Academy Awards 1941

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The 1941 Academy Awards took place on February 27, 1941 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 13th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1940. This year, the winners of the Oscars were kept secret for the first time until they were awarded.

Moderation

Nominations and winners

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Rebecca 11 2
The secret of Malampur 7th 0
Grapes of Wrath 7th 2
The foreign correspondent 6th 0
The long way to Cardiff 6th 0
The night before the wedding 6th 2
Our little town 6th 0
The great dictator 5 0
The Scarlet Horsemen 5 1
Miss Kitty 5 1
Arise, my love 4th 1
The thief of Baghdad 4th 3
The Lord of the Seven Seas 4th 0
Spring parade 4th 0
The westerner 3 1
Gallop into happiness 3 0
Hot rhythms in Chicago 3 1
Hell where is your victory 3 0
My favorite woman 3 0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois 2 0
Arizona 2 0
Bitter sweet 2 0
The daredevil 2 0
Hit Parade of 1941 2 0
Her first husband 2 0
Pinocchio 2 2
Black command 2 0
Swing romance 2 0
The Howards of Virginia 2 0
The Blue Bird 2 0
The Boys from Syracuse 2 0
Tumak, the lord of the jungle 2 0

Best movie

Rebecca - David O. Selznick

The Secret of Malampur (The Letter) - Hal B. Wallis , Jack L. Warner
The Foreign Correspondent - Walter Wanger
The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator) - Charles Chaplin
The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home) - John Ford , Walter Wanger
The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle) - David Hempstead
Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath) - Darryl F. Zanuck
Hell where is your victory (All This, and Heaven Too) - Anatole Litvak
Our Town (Our Town) - Sol Lesser

Best director

John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)

George Cukor - The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story)
Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca
Sam Wood - Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)
William Wyler - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)

Best Actor

James Stewart - The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story)

Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)
Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier - Rebecca

Best main actress

Ginger Rogers - Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)

Bette Davis - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
Katharine Hepburn - The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story)
Martha Scott - Our Town (Our Town)

Best supporting actor

Walter Brennan - The Westerner (The Westerner)

Albert Bassermann - The Foreign Correspondent
William Gargan - They Knew What They Wanted
Jack Oakie - The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
James Stephenson - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)

The best supporting actress

Jane Darwell - Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)

Judith Anderson - Rebecca
Ruth Hussey - The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story)
Barbara O'Neil - Hell, Where's Your Victory? (All This, and Heaven Too)
Marjorie Rambeau - Primrose Path

Best original script

Preston Sturges - The Great McGinty (The Great McGinty)

Charles Bennett , Joan Harrison - The Foreign Correspondent
Norman Burnstine , Heinz Herald , John Huston - Paul Ehrlich - A Life for Research (Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet)
Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
Ben Hecht - Angels Over Broadway

Best adapted script

Donald Ogden Stewart - The Night Before the Wedding (The Philadelphia Story)

Joan Harrison , Robert E. Sherwood - Rebecca
Nunnally Johnson - Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)
Dudley Nichols - The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home)
Dalton Trumbo - Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)

Best original story

Benjamin Glazer , Hans Székely - Arise, My Love

Hugo Butler , Dore Schary - The Great Edison (Edison, the Man)
Leo McCarey , Bella Spewack , Sam Spewack - My Favorite Wife (My Favorite Wife)
Stuart N. Lake - The Westerner (The Westerner)
Walter Reisch - Comrade X.

Best camera (black and white film)

George Barnes - Rebecca

Tony Gaudio - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)
Ernest Haller - Hell, where is your victory? (All This, and Heaven Too)
James Wong Howe - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Charles Lang - Arise, My Love
Rudolph Maté - The Foreign Correspondent
Harold Rosson - The Daredevil (Boom Town)
Joseph Ruttenberg - Her First Husband (Waterloo Bridge)
Gregg Toland - The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home)
Joseph A. Valentine - Spring Parade

Best camera (color film)

Georges Périnal - The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)

Allen M. Davey , Oliver T. Marsh - Bitter Sweet
W. Howard Greene , Victor Milner - The Scarlet Horsemen (North West Mounted Police)
Arthur C. Miller , Ray Rennahan - The Blue Bird
Ray Rennahan , Leon Shamroy - Gallop Into Luck (Down Argentine Way)
William V. Skall , Sidney Wagner - Northwest Passage (Northwest Passage)

Best production design (black and white film)

Cedric Gibbons , Paul Size - Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice)

Lionel Banks , Robert Peterson - Arizona
James Basevi - The Westerner (The Westerner)
Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright - Lillian Russell
Hans Dreier , Robert Usher - Arise, My Love
Alexander Golitzen - The Foreign Correspondent
Anton Grot - The Lord of the Seven Seas (The Sea Hawk)
Mark-Lee Kirk , Van Nest Polglase - My Favorite Wife (My Favorite Wife)
John Victor Mackay - Black Command (Dark Command)
John Otterson - The Boys from Syracuse
Lewis J. Rachmil - Our Town (Our Town)
John DuCasse Schulze - The wrong ways of Oliver Essex (My Son, My Son!)
Lyle R. Wheeler - Rebecca

Best production design (color film)

Vincent Korda - The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)

Roland Anderson , Hans Dreier - The Scarlet Horsemen (North West Mounted Police)
Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright - Gallop into Glück (Down Argentine Way)
John S. Detlie , Cedric Gibbons - Bitter Sweet

Best original score

Leigh Harline , Paul J. Smith , Ned Washington - Pinocchio

Aaron Copland - Our Town (Our Town)
Louis Gruenberg - The Fight for Life
Richard Hagemann - The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home)
Richard Hagemann - The Howards of Virginia
Werner R. Heymann - Tumak, the lord of the jungle (One Million BC)
Alfred Newman - The Mark of Zorro (The Mask of Zorro)
Miklos Rozsa - The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)
Frank Skinner - The House of the Seven Gables
Max Steiner - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)
Herbert Stothart - Her First Husband (Waterloo Bridge)
Franz Waxman - Rebecca
Roy Webb - My Favorite Wife (My Favorite Wife)
Meredith Willson - The Great Dictator (The Great Dictator)
Victor Young - Arizona
Victor Young - Black Command (Dark Command)
Victor Young - The Scarlet Riders (North West Mounted Police)

Best adapted score

Alfred Newman - Tin Pan Alley

Anthony Collins - Irene
Aaron Copland - Our Town (Our Town)
Cy Fire - Hit Parade of 1941
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Lord of the Seven Seas (The Sea Hawk)
Charles Previn - Spring Parade
Artie Shaw - Swing Romance (Second Chorus)
George E. Stoll , Roger Edens - Hot Rhythms in Chicago (Strike Up the Band)
Victor Young - Arise, My Love

Best movie song

" When You Wish upon a Star " from Pinocchio - Leigh Harline , Ned Washington

“ Down Argentine Way ” from Gallop into Glück (Down Argentine Way) - Mack Gordon , Harry Warren
" Love of My Life " from Swing Romance (Second Chorus) - Johnny Mercer , Artie Shaw
" It's a Blue World " from Music in My Heart - Chet Forrest , Bob Wright
" I'd Know You Anywhere " from You'll Find Out - Jimmy McHugh , Johnny Mercer
" Only Forever " from Rhythm on the River - Johnny Burke , James V. Monaco
" Our Love Affair " from Hot Rhythms in Chicago (Strike Up the Band) - Roger Edens , Arthur Freed
" Waltzing in the Clouds " from Spring Parade - Gus Kahn , Robert Stolz
" Who Am I? “From Hit Parade of 1941 - Walter Bullock , Jule Styne

Best cut

Anne Bauchens - The Scarlet Horsemen (North West Mounted Police)

Hal C. Kern - Rebecca
Warren Low - The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)
Robert L. Simpson - Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)
Sherman Todd - The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home)

Best tone

Douglas Shearer - Hot Rhythms in Chicago (Strike Up the Band)

John Aalberg - Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)
Bernard B. Brown - Spring Parade
Edmund H. Hansen - The Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)
Nathan Levinson - The Lord of the Seven Seas (The Sea Hawk)
John P. Livadary - A husband too much (Too Many Husbands)
Charles L. Lootens - Behind the News
Thomas T. Moulton - Our Town (Our Town)
Elmer Raguse - Assault on the Olive Branch (Captain Caution)
Loren L. Ryder - The Scarlet Horsemen (North West Mounted Police)
Jack Whitney - The Howards of Virginia

Best visual effects

Lawrence W. Butler , Jack Whitney - The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)

John Aalberg , Vernon L. Walker - The Island of the Lost (Swiss Family Robinson)
Ray Binger , RT Layton , Thomas T. Moulton - The Long Voyage Home (The Long Voyage Home)
William Bradford , Howard Lydecker , Herbert Norsch , Bud Thackery - Women in War
Bernard B. Brown , John P. Fulton , William Hedgcock - The Invisible Man Returns (The Invisible Man Returns)
Bernard B. Brown , John P. Fulton , Joe Lapis - The Boys from Syracuse
Jack Cosgrove , Arthur Johns - Rebecca
Paul Eagler , Thomas T. Moulton - The Foreign Correspondent
Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings - Dr. Cyclops (Dr. Cyclops)
Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , Loren L. Ryder - The Hell of the South Seas (Typhoon)
A. Arnold Gillespie , Douglas Shearer - The Daredevil (Boom Town)
Edmund H. Hansen , Fred Sersen - The Blue Bird
Byron Haskin , Nathan Levinson - The Lord of the Seven Seas (The Sea Hawk)
Elmer Raguse , Roy Seawright - Tumak, Lord of the Jungle (One Billion BC)

Best short film (1 film roll)

Quicker'n a Wink - Pete Smith

London Can Take It! - Warner Bros.
More About Nostradamus - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Victories - RKO Radio

Best short film (2 film roles)

Teddy the Rough Rider - Warner Bros.

Eyes of the Navy - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Service with the Colors - Warner Bros.

Best Short Film (Cartoon)

The Milky Way (The Milky Way) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Hare Trap (A Wild Hare) - Leon Schlesinger
Jerry gets it too colorful (Puss Gets the Boot) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Oscar

Bob Hope
Nathan Levinson

Technical Achievement Award

Anton Grot

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