14th Academy Awards

Date

February 26, 1942

Site

Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Host

Bob Hope

Highlights

Best Picture

How Green Was My Valley

Most awards

How Green Was My Valley (5)

Most nominations

Sergeant York (11)

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The 14th Academy Awards honored American film achievements in 1941 and was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel. The ceremony is now considered notable, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane failed to win Best Picture, which instead was awarded to John Ford's How Green Was My Valley. Ford won his third award for Best Director, becoming the second to accomplish three wins in that category, and the first to win in consecutive years (having won for The Grapes of Wrath the previous year).

Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine holding their Oscars at an Academy Awards after party in 1942.

Most public attention was focused on the Best Actress race between sibling rivals Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion and Olivia de Havilland for Hold Back the Dawn. Fontaine’s victory was the only time an actress won for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.

This was also the first year in which documentaries were included. The first Oscar for a documentary was awarded to Churchill's Island.

The Little Foxes established a new high of nine nominations without winning a single Oscar. Its mark was matched by Peyton Place in 1957, and exceeded by The Turning Point and The Color Purple, both of which received 11 nominations without a win.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]

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 Cary Grant – Penny Serenade Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Orson Welles – Citizen Kane	Joan Fontaine – Suspicion Bette Davis – The Little Foxes Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley Walter Brennan – Sergeant York Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon	Mary Astor – The Great Lie Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted 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 Sis Hopkins – N/A (nomination withdrawn) 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 Special 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 R.A.F. – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: Edmund H. Hansen Aloma of the South Seas – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: Louis Mesenkop Dive Bomber – Photographic: Byron Haskin; Sound: Nathan Levinson (disqualified) Flight Command – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound: Douglas Shearer The Invisible Woman – Photography: John P. Fulton; Sound: John D. Hall That Hamilton Woman – Photography: Lawrence W. Butler; Sound: William H. Wilmarth The Sea Wolf – Photography: Byron Haskin; Sound: Nathan Levinson Topper Returns – Photography: Roy Seawright; Sound: Elmer Raguse

Academy Honorary Award

Rey Scott for Kukan
The British Ministry of Information for Target for Tonight
Leopold Stokowski for Fantasia
Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for Fantasia

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Walt Disney

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: Sergeant York
10 nominations: How Green Was My Valley
9 nominations: Citizen Kane, The Little Foxes
7 nominations: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
6 nominations: Hold Back the Dawn
4 nominations: Ball of Fire, Blossoms in the Dust, That Hamilton Woman
3 nominations: The Chocolate Soldier, The Maltese Falcon, Sun Valley Serenade, Sundown, Suspicion
2 nominations: All-American Co-Ed, All That Money Can Buy, Aloma of the South Sea, Blood and Sand, Buck Privates, The Devil and Miss Jones, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dumbo, Ladies in Retirement, Louisiana Purchase, Topper Returns, You'll Never Get Rich

The following films received multiple awards.

5 wins: How Green Was My Valley
2 wins: Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Sergeant York, Fantasia

References

↑ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.