Awards & Winners

1942 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1942 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 15th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

15th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Daniel Mandell

Honored for : The Pride of the Yankees

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Harold F. Kress Mrs. Miniver
Otto Meyer The Talk of the Town
Walter A. Thompson This Above All
George Amy Yankee Doodle Dandy
Daniel Mandell The Pride of the Yankees
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Honored for : Beyond the Line of Duty

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Bros. Entertainment Beyond the Line of Duty
RKO Pictures Private Smith of the U.S.A.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Don't Talk
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : Der Fuehrer's Face

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Der Fuehrer's Face
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Blitz Wolf
Leon Schlesinger Pigs in a Polka
20th Century Fox All Out for 'V'
Walter Lantz Juke Box Jamboree
George Pal Tulips Shall Grow
Academy Award for Best Actress

Greer Garson

Honored for : Mrs. Miniver
(Role: Kay Miniver)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bette Davis Now, Voyager
Role: Charlotte Vale
Katharine Hepburn Woman of the Year
Role: Tess Harding
Rosalind Russell My Sister Eileen
Role: Ruth Sherwood
Teresa Wright The Pride of the Yankees
Role: Eleanor Gehrig
Greer Garson Mrs. Miniver
Role: Kay Miniver
Academy Award for Best Picture

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : Mrs. Miniver

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Bros. Entertainment Yankee Doodle Dandy
Paramount Pictures Wake Island
Columbia Pictures The Talk of the Town
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Random Harvest
Samuel Goldwyn Productions The Pride of the Yankees
20th Century Fox The Pied Piper
Mercury Productions The Magnificent Ambersons
Warner Bros. Entertainment Kings Row
Ortus Films 49th Parallel
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mrs. Miniver
Academy Award for Best Director

William Wyler

Honored for : Mrs. Miniver

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sam Wood Kings Row
Mervyn LeRoy Random Harvest
Michael Curtiz Yankee Doodle Dandy
William Wyler Mrs. Miniver
John Farrow Wake Island
Academy Award for Best Story

Emeric Pressburger

Honored for : 49th Parallel

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sidney Harmon The Talk of the Town
Irving Berlin Holiday Inn
Robert Buckner Yankee Doodle Dandy
Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel
Paul Gallico The Pride of the Yankees
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Irving Berlin

Honored for : White Christmas
(Holiday Inn)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irving Berlin White Christmas
Holiday Inn
Ernesto Lecuona Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart
Kim Gannon Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart
Jerome Kern Dearly Beloved
You Were Never Lovelier
Johnny Mercer Dearly Beloved
You Were Never Lovelier
Burton Lane How About You?
Babes on Broadway
Ralph Freed How About You?
Babes on Broadway
Jule Styne It Seems I Heard That Song Before
Youth on Parade
Sammy Cahn It Seems I Heard That Song Before
Youth on Parade
Harry Warren (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Orchestra Wives
Mack Gordon (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
Orchestra Wives
Frank Churchill Love Is a Song
Bambi
Larry Morey Love Is a Song
Bambi
Edward Ward Pennies for Peppino
Flying with Music
George Forrest Pennies for Peppino
Flying with Music
Robert Wright Pennies for Peppino
Flying with Music
Gene Vincent de Paul Pig Foot Pete
Hellzapoppin'
Don Raye Pig Foot Pete
Hellzapoppin'
Harry Revel There's a Breeze on Lake Louise
The Mayor of 44th Street
Mort Greene There's a Breeze on Lake Louise
The Mayor of 44th Street
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Nathan Levinson

Honored for : Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nathan Levinson Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown Arabian Nights
Universal Studio Sound Department
Sam Slyfield Bambi
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
Daniel J. Bloomberg Flying Tigers
Republic Studio Sound Department
Jack Whitney Friendly Enemies
Sound Service, Inc.
James L. Fields The Gold Rush
RCA Sound
Douglas Shearer Mrs. Miniver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Stephen Dunn Once Upon a Honeymoon
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Thomas T. Moulton The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Loren L. Ryder Road to Morocco
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen This Above All
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary You Were Never Lovelier
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Hilton Mrs. Miniver
Claudine West Mrs. Miniver
Arthur Wimperis Mrs. Miniver
George Froeschel Mrs. Miniver
Claudine West Random Harvest
Arthur Wimperis Random Harvest
George Froeschel Random Harvest
Herman J. Mankiewicz The Pride of the Yankees
Jo Swerling The Pride of the Yankees
Rodney Ackland 49th Parallel
Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel
Sidney Buchman The Talk of the Town
Irwin Shaw The Talk of the Town
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin

Honored for : Woman of the Year

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Oppenheimer The War Against Mrs. Hadley
William R. Burnett Wake Island
Frank Butler Wake Island
Don Hartman Road to Morocco
Frank Butler Road to Morocco
Emeric Pressburger One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Michael Powell One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Ring Lardner, Jr. Woman of the Year
Michael Kanin Woman of the Year
Academy Award for Best Actor

