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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.Best Film
Winner: Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
The Westerner - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJoel McCreaLaraine DayHerbert MarshallOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.Best Director
Winner: John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath
Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator
John Ford – The Long Voyage Home
George Cukor – The Philadelphia Story
Alfred Hitchcock – Rebecca
William Wyler – The Westerner
Sound: Strike Up the Band
Captain Caution
The Grapes of Wrath
North West Mounted Police
The Sea Hawk
Spring Parade
Special Effect: The Thief of Bagdad
The Invisible Man Returns
The Sea Hawk - DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Best Actor
Winner: Henry Fonda – The Grapes of Wrath
Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator
Raymond Massey – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier – Rebecca
Edward G. Robinson – Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
Cinematography: Rebecca – George Barnes
Foreign Correspondent
The Long Voyage Home
North West Mounted Police
The Thief of Bagdad
Waterloo Bridge - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Best Actress
Winner: Joan Fontaine – Rebecca
Bette Davis – The Letter
Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story
Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle
Rosalind Russell – His Girl Friday
Martha Scott – Our Town
Production: The Thief of Bagdad – Vincent Korda
The Boys from Syracuse
Our Town
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca
The Sea Hawk - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperWalter BrennanDoris DavenportJudge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Walter Brennan – The Westerner
Albert Bassermann – Foreign Correspondent
John Carradine – The Grapes of Wrath
William Gargan – They Knew What They Wanted
Jack Oakie – The Great Dictator
James Stephenson – The Letter
Film Editing: North West Mounted Police – Anne Bauchens
Dark Command
The Grapes of Wrath
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Rebecca - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHerbert MarshallJames StephensonThe wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: 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
Flora Robson – The Sea Hawk
Costume: The Thief of Bagdad – Oliver Messel, Marcel Vertes and John Armstrong
The Mark of Zorro
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca
The Sea Hawk
Waterloo Bridge - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Best Screenplay
Original: The Great Dictator – Charlie Chaplin
Angels Over Broadway
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Foreign Correspondent
The Great McGinty
The Westerner
Adapted: Rebecca – Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison
The Grapes of Wrath
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
The Philadelphia Story - DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.Best Soundtrack
Song: "When You Wish Upon a Star" Pinocchio – Leigh Harline and Ned Washington
"Down Argentine Way" Down Argentine Way
"It's a Blue World" Music in My Heart
"Love of My Life" Second Chorus
"Only Forever" Rhythm on the River
"Our Love Affair" Strike Up the Band
Score: Pinocchio – Leigh Harline, Paul Smith and Ned Washington
The Great Dictator
The Mark of Zorro
Our Town
Rebecca
The Thief of Bagdad - DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Best Film
Winner: Citizen Kane
All That Money Can Buy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
The Lady Eve
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.Best Director
Winner: Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
William Dieterle – All That Money Can Buy
Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
John Ford – How Green Was My Valley
John Huston – The Maltese Falcon
Howard Hawks – Sergeant York
Sound: That Hamilton Woman
Ball of Fire
Citizen Kane
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York
Topper Returns
Special Effect: The Sea Wolf
The Invisible Woman
That Hamilton Woman - DirectorHoward HawksStarsGary CooperWalter BrennanJoan LeslieA Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.Best Actor
Winner: Gary Cooper – Sergeant York
Humphrey Bogart – The Maltese Falcon
Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones
Cary Grant – Penny Serenade
Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
Cinematography: Citizen Kane – Gregg Toland
Blood and Sand
Blossoms in the Dust
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York - DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaCharles CoburnA trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.Best Actress
Winner: Barbara Stanwyck – The Lady Eve
Bette Davis – The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn
Irene Dunne – Penny Serenade
Joan Fontaine – Suspicion
Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust
Production: Citizen Kane – Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase
Blood and Sand
Blossoms in the Dust
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
That Hamilton Woman - DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley
Walter Brennan – Sergeant York
James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon
Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy
Peter Lorre – The Maltese Falcon
Film Editing: Citizen Kane – Robert Wise
All That Money Can Buy
Dive Bomber
