14th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Outstanding Motion Picture	Best Director
*How Green Was My Valley* Blossoms in the Dust Citizen Kane Here Comes Mr. Jordan Hold Back the Dawn The Little Foxes The Maltese Falcon One Foot in Heaven Sergeant York Suspicion	John Ford – How Green Was My Valley William Wyler – The Little Foxes Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks – Sergeant York Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
Best Actor	Best Actress
Gary Cooper – Sergeant York Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Cary Grant – Penny Serenade Orson Welles – Citizen Kane	Joan Fontaine – Suspicion Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust Bette Davis – The Little Foxes
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Walter Brennan – Sergeant York Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon	Mary Astor – The Great Lie Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adaptated Screenplay
Citizen Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles Sergeant York – John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel and Harry Chandlee Tall, Dark and Handsome – Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware The Devil and Miss Jones – Norman Krasna Tom, Dick and Harry – Paul Jarrico	Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder How Green Was My Valley – Philip Dunne The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman The Maltese Falcon – John Huston
Best Story	Best Documentary Short
Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Harry Segall Ball of Fire – Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe Meet John Doe – Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr. Night Train to Munich – Gordon Wellesley The Lady Eve – Monckton Hoffe	Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada and United Artists Adventure in the Bronx – Film Associates Bomber – 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. 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 Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Of Pups and Puzzles – MGM 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. Sagebrush and Silver – 20th Century Fox	Main Street on the March! – MGM Alive in the Deep – Woodard Productions, Inc. Forbidden Passage – MGM The Gay Parisian – Warner Bros. The Tanks Are Coming – U.S. Army and Warner Bros.
Best Animated Short Film
Lend a Paw – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio 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 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 – Max Fleischer and Paramount Truant Officer Donald – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
Best Score of a Dramatic Picture	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann Back Street – Frank Skinner Ball of Fire – Alfred Newman Citizen Kane – Bernard Herrmann Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward How Green Was My Valley – Alfred Newman Hold Back the Dawn – Victor Young Ladies in Retirement – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch King of the Zombies – Edward Kay Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Franz Waxman 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 Heymann The Little Foxes – Meredith Willson This Woman Is Mine – Richard Hageman	Dumbo – Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace All-American Co-Ed – Edward Ward Birth of the Blues – Robert Emmett Dolan Buck Privates – Charles Previn Ice-Capades – Cy Feuer Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman Sunny – Anthony Collins The Chocolate Soldier – Herbert Stothart and Bronislau Kaper The Strawberry Blonde – Heinz Roemheld You'll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good* – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II** "Out of the Silence" from All-American Co-Ed – Music and Lyric by Lloyd B. Norlin "Blues in the Night" from Blues in the Night – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Johnny Mercer "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" from Buck Privates – Music by Hugh Prince; Lyric by Don Raye "Baby Mine" from Dumbo – Music by Frank Churchill; Lyric by Ned Washington "Dolores" from Las Vegas Nights – Music by Louis Alter; Lyric by Frank Loesser "Be Honest With Me" from Ridin' on a Rainbow – Music and Lyric by Gene Autry and Fred Rose "Chattanooga Choo Choo" from Sun Valley Serenade – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Mack Gordon "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" from You'll Never Get Rich – Music and Lyric by Cole Porter;	That Hamilton Woman – Jack Whitney, General Service Sound Department Appointment for Love – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department Ball of Fire – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department Citizen Kane – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department How Green Was My Valley – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department Sergeant York – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department Skylark – Loren Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department The Chocolate Soldier – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department The Devil Pays Off – Charles Lootens, Republic Studio Sound Department The Men in Her Life – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Topper Returns – Elmer Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
How Green Was My Valley – Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan Juran; Set Decoration: Thomas Little Hold Back the Dawn – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Set Decoration: Sam Comer Sundown – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Set Decoration: Richard Irvine Citizen Kane – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase; Set Decoration: Al Fields and Darrell Silvera Ladies in Retirement – Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Set Decoration: George Montgomery Sergeant York – Art Direction: John Hughes; Set Decoration: Fred MacLean The Little Foxes – Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol That Hamilton Woman – Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Julia Heron The Son of Monte Cristo – Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle When Ladies Meet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis The Flame of New Orleans – Art Direction: Martin Obzina and Jack Otterson; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman	Blossoms in the Dust – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis Blood and Sand – Art Direction: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little Louisiana Purchase – Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Set Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
How Green Was My Valley – Arthur C. Miller Citizen Kane – Gregg Toland Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Joseph Walker Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Joseph Ruttenberg Hold Back the Dawn – Leo Tover Sergeant York – Sol Polito Sun Valley Serenade – Edward Cronjager Sundown – Charles Lang That Hamilton Woman – Rudolph Maté The Chocolate Soldier – Karl Freund	Blood and Sand – Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan Aloma of the South Seas – Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss and William Snyder Billy the Kid – William V. Skall and Leonard Smith Blossoms in the Dust – Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene Dive Bomber – Bert Glennon Louisiana Purchase – Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Sergeant York – William Holmes Citizen Kane – Robert Wise How Green Was My Valley – James B. Clark Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Harold F. Kress The Little Foxes – Daniel Mandell	I Wanted Wings – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: Louis Mesenkop A Yank in the RAF – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: E.H. Hansen Aloma of the South Seas – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: Louis Mesenkop Flight Command – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound: Douglas Shearer The Invisible Woman – Photography: John P. Fulton; Sound: John Hall That Hamilton Woman – Photography: Lawrence Butler; Sound: William H. Wilmarth The Sea Wolf – Photography: Byron Haskin; Sound: Nathan Levinson Topper Returns – Photography: Roy Seawright; Sound: Elmer Raguse

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