1943
The 15th Academy Awards | 1943
Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
Thursday, March 4, 1943
Honoring movies released in 1942
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Van Heflin
Johnny Eager
Nominees
William Bendix
Wake Island
Walter Huston
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Morgan
Tortilla Flat
Henry Travers
Mrs. Miniver
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Teresa Wright
Mrs. Miniver
Nominees
Agnes Moorehead
The Magnificent Ambersons
Susan Peters
Random Harvest
Dame May Whitty
Mrs. Miniver
Gladys Cooper
Now, Voyager
Directing
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
William Wyler
Nominees
Kings Row
Sam Wood
Random Harvest
Mervyn LeRoy
Wake Island
John Farrow
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Michael Curtiz
Film Editing
Winner
The Pride of the Yankees
Daniel Mandell
Nominees
Mrs. Miniver
Harold F. Kress
The Talk of the Town
Otto Meyer
This above All
Walter Thompson
Yankee Doodle Dandy
George Amy
Actor
Winner
James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Nominees
Ronald Colman
Random Harvest
Gary Cooper
The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley
The Pied Piper
Actress
Winner
Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Nominees
Bette Davis
Now, Voyager
Katharine Hepburn
Woman of the Year
Rosalind Russell
My Sister Eileen
Teresa Wright
The Pride of the Yankees
Special Award
Winner
In Which We Serve
Special Award
Sound Recording
Winner
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
Arabian Nights
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Bambi
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director
Flying Tigers
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director
Friendly Enemies
Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
The Gold Rush
RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director
Mrs. Miniver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Once upon a Honeymoon
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director
The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Road to Morocco
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
This above All
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
You Were Never Lovelier
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Der Fuehrer's Face
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
All Out for "V"
20th Century-Fox
Blitz Wolf
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Juke Box Jamboree
Walter Lantz, Producer
Pigs in a Polka
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Tulips Shall Grow
George Pal, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Holiday Inn
White Christmas in "Holiday Inn" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Nominees
Always in My Heart
Always In My Heart in "Always in My Heart" Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
You Were Never Lovelier
Dearly Beloved in "You Were Never Lovelier" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Babes on Broadway
How About You? in "Babes on Broadway" Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Youth on Parade
It Seems I Heard That Song Before in "Youth on Parade" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Orchestra Wives
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo in "Orchestra Wives" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Bambi
Love Is A Song in "Bambi" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
Flying with Music
Pennies For Peppino in "Flying with Music" Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
Hellzapoppin'
Pig Foot Pete in "Hellzapoppin'" Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye
The Mayor of 44th Street
There's A Breeze On Lake Louise in "The Mayor of 44th Street" Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
Nominees
The Invaders
Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
The Pride of the Yankees
Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Random Harvest
Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
The Talk of the Town
Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Speaking of Animals and Their Families
Paramount
Nominees
Desert Wonderland
20th Century-Fox
Marines in the Making
Pete Smith, Producer
United States Marine Band
Warner Bros.
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
Beyond the Line of Duty
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Private Smith of the U.S.A.