James Cagney

Honored for : Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Role: George M. Cohan)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ronald Colman Random Harvest
Role: Charles Ranier
Gary Cooper The Pride of the Yankees
Role: Lou Gehrig
Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver
Role: Clem Miniver
James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy
Role: George M. Cohan
Monty Woolley The Pied Piper
Role: Howard
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Teresa Wright

Honored for : Mrs. Miniver
(Role: Carol Beldon)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
May Whitty Mrs. Miniver
Role: Lady Beldon
Susan Peters Random Harvest
Role: Kitty
Agnes Moorehead The Magnificent Ambersons
Role: Fanny Minafer
Gladys Cooper Now, Voyager
Role: Mrs. Vale
Teresa Wright Mrs. Miniver
Role: Carol Beldon
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Honored for : The Black Swan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Leon Shamroy The Black Swan
Milton R. Krasner Arabian Nights
William V. Skall Arabian Nights
W. Howard Greene Arabian Nights
Sol Polito Captains of the Clouds
W. Howard Greene Jungle Book
Victor Milner Reap the Wild Wind
William V. Skall Reap the Wild Wind
William V. Skall To the Shores of Tripoli
Edward Cronjager To the Shores of Tripoli
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Thomas Little, Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright

Honored for : This Above All

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Ray Robinson The Spoilers
Russell A. Gausman The Spoilers
John B. Goodman The Spoilers
Jack Otterson The Spoilers
Samuel M. Comer Take a Letter, Darling
Roland Anderson Take a Letter, Darling
Hans Dreier Take a Letter, Darling
Jack D. Moore Random Harvest
Cedric Gibbons Random Harvest
Randall Duell Random Harvest
Edwin B. Willis Random Harvest
Emile Kuri Silver Queen
Ralph Berger Silver Queen
Thomas Little This Above All
Joseph C. Wright This Above All
Richard Day This Above All
Fay Babcock The Talk of the Town
Lionel Banks The Talk of the Town
Rudolph Sternad The Talk of the Town
Boris Leven The Shanghai Gesture
Albert S. D'Agostino The Magnificent Ambersons
A. Roland Fields The Magnificent Ambersons
Darrell Silvera The Magnificent Ambersons
Casey Roberts George Washington Slept Here
Mark-Lee Kirk George Washington Slept Here
Max Parker George Washington Slept Here
Howard Bristol The Pride of the Yankees
Perry Ferguson The Pride of the Yankees
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Van Heflin

Honored for : Johnny Eager
(Role: Jeff Hartnett)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Morgan Tortilla Flat
Role: The Pirate
William Bendix Wake Island
Role: Smacksie Randall
Van Heflin Johnny Eager
Role: Jeff Hartnett
Henry Travers Mrs. Miniver
Role: Mr. Ballard
Walter Huston Yankee Doodle Dandy
Role: Jerry Cohan
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little

Honored for : My Gal Sal

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Smith Captains of the Clouds
Casey Roberts Captains of the Clouds
Jack Otterson Arabian Nights
Ira S. Webb Arabian Nights
Russell A. Gausman Arabian Nights
Alexander Golitzen Arabian Nights
Roland Anderson Reap the Wild Wind
Hans Dreier Reap the Wild Wind
George Sawley Reap the Wild Wind
Vincent Korda Jungle Book
Julia Heron Jungle Book
Joseph C. Wright My Gal Sal
Richard Day My Gal Sal
Thomas Little My Gal Sal
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Joseph Ruttenberg

Honored for : Mrs. Miniver

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Ruttenberg Mrs. Miniver
James Wong Howe Kings Row
Stanley Cortez The Magnificent Ambersons
Charles G. Clarke Moontide
Edward Cronjager The Pied Piper
Rudolph Maté The Pride of the Yankees
John J. Mescall Take a Letter, Darling
Ted Tetzlaff The Talk of the Town
Leon Shamroy Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Arthur Charles Miller This Above All
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

United States Navy

Honored for : The Battle of Midway
(A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
United States Navy The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.
Australian Information Service Kokoda Front Line!
Artkino Pictures Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.
The March of Time Africa, Prelude to Victory
Signal Corps Combat Report
Frederic Ullman Jr. Conquer by the Clock
Walt Disney The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
United States Department of Agriculture Henry Browne, Farmer
National Film Board of Canada High Over the Borders
Netherlands Information Bureau High Stakes in the East
National Film Board of Canada Inside Fighting China
United States Office of War Information It's Everybody's War
Ministry of Information Listen to Britain
Belgian Ministry of Information Little Belgium
Victor Stoloff Little Isles of Freedom
Edgar Loew Little Isles of Freedom
United States Office of War Information Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information Mister Gardenia Jones
Walt Disney The New Spirit
United States Merchant Marine A Ship Is Born
Ministry of Information Twenty-One Miles
William C. Thomas We Refuse to Die
Concanen Films The White Eagle
United States Air Force Winning Your Wings
Special Services Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.
William H. Pine The Price of Victory
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Australian Information Service

Honored for : Kokoda Front Line!
(A special award to Kokoda Front Line! for its effectiveness in portraying, simply yet forcefully, the scene of war in New Guinea and for its moving presentation of the bravery and fortitude of our Australian comrades in arms.)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
United States Navy The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.
Australian Information Service Kokoda Front Line!
Artkino Pictures Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.
The March of Time Africa, Prelude to Victory
Signal Corps Combat Report
Frederic Ullman Jr. Conquer by the Clock
Walt Disney The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
United States Department of Agriculture Henry Browne, Farmer
National Film Board of Canada High Over the Borders
Netherlands Information Bureau High Stakes in the East
National Film Board of Canada Inside Fighting China
United States Office of War Information It's Everybody's War
Ministry of Information Listen to Britain
Belgian Ministry of Information Little Belgium
Victor Stoloff Little Isles of Freedom
Edgar Loew Little Isles of Freedom
United States Office of War Information Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information Mister Gardenia Jones
Walt Disney The New Spirit
United States Merchant Marine A Ship Is Born
Ministry of Information Twenty-One Miles
William C. Thomas We Refuse to Die
Concanen Films The White Eagle
United States Air Force Winning Your Wings
Special Services Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.
William H. Pine The Price of Victory
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Artkino Pictures

Honored for : Moscow Strikes Back
(A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
United States Navy The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.
Australian Information Service Kokoda Front Line!
Artkino Pictures Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.
The March of Time Africa, Prelude to Victory
Signal Corps Combat Report
Frederic Ullman Jr. Conquer by the Clock
Walt Disney The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
United States Department of Agriculture Henry Browne, Farmer
National Film Board of Canada High Over the Borders
Netherlands Information Bureau High Stakes in the East
National Film Board of Canada Inside Fighting China
United States Office of War Information It's Everybody's War
Ministry of Information Listen to Britain
Belgian Ministry of Information Little Belgium
Victor Stoloff Little Isles of Freedom
Edgar Loew Little Isles of Freedom
United States Office of War Information Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information Mister Gardenia Jones
Walt Disney The New Spirit
United States Merchant Marine A Ship Is Born
Ministry of Information Twenty-One Miles
William C. Thomas We Refuse to Die
Concanen Films The White Eagle
United States Air Force Winning Your Wings
Special Services Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.
William H. Pine The Price of Victory
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Max Steiner

Honored for : Now, Voyager

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Max Steiner Now, Voyager
Frank Skinner Arabian Nights
Frank Churchill Bambi
Edward H. 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
Miklós Rózsa Jungle Book
Edward J. Kay Klondike Fury
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
Friedrich Hollaender The Talk of the Town
Morris Stoloff The Talk of the Town
Werner R. Heymann To Be or Not to Be
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Ray Heindorf, Heinz Eric Roemheld

Honored for : Yankee Doodle Dandy

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Heindorf Yankee Doodle Dandy
Heinz Eric Roemheld Yankee Doodle Dandy
Edward Ward Flying with Music
Roger Edens For Me and My Gal
Georgie Stoll For Me and My Gal
Robert E. Dolan Holiday Inn
Charles Previn It Started with Eve
Hans J. Salter It Started with Eve
Walter Scharf Johnny Doughboy
Alfred Newman My Gal Sal
Leigh Harline You Were Never Lovelier
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Froeschel Mrs. Miniver
James Hilton Mrs. Miniver
Claudine West Mrs. Miniver
Arthur Wimperis Mrs. Miniver
Rodney Ackland 49th Parallel
Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel
Herman J. Mankiewicz The Pride of the Yankees
Jo Swerling The Pride of the Yankees
George Froeschel Random Harvest
Claudine West Random Harvest
Arthur Wimperis Random Harvest
Sidney Buchman The Talk of the Town
Irwin Shaw The Talk of the Town
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Special Services

Honored for : Prelude to War
(A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
United States Navy The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.
Australian Information Service Kokoda Front Line!
Artkino Pictures Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.
The March of Time Africa, Prelude to Victory
Signal Corps Combat Report
Frederic Ullman Jr. Conquer by the Clock
Walt Disney The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
United States Department of Agriculture Henry Browne, Farmer
National Film Board of Canada High Over the Borders
Netherlands Information Bureau High Stakes in the East
National Film Board of Canada Inside Fighting China
United States Office of War Information It's Everybody's War
Ministry of Information Listen to Britain
Belgian Ministry of Information Little Belgium
Victor Stoloff Little Isles of Freedom
Edgar Loew Little Isles of Freedom
United States Office of War Information Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information Mister Gardenia Jones
Walt Disney The New Spirit
United States Merchant Marine A Ship Is Born
Ministry of Information Twenty-One Miles
William C. Thomas We Refuse to Die
Concanen Films The White Eagle
United States Air Force Winning Your Wings
Special Services Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight.
William H. Pine The Price of Victory
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Carroll Clark, F. Thomas Thompson, RKO Radio Studio Art Department , RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department

(For the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine.)
Academy Honorary Award

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)
Academy Honorary Award

Noël Coward

Honored for : In Which We Serve
(for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve)
Academy Honorary Award

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

(for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the 'Andy Hardy' series of films)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

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.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Robert Henderson, Paramount Studio Transparency Department, Paramount Studio Engineering Department

(for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

20th Century Fox, Daniel B. Clark

(For the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Daniel B. Clark, 20th Century Fox

(For the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.)