The winners are:
Outstanding Motion Picture
Mrs. Miniver – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director
William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver
Best Actor
James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy as George M. Cohan
Best Actress
Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver as Kay Miniver
Best Supporting Actor
Van Heflin – Johnny Eager as Jeff Hartnett
Best Supporting Actress
Teresa Wright – Mrs. Miniver as Carol Beldon
Best Original Screenplay
Woman of the Year – Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr.
Best Screenplay
Mrs. Miniver – George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis, based on the Mrs. Miniver newspaper columns by Jan Struther
Best Original Story
49th Parallel – Emeric Pressburger
Best Documentary
- The Battle of Midway – United States Navy
- Kokoda Front Line! – Australian News and Information Bureau
- Moscow Strikes Back – Artkino
- Prelude to War – United States Army Special Services
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel
Speaking of Animals and Their Families – Paramount
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel
Beyond the Line of Duty – Warner Bros.
Best Short Subjects – Cartoons
Der Fuehrer’s Face – Walt Disney
Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Yankee Doodle Dandy – Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld
Best Original Song
“White Christmas” from Holiday Inn – Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Best Sound Recording
Yankee Doodle Dandy – Nathan Levinson
Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
This Above All – Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color
My Gal Sal – Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Mrs. Miniver – Joseph Ruttenberg
Best Cinematography, Color
The Black Swan – Leon Shamroy
Best Film Editing
The Pride of the Yankees – Daniel Mandell
Best Special Effects
Reap the Wild Wind – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, William Pereira, Louis Mesenkop
Academy Honorary Award
- 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.
- Noël Coward:
…for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
…for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Sidney Franklin