Outstanding Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Invaders
- Kings Row
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- The Pied Piper
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Talk of the Town
- Wake Island
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
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- William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver
- Michael Curtiz – Yankee Doodle Dandy
- John Farrow – Wake Island
- Mervyn LeRoy – Random Harvest
- Sam Wood – Kings Row
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Ronald Colman – Random Harvest
- Gary Cooper – The Pride of the Yankees
- Walter Pidgeon – Mrs. Miniver
- Monty Woolley – The Pied Piper
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- Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver
- Bette Davis – Now, Voyager
- Katharine Hepburn – Woman of the Year
- Rosalind Russell – My Sister Eileen
- Teresa Wright – The Pride of the Yankees
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Van Heflin – Johnny Eager
- William Bendix – Wake Island
- Walter Huston – Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Frank Morgan – Tortilla Flat
- Henry Travers – Mrs. Miniver
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- Teresa Wright – Mrs. Miniver
- Gladys Cooper – Now, Voyager
- Agnes Moorehead – The Magnificent Ambersons
- Susan Peters – Random Harvest
- Dame May Whitty – Mrs. Miniver
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Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Woman of the Year – Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr.
- Wake Island – W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler
- Road to Morocco – Frank Butler and Don Hartman
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley – George Oppenheimer
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing – Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
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- Mrs. Miniver – George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis
- The Invaders – Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger
- The Talk of the Town – Sidney Buchman and Irwin Shaw
- Random Harvest – George Froeschel, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis
- The Pride of the Yankees – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Jo Swerling
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Best Story |
Best Documentary |
- The Invaders – Emeric Pressburger
- Holiday Inn – Irving Berlin
- Yankee Doodle Dandy – Robert Buckner
- The Pride of the Yankees – Paul Gallico
- The Talk of the Town – Sidney Harmon
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- The Battle of Midway
- Kokoda Front Line!
- Moscow Strikes Back
- Prelude to War
- Africa, Prelude to Victory
- Combat Report
- Conquer by the Clock
- The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
- Henry Browne, Farmer
- High Over the Borders
- High Stakes in the East
- Inside Fighting China
- It's Everybody's War
- Listen to Britain
- Little Belgium
- Little Isles of Freedom
- Mr. Blabbermouth!
- Mr. Gardenia Jones
- The New Spirit
- The Price of Victory
- A Ship Is Born
- Twenty-One Miles
- We Refuse to Die
- White Eagle
- Winning Your Wings
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Speaking of Animals and Their Families
- Desert Wonderland
- Marines in the Making
- United States Marine Band
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- Beyond the Line of Duty
- Don't Talk
- Private Smith of the U.S.A.
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Best Animated Short Film |
- Der Fuehrer's Face - Walt Disney
- All Out for V - Paul Terry
- Blitz Wolf - Fred Quimby
- Juke Box Jamboree - Walter Lantz
- Pigs in a Polka - Leon Schlesinger
- Tulips Shall Grow - George Pal
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Best Dramatic Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
- Bambi – Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb
- The Shanghai Gesture – Richard Hageman
- The Pride of the Yankees – Leigh Harline
- To Be or Not to Be – Werner Heymann
- The Talk of the Town – Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff
- Klondike Fury – Edward Kay
- The Black Swan – Alfred Newman
- Jungle Book – Miklos Rozsa
- Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
- Random Harvest – Herbert Stothart
- The Gold Rush – Max Terr
- The Corsican Brothers – Dimitri Tiomkin
- I Married a Witch – Roy Webb
- Joan of Paris – Roy Webb
- Flying Tigers – Victor Young
- Silver Queen – Victor Young
- Take a Letter, Darling – Victor Young
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- Yankee Doodle Dandy – Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld
- For Me and My Gal – Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll
- Holiday Inn – Robert Emmett Dolan
- You Were Never Lovelier – Leigh Harline
- My Gal Sal – Alfred Newman
- It Started With Eve – Charles Previn and Hans Salter
- Johnny Doughboy – Walter Scharf
- Flying With Music – Edward Ward
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Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "White Christmas" from Holiday Inn – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin
- "Always in My Heart" from Always in My Heart – Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyric by Kim Gannon
- "Dearly Beloved" from You Were Never Lovelier – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
- "How About You?" from Babes on Broadway – Music by Burton Lane; Lyric by Ralph Freed
- "It Seems I Heard That Song Before" from Youth on Parade – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" from Orchestra Wives – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Mack Gordon
- "Love Is a Song" from Bambi – Music by Frank Churchill; Lyric by Larry Morey
- "Pennies for Peppino" from Flying With Music – Music by Edward Ward; Lyric by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
- "Pig Foot Pete" from Hellzapoppin' – Music by Gene de Paul; Lyric by Don Raye
- "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" from The Mayor of 44th Street – Music by Harry Revel; Lyric by Mort Greene
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- Yankee Doodle Dandy – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
- You Were Never Lovelier – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Mrs. Miniver – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Road to Morocco – Loren Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- The Gold Rush – James L. Fields, RCA Sound
- Flying Tigers – Daniel Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department
- Once Upon a Honeymoon – Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- The Pride of the Yankees – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- Friendly Enemies – Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc.
- This Above All – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
- Arabian Nights – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department
- Bambi – Sam Slyfield, Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- This Above All – Art Direction: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little
- The Talk of the Town – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: Fay Babcock
- Silver Queen – Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
- The Magnificent Ambersons – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Set Decoration: Al Fields and Darrell Silvera
- Take a Letter, Darling – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer
- The Pride of the Yankees – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Random Harvest – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack Moore
- The Shanghai Gesture – Art Direction: John B. Goodman and Jack Otterson; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Boris Leven
- George Washington Slept Here – Art Direction: Max Parker and Mark-Lee Kirk; Set Decoration: Casey Roberts
- The Spoilers – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Edward R. Robinson
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- My Gal Sal – Art Direction: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little
- Reap the Wild Wind – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: George Sawley
- Arabian Nights – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Jack Otterson; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb
- Jungle Book – Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
- Captains of the Clouds – Art Direction: Ted Smith; Set Decoration: Casey Roberts
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Mrs. Miniver – Joseph Ruttenberg
- Moontide – Charles G. Clarke
- The Magnificent Ambersons – Stanley Cortez
- The Pied Piper – Edward Cronjager
- Kings Row – James Wong Howe
- The Pride of the Yankees – Rudolph Maté
- Take a Letter, Darling – John Mescall
- This Above All – Arthur C. Miller
- Ten Gentlemen From West Point – Leon Shamroy
- The Talk of the Town – Ted Tetzlaff
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- The Black Swan – Leon Shamroy
- To the Shores of Tripoli – Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall
- Jungle Book – W. Howard Greene
- Arabian Nights – Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene
- Reap the Wild Wind – Victor Milner and William V. Skall
- Captains of the Clouds – Sol Polito
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- The Pride of the Yankees – Daniel Mandell
- Yankee Doodle Dandy – George Amy
- Mrs. Miniver – Harold F. Kress
- The Talk of the Town – Otto Meyer
- This Above All – Walter A. Thompson
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- Reap the Wild Wind – Photography: Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and William L. Pereira; Sound: Louis Mesenkop
- Jungle Book – Photography: Lawrence Butler; Sound: William H. Wilmarth,
- The Pride of the Yankees – Jack Cosgrove and Ray Binger; Sound: Thomas T. Moulton
- Invisible Agent – Photography: John P. Fulton; Sound: Bernard B. Brown
- Mrs. Miniver – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe; Sound: Douglas Shearer
- Desperate Journey – Photography: Byron Haskin; Sound: Nathan Levinson
- Flying Tigers – Photography: Howard Lydecker; Sound: Daniel J. Bloomberg
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing – Photography: Ronald Neame; Sound: C. C. Stevens
- The Black Swan – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: Roger Heman and George Leverett
- The Navy Comes Through – Photography: Vernon L. Walker; Sound: James G. Stewart
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