The Complete Oscar Quest: 15th Academy Awards (1942)
1942
Outstanding Production (Best Picture)
- 49th Parallel
- Kings Row
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pied Piper
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Talk of the Town
- Wake Island
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Director
- Michael Curtiz, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- John Farrow, Wake Island
- Mervyn LeRoy, Random Harvest
- Sam Wood, Kings Row
- William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver
Best 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
Best 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
Best Supporting Actor
- William Bendix, Wake Island
- Van Heflin, Johnny Eager
- Walter Huston, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Frank Morgan, Tortilla Flat
- Henry Travers, Mrs, Miniver
Best Supporting Actress
- Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager
- Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons
- Susan Peters, Random Harvest
- Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver
- Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver
Best Original Screenplay
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- Road to Morocco
- Wake Island
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- Woman of the Year
Best Adapted Screenplay
- 49th Parallel
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Talk of the Town
Best Story
- 49th Parallel
- Holiday Inn
- The Pride of the Yankees
- The Talk of the Town
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Editing
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pride of the Yankees
- The Talk of the Town
- This Above All
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- Kings Row
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Moontide
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pied Piper
- The Pride of the Yankees
- The Talk of the Town
- Take a Letter, Darling
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point
- This Above All
Best Cinematography, Color
- Arabian Nights
- The Black Swan
- Captains of the Clouds
- The Jungle Book
- Reap the Wild Wind
- To the Shores of Tripoli
Best Dramatic Score
- Arabian Nights
- Bambi
- The Black Swan
- The Corsican Brothers
- Flying Tigers
- The Gold Rush
- I Married a Witch
- Joan of Paris
- Jungle Book
- Klondike Fury
- Now, Voyager
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Shanghai Gesture
- Silver Queen
- Take a Letter, Darling
- The Talk of the Town
- To Be or Not to Be
Best Musical Score
- Flying with Music
- For Me and My Gal
- Holiday Inn
- It Started with Eve
- Johnny Doughboy
- My Gal Sal
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- You Were Never Lovelier
Best Original Song
- “Always in My Heart,” from Always in My Heart
- “Dearly Beloved,” from You Were Never Lovelier
- “How About You?” from Babes on Broadway
- “It Seems I Heard That Song Before,” from Youth on Parade
- “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo,” from Orchestra Wives
- “Love Is a Song,” from Bambi
- “Pennies for Peppino,” from Flying with Music
- “Pig Foot Pete,” from Hellzapoppin’
- “There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise,” from The Mayor of 44th Street
- “White Christmas,” from Holiday Inn
Best Art Direction, Black and White
- George Washington Slept Here
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Shanghai Gesture
- Siler Queen
- The Spoilers
- Take a Letter, Darling
- The Talk of the Town
- This Above All
Best Art Direction, Color
- Arabian Nights
- Captains of the Clouds
- Jungle Book
- My Gal Sal
- Reap the Wild Wind
Best Special Effects
- The Black Swan
- Desperate Journey
- Flying Tigers
- Invisible Agent
- Jungle Book
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Navy Comes Through
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Reap the Wild Wind
Best Sound Recording
- Arabian Nights
- Bambi
- Friendly Enemies
- Flying Tigers
- The Gold Rush
- Mrs. Miniver
- Once Upon a Honeymoon
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Road to Morocco
- This Above All
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- You Were Never Lovelier
Best Documentary
- Africa, Prelude to Victory
- The Battle of Midway
- Combat Report
- Conquer by the Clock
- The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
- Henry Browne, Farmer
- High Over the Borders
- Inside Fighting China
- It’s Everybody’s War
- Kokoda Front Line!
- Listen to Britain
- Little Belgium
- Little Isles of Freedom
- Moscow Strikes Back
- Mr. Blabbermouth!
- Mr. Gardenia Jones
- The New Spirit
- Prelude to War
- The Price of Victory
- A Ship Is Born
- Twenty-One Miles
- We Refuse to Die
- White Eagle
- Winning Your Wings
Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel
- Desert Wonderland
- Marines in the Making
- Speaking of Animals and Their Families
- United States Marine Band
Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel
- Beyond the Line of Duty
- Don’t Talk
- Private Smith of the U.S.A
Best Animated Short
- All Out for V
- Blitz Wolf
- Der Fuhrer’s Face
- Juke Box Jamboree
- Pigs in a Polka
- Tulips Shall Grow
Total List of Films Nominated:
- 49th Parallel
- Always in My Heart
- Arabian Nights
- Babes on Broadway
- Bambi
- The Black Swan
- Captains of the Clouds
- The Corsican Brothers
- Desperate Journey
- Flying Tigers
- Flying with Music
- For Me and My Gal
- Friendly Enemies
- George Washington Slept Here
- The Gold Rush
- Hellzapoppin’
- Holiday Inn
- I Married a Witch
- Invisible Agent
- It Started with Eve
- Joan of Paris
- Johnny Doughboy
- Johnny Eager
- Jungle Book
- Kings Row
- Klondike Fury
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- The Mayor of 44th Street
- Moontide
- Mrs. Miniver
- My Gal Sal
- My Sister Eileen
- The Navy Comes Through
- Now, Voyager
- Once Upon a Honeymoon
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- Orchestra Wives
- The Pied Piper
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- Reap the Wild Wind
- Road to Morocco
- The Shanghai Gesture
- Silver Queen
- The Spoilers
- Take a Letter, Darling
- The Talk of the Town
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point
- This Above All
- To Be or Not to Be
- To the Shores of Tripoli
- Tortilla Flat
- Wake Island
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- Woman of the Year
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- You Were Never Lovelier
- Youth on Parade
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