RKO Radio
Don't Talk
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Sidney Franklin
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Joseph Ruttenberg
Nominees
Kings Row
James Wong Howe
The Magnificent Ambersons
Stanley Cortez
Moontide
Charles Clarke
The Pied Piper
Edward Cronjager
The Pride of the Yankees
"The Pride of the Yankees" Rudolph Maté
Take a Letter, Darling
John Mescall
The Talk of the Town
Ted Tetzlaff
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Leon Shamroy
This above All
Arthur Miller
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
The Black Swan
Leon Shamroy
Nominees
Jungle Book
W. Howard Greene
Reap the Wild Wind
Victor Milner, William V. Skall
To the Shores of Tripoli
Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall
Arabian Nights
Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
Captains of the Clouds
Sol Polito
Special Effects
Winner
Reap the Wild Wind
Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Nominees
Invisible Agent
Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
Jungle Book
Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Mrs. Miniver
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
The Navy Comes Through
Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
The Pride of the Yankees
Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
The Black Swan
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
Desperate Journey
Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Flying Tigers
Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
This above All
Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
George Washington Slept Here
Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
The Magnificent Ambersons
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
The Pride of the Yankees
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Random Harvest
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
The Shanghai Gesture
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
Silver Queen
Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
The Spoilers
Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
Take a Letter, Darling
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
The Talk of the Town
Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
My Gal Sal
Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
Jungle Book
Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Reap the Wild Wind
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
Arabian Nights
Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Captains of the Clouds
Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Woman of the Year
Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin
Nominees
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Road to Morocco
Frank Butler, Don Hartman
Wake Island
W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
The War against Mrs. Hadley
George Oppenheimer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
Nominees
Flying with Music
Edward Ward
For Me and My Gal
Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
Holiday Inn
Robert Emmett Dolan
It Started with Eve
Hans Salter, Charles Previn
Johnny Doughboy
Walter Scharf
My Gal Sal
Alfred Newman
You Were Never Lovelier
Leigh Harline
Outstanding Motion Picture
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Random Harvest
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Talk of the Town
Columbia
Wake Island
Paramount
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros.
The Invaders
Ortus
Kings Row
Warner Bros.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mercury
The Pied Piper
20th Century-Fox
The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Documentary
Winner
Kokoda Front Line!
Australian News & Information Bureau
Moscow Strikes Back
Artkino
The Battle of Midway
United States Navy
Prelude to War
United States Army Special Services
Nominees
Inside Fighting China
National Film Board of Canada
Winning Your Wings
United States Army Air Force
It's Everybody's War
United States Office of War Information
Listen to Britain
British Ministry of Information
Little Belgium
Belgian Ministry of Information
Little Isles of Freedom
Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers
Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information
Mr. Gardenia Jones
United States Office of War Information
Africa, Prelude to Victory
The March of Time
The New Spirit
Walt Disney, Producer
Combat Report
United States Army Signal Corps
Conquer by the Clock
Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
The Price of Victory
William H. Pine, Producer
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
Walt Disney, Producer
A Ship Is Born
United States Merchant Marine
Henry Browne, Farmer
United States Department of Agriculture
Twenty-One Miles
British Ministry of Information
High over the Borders
National Film Board of Canada
We Refuse to Die
William C. Thomas, Producer
High Stakes in the East
The Netherlands Information Bureau
White Eagle
Concanen Films
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Now, Voyager
Max Steiner
Nominees
The Pride of the Yankees
Leigh Harline
Random Harvest
Herbert Stothart
The Shanghai Gesture
Richard Hageman
Silver Queen
Victor Young
Take a Letter, Darling
Victor Young
Arabian Nights
Frank Skinner
The Talk of the Town
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
Bambi
Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
To Be or Not to Be
Werner Heymann
The Black Swan
Alfred Newman
The Corsican Brothers
Dimitri Tiomkin
Flying Tigers
Victor Young
The Gold Rush
Max Terr
I Married a Witch
Roy Webb
Joan of Paris
Roy Webb
Jungle Book
Miklos Rozsa
Klondike Fury
Edward Kay
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Winner
The Invaders
Emeric Pressburger
Nominees
Holiday Inn
Irving Berlin
The Pride of the Yankees
Paul Gallico
The Talk of the Town
Sidney Harmon
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Robert Buckner
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Africa, Prelude to Victory
1 NominationDocumentary - The March of Time
All Out for "V"
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - 20th Century-Fox
Always in My Heart
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Always In My Heart in "Always in My Heart" Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
Arabian Nights
4 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Frank Skinner
Cinematography (Color) - Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
B
Babes on Broadway
1 NominationMusic (Song) - How About You? in "Babes on Broadway" Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Bambi
3 NominationsMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
Music (Song) - Love Is A Song in "Bambi" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
Sound Recording - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director
The Battle of Midway
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary - United States Navy
Beyond the Line of Duty
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Two-reel) - Warner Bros.
The Black Swan
3 Nominations, 1 WinMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alfred Newman
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
* Cinematography (Color) - Leon Shamroy
Blitz Wolf
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
C
Captains of the Clouds
2 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Cinematography (Color) - Sol Polito
Combat Report
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Army Signal Corps
Conquer by the Clock
1 NominationDocumentary - Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
The Corsican Brothers
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
D
Der Fuehrer's Face
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Desert Wonderland
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - 20th Century-Fox
Desperate Journey
1 NominationSpecial Effects - Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Don't Talk
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Flying Tigers
3 NominationsSpecial Effects - Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
Sound Recording - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young
Flying with Music
2 NominationsMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Edward Ward
Music (Song) - Pennies For Peppino in "Flying with Music" Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
For Me and My Gal
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
Friendly Enemies
1 NominationSound Recording - Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
G
George Washington Slept Here
1 NominationArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
The Gold Rush
2 NominationsMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Max Terr
Sound Recording - RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1 NominationDocumentary - Walt Disney, Producer
H
Hellzapoppin'
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Pig Foot Pete in "Hellzapoppin'" Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye
Henry Browne, Farmer
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Department of Agriculture
High over the Borders
1 NominationDocumentary - National Film Board of Canada
High Stakes in the East
1 NominationDocumentary - The Netherlands Information Bureau
Holiday Inn
3 Nominations, 1 WinWriting (Original Motion Picture Story) - Irving Berlin
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Robert Emmett Dolan
* Music (Song) - White Christmas in "Holiday Inn" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
I
I Married a Witch
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Roy Webb
In Which We Serve
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Special Award - Special Award
Inside Fighting China
1 NominationDocumentary - National Film Board of Canada
The Invaders
3 Nominations, 1 Win* Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Emeric Pressburger
Outstanding Motion Picture - Ortus
Writing (Screenplay) - Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
Invisible Agent
1 NominationSpecial Effects - Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
It Started with Eve
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Hans Salter, Charles Previn
It's Everybody's War
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Office of War Information
J
Joan of Paris
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Roy Webb
Johnny Doughboy
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Walter Scharf
Johnny Eager
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Actor in a Supporting Role - Van Heflin in "Johnny Eager"
Juke Box Jamboree
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Walter Lantz, Producer
Jungle Book
4 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Cinematography (Color) - W. Howard Greene
K
Kings Row
3 NominationsCinematography (Black-and-White) - James Wong Howe
Directing - Sam Wood
Outstanding Motion Picture - Warner Bros.
Klondike Fury
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Edward Kay
Kokoda Front Line!
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary - Australian News & Information Bureau
L
Listen to Britain
1 NominationDocumentary - British Ministry of Information
Little Belgium
1 NominationDocumentary - Belgian Ministry of Information
Little Isles of Freedom
1 NominationDocumentary - Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers
M
The Magnificent Ambersons
4 NominationsActress in a Supporting Role - Agnes Moorehead in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
Outstanding Motion Picture - Mercury
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Stanley Cortez
Marines in the Making
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer
The Mayor of 44th Street
1 NominationMusic (Song) - There's A Breeze On Lake Louise in "The Mayor of 44th Street" Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
Moontide
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Charles Clarke
Moscow Strikes Back
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary - Artkino
Mr. Blabbermouth!
