Year
|
Recipient
|
Notes
|
Award
|
1940
|
?? ???
|
"in recognition of his unselfish services to the Motion Picture Industry."
|
Silver plaque
|
Nathan Levinson
|
"for his outstanding service to the industry and the
Army
during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films."
|
??????
|
1941
|
??????? ?????
,
William Garity
,
John N. A. Hawkins
, and the
RCA Manufacturing Company
|
"for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of
Fantasia
."
|
Certificate of Merit
|
Leopold Stokowski
and his associates
|
"for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production,
Fantasia
, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form. "
|
Certificate of Merit
|
Rey Scott
|
"for his extraordinary achievement in producing
Kukan
, the film record of
???
's struggle, including its photography with a
16mm camera
under the most difficult and dangerous conditions.
[?]
"
|
Certificate of Merit
|
British Ministry of Information
|
"for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film,
Target for Tonight
.
|
Certificate of Merit
|
1942
|
????? ????????
|
"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 of Merit
|
?????? ?????????
|
"for his outstanding production achievement in
In Which We Serve
"
|
Certificate of Merit
|
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|
"for its achievement in representing the American Way of Life in the production of the 'Andy Hardy' series of films."
|
Certificate of Merit
|
1943
|
George Pal
|
"for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as
Puppetoons
."
|
Plaque; replaced with ?????? in 1967
|
1944
|
?? ???
|
"for his many services to the Academy."
|
Life membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[?]
|
Margaret O'Brien
|
"outstanding child actress of 1944."
|
Miniature ?????? (presented in 1946)
|
1945
|
Republic Studio
,
Daniel J. Bloomberg
and the
Republic Studio Sound Department
|
"for the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design.
|
Certificate (presented in 1946)
|
Walter Wanger
|
"for his six years service as President of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
."
|
Special Plaque
|
The House I Live In
|
tolerance short subject; produced by
Frank Ross
and
Mervyn LeRoy
; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by
Albert Maltz
; song "
The House I Live In
", music by
Earl Robinson
, lyrics by
Lewis Allan
; starring
Frank Sinatra
; released by
RKO Radio
.
|
Certificate
|
Peggy Ann Garner
|
"outstanding child actress of 1945."
|
Miniature ?????? (presented in 1947)
|
1946
|
Harold Russell
|
"for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in
The Best Years of Our Lives
"
|
??????
|
????? ????????
|
"for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing
Henry V
to the screen."
|
??????
|
??????? ?????
|
"for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture."
|
Certificate
|
Claude Jarman, Jr.
|
"outstanding child actor of 1946.
|
Miniature ??????
|
1947
|
James Baskett
|
"for his able and heart-warming characterization of
Uncle Remus
, friend and story teller to the children of the world in
Walt Disney
's
Song of the South
."
|
??????
[?]
|
Thomas Armat
,
Colonel William N. Selig
,
Albert E. Smith
, and
George Kirke Spoor
|
members of "the small group of pioneers whose belief in a new medium, and whose contributions to its development, blazed the trail along which the motion picture has progressed, in their lifetime, from obscurity to world-wide acclaim."
|
??????
|
Bill and Coo
|
"in which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures."
|
Plaque; replaced with ?????? in 1976
|
Shoe-Shine
(Italian:
Sciuscia
)
|
the high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity.
|
??????
[?]
|
????
|
Walter Wanger
|
"for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture
Joan of Arc
."
|
??????
|
Monsieur Vincent
|
voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.
|
??????
|
Sid Grauman
|
"master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures."
|
??????
|
Adolph Zukor
|
"a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years."
|
??????
|
????
|
Jean Hersholt
|
"in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president."
|
?????? on a square wood base
[?]
|
????? ????????????
|
"for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures."
|
??????
|
????? ??. ?????
|
"distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship."
|
??????
|
?????? ?? ????????????
|
voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
|
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|