1942 (15th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1942. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Africa, Prelude to Victory, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary.

All Out for “V”, 20th Century-Fox. [Terrytoons Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Always in My Heart, Warner Bros.

Music (Song). “Always in My Heart”. Music by Ernesto Lecuona; lyrics by Kim Gannon.

Arabian Nights, Walter Wanger; Universal.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Jack Otterson and Alexander Golitzen; interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.

Cinematography (Color). Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Frank Skinner.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

Babes on Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “How About You?”. Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Ralph Freed.

Bambi, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb.

Music (Song). “Love Is a Song”. Music by Frank Churchill; lyrics by Larry Morey.

Sound Recording. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director.

The Battle of Midway, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary.

Beyond the Line of Duty, United States Department of War; Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

The Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Fred Sersen; sound effects by Roger Heman and George Leverett.

Blitz Wolf, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Captains of the Clouds, Warner Bros.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Ted Smith; interior decoration by Casey Roberts.

Cinematography (Color). Sol Polito.

Combat Report, United States Army Signal Corps.

Documentary.

Conquer by the Clock, United States Office of War Information; RKO Pathe. [America Speaks Series]

Documentary. Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer.

The Corsican Brothers, Edward Small; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Der Fuehrer’s Face, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Desert Wonderland, 20th Century-Fox. [Magic Carpet Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Desperate Journey, Warner Bros.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Byron Haskin; sound effects by Nathan Levinson.

Don’t Talk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Flying Tigers, Republic.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Victor Young.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Howard Lydecker; sound effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg.

Flying with Music, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Edward Ward.

Music (Song). “Pennies for Peppino”. Music by Edward Ward; lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright.

For Me and My Gal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll.

Friendly Enemies, Edward Small; United Artists.

Sound Recording. Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director.

George Washington Slept Here, Warner Bros.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Max Parker and Mark-Lee Kirk; interior decoration by Casey Roberts.

The Gold Rush, Charles Chaplin Productions; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Terr.

Sound Recording. RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director.

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Documentary. Walt Disney, Producer.

Hellzapoppin’, Mayfair; Universal.

Music (Song). “Pig Foot Pete”. Music by Gene de Paul; lyrics by Don Raye.

Henry Browne, Farmer, United States Department of Agriculture; Republic.

Documentary.

High over the Borders, National Film Board of Canada.

Documentary.

High Stakes in the East, The Netherlands Information Bureau; The Netherlands Information Bureau/Service.

Documentary.

Holiday Inn, Paramount.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Robert Emmett Dolan.

Music (Song). “White Christmas”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Irving Berlin.

I Married a Witch, Paramount-Cinema Guild; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Roy Webb.

Inside Fighting China, National Film Board of Canada; United Artists. [World in Action Series]

Documentary.

The Invaders, Ortus; Columbia (British).

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Emeric Pressburger.

Writing (Screenplay). Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger.

Invisible Agent, Universal.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by John Fulton; sound effects by Bernard B. Brown.

It’s Everybody’s War, United States Office of War Information; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary.

It Started with Eve, Universal.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Hans Salter and Charles Previn.

Joan of Paris, RKO Radio.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Roy Webb.

Johnny Doughboy, Republic.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Walter Scharf.

Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Van Heflin.

Juke Box Jamboree, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Swing Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walter Lantz, Producer.

Jungle Book, Alexander Korda; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Vincent Korda; interior decoration by Julia Heron.

Cinematography (Color). W. Howard Greene.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Lawrence Butler; sound effects by William H. Wilmarth.

Kings Row, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Directing. Sam Wood.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). James Wong Howe.

Klondike Fury, Monogram.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Edward Kay.

Kokoda Front Line!, Australian News & Information Bureau.

Documentary.

Listen to Britain, British Ministry of Information.

Documentary.

Little Belgium, Belgian Ministry of Information.

Documentary.

Little Isles of Freedom, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]

Documentary. Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers.

The Magnificent Ambersons, Mercury; RKO Radio.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Agnes Moorehead.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino; interior decoration by Darrell Silvera and Al Fields.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Stanley Cortez.

Marines in the Making, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.

The Mayor of 44th Street, RKO Radio.

Music (Song). “There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise”. Music by Harry Revel; lyrics by Mort Greene.

Mr. Blabbermouth!, United States Office of War Information; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Documentary.

Mr. Gardenia Jones, United States Office of War Information; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Documentary.

Moontide, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Clarke.

