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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 OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
01. Rebecca · Selznick International Pictures
02. The grapes of wrath · 20th Century-Fox
03. The Philadelphia story · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
04. The great dictator · Charles Chaplin Productions
05. The letter · Warner Bros.
06. Foreign correspondent · Walter Wanger (Production company)
07. All this, and heaven too · Warner Bros.
08. The long voyage home · Argosy-Wanger
09. Our town · Sol Lesser (Production Company)
10. Kitty Foyle · RKO Radio - 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 DIRECTING
01. Alfred Hitchcock · Rebecca
02. John Ford · The grapes of wrath
03. George Cukor · The Phiadelphia story
04. William Wyler · The letter
05. Sam Wood · Kitty Foyle - 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
01. Henry Fonda · The grapes of wrath
02. Charles Chaplin · The great dictator
03. James Stewart · The Philadelphia story
04. Laurence Olivier · Rebecca
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Raymond Massey · Abe Lincoln in Illinois - 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 ACTRESS
01. Bette Davis · The letter
02. Joan Fontaine · Rebecca
03. Katharine Hepburn · The Philadelphia story
04. Martha Scott · Our town
05. Ginger Rogers · Kitty Foyle - 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 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Walter Brennan · The westerner
02. Albert Basserman · Foreign correspondent
03. Jack Oakie · The great dictator
04. James Stephenson · The letter
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William Gargan · They knew what they wanted - 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 IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
01. Judith Anderson · Rebecca
02. Jane Darwell · The grapes of wrath
03. Barbara O'Neil · All this, and heaven too
04. Marjorie Rambeau · Primrose Path
05. Ruth Hussey · The Philadelphia story - 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 WRITING (Screenplay)
01. The Philadelphia story · Donald Odgen Stewart
02. The grapes of wrath · Nunnally Johnson
03. Rebecca · Robert E. Sherwood · Joan Harrison
04. The long voyage home · Dudley Nichols
05. Kitty Foyle · Dalton Trumbo - 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 WRITING (Original screenplay)
01. The great dictator · Charles Chaplin
02. Foreign correspondent · Charles Bennett · Joan Harrison
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Angels over Broadway · Ben Hecht
Dr. Ehrlich's magic bullet · John Huston · Heinz Herald · Norman Burnside
The great McGinty · Preston Sturges - DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph ScottMissing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.BEST WRITING (Original story)
01. My favorite wife · Bella Spewack · Samuel Spewack · Leo McCarey
02. The westerner · Stuart N. Lake
03. Comrade X · Walter Reisch
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Arise, my love · John S. Toldy · Benjamin Glazer
Edison, the man · Dore Schary · Hugo Butler - 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 ART DIRECTION (B/W)
01. Rebecca · Lyle Wheeler
02. Pride and prejudice · Cedric Gibbons · Paul Groesse
03. Our town · Lewis J. Rachmil
04. The sea hawk · Anton Grot
05. My favorite wife · Van Nest Polglase · Mark Lee Kirk
06. Foreign correspondent · Alexander Golitzen
07. The westerner · James Basevi
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Arise, my love · Hans Dreier · Robert Usher
Arizona · Lionel Banks · Robert Peterson
The boys from Siracuse · John Otterson
Dark command · John Victor MacKay
Lillian Russell · Richard Day · Joseph C. Wright
My son, my son · John Ducasse Schulze - 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)
01. The thief of Bagdad · Vincent Korda
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Bitter sweet · Cedric Gibbons · John S. Detlie
Down Argentine way · Richard Day · Joseph C. Wright
North West mounted police · Hans Dreier · Roland Anderson - 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 (B/W)
01. Rebecca · George Barnes
02. The letter · Gaetano Gaudio
03. Foreign correspondent · Rudolph Maté
04. Waterloo Bridge · Joseph Ruttenberg
05. All this, and heaven too · Ernest Haller
06. The long voyage home · Gregg Toland
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois · James Wong Howe
Arise, my love · Charles B. Lang Jr
Boom town · Harold Rosson
Spring parade · Joseph Valentine - 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)
01. The thief of Bagdad · Georges Périnal
