Academy Award 1941 (february 27, 1941)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 13 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie Rebecca
Assigned to
David O. Selznick

nominations for the movie :

The Great Dictator

The Letter
Assigned to
Hal B. Wallis

poster del film All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too
Assigned to
Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Walter Wanger

the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Nunnally Johnson, Darryl F. Zanuck

Kitty Foyle
Assigned to
David Hempstead

The Long Voyage Home
Assigned to
John Ford

our town
Assigned to
Sol Lesser

The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
Joseph L. mankiewicz

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
John Ford

nominations for the movie :

The Letter
Assigned to
William Wyler

Rebecca
Assigned to
Alfred Hitchcock

Kitty Foyle
Assigned to
Sam Wood

The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
George Cukor

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

for the movie arise, my love

nominations for the movie :

comrade x

The Westerner

Edison, the Man

my favourite wife

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie the great mcginty
Assigned to
Preston Sturges

nominations for the movie :

The Great Dictator

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison

dr. ehrlich's magic bullet
Assigned to
John Huston, Heinz Herald, Norman Burnside

angels over broadway
Assigned to
Ben Hecht

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
Donald Ogden Stewart

nominations for the movie :

Rebecca
Assigned to
Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison

the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Nunnally Johnson

Kitty Foyle
Assigned to
Dalton Trumbo

The Long Voyage Home
Assigned to
Dudley Nichols

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
James Stewart

nominations for the movie :

The Great Dictator

abe lincoln in illinois
Assigned to
Raymond Massey

Rebecca
Assigned to
Laurence Olivier

the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Henry Fonda

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie Kitty Foyle
Assigned to
Ginger Rogers

nominations for the movie :

The Letter
Assigned to
Bette Davis

Rebecca
Assigned to
Joan Fontaine

our town
Assigned to
Martha Scott

The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
Katharine Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie The Westerner
Assigned to
Walter Brennan

nominations for the movie :

The Great Dictator
Assigned to
Jack Oakie

The Letter
Assigned to
James Stephenson

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Albert Bassermann

poster del film They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted
Assigned to
William Gargan

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Jane Darwell

nominations for the movie :

Rebecca
Assigned to
Judith Anderson

All This, and Heaven Too
Assigned to
Barbara O'neil

The Philadelphia Story
Assigned to
Ruth Hussey

primrose path
Assigned to
Marjorie Rambeau

Best Cinematography, Color

for the movie thief of bagdad
Assigned to
Georges Perinal

nominations for the movie :

blue bird
Assigned to
Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan

Northwest Passage
Assigned to
Sidney Wagner

bitter sweet
Assigned to
Oliver T.marsh, Allen M. Davey

poster del film northwest mounted police

northwest mounted police
Assigned to
W. Howard Greene, Victor Milner

down argentine way
Assigned to
Ray Rennahan, Leon Shamroy

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

for the movie Rebecca
Assigned to
George Barnes

nominations for the movie :

abe lincoln in illinois
Assigned to
James Wong howe

The Letter
Assigned to
Gaetano Gaudio

All This, and Heaven Too
Assigned to
Ernest Haller

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Rudolph Maté

arise, my love
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

Boom Town
Assigned to
Harold Rosson

waterloo bridge
Assigned to
Joseph Ruttenberg

spring parade
Assigned to
Joseph A. Valentine

Best Original Score

for the movie tin pan alley
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

nominations for the movie :

our town
Assigned to
Aaron Copland

arise, my love
Assigned to
Victor Young

spring parade
Assigned to
Charles Previn

Irene

Hit Parade of 1941
Assigned to
Cy Feuer

the sea hawk
Assigned to
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

second chorus
Assigned to
Artie Shaw

strike up the band
Assigned to
Roger Edens, George Stoll

Best Music, Scoring

for the movie Pinocchio
Assigned to
Ned Washington, Leigh Harline, Paul J.(musicista) Smith

nominations for the movie :

