1942 (15th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1942 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Outstanding Motion Picture

Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros.

Best Actress

Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Van Heflin in Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Directing

Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. William Wyler.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration

(Black-and-White)

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Richard Day and Joseph Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

(Color)

My Gal Sal, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Richard Day and Joseph Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joseph Ruttenberg.

(Color)

The Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Documentary

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

Kokoda Front Line!, Australian News & Information Bureau.

Moscow Strikes Back, Artkino (Russian).

Prelude to War, United States Army Special Services.

Film Editing

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

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Now, Voyager, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

(Song)

White Christmas from Holiday Inn, Paramount. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

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

(One-reel)

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

(Two-reel)

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

Sound Recording

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Special Effects

Reap the Wild Wind, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart and William L. Pereira; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.

Writing

(Original Motion Picture Story)

The Invaders, Ortus; Columbia (British). Emeric Pressburger.

(Original Screenplay)

Woman of the Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin.

(Screenplay)

Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton and Claudine West.

Special Award

To 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. [Certificate]

To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve. [Certificate]

To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for its achievement in representing the American way of life in the production of the “Andy Hardy” series of films. [Certificate]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Sidney Franklin

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Carroll Clark, F. Thomas Thompson, the RKO Radio Studio Art Department and the RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department for the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine.

To Daniel B. Clark and the 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.

(Class III)

To Robert Henderson, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.

To Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negative for pre-selection purposes.