The Academy Awards
the war years
With more than 10 years of awards now under their belts, Academy members had still not defined exactly what categories would stay and which would go. Writing credits morphed once again, and in 1940 branched out into three categories. As technology and ingenuity increased, so did the nominations in the special effects category, with a whopping 14 nominations leading off the decade. The 1940 ceremony had a heightened sense of excitement as this was the first time the list of winners had not been revealed to the press – so each winner was s surprise to everyone. The 1942 ceremony had two black clouds over it, the beginning of WWII on Dec. 7, 1941, and the death of Carole Lombard in a plane crash. The normal black tie affair was downgraded to a dinner. For the 1942 ceremony, the statuettes were made out of plaster instead of bronze due to the war.
13th Annual Academy Awards 1940 – Host; Bob Hope
February 27, 1941 at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: “Rebecca” – United Artists
Actor: James Stewart “The Philadelphia Story”
Actress: Ginger Rogers “Kitty Foyle”
Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan “The Westerner”
Supporting Actress: Jane Darwell “The Grapes of Wrath”
Director: John Ford “The Grapes of Wrath”
Original Story: John S.
Toldy “Arise, My Love”
Original Screenplay: Preston Sturges “The Great McGinty”
Adapted Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart “The Philadelphia Story”
Cinematography: George Barnes “Rebecca” (Black and White” and George Perinal “The Thief of Bagdad” (Color)
Film Editing: Anne Bauchens “North West Mounted Police”
Interior Decoration: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse “Pride and Prejudice” (Black and White) Vincent Korda “The Thief of Bagdad” (Color)
Sound: Douglas Shearer “Strike Up the Band”
Score: “Tin Pan Alley” in “Pinocchio”
Song: "When You Wish Upon a Star" in “Pinocchio”
Short Films: “Milky Way” (Cartoons), “Quicker 'N a Wink” (One-Ree), ”Teddy, the Rough Rider” (Two-Reel)
Special Effects: “The Thief of Bagdad”
Special Award: Bob Hope – recognition for his service to the motion picture industry; Colonel Nathan Levinson – for outstanding service to the industry and the Army
14th Annual Academy Awards 1941 – Host; None
Thursday, February 26, 1942 at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: “How Green Was My Valley” 20th Century Fox
Actor: Gary Cooper “Sergeant York”
Actress: Joan Fontaine “Suspicion”
Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp “How Green Was My Valley”
Supporting Actress: Mary Astor “The Great Lie”
Director: John Ford “How Green Was My Valley”
Original Story: Harry Segall “Here Comes Mr. Jordan”
Original Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles “Citizen Kane”
Adapted Screenplay: Harry Segall “Here Comes Mr. Jordan”
Cinematography: Arthur Miller “How Green Was My Valley” (Black and White) Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan “Blood and Sand” (Color)
Film Editing: William Holmes “Sergeant York”
Interior Decoration: Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little “How Green Was My Valley” (Black and White) and Edwin B. Willis “Blossoms in the Dust” (Color)
Sound: Jack Whitney “The Hamilton Woman”
Score: “All That Money Can Buy” (Dramatic or Comedy) ”Dumbo” (Musical)
Song: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" in “Lady Be Good”
Short Films: “Lend a Paw” (Cartoons), “Of Pups and Puzzles” (One-Reel), ”Main Street on the March” (Two-Reel)
Special Effects: “I Wanted Wings”
Special Award: Irving G. Thalberg Award – Walt Disney; Leopold Stokowski – for achievement with music in “Fantasia”; Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, RCA – for advancement in sound; Rey Scott – for achievement in producing “Kukan”; The British Ministry of Information – for presence of heroism in “Target for Tonight”
15th Annual Academy Awards 1942 – Host; Bob Hope
March 4, 1943 at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: “Mrs. Miniver” MGM
Actor: James Cagney “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Actress: Greer Garson “Mrs. Miniver”
Supporting Actor: Van Heflin “Johnny Eager”
Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright “Mrs. Miniver”
Director: William Wyler “Mrs. Miniver”
Original Story: Emeric Pressburger “The Invaders”
Original Screenplay: Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr. “Woman of the Year”
Adapted Screenplay: George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis “Mrs.
Miniver”
Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenburg “Mrs. Miniver” (Black and White) and Leon Shamroy “The Black Swan” (Color)
Film Editing: Daniel Mandell “The Pride of the Yankees”
Interior Decoration: Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little “This Above All” (Black and White), Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little “My Gal Sal” (Color)
Sound: Nathan Levinson “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Score: Max Steiner “Now, Voyager” (Dramatic or Comedy) Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld “Yankee Doodle Dandee” (Musical)
Song: "White Christmas" in “Holiday Inn”
Short Films: “Der Fuehrer's Face” (Cartoons), “Speaking of Animals and Their Families” (One-Reel), “Beyond the Line of Duty” (Two-Reel)
b] Documentary: “Battle of Midway,” “Kokoda Front Line,” “Moscow Strikes Back,” “Prelude to War”
Special Effects: “Reap the Wild Wind”
Special Award: Irving G. Thalberg Award – Sidney Frankli; Noel Coward – for production in “In Which Way We Serve”; Charles Boyer – for establishing the French research Foundation; MGM – for represent ting the American way of life in “Andy Hardy”
16th Annual Academy Awards 1943 – Host; Jack Benny
Thursday, March 2, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles
Picture: “Casablanca” Warner Bros.