Moscow Strikes Back, Artkino (Russian).

Documentary.

Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Walter Pidgeon.

Best Actress. Greer Garson.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Henry Travers.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Dame May Whitty.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Teresa Wright.

Directing. William Wyler.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph Ruttenberg.

Film Editing. Harold F. Kress.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe; sound effects by Douglas Shearer.

Writing (Screenplay). Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton and Claudine West.

My Gal Sal, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Richard Day and Joseph Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Alfred Newman.

My Sister Eileen, Columbia.

Best Actress. Rosalind Russell.

The Navy Comes Through, RKO Radio.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Vernon L. Walker; sound effects by James G. Stewart.

The New Spirit, United States Department of the Treasury.

Documentary. Walt Disney, Producer.

Now, Voyager, Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Gladys Cooper.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

Once upon a Honeymoon, RKO Radio.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director.

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Michael Powell; United Artists (British).

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Ronald Neame; sound effects by C. C. Stevens.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Orchestra Wives, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo”. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Mack Gordon.

The Pied Piper, 20th Century-Fox.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Monty Woolley.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Edward Cronjager.

Pigs in a Polka, Leon Schlesinger; Warner Bros. [Blue Ribbon Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Leon Schlesinger, Producer.

Prelude to War, United States Army Special Services.

Documentary.

The Price of Victory, United States Office of War Information; Paramount.

Documentary. William H. Pine, Producer.

The Pride of the Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Gary Cooper.

Best Actress. Teresa Wright.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Perry Ferguson; interior decoration by Howard Bristol.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Rudolph Maté.

Film Editing. Daniel Mandell.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Leigh Harline.

Sound Recording. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Jack Cosgrove and Ray Binger; sound effects by Thomas T. Moulton.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Paul Gallico.

Writing (Screenplay). Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Private Smith of the U.S.A., RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Random Harvest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Ronald Colman.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Susan Peters.

Directing. Mervyn LeRoy.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Jack Moore.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Herbert Stothart.

Writing (Screenplay). Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis.

Reap the Wild Wind, Paramount.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; interior decoration by George Sawley.

Cinematography (Color). Victor Milner and William V. Skall.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart and William L. Pereira; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.

Road to Morocco, Paramount.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Frank Butler and Don Hartman.

The Shanghai Gesture, Arnold Productions; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Boris Leven.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Richard Hageman.

A Ship Is Born, United States Merchant Marine; Warner Bros.

Documentary.

Silver Queen, Sherman; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Ralph Berger; interior decoration by Emile Kuri.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Victor Young.

Speaking of Animals and Their Families, Paramount. [Speaking of Animals Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

The Spoilers, Frank Lloyd; Universal.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Jack Otterson and John B. Goodman; interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Edward R. Robinson.

Take a Letter, Darling, Paramount.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; interior decoration by Sam Comer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). John Mescall.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Victor Young.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad; interior decoration by Fay Babcock.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Ted Tetzlaff.

Film Editing. Otto Meyer.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Sidney Harmon.

Writing (Screenplay). Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman.

Ten Gentlemen from West Point, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Leon Shamroy.

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Richard Day and Joseph Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Arthur Miller.

Film Editing. Walter Thompson.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

To Be or Not to Be, Ernst Lubitsch; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Werner Heymann.

To the Shores of Tripoli, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall.

Tortilla Flat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Frank Morgan.

Tulips Shall Grow, George Pal Productions; Paramount. [George Pal Puppetoon Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). George Pal, Producer.

Twenty-One Miles, British Ministry of Information.

Documentary.

United States Marine Band, Warner Bros. [Melody Master Bands Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Wake Island, Paramount.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Actor in a Supporting Role. William Bendix.

Directing. John Farrow.

Writing (Original Screenplay). W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler.

The War Against Mrs. Hadley, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Original Screenplay). George Oppenheimer.

We Refuse to Die, United States Office of War Information; Paramount.

Documentary. William C. Thomas, Producer.

White Eagle, Concanen Films (Polish).

Documentary.

Winning Your Wings, United States Army Air Force; Warner Bros.

Documentary.

Woman of the Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. James Cagney.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Walter Huston.

Directing. Michael Curtiz.

Film Editing. George Amy.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Robert Buckner.

You Were Never Lovelier, Columbia.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Leigh Harline.

Music (Song). “Dearly Beloved”. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Youth on Parade, Republic.

Music (Song). “It Seems I Heard That Song Before”. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.