Outstanding Production |
Best Director |
- Rebecca
- All This, and Heaven Too
- Foreign Correspondent
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Great Dictator
- Kitty Foyle
- The Letter
- The Long Voyage Home
- Our Town
- The Philadelphia Story
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- John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath
- George Cukor – The Philadelphia Story
- Alfred Hitchcock – Rebecca
- Sam Wood – Kitty Foyle
- William Wyler – The Letter
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
- Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator
- Henry Fonda – The Grapes of Wrath
- Raymond Massey – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Laurence Olivier – Rebecca
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- Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle
- Bette Davis – The Letter
- Joan Fontaine – Rebecca
- Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story
- Martha Scott – Our Town
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Walter Brennan – The Westerner
- Albert Basserman – Foreign Correspondent
- William Gargan – They Knew What They Wanted
- Jack Oakie – The Great Dictator
- James Stephenson – The Letter
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- Jane Darwell – The Grapes of Wrath
- Judith Anderson – Rebecca
- Ruth Hussey – The Philadelphia Story
- Barbara O'Neil – All This, and Heaven Too
- Marjorie Rambeau – Primrose Path
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Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adaptated Screenplay |
- The Great McGinty – Preston Sturges
- Foreign Correspondent – Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet – Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald and John Huston
- The Great Dictator – Charlie Chaplin
- Angels Over Broadway – Ben Hecht
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- The Philadelphia Story – Donald Ogden Stewart
- The Grapes of Wrath – Nunnally Johnson
- The Long Voyage Home – Dudley Nichols
- Rebecca – Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison
- Kitty Foyle – Dalton Trumbo
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Best Story |
Best Sound Recording |
- Arise, My Love – Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy
- Edison, the Man – Hugo Butler and Dore Schary
- The Westerner – Stuart N. Lake
- My Favorite Wife – Leo McCarey, Samuel Spewack and Bella Spewack
- Comrade X – Walter Reisch
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- Strike Up the Band – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Too Many Husbands – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- The Howards of Virginia – Jack Whitney, General Service Sound Department
- Captain Caution – Elmer A. Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
- North West Mounted Police – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- Behind the News – Charles L. Lootens, Republic Studio Sound Department
- Kitty Foyle – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- Our Town – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- The Grapes of Wrath – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
- Spring Parade – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department
- The Sea Hawk – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Quicker'n a Wink – Pete Smith and MGM
- London Can Take It! – Warner Bros.
- More About Nostradamus – MGM
- Siege – RKO Radio
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- Teddy, the Rough Rider – Warner Bros.
- Eyes of the Navy – MGM
- Service With the Colors – Warner Bros.
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Best Animated Short Film |
Best Score |
- The Milky Way – MGM
- Puss Gets the Boot – MGM
- A Wild Hare – Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros.
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- Tin Pan Alley – Alfred Newman
- Irene – Anthony Collins
- Our Town – Aaron Copland
- Hit Parade of 1941 – Cy Feuer,
- The Sea Hawk – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Spring Parade – Charles Previn
- Second Chorus – Artie Shaw
- Strike Up the Band – Georgie Stoll and Roger Edens
- Arise, My Love – Victor Young
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Best Original Score |
Best Original Song |
- Pinocchio – Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington
- Our Town – Aaron Copland
- The Fight for Life – Louis Gruenberg
- The Howards of Virginia – Richard Hageman
- The Long Voyage Home – Richard Hageman
- One Million B.C. – Werner Heymann
- The Mark of Zorro – Alfred Newman
- The Thief of Bagdad – Miklos Rozsa
- The House of Seven Gables – Frank Skinner
- The Letter – Max Steiner
- Waterloo Bridge – Herbert Stothart
- Rebecca – Franz Waxman
- My Favorite Wife – Roy Webb
- The Great Dictator – Meredith Willson
- Arizona – Victor Young
- The Dark Command – Victor Young
- North West Mounted Police – Victor Young
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- "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio – Music by Leigh Harline; Lyric by Ned Washington
- "Down Argentine Way" from Down Argentine Way – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Mack Gordon
- "I'd Know You Anywhere" from You'll Find Out – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
- "It's a Blue World" from Music in My Heart – Music and Lyric by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
- "Love of My Life" from Second Chorus – Music by Artie Shaw; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
- "Only Forever" from Rhythm on the River – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyric by John Burke
- "Our Love Affair" from Strike Up the Band – Music and Lyric by Roger Edens and Arthur Freed
- "Waltzing in the Clouds" from Spring Parade – Music by Robert Stolz; Lyric by Gus Kahn
- "Who Am I?" from Hit Parade of 1941 – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Walter Bullock
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Pride and Prejudice – Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse
- Arizona – Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson
- The Westerner – James Basevi
- Lillian Russell – Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright
- Arise, My Love – Hans Dreier and Robert Usher
- My Son, My Son! – John DuCasse Schulze
- Foreign Correspondent – Alexander Golitzen
- The Sea Hawk – Anton Grot
- The Dark Command – John Victor Mackay
- The Boys From Syracuse – John Otterson
- My Favorite Wife – Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee Kirk
- Our Town – Lewis J. Rachmil
- Rebecca – Lyle Wheeler
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- The Thief of Bagdad – Vincent Korda
- Down Argentine Way – Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright
- North West Mounted Police – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
- Bitter Sweet – Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Rebecca – George Barnes
- The Letter – Gaetano Gaudio
- All This, and Heaven Too – Ernest Haller
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois – James Wong Howe
- Arise, My Love – Charles B. Lang, Jr.
- Foreign Correspondent – Rudolph Maté
- Boom Town – Harold Rosson
- Waterloo Bridge – Joseph Ruttenberg
- The Long Voyage Home – Gregg Toland
- Spring Parade – Joseph Valentine
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- The Thief of Bagdad – Georges Perinal
- Bitter Sweet – Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey
- The Blue Bird – Arthur C. Miller and Ray Rennahan
- North West Mounted Police – Victor Milner and W. Howard Greene
- Down Argentine Way – Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan
- Northwest Passage – Sidney Wagner and William V. Skall
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- North West Mounted Police – Anne Bauchens
- Rebecca – Hal C. Kern
- The Letter – Warren Low
- The Grapes of Wrath – Robert L. Simpson
- The Long Voyage Home – Sherman Todd
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- The Thief of Bagdad – Photography: Lawrence Butler; Sound: Jack Whitney
- Rebecca – Photography: Jack Cosgrove; Sound: Arthur Johns
- Foreign Correspondent – Photography: Paul Eagler; Sound: Thomas T. Moulton
- Dr. Cyclops – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: Loren Ryder
- Typhoon – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: Loren Ryder
- The Boys From Syracuse – Photography: John P. Fulton; Sound: Bernard B. Brown and Joseph Lapis
- The Invisible Man Returns – Photography: John P. Fulton; Sound: Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgecock
- Boom Town – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound: Douglas Shearer
- The Sea Hawk – Photography: Byron Haskin; Sound: Nathan Levinson
- The Long Voyage Home – Photography: R. T. Layton and R. O. Binger; Sound: Thomas T. Moulton
- Women in War – Photography: Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford and Ellis J. Thackery; Sound: Herbert Norsch
- One Million B.C. – Photography: Roy Seawright; Sound: Elmer Raguse
- The Blue Bird – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: E.H. Hansen
- Swiss Family Robinson – Photography: Vernon L. Walker; Sound: John O. Aalberg
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