Actor: Paul Lukas “Watch on the Rhine”
Actress: Jennifer Jones “The Song of Bernadette”
Supporting Actor: Charles Coburn “The More the Merrier”
Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Director: Michael Curtiz “Casablanca”
Original Story: William Saroyan “The Human Comedy”
Original Screenplay: Noran Krasna “Princess O'Rourke”
Adapted Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch “Casablanca”
Cinematography: Arthur Miller “The Song of Bernadette” (Black and White) Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene “The Phantom of the Opera” (Color)
Film Editing: George Amy “Air Force”
Interior Decoration: James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little “The Song of Bernadette” (Black and White) Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb “The Phantom of the Opera” (Color)
Sound: “This Land is Mine” RKO
Score: Alfred Newman “The Song of Bernadette” (Dramatic or Comedy) Ray Heindorf “This Is the Army” (Musical)
Song: "You'll Never Know" in “Hello, Frisco, Hello”
Short Films: “Yankee Doodle Mouse” (Cartoons), “Amphibious Fighters” (One-Reel), “Heavenly Music” (Two-Reel)
Documentary: “December 7th” (Short), “Desert Victory” (Feature)
Special Effects: “Crash Dive”
Special Award: Irving G. Thalberg Award – Hal B. Wallis; George Pal – for techniques in short subjects
17th Annual Academy Awards 1944 – Host; Bob Hope and director John Cromwell
Thursday, March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles
Picture: “Going My Way” Paramount
Actor: Bing Crosby “Going My Way”
Actress: Ingrid Bergman “Gaslight”
Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald “Going My Way”
Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore “None but the Lonely Heart”
Director: Leo McCarey “Going My Way”
Original Story: Leo McCarey “Going My Way”
Original Screenplay: Lamar Trotti “Wilson”
Adapted Screenplay: Frank Butler and Frank Cavett “Going My Way”
Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle “Laura” (Black and White) Leon Shamroy “Wilson” (Color)
Film Editing: Barbara McLean “Wilson”
Interior Decoration: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, “Gaslight” (Black and White), Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little, “Wilson” (Color)
Sound: E. H. Hansen “Wilson”
Score: Max Steiner “Since You Went Away” (Dramatic or Comedy), Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff “Cover Girl” (Musical)
Song: "Swinging on a Star" in “Going My Way”
Short Films: Mouse Trouble “Cartoons, Who's Who in Animal Land (One-Reel), I Won't Play (Two-Reel)
Documentary: “With the Marines at Tarawa” (Short), “The Fighting Lady” (Feature)
Special Effects: “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” MGM
Special Award: Irving G. Thalberg Award – Darryl F. Zanuck; Bob Hope – for many services to the Academy; Margaret O’Brien – for outstanding child actress of 1944.
18th Annual Academy Awards 1945 – Host; Bob Hope and James Stewart
Thursday, March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
Picture: “The Lost Weekend” Paramount
Actor: Ray Milland “The Lost Weekend”
Actress: Joan Crawford “Mildred Pierce”
Supporting Actor: James Dunn “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
Supporting Actress: Anne Revere “National Velvet”
Director: Billy Wilder “The Lost Weekend”
Original Story: Charles G. Booth “The House on 92nd Street”
Original Screenplay: Richard Schweizer “Marie-Louise”
Adapted Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder “The Lost Weekend”
Cinematography: Harry Stradling “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (Black and White),Leon Shamroy “Leave Her to Heaven” (Color)
Film Editing:Robert J.
Kern “National Velvet”
Interior Decoration: Wiard Ihnen and Allen M. Davey “Blood on the Sun” (Black and White), Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte, “Frenchman's Creek” (Color)
Sound: “The Bells of St. Mary's” RKO
Score: Miklos Rozsa “Spellbound,” Georgie Stoll “Anchors Aweigh”
Song: "It Might As Well Be Spring" in “State Fair”
Short Films: “Quiet Please” (Cartoons), “Stairway to Light” (One-Reel), “Star in the Night” (Two-Reel)
Documentary:” Hitler Lives?” (Short), “The True Glory” (Feature)
Special Effects: John Fulton and A. W. Johns “Wonder Man”
Special Award: Irving G. Thalberg Award – None; Walter Wanger – for service as Academy President; Republic Studios – for building a sound auditorium; Peggy Ann Garner – for outstanding child actress of 1945; “The House I Live In” – for tolerance short subject
Movies ABOUT WW2
Band of Brothers
633 Squadron
Saving Private Ryan
The First of Few
Schlinder’s List
Angels One - Five
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Flags of our Fathers
Flags of Iwo Jima
U-571
Enemy at the Gates
Downfall
The Battle of Britain
Reach for the Skys
A bridge too Far
The Longest Day
Tuskegee Airman
Patton
Memphis Belle
MacArthur
A Bridge too Far
Report from the Aleutians"
Das Boot
The Bridge
Twelve o’ clock High
Dark Blue World
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