Academy Awards 1942

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The 1942 Academy Awards took place on February 26, 1942 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 14th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1941.

Only a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II , the Academy Awards were initially due to be canceled. Academy President Bette Davis suggested selling tickets for the event and donating the proceeds to the American Red Cross . The event was then finally carried out as an evening dinner without glamorous evening attire.

At the award ceremony, two sisters met for the first time in the Best Actress category : Olivia de Havilland in The Golden Gate and Joan Fontaine in Suspicion .

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
Sergeant York 11 2
Breaking weather 10 5
Citizen Kane 9 1
The little foxes 9 0
Vacation from heaven 7th 2
The golden gate 6th 0
Blossoms in the dust 4th 1
Lord Nelson's last love 4th 1
The strange taming of the gangster bride Sugarpuss 4th 0
Suspicion 3 1
Adopted happiness 3 0
Doctor and demon 3 0
The falcon's trail 3 0
The Chocolate Soldier 3 0
Arms smugglers from Kenya 3 0
The Devil and Daniel Webster 2 1
Dumbo 2 1
King of the toreros 2 1
All-American Co-Ed 2 0
Aloma, the daughter of the South Seas 2 0
Buck Private 2 0
The secret of the three sisters 2 0
Louisiana Purchase 2 0
Mary and the millionaire 2 0
You will never get rich 2 0
Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle 2 0

Moderation

Nominations and winners

Best movie

Striking Weather (How Green Was My Valley) - Darryl F. Zanuck

Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust) - Mervyn LeRoy
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles
Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) - Everett Riskin
The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn) - Arthur Hornblow
The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes) - Samuel Goldwyn
The Maltese Falcon (The Maltese Falcon) - Henry Blanke , Hal B. Wallis
With one foot in heaven (One Foot in Heaven) - Irving Rapper , Robert Lord , Hal B. Wallis
Sergeant York - Howard Hawks , Jesse L. Lasky , Hal B. Wallis
Suspicion (Suspicion) - Harry E. Edington

Best director

John Ford - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)

Orson Welles - Citizen Kane (Citizen Kane)
Alexander Hall - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
William Wyler - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
Howard Hawks - Sergeant York

Best Actor

Gary Cooper - Sergeant York

Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
Walter Huston - The Devil and Daniel Webster (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
Robert Montgomery - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
Cary Grant - Chords of Love (Penny Serenade)

Best main actress

Joan Fontaine - suspected (Suspicion)

Barbara Stanwyck - The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (Ball of Fire)
Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust)
Olivia de Havilland - The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
Bette Davis - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)

Best supporting actor

Donald Crisp - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)

Charles Coburn - Mary and the Millionaire (The Devil and Miss Jones)
James Gleason - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
Sydney Greenstreet - The Maltese Falcon (The Maltese Falcon)
Walter Brennan - Sergeant York

The best supporting actress

Mary Astor - The Great Lie (The Great Lie)

Sara Allgood - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)
Patricia Collinge - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
Teresa Wright - The Little Foxes
Margaret Wycherly - Sergeant York

Best original script

Herman J. Mankiewicz , Orson Welles - Citizen Kane

Norman Krasna - Mary and the Millionaire (The Devil and Miss Jones)
Harry Chandlee , Abem Finkel , John Huston , Howard Koch - Sergeant York
Karl Tunberg , Darrell Ware - Tall, Dark and Handsome
Paul Jarrico - Tom, Dick and Harry (Tom, Dick and Harry)

Best original story

Harry Segall - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)

Thomas Monroe , Billy Wilder - The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (Ball of Fire)
Monckton Hope - The Cardsharp (The Lady Eve)
Richard Connell , Robert Presnell Sr. - This is John Doe (Meet John Doe)
Gordon Wellesley - Night Train to Munich

Best adapted script

Sidney Buchman , Seton I. Miller - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)

Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder - The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
Philip Dunne - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)
Lillian Hellman - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
John Huston - The Maltese Falcon (The Maltese Falcon)

Best camera (black and white film)

Arthur C. Miller - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)

Edward Cronjager - Adopted Happiness (Sun Valley Serenade)
Karl Freund - The Chocolate Soldier
Charles Lang - Gun Smuggler from Kenya (Sundown)
Rudolph Maté - Lord Nelson's Last Love (That Hamilton Woman)
Sol Polito - Sergeant York
Joseph Ruttenberg - Doctor and Demon (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Gregg Toland - Citizen Kane
Leo Tover - The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
Joseph Walker - Vacation From Heaven (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)

Best camera (color film)

Ernest Palmer , Ray Rennahan - King of the Toreros (Blood and Sand)

Wilfred M. Cline , Karl Struss , William E. Snyder - Aloma, the daughter of the South Sea (Aloma of the South Sea)
Karl Freund , W. Howard Greene - Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust)
Bert Glennon - Dive Bomber
Harry Hallenberger , Ray Rennahan - Louisiana Purchase
William V. Skall , Leonard Smith - The Last Bandit (Billy the Kid)

Best production design (black and white film)

Richard Day , Nathan Juran , Thomas Little - Schlagende Wetter (How Green Was My Valley)

Lionel Banks , George Montgomery - The Secret of the Three Sisters (Ladies in Retirement)
Hans Dreier , Robert Usher , Sam Comer - Das goldene Tor (Hold Back the Dawn)
Perry Ferguson , Van Nest Polglase , A. Roland Fields , Darrell Silvera - Citizen Kane
Cedric Gibbons , Randall Duell , Edwin B. Willis - When Ladies Meet
Alexander Golitzen , Richard Irvine - Arms Smugglers from Kenya (Sundown)
Stephen Goosson , Howard Bristol - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
John Hughes , Fred M. MacLean - Sergeant York
Vincent Korda , Julia Heron - Lord Nelson's Last Love (That Hamilton Woman)
Martin Obzina , Jack Otterson , Russell A. Gausman - Die Abenteurerin (The Flame of New Orleans)
John DuCasse Schulze , Edward G. Boyle - The Hour of Retribution (The Son of Monte Cristo)

Best production design (color film)

Cedric Gibbons , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis - Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust)

Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little - King of the Toreros (Blood and Sand)
Raoul Pene Du Bois , Stephen Seymour - Louisiana Purchase

Best tone

Jack Whitney - Lord Nelson's Last Love (That Hamilton Woman)

John Aalberg - Citizen Kane
Bernard B. Brown - consultation for Love (Appointment for Love)
Edmund H. Hansen - Schlagende Wetter (How Green Was My Valley)
Nathan Levinson - Sergeant York
John P. Livadary - Novel of a Dancer (The Men in Her Life)
Charles L. Lootens - The Devil Pays Off
Thomas T. Moulton - The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (Ball of Fire)
Elmer Raguse - Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle (Topper Returns)
Loren L. Ryder - Marriage Posse (Skylark)
Douglas Shearer - The Chocolate Soldier

Best cut

William Holmes - Sergeant York

James B. Clark - Beating Weather (How Green Was My Valley)
Harold F. Kress - Doctor and Demon (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Daniel Mandell - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
Robert Wise - Citizen Kane

Best special effects

Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , Louis Mesenkop - I Wanted Wings

Lawrence W. Butler , William H. Wilmarth - Lord Nelson's Last Love (That Hamilton Woman)
Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , Louis Mesenkop - Aloma, the daughter of the South Sea (Aloma of the South Sea)
John P. Fulton , John D. Hall - The Invisible Woman (The Invisible Woman)
A. Arnold Gillespie , Douglas Shearer - Flight Command
Byron Haskin , Nathan Levinson - The Sea Wolf (The Sea Wolf)
Roy Seawright , Elmer Raguse - Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle (Topper Returns)
Fred Sersen , Edmund H. Hansen - A Yank in the RAF

Best song

Jerome David Kern , Oscar Hammerstein II - The Last Time I Saw Paris in Lady Be Good