The Great Dictator
Assigned to
Meredith Willson

thief of bagdad
Assigned to
Miklos Rozsa

The Letter
Assigned to
Max Steiner

Rebecca
Assigned to
Franz Waxman

The Long Voyage Home
Assigned to
Richard Hageman

our town
Assigned to
Aaron Copland

the mark of zorro
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

my favourite wife
Assigned to
Roy Webb

waterloo bridge
Assigned to
Herbert Stothart

northwest mounted police
Assigned to
Victor Young

The Fight for Life
Assigned to
Louis Gruenberg

the howards of virginia
Assigned to
Richard Hageman

one million b.c.
Assigned to
Werner R. Heymann

the house of the seven gables
Assigned to
Frank Skinner

arizona
Assigned to
Victor Young

Dark Command
Assigned to
Victor Young

Best Editing

for the movie northwest mounted police
Assigned to
Anne Bauchens

nominations for the movie :

The Letter
Assigned to
Warren Low

Rebecca
Assigned to
Hal C. Kern

the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Robert E.simpson

The Long Voyage Home
Assigned to
Sherman Todd

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

for the movie thief of bagdad

nominations for the movie :

bitter sweet
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, John S.detlie

northwest mounted police
Assigned to
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson

down argentine way
Assigned to
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

for the movie Pride and Prejudice
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse

nominations for the movie :

Rebecca
Assigned to
Lyle R. Wheeler

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Alexander Golitzen

our town
Assigned to
Lewis J. Rachmil

The Westerner
Assigned to
James Basevi

arise, my love
Assigned to
Hans Dreier, Robert Usher

my favourite wife
Assigned to
Van Nest Polglase, Mark Lee Kirk

the sea hawk
Assigned to
Anton Grot

arizona
Assigned to
Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson (scenografo)

Dark Command
Assigned to
John Victor mackay

lillian russell
Assigned to
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright

my son, my son
Assigned to
John Ducasse schulze

the boys from syracuse
Assigned to
Jack Otterson

Best Sound

for the movie strike up the band
Assigned to
Douglas G.shearer

nominations for the movie :

the grapes of wrath
Assigned to
Edmund H.hansen

Kitty Foyle
Assigned to
John O.aalberg

our town
Assigned to
Thomas T.moulton

spring parade
Assigned to
Bernard B.brown

northwest mounted police
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder

the sea hawk
Assigned to
Nathan Levinson

the howards of virginia
Assigned to
Jack Whitney

too many husbands
Assigned to
John P.livadary

behind the news
Assigned to
Charles L.lootens

captain caution
Assigned to
Elmer R. Raguse

Best Special Effects

for the movie thief of bagdad
Assigned to
Lawrence W.butler, Jack Whitney

nominations for the movie :

doctor cyclops
Assigned to
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings

blue bird
Assigned to
Edmund H.hansen, Fred Sersen

Rebecca
Assigned to
Arthur Johns, Jack Cosgrove

foreign correspondent
Assigned to
Thomas T.moulton, Paul Eagler

The Long Voyage Home
Assigned to
Thomas T.moulton, R.t.layton, R.o.binger

Boom Town
Assigned to
Douglas G.shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie

the sea hawk
Assigned to
Nathan Levinson, Byron Haskin

one million b.c.
Assigned to
Elmer R. Raguse, Roy Seawright

the boys from syracuse
Assigned to
Bernard B.brown, John P.fulton, Joseph Lapis

poster del film The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns
Assigned to
Bernard B.brown, John P.fulton, William Hedgcock

typhoon
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder, Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings

Women in War
Assigned to
Howard J.lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J.thackery, Herbert Norsch

Swiss Family Robinson
Assigned to
John O.aalberg, Vernon L. Walker

Best Original Song

for the movie Pinocchio
Assigned to
Leigh Harline, Ned Washington

nominations for the movie :

spring parade
Assigned to
Robert Stolz, Gus Kahn

down argentine way
Assigned to
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren

Hit Parade of 1941
Assigned to
Walter Bullock, Jule Styne

second chorus
Assigned to
Johnny Mercer, Artie Shaw

strike up the band
Assigned to
Roger Edens, George Stoll

music in my heart
Assigned to
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright

you'll find out
Assigned to
Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mchugh

rhythm on the river
Assigned to
Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco

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Academy Award 1941 (february 27, 1941)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 13 of the event; awards assigned: