Actor

• Charles Chaplin in "The Great Dictator"
• Henry Fonda in "The Grapes of Wrath"
• Raymond Massey in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
• Laurence Olivier in "Rebecca"
• James Stewart in "The Philadelphia Story"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Albert Basserman in "Foreign Correspondent"
• Walter Brennan in "The Westerner"
• William Gargan in "They Knew What They Wanted"
• Jack Oakie in "The Great Dictator"
• James Stephenson in "The Letter"

Actress

• Bette Davis in "The Letter"
• Joan Fontaine in "Rebecca"
• Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story"
• Ginger Rogers in "Kitty Foyle"
• Martha Scott in "Our Town"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Judith Anderson in "Rebecca"
• Jane Darwell in "The Grapes of Wrath"
• Ruth Hussey in "The Philadelphia Story"
• Barbara O'Neil in "All This, and Heaven Too"
• Marjorie Rambeau in "Primrose Path"

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• "Arise, My Love" Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
• "Arizona" Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson
• "The Boys from Syracuse" John Otterson
• "The Dark Command" John Victor Mackay
• "Foreign Correspondent" Alexander Golitzen
• "Lillian Russell" Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
• "My Favorite Wife" Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk
• "My Son, My Son!" John DuCasse Schulze
• "Our Town" Lewis J. Rachmil
• "Pride and Prejudice" Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse
• "Rebecca" Lyle Wheeler
• "The Sea Hawk" Anton Grot
• "The Westerner" James Basevi

Art Direction (Color)

• "Bitter Sweet" Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie
• "Down Argentine Way" Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
• "North West Mounted Police" Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
• "The Thief of Bagdad" Vincent Korda

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" James Wong Howe
• "All This, and Heaven Too" Ernest Haller
• "Arise, My Love" Charles B. Lang, Jr.
• "Boom Town" Harold Rosson
• "Foreign Correspondent" Rudolph Mate
• "The Letter" Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio
• "The Long Voyage Home" Gregg Toland
• "Rebecca" George Barnes
• "Spring Parade" Joseph Valentine
• "Waterloo Bridge" Joseph Ruttenberg

Cinematography (Color)

• "Bitter Sweet" Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey
• "The Blue Bird" Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan
• "Down Argentine Way" Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan
• "North West Mounted Police" Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene
• "Northwest Passage" Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall
• "The Thief of Bagdad" Georges Perinal

Directing

• "The Grapes of Wrath" John Ford
• "Kitty Foyle" Sam Wood
• "The Letter" William Wyler
• "The Philadelphia Story" George Cukor
• "Rebecca" Alfred Hitchcock

Film Editing

• "The Grapes of Wrath" Robert Simpson
• "The Letter" Warren Low
• "The Long Voyage Home" Sherman Todd
• "North West Mounted Police" Anne Bauchens
• "Rebecca" Hal C. Kern

Music (Original Score)

• "Arizona" Victor Young
• "The Dark Command" Victor Young
• "The Fight for Life" Louis Gruenberg
• "The Great Dictator" Meredith Willson
• "The House of the Seven Gables" Frank Skinner
• "The Howards of Virginia" Richard Hageman
• "The Letter" Max Steiner
• "The Long Voyage Home" Richard Hageman
• "The Mark of Zorro" Alfred Newman
• "My Favorite Wife" Roy Webb
• "North West Mounted Police" Victor Young
• "One Million B.C." Werner Heymann
• "Our Town" Aaron Copland
• "Pinocchio" Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
• "Rebecca" Franz Waxman
• "The Thief of Bagdad" Miklos Rozsa
• "Waterloo Bridge" Herbert Stothart

Music (Scoring)

• "Arise, My Love" Victor Young
• "Hit Parade of 1941" Cy Feuer
• "Irene" Anthony Collins
• "Our Town" Aaron Copland
• "The Sea Hawk" Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• "Second Chorus" Artie Shaw
• "Spring Parade" Charles Previn
• "Strike Up the Band" Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
• "Tin Pan Alley" Alfred Newman

Music (Song)

• "Down Argentina Way" from "Down Argentine Way" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
• "I'd Know You Anywhere" from "You'll Find Out" Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "It's a Blue World" from "Music in My Heart" Music and Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
• "Love of My Life" from "Second Chorus" Music by Artie Shaw; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Only Forever" from "Rhythm on the River" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by John Burke
• "Our Love Affair" from "Strike Up the Band" Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens and Arthur Freed
• "Waltzing in the Clouds" from "Spring Parade" Music by Robert Stolz; Lyrics by Gus Kahn
• "When You Wish upon a Star" from "Pinocchio" Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Who Am I?" from "Hit Parade of 1941" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Walter Bullock

Outstanding Production

• "All This, and Heaven Too" Warner Bros.
• "Foreign Correspondent" Walter Wanger (production company)
• "The Grapes of Wrath" 20th Century-Fox
• "The Great Dictator" Charles Chaplin Productions
• "Kitty Foyle" RKO Radio
• "The Letter" Warner Bros.
• "The Long Voyage Home" Argosy-Wanger
• "Our Town" Sol Lesser (production company)
• "The Philadelphia Story" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Rebecca" Selznick International Pictures

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "The Milky Way" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Puss Gets the Boot" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "A Wild Hare" Leon Schlesinger, Producer

Short Subject (One-reel)

• "London Can Take It" Warner Bros.
• "More about Nostradamus" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Quicker 'N a Wink" Pete Smith, Producer
• "Siege" RKO Radio

Short Subject (Two-reel)

• "Eyes of the Navy" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Service with the Colors" Warner Bros.
• "Teddy, the Rough Rider" Warner Bros.

Sound Recording

• "Behind the News" Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
• "Captain Caution" Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
• "The Grapes of Wrath" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
• "The Howards of Virginia" General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
• "Kitty Foyle" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
• "North West Mounted Police" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
• "Our Town" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
• "The Sea Hawk" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
• "Spring Parade" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
• "Strike Up the Band" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
• "Too Many Husbands" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

Special Effects

• "The Blue Bird" Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
• "Boom Town" Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
• "The Boys from Syracuse" Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis
• "Dr. Cyclops" Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
• "Foreign Correspondent" Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
• "The Invisible Man Returns" Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock
• "The Long Voyage Home" Photographic Effects by R. T. Layton, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
• "One Million B.C." Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
• "Rebecca" Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
• "The Sea Hawk" Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
• "Swiss Family Robinson" Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by John O. Aalberg
• "The Thief of Bagdad" Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by Jack Whitney
• "Typhoon" Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Loren Ryder
• "Women in War" Photographic Effects by Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery; Sound Effects by Herbert Norsch

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Angels over Broadway" Ben Hecht
• "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" John Huston, Heinz Herald, Norman Burnside
• "Foreign Correspondent" Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
• "The Great Dictator" Charles Chaplin
• "The Great McGinty" Preston Sturges

Writing (Original Story)

• "Arise, My Love" Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy
• "Comrade X" Walter Reisch
• "Edison, the Man" Dore Schary, Hugo Butler
• "My Favorite Wife" Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey
• "The Westerner" Stuart N. Lake

Writing (Screenplay)

• "The Grapes of Wrath" Nunnally Johnson
• "Kitty Foyle" Dalton Trumbo
• "The Long Voyage Home" Dudley Nichols
• "The Philadelphia Story" Donald Ogden Stewart
• "Rebecca" Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison

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