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Mary Astor – The Maltese Falcon
Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley
Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes
Maria Ouspenskaya – The Wolf Man
Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes
Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York
Costume: That Hamilton Woman – Rene Hubert
Blossoms in the Dust
The Chocolate Soldier
How Green Was My Valley
Ladies in Retirement
The Little Foxes - DirectorAlexander HallStarsRobert MontgomeryClaude RainsEvelyn KeyesBoxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.Best Screenplay
Original: Citizen Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
Ball of Fire
The Devil and Miss Jones
The Lady Eve
Sergeant York
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Adapted: Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller
All That Money Can Buy
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Meet John Doe - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsSonja HenieJohn PayneGlenn MillerAfter Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.Best Soundtrack
Song: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Sun Valley Serenade – Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
"Baby Mine" Dumbo
"Blues in the Night" Blues in the Night
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Buck Privates
"Dolores" Las Vegas Nights
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" Lady Be Good
Score: Citizen Kane – Bernard Herrmann
All That Money Can Buy
Dumbo
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
Suspicion - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa WrightA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.Best Film
Winner: Mrs. Miniver
49th Parallel
Kings Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Random Harvest
Wake Island
Woman of the Year
Yankee Doodle Dandy - DirectorSam WoodStarsAnn SheridanRobert CummingsRonald ReaganThe dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.Best Director
Winner: William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver
Sam Wood – Kings Row
Orson Welles – The Magnificent Ambersons
Mervyn LeRoy – Random Harvest
John Farrow – Wake Island
Michael Curtiz – Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sound: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Bambi
Mrs. Miniver
The Pride of the Yankees
Road to Morocco
This Above All
Special Effect: Jungle Book
One of Our Aircraft is Missing
The Pride of the Yankees - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.Best Actor
Winner: James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ronald Colman – Random Harvest
Gary Cooper – The Pride of the Yankees
Joel McCrea – Sullivan's Travels
Spencer Tracy – Woman of the Year
Monty Woolley – The Pied Piper
Cinematography: Mrs. Miniver – Joseph Ruttenberg
Arabian Nights
The Black Swan
Kings Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pride of the Yankees - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRonald ColmanGreer GarsonPhilip DornAn amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.Best Actress
Winner: Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver
Bette Davis – Now, Voyager
Katharine Hepburn – Woman of the Year
Rosalind Russell – My Sister Eileen
Ann Sheridan – Kings Row
Teresa Wright – The Pride of the Yankees
Production: My Gal Sal – Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright
Arabian Nights
The Magnificent Ambersons
Random Harvest
Take a Letter, Darling
This Above All - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRobert TaylorLana TurnerEdward ArnoldThe step-daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned.Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Van Heflin – Johnny Eager
William Bendix – Wake Island
Walter Huston – Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Morgan – Tortilla Flat
Ronald Reagan – Kings Row
Henry Travers – Mrs. Miniver
Film Editing: The Pride of the Yankees – Daniel Mandell
Mrs. Miniver
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
This Above All
Yankee Doodle Dandy - DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Agnes Moorehead – The Magnificent Ambersons
Gladys Cooper – Now, Voyager
Beatty Field – Kings Row
Susan Peters – Random Harvest
May Whitty – Mrs. Miniver
Teresa Wright – Mrs. Miniver
Costume: The Magnificent Ambersons – Edward Stevenson
Arabian Nights
Mrs. Miniver
My Gal Sal
Now, Voyager
Yankee Doodle Dandy - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnFay BainterRival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.Best Screenplay
Original: Woman of the Year – Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr.
49th Parallel
The Pride of the Yankees
Road to Morocco
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Adapted: Mrs. Miniver – George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis
Bambi
Kings Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
Random Harvest - DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.Best Soundtrack
Song: "White Christmas" Holiday Inn – Irving Berlin
"Dearly Beloved" You Were Never Lovelier
"How About You?" Babes on Broadway
"I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" Orchestra Wives
"I've Heard That Song Before" Youth on Parade
"Love Is a Song" Bambi
Score: Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
Bambi
Holiday Inn
Jungle Book
Random Harvest
Yankee Doodle Dandy - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Best Film
Winner: Casablanca
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine