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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

Winner markerMrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor

Winner markerJames Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros.

Best Actress

Winner markerGreer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerVan Heflin in Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner markerTeresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Directing

Winner markerMrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. William Wyler.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration

(Black-and-White)

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

(Color)

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

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerMrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joseph Ruttenberg.

(Color)

Winner markerThe Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Documentary

Winner markerThe Battle of Midway, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox.
Winner markerKokoda Front Line!, Australian News & Information Bureau. (Australia)
Winner markerMoscow Strikes Back, Artkino; Republic. (Soviet Union)
Winner markerPrelude to War, United States Army Special Services.

Film Editing

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

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Winner markerNow, Voyager, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Winner markerYankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

(Song)

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

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

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

(One-reel)

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

(Two-reel)

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

Sound Recording

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

Special Effects

Winner markerReap 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)

Winner markerThe Invaders, Ortus; Columbia. (UK) Emeric Pressburger.

(Original Screenplay)

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

(Screenplay)

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

Special Award

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

Winner markerSidney Franklin

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo 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)

Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo 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.