Oscars Rematch: 1940
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- 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 Picture!
Winner: The Grapes of Wrath!
Nominees:
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca - 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 Director!
Winner: John Ford!
Nominees:
Sam Wood - Kitty Foyle
William Wyler - The Letter
George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story
Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca - 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!
Nominees:
Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator
Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier - Rebecca
James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story - 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 Actress!
Winner: Joan Fontaine!
Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Letter
Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
Martha Scott - Our Town - 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!
Nominees:
Albert Bassermann - Foreign Correspondent
William Gargan - They Knew What They Wanted
Jack Oakie - The Great Dictator
James Stephenson - The Letter - 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 Supporting Actress!
Winner: Jane Darwell!
Nominees:
Judith Anderson - Rebecca
Ruth Hussey - The Philadelphia Story
Barbara O'Neil - All This, and Heaven Too
Marjorie Rambeau - Primrose Path - 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 Original Screenplay!
Winner: Charlie Chaplin!
Nominees:
Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison - Foreign Correspondent
Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald and John Huston - Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Preston Sturges - The Great McGinty
Ben Hecht - Angels Over Broadway - 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 Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Nunnally Johnson!
Nominees:
Dalton Trumbo - Kitty Foyle
Dudley Nichols - The Long Voyage Home
Donald Ogden Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison - Rebecca - DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertRay MillandDennis O'KeefeA dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.Best Story!
Winner: Arise, My Love!
Nominees:
Comrade X
Edison, the Man
My Favorite Man
The Westerner - 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 Sound Recording!
Winner: The Grapes of Wrath!
Nominees:
Behind the News
Captain Caution
Kitty Foyle
The Spring Parade - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsHarold E. EdgertonClarence CurtisTex HarrisIn this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and a the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!
Winner: Quicker'n a Wink!
Nominees:
London Can Take It!
More About Nostradamus
Siege - DirectorRay EnrightStarsSidney BlackmerPierre WatkinTheodore von EltzIn a series of short scenes, key periods in Theodore Roosevelt's political life are dramatized beginning in 1895 with his time as New York City police commissioner and later as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Vice President and President.Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!
Winner: Teddy, the Rough Rider!
Nominees:
Eyes of the Navy
Service with the Colors - DirectorRudolf IsingStarsGeneva HallJeanne DunneBernice HansenThe Three Little Kittens tie helium balloons to a basket and travel up to the Milky Way, which is filled with all the milk they can drink.Best Animated Short!
Winner: The Milky Way!
Nominees:
Puss Gets the Boot
A Wild Hare - DirectorWalter LangStarsAlice FayeBetty GrableJack OakieSongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.Best Score!
Winner: Tin Pan Alley!
Nominees:
Arise, My Love
Hit Parade of 1941
Our Town
The Sea Hawk - 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 Original Score!
Winner: Pinocchio!
Nominees:
Arizona
The Great Dictator
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home - 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 Original Song!
Winner: "When You Wish Upon a Star", Pinocchio!
Nominees:
"Down Argentine Way" - Down Argentine Way
"I'd Know You Anywhere" - You'll Find Out
"Love of My Life" - Second Chorus
"Our Love Affair" - Strike Up the Band - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreer GarsonLaurence OlivierMary BolandThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.Best Art Direction - Black and White!
Winner: Pride and Prejudice!
Nominees:
Arise, My Love
Arizona
Foreign Correspondent
Rebecca - DirectorLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.Best Art Direction - Color!
Winner: The Thief of Bagdad!
Nominees:
Bitter Sweet
Down Argentine Way
North West Mounted Police - 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 Cinematography - Black and White!
Winner: Rebecca!
Nominees:
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Long Voyage Home - DirectorLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.Best Cinematography - Color!
Winner: The Thief of Bagdad!
Nominees:
Bitter Sweet
The Blue Bird
North West Mounted Police
Northwest Passage - 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 Film Editing!
Winner: The Grapes of Wrath!
Nominees:
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
North West Mounted Police
Rebecca - DirectorLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.Best Special Effects!
Winner: The Thief of Bagdad!
Nominees:
The Blue Bird
Foreign Correspondent
One Million B.C.
Rebecca