Louis Alter , Frank Loesser - Dolores in Las Vegas Nights
Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer - Blues in the Night in Blues in the Night
Gene Autry , Fred Rose - Be Honest with Me in Ridin 'on a Rainbow
Frank Churchill , Ned Washington - Baby Mine in Dumbo
Lloyd B. Norlin - Out of the Silence in All-American Co-Ed
Cole Porter - Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye in Empire you'll never (You'll Never Get Rich)
Hugh Prince , Don Raye - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy in Buck Privates
Harry Warren , Mack Gordon - Chattanooga Choo Choo in Adopted Happiness (Sun Valley Serenade)

Best Score (Drama)

Bernard Herrmann - Der Teufel und Daniel Webster (The Devil and Daniel Webster)

Cy fire , Walter Scharf - Mercy Island
Louis Gruenberg - So Ends Our Night
Bernard Herrmann - Citizen Kane
Edward J. Kay - King of the Zombies - Isle of the Living Dead
Alfred Newman - The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (Ball of Fire)
Alfred Newman - Schlagende Wetter (How Green Was My Valley)
Miklós Rózsa - A woman's heart never forgets (Lydia) and arms smugglers from Kenya (Sundown)
Frank Skinner - side street (Backstreet)
Max Steiner - Sergeant York
Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch - The Secret of the Three Sisters (Ladies in Retirement)
Franz Waxman - doctor and demon (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) and suspicion (Suspicion)
Meredith Willson - The Little Foxes (The Little Foxes)
Victor Young - The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
Werner Richard Heymann - Marriage Comedy (That Uncertain Feeling)
Edward Ward - Tanks a Million and Cheers for Miss Bishop
Richard Hageman - This Woman Is Mine

Best Score (Music Film)

Frank Churchill , Oliver Wallace - Dumbo

Anthony Collins - Sunny
Robert Emmett Dolan - Birth of the Blues
Cy fire - Ice-Capades
Emil Newman - Adopted Happiness (Sun Valley Serenade)
Charles Previn - Buck Privates
Heinz Roemheld - Most Beautiful in Town (The Strawberry Blonde)
Morris Stoloff - Empire you'll never (You'll Never Get Rich)
Herbert Stothart , Bronisław Kaper - The Chocolate Soldier
Edward Ward - All-American Co-Ed

Best short film (1 film roll)

Of Pups and Puzzles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Army Champions - Pete Smith
Beauty and the Beach - Paramount Pictures
Forty Boys and a Song - Warner Bros.
Kings of the Turf - Warner Bros.
Sagebrush and Silver - 20th Century Fox
Down on the Farm - Paramount Pictures

Best short film (2 film roles)

Main Street on the March! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Forbidden Passage - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Alive in the Deep - Woodard Productions
The Gay Parisian - Warner Bros.
The Tanks Are Coming - Warner Bros.

Best Short Film (Cartoon)

The Heartless Savior (Lend a Paw) - Walt Disney

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' - Walter Lantz
Hiawatha 's Rabbit Hunt - Leon Schlesinger
How War Came - Columbia Pictures
Musik am Bau (Rhapsody in Rivets) - Leon Schlesinger
Rhythm in the Ranks - George Pal
Superman - Paramount Pictures
Christmas Eve (The Night Before Christmas) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Barney Bear as a recruit (The Rookie Bear) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Donald and the truant (Truant Officer Donald) - Walt Disney

Best documentary short film

Churchill's Island - National Film Board of Canada

A Letter from Home - British Ministry of Information
Adventure in the Bronx - Film Associates
Bomber - US Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
Christmas Under Fire - British Ministry of Information
Life of a Thoroughbred - 20th Century Fox
Norway in Revolt - The March of Time
Soldiers of the Sky - 20th Century Fox
Warclouds in the Pacific - National Film Board of Canada
A Place to Live - Philadelphia Housing Authority
Russian Soil - Amkino

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Oscar

Rey Scott - Kukan
Walt Disney , William E. Garity , JNA Hawkins - Fantasia
Leopold Stokowski - Fantasia
Target for Tonight

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Walt Disney

Technical Achievement Award

Charles L. Lootens
Douglas Shearer , Loren L. Ryder
Ernest Wilbur Silvertooth
Ray Wilkinson

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