara Stanwyck - Ball of Fire

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• 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 (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• 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

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Citizen Kane - Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
• The Devil and Miss Jones - Norman Krasna
• Sergeant York - Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
• Tall, Dark and Handsome - Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
• Tom, Dick and Harry - Paul Jarrico

SCREENPLAY

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
• Hold Back the Dawn - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
• How Green Was My Valley - Philip Dunne
• The Little Foxes - Lillian Hellman
• The Maltese Falcon - John Huston

ORIGINAL STORY

• Ball of Fire - Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Harry Segall
• The Lady Eve - Monckton Hoffe
• Meet John Doe - Richard Connell, Robert Presnell
• Night Train - Gordon Wellesley

SONG

• "Baby Mine" - Dumbo - Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Be Honest with Me" - Ridin' on a Rainbow - Music, Lyrics by Gene Autry, Fred Rose
• "Blues in the Night" - Blues in the Night - Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" - Buck Privates - Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
• "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - Sun Valley Serenade - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
• "Dolores" - Las Vegas Nights - Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
• "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - Lady Be Good - Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "Out of the Silence" - All-American Co-Ed - Music, Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
• "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" - You'll Never Get Rich - Music, Lyrics by Cole Porter

MUSIC (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, Ernst Toch
• The Little Foxes - Meredith Willson
• Lydia - Miklos Rozsa
• Mercy Island - Cy Feuer, 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

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, Bronislau Kaper
• Dumbo - Frank Churchill, 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

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

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 Lang
• That Hamilton Woman - Rudolph Mat

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

• Aloma of the South Seas - Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
• Billy the Kid - William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
• Blood and Sand - Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
• Blossoms in the Dust - Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
• Dive Bomber - Bert Glennon
• Louisiana Purchase - Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

• Citizen Kane - Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
• The Flame of New Orleans - Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
• Hold Back the Dawn - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
• How Green Was My Valley - Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan 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 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, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
• Sis Hopkins [1]

ART DIRECTION (Color)

• Blood and Sand - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
• Blossoms in the Dust - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
• Louisiana Purchase - Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour

SOUND RECORDING

• Appointment for Love - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown (Sound Director)
• Ball of Fire - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton (Sound Director)
• The Chocolate Soldier - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer (Sound Director)
• Citizen Kane - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg (Sound Director)
• The Devil Pays Off - Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens (Sound Director)
• How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen (Sound Director)
• The Men in Her Life - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary (Sound Director)
• Sergeant York - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson (Sound Director)
• Skylark - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder (Sound Director)
• That Hamilton Woman - General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney (Sound Director)
• Topper Returns - Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse (Sound Director)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Aloma of the South Seas - Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
• Dive Bomber - Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson [2]
• Flight Command - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
• I Wanted Wings - Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
• The Invisible Woman - Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall
• The Sea Wolf - Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson [2]
• That Hamilton Woman - Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
• Topper Returns - Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
• A Yank in the R.A.F. - Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen

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

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

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

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

SPECIAL AWARDS

• 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.
• 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.
• To The British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, Target for Tonight.
• 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.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Walt Disney

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS DIVISION OF WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC., for the development of the precision integrating sphere densitometer. [Laboratory]
• To RCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the design and development of the MI-3043 Uni-directional microphone. [Sound]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To RAY WILKINSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO LABORATORY for pioneering in the use of and for the first practical application to release printing of fine grain positive stock. [Film]
• To CHARLES LOOTENS and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for pioneering the use of and for the first practical application to motion picture production of CLASS B push-pull variable area recording. [Sound]
• To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT, and to LOREN RYDER and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in studio production. [Sound]
• To WILBUR SILVERTOOTH and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT for the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light. [Special Photographic]
• To PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., and 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device. [Stage Operations]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. This is not an official nomination. Nomination withdrawn by Republic Studios.
2. 'Dive Bomber' was originally announced as a nominee on February 9, 1942, but sometime between the 10th and 19th of February, this 'Dive Bomber' was dropped and replaced by Warner Bros. other title 'The Sea Wolf', with the same people credited for the nomination. There is no explanation in the files as to why this replacement was made.