14th Academy Awards

14th Academy Awards
Date	February 26, 1942
Site	Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Highlights
Best Picture	How Green Was My Valley
Most awards	How Green Was My Valley (5)
Most nominations	Sergeant York (11)

The 14th Academy Awards honored American film achievements in 1941 and was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. 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).

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. Citizen Kane was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but won only one for Best Original Screenplay.

A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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

Outstanding Motion Picture How Green Was My Valley – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox‡ Blossoms in the Dust – Irving Asher for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Citizen Kane – Orson Welles for RKO Radio Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Everett Riskin for Columbia Hold Back the Dawn – Arthur Hornblow, Jr. for Paramount The Little Foxes – Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio The Maltese Falcon – Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros. One Foot in Heaven – Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros. Sergeant York – Hal B. Wallis and Jesse L. Lasky for Warner Bros. Suspicion – Alfred Hitchcock for RKO Radio	Best Director 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 Gary Cooper – Sergeant York as Alvin C. York‡ Cary Grant – Penny Serenade as Roger Adams Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy as Mr Scratch Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Joe Pendleton Orson Welles – Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane	Best Actress Joan Fontaine – Suspicion as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth‡ Bette Davis – The Little Foxes as Regina Hubbard Giddens Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn as Emmy Brown Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust as Edna Kahly Gladney Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire as Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea
Best Supporting Actor Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley as Gwilym Morgan‡ Walter Brennan – Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones as John P Merrick James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Max "Pop" Corkle Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon as Kasper Gutman	Best Supporting Actress Mary Astor – The Great Lie as Sandra Kovak‡ Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley as Mrs Beth Morgan Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes as Birdie Hubbard Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes as Alexandra Giddens Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York as Mary Brooks York
Best Original Story 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	Best Original 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
Best Screenplay Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller, based on the play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall‡ Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, based on "Memo to a Movie Producer" by Ketti Frings How Green Was My Valley – Philip Dunne, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman, based on the play by Lillian Hellman The Maltese Falcon – John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Best Documentary 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 Subject, One-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
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel 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 Short Subjects – Cartoons 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 Music Score of a Dramatic 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	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture 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 Song "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II‡ "Out of the Silence" from All-American Co-Ed – Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlin "Blues in the Night" from Blues in the Night – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" from Buck Privates – Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye "Baby Mine" from Dumbo – Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington "Dolores" from Las Vegas Nights – Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser "Be Honest With Me" from Ridin' on a Rainbow – Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose "Chattanooga Choo Choo" from Sun Valley Serenade – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" from You'll Never Get Rich – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter	Best Sound Recording That Hamilton Woman – Jack Whitney‡ Appointment for Love – Bernard B. Brown Ball of Fire – Thomas T. Moulton Citizen Kane – John Aalberg How Green Was My Valley – E. H. Hansen Sergeant York – Nathan Levinson Skylark – Loren Ryder The Chocolate Soldier – Douglas Shearer The Devil Pays Off – Charles Lootens The Men in Her Life – John Livadary Topper Returns – Elmer Raguse
Best Art Direction, Black and White 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 – Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, and Russell A. Gausman	Best Art Direction, Color 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 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	Best Cinematography, Color 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 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	Best Special Effects I Wanted Wings – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, and Louis Mesenkop‡ A Yank in the R.A.F. – Fred Sersen and Edmund H. Hansen Aloma of the South Seas – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, and Louis Mesenkop Dive Bomber – Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson (disqualified) Flight Command – A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer The Invisible Woman – John P. Fulton and John D. Hall That Hamilton Woman – Lawrence W. Butler and William H. Wilmarth The Sea Wolf – Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson Topper Returns – Roy Seawright and 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 and The Little Foxes
• 7 nominations: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• 6 nominations: Hold Back the Dawn
• 4 nominations: Ball of Fire, Blossoms in the Dust, and That Hamilton Woman
• 3 nominations: The Chocolate Soldier, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Maltese Falcon, Sun Valley Serenade, Sundown, and 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, Dive Bomber, Dumbo, Ladies in Retirement, Louisiana Purchase, Topper Returns, and 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, and Fantasia

See also

• 1941 in film