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Bitter sweet · Oliver T. Marsh · Allen Davey
The blue bird · Arthur Miller · Ray Rennahan
Down Argentine way · Leon Shamroy · Ray Rennahan
North West mounted police · Victor Milner · W. Howard Greene
Northwest passage · Sidney Wagner · William V. Skall - 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 MUSIC (Original score)
01. Pinocchio · Leigh Harline · Paul J. Smith · Ned Washington
02. Rebecca · Franz Waxman
03. The letter · Max Steiner
04. The mark of Zorro · Alfred Newman
05. The thief of Bagdad · Miklos Rozsa
06. The great dictator · Meredith Wilson
07. Waterloo bridge · Herbert Stothart
08. The house of the seven gables · Frank Skinner
09. My favorite wife · Roy Webb
10. Our town · Aaron Copland
11. The long voyage home · Richard Hageman
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North West mounted police · Victor Young
One million B.C. · Werner Heymann
The Howards of Virginia · Richard Hageman
Arizona · Victor Young
The dark command · Victor Young
The fight for life · Louis Gruenberg - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallClaude RainsGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.BEST MUSIC (Scoring)
01. The sea hawk · Erich Wolfgang Korngold
02. Our town · Aaron Copland
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Arise, my love · Victor Young
Hir parade of 1941 · Cy Feuer
Irene · Anthony Collins
Second chorus · Artie Shaw
Spring parade · Charles Previn
Strike up the band · Roger Edens · Georgie Stoll
Tin Pan Alley · Alfred Newman - 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 MUSIC (Song)
01. Pinocchio · When you wish upon a star · Leigh Harline · Ned Washington
02. You'll find out · I'd know you anywhere · Jimmy McHugh · Johnny Mercer
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Down Argentine way · Down Argentine way · Harry Warren · Mack Gordon
Music in my heart · It's a blue world · Chet Forrest · Bob Wright
Second chorus · Love of my life · Artie Shaw · Johnny Mercer
Rhythm on the river · Only forever · James Monaco · John Burke
Strike up the band · Our love affair · Rogert Edens · Arthur Freed
Spring parade · Waltzing in the clouds · Robert Stolz · Gus Kahn
Hit parade of 1941 · Who am I? · Jule Styne · Walter Bullock - 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
01. The grapes of wrath · Robert Simpson
02. The letter · Warren Low
03. Rebecca · Hal C. Kern
04. The long voyage home · Sherman Todd
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North West mounted police · Anne Bauchens - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallClaude RainsGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.BEST SOUND
01. The sea hawk · Nathan Levison · Warner Bros.
02. The grapes of wrath · E. H. Hansen · 20th Century-Fox
03. Our town · Thomas T. Moulton · Samuel Godlwyn
04. Kitty Foyle · John Aalberg · RKO Radio
05. Too many husbands · Columbia
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North West mounted police · Loren L. Ryder · Paramount
Spring parade · Bernard B. Brown · Universal
Strike up the band · Douglas Shearer · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Behind the news · Charles L. Lootens · Republic
Captain Caution · Elmer A. Raguse · Hal Roach
The Howards of Virginia · Jack Whitney · General Service - 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
01. The thief of Bagdad · Lawrence Butler · Jack Whitney
02. Dr. Cyclops · Gordon Jennings · Farciot Edouart
03. Rebecca · Jack Cosgrove · Arthur Johns
04. The sea hawk · Byron Haskin · Nathan Levinson
05. Foreign correspondent · Paul Eagler · Thomas T. Moulton
06. The long voyage home · R. T. Layton · R.O. Binger · Thomas T. Moulton
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Swiss family Robinson · Vernon L. Walker · John O. Aalberg
Typhoon · Farciot Edouart · Gordon Jennings · Loren Ryder
Women in war · Howard J. Lydecker · William Bradford · Ellis J. Thackery · Herbert Norsch
The invisible man returns · John P. Fulton · Bernard B. Brown · William Hedgecock
One million B.C. · Roy Seawright · Elmer Raguse
The blue bird · Fred Sersen · E. H. Hansen
Boom Town · A. Arnold Gillespie · Douglas Shearer
The boys from Syracuse · John P. Fulton · Bernard B. Brown · Joseph Lapis - DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanWhile hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.BEST SHORT FILM (Cartoon)
01. A wild hare · Leon Schlesinger
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Puss gets the boot · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The milky way · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer