14th Academy Awards (2-26-42)

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The Pittsburgh Press (January 27, 1942)

Oscar scramble stirs Hollywood

Hollywood, Jan. 26 (UP) –
The annual scramble for the golden Oscars which represent the highest awards of merit in the film industry began today.

Nomination ballots were distributed for voting on the 14th annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

During the next 10 days, secret ballots will select the five actors, five actresses, five supporting players, five directorial achievements, 15 writing achievements and 10 pictures from which the final winners will be chosen.

Awards are made by members of the industry as a while. For example, best actors and actresses are named by the balloting among 2,388 “Class A” members of the Screen Actors’ Guild.

Nominees will be announced Feb. 9 and final ballots mailed Feb. 12. No decision has been reached as to whether the customary awards dinner, Hollywood’s biggest social function, will be held this year.

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The 14th Academy Awards will honor the best in film for 1941. The ceremony (with comedian Bob Hope once again as the host) will be held on February 26, at Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

The nominations are listed below:

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Outstanding Motion Picture

  • Blossoms in the Dust – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Citizen Kane – RKO Radio
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Columbia
  • Hold Back the Dawn – Paramount
  • How Green Was My Valley – 20th Century Fox
  • The Little Foxes – RKO Radio
  • The Maltese Falcon – Warner Bros.
  • One Foot in Heaven – Warner Bros.
  • Sergeant York – Warner Bros.
  • Suspicion – RKO Radio

Best Director

  • Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
  • Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • John Ford – How Green Was My Valley
  • William Wyler – The Little Foxes
  • Howard Hawks – Sergeant York

Best Actor

  • Gary Cooper – Sergeant York as Alvin C. York
  • Cary Grant – Penny Serenade as Roger Adams
  • Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch
  • Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Joe Pendleton
  • Orson Welles – Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane

Best Actress

  • Bette Davis – The Little Foxes as Regina Hubbard Giddens
  • Joan Fontaine – Suspicion as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
  • Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn as Emmy Brown
  • Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust as Edna Kahly Gladney
  • Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire as Katherine “Sugarpuss” O’Shea

Best Supporting Actor

  • Walter Brennan – Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
  • Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones as John P. Merrick
  • Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley as Gwilym Morgan
  • James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Max “Pop” Corkle
  • Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon as Kasper Gutman

Best Supporting Actress

  • Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley as Mrs. Beth Morgan
  • Mary Astor – The Great Lie as Sandra Kovak
  • Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes as Birdie Hubbard
  • Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes as Alexandra Giddens
  • Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York as Mary Brooks York

Best 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

Best Screenplay

  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller, based on the play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall
  • Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, based on Memo to a Movie Producer by Ketti Frings
  • How Green Was My Valley – Philip Dunne, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn
  • The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman, based on the play by Lillian Hellman
  • The Maltese Falcon – John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett

Best 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

Best Documentary

  • Adventure in the Bronx – Film Associates
  • Bomber: A Defense Report on Film – U.S. Office for Emergency Management Film Unit and Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense
  • Christmas Under Fire – British Ministry of Information and Warner Bros.
  • Churchill’s Island – National Film Board of Canada and United Artists
  • A Letter from Home – British Ministry of Information and United Artists
  • Life of a Thoroughbred – Truman Talley and 20th Century Fox
  • Norway in Revolt – The March of Time and RKO Radio
  • A Place to Live – Philadelphia Housing Authority and Philadelphia Housing Association
  • Russian Soil – Amkino
  • Soldiers of the Sky – Truman Talley and 20th Century Fox
  • War Clouds in the Pacific – National Film Board of Canada and MGM

Best 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

Best 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.

Best Short Subjects – Cartoons

  • 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

Best 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

Best 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
  • Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman
  • Sunny – Anthony Collins
  • You’ll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff

Best Original Song

  • “Baby Mine” from Dumbo – Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
  • “Be Honest With Me” from Ridin’ on a Rainbow – Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
  • “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
  • “Chattanooga Choo Choo” from Sun Valley Serenade – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
  • “Dolores” from Las Vegas Nights – Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
  • “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
  • “Out of the Silence” from All-American Co-Ed – Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlin
  • “Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye” from You’ll Never Get Rich – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Best 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

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

  • Citizen Kane – Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
  • The Flame of New Orleans – Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman
  • Hold Back the Dawn – Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer
  • How Green Was My Valley – Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little
  • Ladies in Retirement – Lionel Banks, George Montgomery
  • The Little Foxes – Stephen Goosson, Howard Bristol
  • Sergeant York – John Hughes, Fred M. MacLean
  • Sis Hopkins – N/A (Nomination withdrawn)
  • The Son of Monte Cristo – John DuCasse Schulze, Edward G. Boyle
  • Sundown – Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine
  • That Hamilton Woman – Vincent Korda, Julia Heron
  • When Ladies Meet – Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color

  • Blood and Sand – Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
  • Blossoms in the Dust – Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis
  • Louisiana Purchase – Raoul Pene Du Bois, Stephen Seymour

Best 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 Maté

Best 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

Best 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

Best Special Effects

  • Aloma of the South Seas – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
  • Dive Bomber – Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson (disqualified)
  • Flight Command – A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
  • I Wanted Wings – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
  • The Invisible Woman – John P. Fulton, John D. Hall
  • The Sea Wolf – Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
  • That Hamilton Woman – Lawrence W. Butler, William H. Wilmarth
  • Topper Returns – Roy Seawright, Elmer Raguse
  • A Yank in the R.A.F. – Fred Sersen, Edmund H. Hansen
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To the TimeGhost Army…

…make sure to vote for the best motion picture of 1941!

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The winners are:

Outstanding Motion Picture

How Green Was My Valley – 20th Century Fox

Best Director

John Ford – How Green Was My Valley

Best Actor

Gary Cooper – Sergeant York

Best Actress

Joan Fontaine – Suspicion

Best Supporting Actor

Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley

Best Supporting Actress

Mary Astor – The Great Lie

Best Original Screenplay

Citizen Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

Best Screenplay

Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller

Best Original Story

Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Harry Segall

Best Documentary

Churchill’s Island – National Film Board of Canada and United Artists

Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel

Of Pups and Puzzles – MGM

Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel

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

Best Short Subjects – Cartoons

Lend a Paw – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio

Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Dumbo – Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace

Best Original Song

“The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Best Sound Recording

That Hamilton Woman – Jack Whitney

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

How Green Was My Valley – Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color

Blossoms in the Dust – Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

How Green Was My Valley – Arthur Miller

Best Cinematography, Color

Blood and Sand – Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan

Best Film Editing

Sergeant York – William Holmes

Best Special Effects

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

Academy Honorary Award

  • Rey Scott for Kukan
  • The British Ministry of Information for Target for Tonight
  • Leopold Stokowski for Fantasia
  • Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company for Fantasia

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Walt Disney

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Reading Eagle (February 27, 1942)

Joan Fontaine and Cooper win Oscars

Los Angeles, Feb. 27 (INS) –
Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper today were presented Hollywood’s most coveted awards – gold-plated Oscars – for best screen performances during the past year.

How Green Was My Valley (20th Century Fox) was voted the outstanding picture of 1941.

Miss Fontaine received her award for her performance in Suspicion (RKO) and Cooper for his interpretation of the American hero, Sergeant York, in the Warner Bros. picture of the same name.

Among others, Miss Fontaine, who was nominated for an award last year, won over her actress-sister Olivia de Havilland, nominated for her performance in Hold Back the Dawn.

For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role, Mary Astor received an Oscar for her work in The Great Lie.

Donald Crisp was presented an award for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role for How Green Was My Valley.

John Fords, now a lieutenant commander in the Navy, won his third Oscar for his direction of How Green Was My Valley. Ford, on active naval duty, was not present to receive his award.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was presented to Walt Disney, who produced the cartoon creations Fantasia and Dumbo during the year. The prize is given annually for significant contributions to the film industry.

The traditional gold statuettes were presented winners, voted by 10,000 members of the film industry, at the 14th annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dinner.

Ginger Rogers, 1941 winner, presented the Oscars to Miss Fontaine and Miss Astor. Lt. Jimmy Stewart award winner who left his film career for Army duty, presented the prizes to Cooper and Crisp.

Joan weeps

Winning her first Academy Award proved too much for Joan Fontaine. She wept when Miss Rogers handed her the award for best actress of the year.

When Miss Fontaine reached the platform, Miss Rogers, who wept last year, joined her in a few tears.

Both Cooper and Stewart, noted for their bashful roles on the screen, fumbled the statuette and almost sent it crashing o the table during the presentation for the male acting honors.

Because of the war, the dinner this year was devoid of the glitter and fanfare which have featured filmdom’s annual event in past years.

15,000 film notables paid $11 each, instead of the peacetime tariff of $25, to attend the first wartime Academy dinner.

No jewels worn

Women wore no jewels or expensive gowns. Conservative dress was the keynote. Men wore business suits or uniforms, except for one newspaperman who wore the traditional tuxedo.

Other awards were:

For the best original screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane.

Best written screenplay: Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller for Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

Best original motion picture story: Harry Segall for Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

Best song: “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good.

Best scoring of a dramatic picture: All That Money Can Buy.

Best scoring of a musical picture: Dumbo.

Best achievement in film editing: William Holmes, for Sergeant York.

Best achievement for special effects: Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Louis Mesenkop for I Wanted Wings.

Best achievement on art direction, black-and-white film: Richard Day and Nathan Juran for How Green Was My Valley.

Best achievement in art direction, color film: Cedric Gibbons for Blossoms in the Dust.

Best achievement in sound recording: Jack Whitney for That Hamilton Woman.