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Office of War Information
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Office of War Information
Mrs. Miniver
12 Nominations, 6 Wins* Writing (Screenplay) - Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
* Actress - Greer Garson in "Mrs. Miniver"
* Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Ruttenberg
* Outstanding Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Teresa Wright in "Mrs. Miniver"
* Directing - William Wyler
Actress in a Supporting Role - Dame May Whitty in "Mrs. Miniver"
Film Editing - Harold F. Kress
Actor in a Supporting Role - Henry Travers in "Mrs. Miniver"
Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
Actor - Walter Pidgeon in "Mrs. Miniver"
My Gal Sal
2 Nominations, 1 WinMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman
* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
My Sister Eileen
1 NominationActress - Rosalind Russell in "My Sister Eileen"
N
The Navy Comes Through
1 NominationSpecial Effects - Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
The New Spirit
1 NominationDocumentary - Walt Disney, Producer
Now, Voyager
3 Nominations, 1 WinActress - Bette Davis in "Now, Voyager"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Gladys Cooper in "Now, Voyager"
* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Max Steiner
O
Once upon a Honeymoon
1 NominationSound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
2 NominationsWriting (Original Screenplay) - Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
Orchestra Wives
1 NominationMusic (Song) - I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo in "Orchestra Wives" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
P
The Pied Piper
3 NominationsOutstanding Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Edward Cronjager
Actor - Monty Woolley in "The Pied Piper"
Pigs in a Polka
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Prelude to War
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary - United States Army Special Services
The Price of Victory
1 NominationDocumentary - William H. Pine, Producer
The Pride of the Yankees
11 Nominations, 1 WinCinematography (Black-and-White) - "The Pride of the Yankees" Rudolph Maté
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Actor - Gary Cooper in "The Pride of the Yankees"
Writing (Screenplay) - Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Leigh Harline
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Paul Gallico
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
Outstanding Motion Picture - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Actress - Teresa Wright in "The Pride of the Yankees"
* Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
Private Smith of the U.S.A.
1 NominationShort Subject (Two-reel) - RKO Radio
R
Random Harvest
7 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
Writing (Screenplay) - Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Herbert Stothart
Directing - Mervyn LeRoy
Outstanding Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Actor - Ronald Colman in "Random Harvest"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Susan Peters in "Random Harvest"
Reap the Wild Wind
3 Nominations, 1 WinArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
Cinematography (Color) - Victor Milner, William V. Skall
* Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Road to Morocco
2 NominationsWriting (Original Screenplay) - Frank Butler, Don Hartman
Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
S
The Shanghai Gesture
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Richard Hageman
A Ship Is Born
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Merchant Marine
Silver Queen
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young
Speaking of Animals and Their Families
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (One-reel) - Paramount
The Spoilers
1 NominationArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
T
Take a Letter, Darling
3 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - John Mescall
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Victor Young
The Talk of the Town
7 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
Outstanding Motion Picture - Columbia
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
Writing (Screenplay) - Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman
Film Editing - Otto Meyer
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Sidney Harmon
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Ted Tetzlaff
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Leon Shamroy
This above All
4 Nominations, 1 WinSound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Arthur Miller
Film Editing - Walter Thompson
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
To Be or Not to Be
1 NominationMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Werner Heymann
To the Shores of Tripoli
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall
Tortilla Flat
1 NominationActor in a Supporting Role - Frank Morgan in "Tortilla Flat"
Tulips Shall Grow
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - George Pal, Producer
Twenty-One Miles
1 NominationDocumentary - British Ministry of Information
U
United States Marine Band
1 NominationShort Subject (One-reel) - Warner Bros.
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Wake Island
4 NominationsDirecting - John Farrow
Outstanding Motion Picture - Paramount
Writing (Original Screenplay) - W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
Actor in a Supporting Role - William Bendix in "Wake Island"
The War against Mrs. Hadley
1 NominationWriting (Original Screenplay) - George Oppenheimer
We Refuse to Die
1 NominationDocumentary - William C. Thomas, Producer
White Eagle
1 NominationDocumentary - Concanen Films
Winning Your Wings
1 NominationDocumentary - United States Army Air Force
Woman of the Year
2 Nominations, 1 WinActress - Katharine Hepburn in "Woman of the Year"
* Writing (Original Screenplay) - Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin
Y
Yankee Doodle Dandy
8 Nominations, 3 WinsFilm Editing - George Amy
Directing - Michael Curtiz
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) - Robert Buckner
Actor in a Supporting Role - Walter Huston in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Outstanding Motion Picture - Warner Bros.
* Actor - James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
* Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
You Were Never Lovelier
3 NominationsSound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Music (Song) - Dearly Beloved in "You Were Never Lovelier" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Leigh Harline
Youth on Parade
1 NominationMusic (Song) - It Seems I Heard That Song Before in "Youth on Parade" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn