Academy Awards®
Awards for 1942


Picture
Michael Powell - Producer, 49TH PARALLEL
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, KINGS ROW
Orson Welles - Producer, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
* Sidney Franklin - Producer, MRS. MINIVER
Nunnally Johnson - Producer, THE PIED PIPER
Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Sidney Franklin - Producer, RANDOM HARVEST
George Stevens - Producer, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Joseph Sistrom - Producer, WAKE ISLAND
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Jack Warner - Producer, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

Actor
* James Cagney, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Ronald Colman, RANDOM HARVEST
Gary Cooper, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Walter Pidgeon, MRS. MINIVER
Monty Woolley, THE PIED PIPER

Actress
Bette Davis, NOW, VOYAGER
* Greer Garson, MRS. MINIVER
Katharine Hepburn, WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Rosalind Russell, MY SISTER EILEEN
Teresa Wright, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES

Supporting Actor
William Bendix, WAKE ISLAND
* Van Heflin, JOHNNY EAGER
Walter Huston, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Frank Morgan, TORTILLA FLAT
Henry Travers, MRS. MINIVER

Supporting Actress
Dame Gladys Cooper, NOW, VOYAGER
Agnes Moorehead, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
Susan Peters, RANDOM HARVEST
Dame May Whitty, MRS. MINIVER
* Teresa Wright, MRS. MINIVER


Director
Michael Curtiz, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
John V. Farrow, WAKE ISLAND
Mervyn LeRoy, RANDOM HARVEST
Sam Wood, KINGS ROW
* William Wyler, MRS. MINIVER

Writing - Original Story
Irving Berlin, HOLIDAY INN
* Emeric Pressburger, 49TH PARALLEL
Paul Gallico, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Sidney Harmon, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Robert Buckner, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

Writing - Original Screenplay
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING
Frank Butler, Don Hartman, ROAD TO MOROCCO
W.R. Burnett, Frank Butler, WAKE ISLAND
George Oppenheimer, THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY
* Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner, Jr., WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Writing - Screenplay
Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger, 49TH PARALLEL
* George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis, MRS. MINIVER
Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
George Froeschel, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis, RANDOM HARVEST
Sidney Buchman, Irwin Shaw, THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Interior Decoration - Color
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, Jack Otterson - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Interior Decoration, Ira S. Webb - Interior Decoration, ARABIAN NIGHTS
Ted Smith - Art Direction, Casey Roberts - Interior Decoration, CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
Vincent Korda - Art Direction, Julia Heron - Interior Decoration, JUNGLE BOOK
* Richard Day - Art Direction, Joseph Wright - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, MY GAL SAL
Hans Dreier - Art Decoration, Roland Anderson - Art Decoration, George Sawley - Set Decoration, REAP THE WILD WIND

Interior Decoration - Black & White
Max Parker - Art Direction, Mark-Lee Kirk - Art Direction, Casey Roberts - Interior Decoration, GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
Albert S. D'Agostino - Art Direction, Al Fields - Interior Decoration, Darrell Silvera - Interior Decoration, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
Perry Ferguson - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Interior Decoration, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Randall Duell - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration, Jack D. Moore - Interior Decoration, RANDOM HARVEST
Boris Leven - Art Direction, THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Ralph Berger - Art Direction, Emile Kuri - Interior Decoration, SILVER QUEEN
John B. Goodman - Art Direction, Jack Otterson - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Interior Decoration, Edward R. Robinson - Interior Decoration, THE SPOILERS
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Interior Decoration, TAKE A LETTER, DARLING
Lionel Banks - Art Decoration, Rudolph Sternad - Art Direction, Fay Babcock - Interior Decoration, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
* Richard Day - Art Direction, Joseph Wright - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, THIS ABOVE ALL

Cinematography - Color
Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene, ARABIAN NIGHTS
* Leon Shamroy, THE BLACK SWAN
Sol Polito, CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
W. Howard Greene, JUNGLE BOOK
Victor Milner, William V. Skall, REAP THE WILD WIND
Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall, TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI

Cinematography - Black & White
James Wong Howe, KINGS ROW
Stanley Cortez, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
* Joseph Ruttenberg, MRS. MINIVER
Charles G. Clarke, MOONTIDE
Edward Cronjager, THE PIED PIPER
Rudolph Maté, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
John Mescall, TAKE A LETTER, DARLING
Ted Tetzlaff, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Leon Shamroy, TEN GENTLEMEN FROM WEST POINT
Arthur C. Miller, THIS ABOVE ALL

Documentary Feature
U.S. Merchant Marines, Warner Bros., A SHIP IS BORN
March of Time, 20th Century-Fox., AFRICA, PRELUDE TO VICTORY
* U.S. Navy, 20th Century-Fox, BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Co-winner with Australian News Information Bureau for KOKODA FRONT LINE; Artkino (Russian) for MOSCOW STRIKES BACK; U.S. Army Special Services for PRELUDE TO WAR.
 U.S. Army Signal Corps., COMBAT REPORT
Frederic Ullman, Jr. - Producer, CONQUER BY THE CLOCK
Walt Disney - Producer, THE GRAIN THAT BUILT A HEMISPHERE
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Republic, HENRY BROWNE, FARMER
Canadian National Film Board, HIGH OVER THE BORDERS
Netherlands Information Bureau, HIGH STAKES IN THE EAST
Canadian National Film Board, INSIDE FIGHTING CHINA
Office of War Information, 20th Century-Fox, IT'S EVERYBODY'S WAR
* Australian News Information Bureau, KOKODA FRONT LINE
Co-winner with U.S. Navy, 20th Century-Fox for BATTLE OF MIDWAY; Artkino (Russian) for MOSCOW STRIKES BACK; U.S. Army Special Services for PRELUDE TO WAR.
 British Ministry of Information, LISTEN TO BRITAIN
Belgian Ministry of Information, LITTLE BELGIUM
Victor Stoloff - Producer, Edgar Loew - Producer, LITTLE ISLES OF FREEDOM
* Artkino (Russian), MOSCOW STRIKES BACK
Co-winner with U.S. Navy, 20th Century-Fox for BATTLE OF MIDWAY; Australian News Information Bureau for KOKODA FRONT LINE; U.S. Army Special Services for PRELUDE TO WAR.
 Office of War Infomation, MGM., MR. BLABBERMOUTH
Office of War Information, MGM, MR. GARDENIA JONES
Walt Disney - Producer, NEW SPIRIT
* U.S. Army Special Services, PRELUDE TO WAR
Co-winner with U.S. Navy, 20th Century-Fox for BATTLE OF MIDWAY; Australian News Information Bureau for KOKODA FRONT LINE; Artkino (Russian) for MOSCOW STRIKES BACK.
 William H. Pine - Producer, William C. Thomas, THE PRICE OF VICTORY
British Ministry of Information, TWENTY-ONE MILES
William C. Thomas - Producer, WE REFUSE TO DIE
Cocanen Films, WHITE EAGLE
U.S. Army Air Force, Warner Bros., WINNING YOUR WINGS

Film Editing
Harold F. Kress, MRS. MINIVER
* Daniel Mandell, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Otto Meyer, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Walter Thompson, THIS ABOVE ALL
George Amy, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
(formerly Scoring of a Dramatic Picture)
Frank Skinner, ARABIAN NIGHTS
Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb, BAMBI
Alfred Newman, THE BLACK SWAN
Dimitri Tiomkin, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS
Victor Young, FLYING TIGERS
Max Terr, THE GOLD RUSH
Roy Webb, I MARRIED A WITCH
Roy Webb, JOAN OF PARIS
Miklos Rozsa, JUNGLE BOOK
Edward Kay, KLONDIKE FURY
* Max Steiner, NOW, VOYAGER
Leigh Harline, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Herbert Stothart, RANDOM HARVEST
Richard Hageman, THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Victor Young, SILVER QUEEN
Victor Young, TAKE A LETTER, DARLING
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff, THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Werner Heymann, TO BE OR NOT TO BE

Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Edward Ward, FLYING WITH MUSIC
Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll, FOR ME AND MY GAL
Robert Emmett Dolan, HOLIDAY INN
Charles Previn, Hans J. Salter, IT STARTED WITH EVE
Walter Scharf, JOHNNY DOUGHBOY
Alfred Newman, MY GAL SAL
* Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Leigh Harline, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER

Song
Ernesto Lecuona - Music, Kim Gannon - Lyrics, ALWAYS IN MY HEART
"Always in My Heart"
Jerome Kern - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER
"Dearly Beloved"
Burton Lane - Music, Ralph Freed - Lyrics, BABES ON BROADWAY
"How About You?"
Jule Styne - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, YOUTH ON PARADE
"It Seems I Heard that Song Before"
Harry Warren - Music, Mack Gordon - Lyrics, ORCHESTRA WIVES
"I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo"
Frank Churchill - Music, Larry Morey - Lyrics, BAMBI
"Love is a Song"
Edward Ward - Music, Chet Forrest - Lyrics, Bob Wright - Lyrics, FLYING WITH MUSIC
"Pennies for Peppino"
Gene de Paul - Music, Don Raye - Lyrics, HELLZAPOPPIN'
"Pig Foot Pete"
Harry Revel - Music, Mort Greene - Lyrics, THE MAYOR OF 44TH STREET
"There's a Breeze on Lake Louise"
* Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, HOLIDAY INN
"White Christmas"

Animated Short
20th Century-Fox, ALL OUT FOR V
MGM, THE BLITZ WOLF
* Walt Disney - Producer, DER FUEHRER'S FACE
Walter Lantz - Producer, JUKE BOX JAMBOREE
Leon Schlesinger - Producer, PIGS IN A POLKA
Paramount, TULIPS SHALL GROW

Short Subjects - One-Reel
20th Century-Fox, DESERT WONDERLAND
MGM, MARINES IN THE MAKING
* Paramount, SPEAKING OF ANIMALS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Warner Bros., UNITED STATES MARINE BAND

Short Subjects - Two-Reel
* Warner Bros., BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY
MGM, DON'T TALK
RKO Radio, PRIVATE SMITH OF THE U.S.A.

Sound Recording
Bernard B. Brown, ARABIAN NIGHTS
Sam Slyfield, BAMBI
Daniel J. Bloomberg, FLYING TIGERS
Jack Whitney (Sound Service Inc.), FRIENDLY ENEMIES
James Fields (RCA Sound), THE GOLD RUSH
Douglas Shearer, MRS. MINIVER
Steve Dunn, ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON
Thomas Moulton, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Loren L. Ryder, ROAD TO MOROCCO
E.H. Hansen, THIS ABOVE ALL
* Nathan Levinson, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
John Livadary, YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER

Special Effects
Fred Sersen (Photographic), Roger Heman, George Leverett (Sound), THE BLACK SWAN
Byron Haskin (Photographic), Nathan Levinson (Sound), DESPERATE JOURNEY
Howard Lydecker (Photographic), Daniel J. Bloomberg (Sound), FLYING TIGERS
John Fulton (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown (Sound), INVISIBLE AGENT
Lawrence Butler (Photographic), William H. Wilmarth (Sound), JUNGLE BOOK
A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe (Photographic), Douglas Shearer (Sound), MRS. MINIVER
Vernon L. Walker (Photographic), James G. Stewart (Sound), THE NAVY COMES THROUGH
Ronald Neame (Photographic), C.C. Stevens (Sound), ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING
Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (Sound), THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
* Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, William L. Pereira (Photographic), Louis Mesenkop (Sound), REAP THE WILD WIND

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1942.

Class II (Plaque)
* Carroll Clark, F. Thomas Thompson, RKO Radio Studio Art and Miniature Departments, For the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine.
* Daniel B. Clark, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, For the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.

Class III (Citation)
* Robert Henderson, Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments, For the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.
* Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department, For the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negative for pre-selection purposes.

Honorary and Other Awards
* Charles Boyer, For his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood motion picture industry. Winner presented a Certificate.
* Sir Noel Coward, IN WHICH WE SERVE
For his outstanding production achievement in IN WHICH WE SERVE. Winner presented a Certificate.
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, For its achievement in representing the American way of life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films. Winner presented a Certificate.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Sidney Franklin,