14th Academy Awards (1942)

Highlights of 14th Academy Awards ceremony

The 14th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1941.
The award ceremony was held on 26th February 1942.
- WINNER

Best Picture

How Green Was My Valley
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
The Little Foxes
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sergeant York
Blossoms in the Dust
Hold Back the Dawn
Citizen Kane
One Foot in Heaven

Best Director

How Green Was My Valley - John Ford
The Little Foxes - William Wyler
Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Alexander Hall
Sergeant York - Howard Hawks
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

Best Original Screenplay

Citizen Kane - Orson Welles, Herman J Mankiewicz
Sergeant York - John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee
Tall, Dark and Handsome - Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
The Devil and Miss Jones - Norman Krasna
Tom Dick and Harry - Paul Jarrico

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Sergeant York - Gary Cooper
All That Money Can Buy - Walter Huston
Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Robert Montgomery
Penny Serenade - Cary Grant
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Suspicion - Joan Fontaine
Ball of Fire - Barbara Stanwyck
Hold Back the Dawn - Olivia de Havilland
Blossoms in the Dust - Greer Garson
The Little Foxes - Bette Davis

Best Supporting Actor

How Green Was My Valley - Donald Crisp
Here Comes Mr. Jordan - James Gleason
Sergeant York - Walter Brennan
The Devil and Miss Jones - Charles Coburn
The Maltese Falcon - Sydney Greenstreet

Best Supporting Actress

The Great Lie - Mary Astor
How Green Was My Valley - Sara Allgood
Sergeant York - Margaret Wycherly
The Little Foxes - Patricia Collinge
The Little Foxes - Teresa Wright

Best Film Editing

Sergeant York
How Green Was My Valley
Citizen Kane
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Little Foxes

Best Cinematography, Color

Blood and Sand
Aloma of the South Seas
Billy the Kid
Blossoms in the Dust
Dive Bomber
Louisiana Purchase

Best Cinematography, Black & White

How Green Was My Valley
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hold Back the Dawn
Sergeant York
Sun Valley Serenade
Sundown
That Hamilton Woman
The Chocolate Soldier

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

Blossoms in the Dust
Blood and Sand
Louisiana Purchase

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black & White

How Green Was My Valley
Hold Back the Dawn
Sundown
Citizen Kane
Ladies in Retirement
Sergeant York
The Little Foxes
That Hamilton Woman
The Son of Monte Cristo
When Ladies Meet

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Harry Segall
Ball of Fire - Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
Meet John Doe - Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr.
Night Train to Munich - Gordon Wellesley
The Lady Eve - Monckton Hoffe

Best Sound, Recording

That Hamilton Woman
Appointment for Love
Ball of Fire
Citizen Kane
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York
Skylark
The Chocolate Soldier
The Devil Pays Off
The Men in Her Life

Best Effects, Special Effects

I Wanted Wings
A Yank in the RAF
Aloma of the South Seas
Flight Command
The Invisible Woman
That Hamilton Woman
The Sea Wolf
Topper Returns

Best Writing, Screenplay

Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
Hold Back the Dawn - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
How Green Was My Valley - Philip Dunne
The Little Foxes - Lillian Hellman
The Maltese Falcon - John Huston
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