The 15th Academy Awards (1942): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
12 11 8 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3	Mrs. Miniver The Pride of the Yankees Yankee Doodle Dandy Random Harvest The Talk of the Town Arabian Nights Jungle Book The Magnificent Ambersons This above All Wake Island Bambi The Black Swan Flying Tigers Holiday Inn The Invaders Kings Row Now, Voyager The Pied Piper Reap the Wild Wind Take a Letter, Darling You Were Never Lovelier	6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Mrs. Miniver Yankee Doodle Dandy The Battle of Midway Beyond the Line of Duty The Black Swan Der Fuehrer's Face Holiday Inn The Invaders Johnny Eager Kokoda Front Line! Moscow Strikes Back My Gal Sal Now, Voyager Prelude to War The Pride of the Yankees Reap the Wild Wind Speaking of Animals and Their Families This above All Woman of the Year
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Outstanding Picture Picture)

• The Invaders - Ortus
• Kings Row - Warner Bros.
• The Magnificent Ambersons - Mercury
• Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• The Pied Piper - 20th Century-Fox
• The Pride of the Yankees - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
• Random Harvest - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• The Talk of the Town - Columbia
• Wake Island - Paramount
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - Warner Bros.

DIRECTING

• Kings Row - Sam Wood
• Mrs. Miniver - William Wyler
• Random Harvest - Mervyn LeRoy
• Wake Island - John Farrow
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - Michael Curtiz

ACTOR

• James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
• Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees
• Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver
• Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper

ACTRESS

• Bette Davis - Now, Voyager
• Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver
• Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year
• Rosalind Russell - My Sister Eileen
• Teresa Wright - The Pride of the Yankees

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• William Bendix - Wake Island
• Van Heflin - Johnny Eager
• Walter Huston - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Frank Morgan - Tortilla Flat
• Henry Travers - Mrs. Miniver

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Gladys Cooper - Now, Voyager
• Agnes Moorehead - The Magnificent Ambersons
• Susan Peters - Random Harvest
• Dame May Whitty - Mrs. Miniver
• Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing - Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• Road to Morocco - Frank Butler, Don Hartman
• Wake Island - W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
• The War against Mrs. Hadley - George Oppenheimer
• Woman of the Year - Ring Lardner Jr., Michael Kanin

SCREENPLAY

• The Invaders - Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
• Mrs. Miniver - Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
• The Pride of the Yankees - Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
• Random Harvest - Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
• The Talk of the Town - Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE STORY

• Holiday Inn - Irving Berlin
• The Invaders - Emeric Pressburger
• The Pride of the Yankees - Paul Gallico
• The Talk of the Town - Sidney Harmon
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - Robert Buckner

SONG

• "Always in My Heart" - Always in My Heart - Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
• "Dearly Beloved" - You Were Never Lovelier - Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "How About You?" - Babes on Broadway - Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
• "It Seems I Heard That Song Before" - Youth on Parade - Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - Orchestra Wives - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
• "Love Is a Song" - Bambi - Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
• "Pennies for Peppino" - Flying with Music - Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest, Bob Wright
• "Pig Foot Pete" - Hellzapoppin' - Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye [1]
• "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" - The Mayor of 44th Street - Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
• "White Christmas" - Holiday Inn - Music, Lyrics by Irving Berlin

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• Arabian Nights - Frank Skinner
• Bambi - Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
• The Black Swan - Alfred Newman
• The Corsican Brothers - Dimitri Tiomkin
• Flying Tigers - Victor Young
• The Gold Rush - Max Terr
• I Married a Witch - Roy Webb
• Joan of Paris - Roy Webb
• Jungle Book - Miklos Rozsa
• Klondike Fury - Edward Kay
• Now, Voyager - Max Steiner
• The Pride of the Yankees - Leigh Harline
• Random Harvest - Herbert Stothart
• The Shanghai Gesture - Richard Hageman
• Silver Queen - Victor Young
• Take a Letter, Darling - Victor Young
• The Talk of the Town - Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
• To Be or Not to Be - Werner Heymann

SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE

• Flying with Music - Edward Ward
• For Me and My Gal - Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
• Holiday Inn - Robert Emmett Dolan
• It Started with Eve - Hans Salter, Charles Previn
• Johnny Doughboy - Walter Scharf
• My Gal Sal - Alfred Newman
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
• You Were Never Lovelier - Leigh Harline

FILM EDITING

• Mrs. Miniver - Harold F. Kress
• The Pride of the Yankees - Daniel Mandell
• The Talk of the Town - Otto Meyer
• This above All - Walter Thompson
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - George Amy

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

• Kings Row - James Wong Howe
• The Magnificent Ambersons - Stanley Cortez
• Moontide - Charles Clarke
• Mrs. Miniver - Joseph Ruttenberg
• The Pied Piper - Edward Cronjager
• The Pride of the Yankees - Rudolph Mat
• Take a Letter, Darling - John Mescall
• The Talk of the Town - Ted Tetzlaff
• Ten Gentlemen from West Point - Leon Shamroy
• This above All - Arthur Miller

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

• Arabian Nights - Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
• The Black Swan - Leon Shamroy
• Captains of the Clouds - Sol Polito
• Jungle Book - W. Howard Greene
• Reap the Wild Wind - Victor Milner, William V. Skall
• To the Shores of Tripoli - Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

• George Washington Slept Here - Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
• The Magnificent Ambersons - Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
• The Pride of the Yankees - Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
• Random Harvest - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
• The Shanghai Gesture - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
• Silver Queen - Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
• The Spoilers - Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
• Take a Letter, Darling - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
• The Talk of the Town - Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
• This above All - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

ART DIRECTION (Color)

• Arabian Nights - Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
• Captains of the Clouds - Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
• Jungle Book - Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
• My Gal Sal - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
• Reap the Wild Wind - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley

SOUND RECORDING

• Arabian Nights - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown (Sound Director)
• Bambi - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield (Sound Director)
• Flying Tigers - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg (Sound Director)
• Friendly Enemies - Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney (Sound Director)
• The Gold Rush - RCA Sound, James Fields (Sound Director)
• Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer (Sound Director)
• Once Upon a Honeymoon - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn (Sound Director)
• The Pride of the Yankees - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton (Sound Director)
• Road to Morocco - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder (Sound Director)
• This above All - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen (Sound Director)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson (Sound Director)
• You Were Never Lovelier - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary (Sound Director)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• The Black Swan - Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
• Desperate Journey - Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
• Flying Tigers - Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
• Invisible Agent - Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
• Jungle Book - Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
• Mrs. Miniver - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
• The Navy Comes Through - Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing - Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
• The Pride of the Yankees - Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
• Reap the Wild Wind - Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop

DOCUMENTARY

• Africa, Prelude to Victory - The March of Time
• The Battle of Midway - United States Navy [2]
• Combat Report - United States Army Signal Corps
• Conquer by the Clock - Frederic Ullman Jr.
• The Grain that Built a Hemisphere - Walt Disney
• Henry Browne, Farmer - United States Department of Agriculture
• High over the Borders - National Film Board of Canada
• High Stakes in the East - The Netherlands Information Bureau
• Inside Fighting China - National Film Board of Canada
• It's Everybody's War - United States Office of War Information
• Kokoda Front Line! - Australian News & Information Bureau [3]
• Listen to Britain - British Ministry of Information
• Little Belgium - Belgian Ministry of Information
• Little Isles of Freedom - Victor Stoloff, Edgar Loew
• Moscow Strikes Back - Artkino [4]
• Mr. Blabbermouth! - United States Office of War Information
• Mr. Gardenia Jones - United States Office of War Information
• The New Spirit - Walt Disney
• Prelude to War - United States Army Special Services [5]
• The Price of Victory - William H. Pine
• A Ship Is Born - United States Merchant Marine
• Twenty-One Miles - British Ministry of Information
• We Refuse to Die - William C. Thomas
• White Eagle - Concanen Films
• Winning Your Wings - United States Army Air Force

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

• All Out for 'V' - 20th Century-Fox
• Blitz Wolf - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Der Fuehrer's Face - Walt Disney
• Juke Box Jamboree - Walter Lantz
• Pigs in a Polka - Leon Schlesinger
• Tulips Shall Grow - George Pal

SHORT SUBJECT (One-Reel)

• Desert Wonderland - 20th Century-Fox
• Marines in the Making - Pete Smith
• Speaking of Animals and Their Families - Paramount
• United States Marine Band - Warner Bros.

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-Reel)

• Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Bros.
• Don't Talk - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio

SPECIAL AWARDS

• To Charles Boyer for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry.
• To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films.
• To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Sidney Franklin

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

• To DANIEL B. CLARK and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. for the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]
• To CARROLL CLARK, F. THOMAS THOMPSON and the RKO RADIO STUDIO ART and MINIATURE DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine. [Stage Operations]

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

• To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negative for pre-selection purposes. [Laboratory]
• To ROBERT HENDERSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING and TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography. [Special Photographic]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. This nomination is a mystery. Both the nominations list and the program from the Awards dinner list the song as being from 'Hellzapoppin',' a 1942 release for Awards purposes. The song does not appear in that film, but did appear in 'Keep 'Em Flying,' a 1941 release from the same production company and studio, and was therefore ineligible for a 1942 nomination.
2. 'A special award to 'Battle of Midway' for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.'
3. 'A special award to 'Kokoda Front Line!' for its effectiveness in portraying, simply yet forcefully, the scene of war in New Guinea and for its moving presentation of the bravery and fortitude of our Australian comrades in arms.']
4. 'A special award to 'Moscow Strikes Back' for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.'
5. 'A special award to 'Prelude to War' for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.']