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Academy Awards, USA: 1941

Oscar

Date:	27 February (banquet)
Host:	Walter Wanger
Location:	Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	For the first time, names of all winners remain secret until the moment when they receive their awards. Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gives a six minute direct radio address to the attendees from the White House. It is the first time an American president participates in the event.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Rebecca (1940) - Selznick International Pictures
Other Nominees:
	All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Warner Bros. Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Walter Wanger Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - 20th Century Fox Great Dictator, The (1940) - Charles Chaplin Productions Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) - RKO Radio Letter, The (1940) - Warner Bros. Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - Argosy; Walter Wanger Our Town (1940) - Sol Lesser Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz; M-G-M

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - James Stewart (I)
Other Nominees:
	Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Raymond Massey (I) Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - Henry Fonda Great Dictator, The (1940) - Charles Chaplin Rebecca (1940) - Laurence Olivier

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) - Ginger Rogers
Other Nominees:
	Letter, The (1940) - Bette Davis Our Town (1940) - Martha Scott Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - Katharine Hepburn Rebecca (1940) - Joan Fontaine

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Westerner, The (1940) - Walter Brennan
Other Nominees:
	Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Albert Bassermann Great Dictator, The (1940) - Jack Oakie (I) Letter, The (1940) - James Stephenson (I) They Knew What They Wanted (1940) - William Gargan

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - Jane Darwell
Other Nominees:
	All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Barbara O'Neil Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - Ruth Hussey Primrose Path (1940) - Marjorie Rambeau Rebecca (1940) - Judith Anderson (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - John Ford (I)
Other Nominees:
	Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) - Sam Wood (I) Letter, The (1940) - William Wyler Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - George Cukor Rebecca (1940) - Alfred Hitchcock (I)

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Great McGinty, The (1940) - Preston Sturges
Other Nominees:
	Angels Over Broadway (1940) - Ben Hecht (I) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) - Norman Burnstine; Heinz Herald; John Huston (I) Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Charles Bennett (I); Joan Harrison (I) Great Dictator, The (1940) - Charles Chaplin

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	Arise, My Love (1940) - Benjamin Glazer; Hans Sz�kely
Other Nominees:
	Comrade X (1940) - Walter Reisch Edison, the Man (1940) - Hugo Butler; Dore Schary My Favorite Wife (1940) - Leo McCarey; Bella Spewack; Sam Spewack Westerner, The (1940) - Stuart N. Lake

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Philadelphia Story, The (1940) - Donald Ogden Stewart
Other Nominees:
	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - Nunnally Johnson Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) - Dalton Trumbo Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - Dudley Nichols Rebecca (1940) - Robert E. Sherwood (I); Joan Harrison (I)

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Rebecca (1940) - George Barnes (I)
Other Nominees:
	Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - James Wong Howe (I) All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Ernest Haller Arise, My Love (1940) - Charles Lang (I) Boom Town (1940) - Harold Rosson Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Rudolph Mat� Letter, The (1940) - Tony Gaudio Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - Gregg Toland Spring Parade (1940) - Joseph A. Valentine Waterloo Bridge (1940) - Joseph Ruttenberg

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) - Georges P�rinal
Other Nominees:
	'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (1940) - Sidney Wagner; William V. Skall Bitter Sweet (1940) - Oliver T. Marsh; Allen M. Davey (I) Blue Bird, The (1940) - Arthur C. Miller; Ray Rennahan Down Argentine Way (1940) - Leon Shamroy; Ray Rennahan North West Mounted Police (1940) - Victor Milner; W. Howard Greene

Best Art Direction, Color


Winner:
	Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) - Vincent Korda
Other Nominees:
	Bitter Sweet (1940) - Cedric Gibbons; John S. Detlie Down Argentine Way (1940) - Richard Day (I); Joseph C. Wright North West Mounted Police (1940) - Hans Dreier; Roland Anderson

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Pride and Prejudice (1940) - Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse
Other Nominees:
	Arise, My Love (1940) - Hans Dreier; Robert Usher Arizona (1940) - Lionel Banks; Robert Peterson (I) Boys from Syracuse, The (1940) - Jack Otterson Dark Command (1940) - John Victor Mackay Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Alexander Golitzen Lillian Russell (1940) - Richard Day (I); Joseph C. Wright My Favorite Wife (1940) - Van Nest Polglase; Mark-Lee Kirk My Son, My Son! (1940) - John DuCasse Schulze Our Town (1940) - Lewis J. Rachmil Rebecca (1940) - Lyle R. Wheeler Sea Hawk, The (1940) - Anton Grot Westerner, The (1940) - James Basevi

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Strike Up the Band (1940) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Behind the News (1940) - Charles L. Lootens (Republic SSD) Captain Caution (1940) - Elmer Raguse (Hal Roach SSD) Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD) Howards of Virginia, The (1940) - Jack Whitney (I) (General Service SSD) Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) - John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD) North West Mounted Police (1940) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD) Our Town (1940) - Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) Sea Hawk, The (1940) - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD) Spring Parade (1940) - Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD) Too Many Husbands (1940) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	North West Mounted Police (1940) - Anne Bauchens
Other Nominees:
	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) - Robert L. Simpson Letter, The (1940) - Warren Low (I) Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - Sherman Todd Rebecca (1940) - Hal C. Kern

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) - Lawrence W. Butler (photographic); Jack Whitney (I) (sound)
Other Nominees:
	Blue Bird, The (1940) - Fred Sersen (photographic); Edmund H. Hansen (sound) Boom Town (1940) - A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic); Douglas Shearer (sound) Boys from Syracuse, The (1940) - John P. Fulton (photographic); Bernard B. Brown (sound); Joe Lapis (sound) Dr. Cyclops (1940) - Farciot Edouart (photographic); Gordon Jennings (I) (photographic) Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Paul Eagler (photographic); Thomas T. Moulton (sound) Invisible Man Returns, The (1940) - John P. Fulton (photographic); Bernard B. Brown (sound); William Hedgcock (sound) Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - R.T. Layton (photographic); Ray Binger (photographic); Thomas T. Moulton (sound) One Million B.C. (1940) - Roy Seawright (photographic); Elmer Raguse (sound) Rebecca (1940) - Jack Cosgrove (I) (photographic); Arthur Johns (I) (sound) Sea Hawk, The (1940) - Byron Haskin (photographic); Nathan Levinson (sound) Swiss Family Robinson (1940) - Vernon L. Walker (photographic); John Aalberg (sound) Typhoon (1940) - Farciot Edouart (photographic); Gordon Jennings (I) (photographic); Loren L. Ryder (sound) Women in War (1940) - Howard Lydecker (photographic); William Bradford (I) (photographic); Bud Thackery (photographic) (as Ellis J. Thackery); Herbert Norsch (sound)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Pinocchio (1940) - Leigh Harline (music); Ned Washington (lyrics) - For the song "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Other Nominees:
	Down Argentine Way (1940) - Harry Warren (I) (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics) - For the song "Down Argentine Way" Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) - Jule Styne (music); Walter Bullock (lyrics) - For the song "Who Am I?" Music in My Heart (1940) - Chet Forrest; Bob Wright (I) - For the song "It's a Blue World" Rhythm on the River (1940) - James V. Monaco (music); Johnny Burke (II) (lyrics) - For the song "Only Forever" Second Chorus (1940) - Artie Shaw (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "Love of My Life" Spring Parade (1940) - Robert Stolz (music); Gus Kahn (lyrics) - For the song "Waltzing in the Clouds" Strike Up the Band (1940) - Roger Edens; George E. Stoll - For the song "Our Love Affair" You'll Find Out (1940) - Jimmy McHugh (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "I'd Know You Anywhere"

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	Pinocchio (1940) - Leigh Harline; Paul J. Smith (III); Ned Washington
Other Nominees:
	Arizona (1940) - Victor Young (I) Dark Command (1940) - Victor Young (I) Fight for Life, The (1940) - Louis Gruenberg Great Dictator, The (1940) - Meredith Willson House of the Seven Gables, The (1940) - Frank Skinner (I) Howards of Virginia, The (1940) - Richard Hageman Letter, The (1940) - Max Steiner (I) Long Voyage Home, The (1940) - Richard Hageman Mark of Zorro, The (1940) - Alfred Newman My Favorite Wife (1940) - Roy Webb (I) North West Mounted Police (1940) - Victor Young (I) One Million B.C. (1940) - Werner R. Heymann Our Town (1940) - Aaron Copland Rebecca (1940) - Franz Waxman Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) - Mikl�s R�zsa Waterloo Bridge (1940) - Herbert Stothart

Best Music, Score


Winner:
	Tin Pan Alley (1940) - Alfred Newman
Other Nominees:
	Arise, My Love (1940) - Victor Young (I) Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) - Cy Feuer Irene (1940) - Anthony Collins (I) Our Town (1940) - Aaron Copland Sea Hawk, The (1940) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold Second Chorus (1940) - Artie Shaw Spring Parade (1940) - Charles Previn Strike Up the Band (1940) - George E. Stoll; Roger Edens

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Milky Way, The (1940) - M-G-M - From the Rudolph Ising Series
Other Nominees:
	Puss Gets the Boot (1940) - M-G-M - From the Cat and Mouse Series Wild Hare, A (1940) - Leon Schlesinger

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	Teddy the Rough Rider (1940) - Warner Bros.
Other Nominees:
	Eyes of the Navy (1940) - M-G-M Service with the Colors (1940) - Warner Bros. - From the National Defense Series

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Quicker'n a Wink (1940) - Pete Smith (I)
Other Nominees:
	London Can Take It! (1940) - Warner Bros. - Vitaphone Varieties More About Nostradamus (1941) - M-G-M Siege (1940) - RKO Radio

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Bob Hope (I) - In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry (special silver plaque). Nathan Levinson - For his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films.

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	20th Century-Fox Film Corp. - For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award


Winner:
	Anton Grot; Warner Bros. Studio Art Dept. - For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.