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Awards for 1941

Oscar

Best Picture

WINNER

Rebecca: (Selznick International Pictures)

NOMINEES

All This, and Heaven Too: (Warner Bros.)
Foreign Correspondent: (Walter Wanger)
The Grapes of Wrath: (20th Century Fox)
The Great Dictator: (Charles Chaplin Productions)
Kitty Foyle: (RKO Radio)
The Letter: (Warner Bros.)
The Long Voyage Home: (Argosy, Walter Wanger)
Our Town: (Sol Lesser)
The Philadelphia Story: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (M-G-M)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Philadelphia Story: James Stewart

NOMINEES

The Great Dictator: Charles Chaplin
The Grapes of Wrath: Henry Fonda
Abe Lincoln in Illinois: Raymond Massey
Rebecca: Laurence Olivier

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Kitty Foyle: Ginger Rogers

NOMINEES

The Letter: Bette Davis
Rebecca: Joan Fontaine
The Philadelphia Story: Katharine Hepburn
Our Town: Martha Scott

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Westerner: Walter Brennan

NOMINEES

Foreign Correspondent: Albert Bassermann
They Knew What They Wanted: William Gargan
The Great Dictator: Jack Oakie
The Letter: James Stephenson

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Grapes of Wrath: Jane Darwell

NOMINEES

Rebecca: Judith Anderson
The Philadelphia Story: Ruth Hussey
All This, and Heaven Too: Barbara O'Neil
Primrose Path: Marjorie Rambeau

Best Director

WINNER

The Grapes of Wrath: John Ford

NOMINEES

The Philadelphia Story: George Cukor
Rebecca: Alfred Hitchcock
Kitty Foyle: Sam Wood
The Letter: William Wyler

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

The Great McGinty: Preston Sturges

NOMINEES

Angels Over Broadway: Ben Hecht
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet: Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald, John Huston
Foreign Correspondent: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
The Great Dictator: Charles Chaplin

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER

Arise, My Love: Benjamin Glazer, Hans Székely

NOMINEES

Comrade X: Walter Reisch
Edison, the Man: Hugo Butler, Dore Schary
My Favorite Wife: Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack
The Westerner: Stuart N. Lake

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER

The Philadelphia Story: Donald Ogden Stewart

NOMINEES

The Grapes of Wrath: Nunnally Johnson
Kitty Foyle: Dalton Trumbo
The Long Voyage Home: Dudley Nichols
Rebecca: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER

The Thief of Bagdad: Georges Périnal

NOMINEES

Bitter Sweet: Oliver T. Marsh, Allen M. Davey
The Blue Bird: Arthur C. Miller, Ray Rennahan
Down Argentine Way: Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan
North West Mounted Police: Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene
'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers): Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER

Rebecca: George Barnes

NOMINEES

Abe Lincoln in Illinois: James Wong Howe
All This, and Heaven Too: Ernest Haller
Arise, My Love: Charles Lang
Boom Town: Harold Rosson
Foreign Correspondent: Rudolph Maté
The Letter: Tony Gaudio
The Long Voyage Home: Gregg Toland
Spring Parade: Joseph A. Valentine
Waterloo Bridge: Joseph Ruttenberg

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

WINNER

Pride and Prejudice: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse

NOMINEES

Arise, My Love: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
Arizona: Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson
The Boys from Syracuse: Jack Otterson
Dark Command: John Victor Mackay
Foreign Correspondent: Alexander Golitzen
Lillian Russell: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
My Favorite Wife: Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk
My Son, My Son!: John DuCasse Schulze
Our Town: Lewis J. Rachmil
Rebecca: Lyle R. Wheeler
The Sea Hawk: Anton Grot
The Westerner: James Basevi

Best Art Direction, Color

WINNER

The Thief of Bagdad: Vincent Korda

NOMINEES

Bitter Sweet: Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie
Down Argentine Way: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
North West Mounted Police: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

Strike Up the Band: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)

NOMINEES

Behind the News: Charles L. Lootens (Republic SSD)
Captain Caution: Elmer Raguse (Hal Roach SSD)
The Grapes of Wrath: Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)
The Howards of Virginia: Jack Whitney (General Service SSD)
Kitty Foyle: John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)
North West Mounted Police: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)
Our Town: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
The Sea Hawk: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
Spring Parade: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)
Too Many Husbands: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

North West Mounted Police: Anne Bauchens

NOMINEES

The Grapes of Wrath: Robert L. Simpson
The Letter: Warren Low
The Long Voyage Home: Sherman Todd
Rebecca: Hal C. Kern

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

The Thief of Bagdad: Lawrence W. Butler (photographic), Jack Whitney (sound)

NOMINEES

The Blue Bird: Fred Sersen (photographic), Edmund H. Hansen (sound)
Boom Town: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound)
The Boys from Syracuse: John P. Fulton (photographic), Bernard B. Brown (sound), Joe Lapis (sound)
Dr. Cyclops: Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic)
Foreign Correspondent: Paul Eagler (photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (sound)
The Invisible Man Returns: John P. Fulton (photographic), Bernard B. Brown (sound), William Hedgcock (sound)
The Long Voyage Home: R.T. Layton (photographic), Ray Binger (photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (sound)
One Million B.C.: Roy Seawright (photographic), Elmer Raguse (sound)
Rebecca: Jack Cosgrove (photographic), Arthur Johns (sound)
The Sea Hawk: Byron Haskin (photographic), Nathan Levinson (sound)
Swiss Family Robinson: Vernon L. Walker (photographic), John Aalberg (sound)
Typhoon: Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), Loren L. Ryder (sound)
Women in War: Howard Lydecker (photographic), William Bradford (photographic), Bud Thackery (photographic) (as Ellis J. Thackery), Herbert Norsch (sound)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Pinocchio: Leigh Harline (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "When You Wish Upon a Star"

NOMINEES

Down Argentine Way: Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics)
For the song "Down Argentine Way"
You'll Find Out: Jimmy McHugh (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
For the song "I'd Know You Anywhere"
Music in My Heart: Chet Forrest, Bob Wright
For the song "It's a Blue World"
Second Chorus: Artie Shaw (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
For the song "Love of My Life"
Rhythm on the River: James V. Monaco (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
For the song "Only Forever"
Strike Up the Band: Roger Edens, George Stoll
For the song "Our Love Affair"
Spring Parade: Robert Stolz (music), Gus Kahn (lyrics)
For the song "Waltzing in the Clouds"
Hit Parade of 1941: Jule Styne (music), Walter Bullock (lyrics)
For the song "Who Am I?"

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER

Pinocchio: Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington

NOMINEES

Arizona: Victor Young
Dark Command: Victor Young
The Fight for Life: Louis Gruenberg
The Great Dictator: Meredith Willson
The House of the Seven Gables: Frank Skinner
The Howards of Virginia: Richard Hageman
The Letter: Max Steiner
The Long Voyage Home: Richard Hageman
The Mark of Zorro: Alfred Newman
My Favorite Wife: Roy Webb
North West Mounted Police: Victor Young
One Million B.C.: Werner R. Heymann
Our Town: Aaron Copland
Rebecca: Franz Waxman
The Thief of Bagdad: Miklós Rózsa
Waterloo Bridge: Herbert Stothart

Best Music, Score

WINNER

Tin Pan Alley: Alfred Newman

NOMINEES

Arise, My Love: Victor Young
Hit Parade of 1941: Cy Feuer
Irene: Anthony Collins
Our Town: Aaron Copland
The Sea Hawk: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Second Chorus: Artie Shaw
Spring Parade: Charles Previn
Strike Up the Band: George Stoll, Roger Edens

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER

Teddy the Rough Rider: (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES

Eyes of the Navy: (M-G-M)
Service with the Colors: (Warner Bros.)
From the National Defense Series

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER

Quicker'n a Wink: Pete Smith

NOMINEES

London Can Take It!: (Warner Bros.)
Vitaphone Varieties
More About Nostradamus: (M-G-M)
Siege: (RKO Radio)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

The Milky Way: (M-G-M)
From the Rudolph Ising Series

NOMINEES

Puss Gets the Boot: (M-G-M)
From the Cat and Mouse Series
A Wild Hare: Leon Schlesinger

Honorary Award

WINNERS

Bob Hope
In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry
(special silver plaque).
Nathan Levinson
For his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films.

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER

(20th Century-Fox Film Corp.)
For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNER


Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNER

Anton Grot (Warner Bros. Studio Art Dept.)
For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.

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