Best Picture
 BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST - MGM. Produced by Irving Asher
 CITIZEN KANE - RKO Radio. Produced by Orson Welles
 HERE COMES MR. JORDAN - Columbia. Produced by Everett Riskin
 HOLD BACK THE DAWN - Paramount. Produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (Won 5 Awards) - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
 THE LITTLE FOXES - Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
 THE MALTESE FALCON - Warner Bros. Produced by Hal B. Wallis
 ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN - Warner Bros. Produced by Hal B. Wallis
 SERGEANT YORK - Warner Bros. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky & Hal B. Wallis
 SUSPICION - RKO Radio. Produced by RKO Radio

Actor
 Gary Cooper in SERGEANT YORK
 Cary Grant in PENNY SERENADE
 Walter Huston in ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY (a.k.a. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER)
 Robert Montgomery in HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Orson Welles in CITIZEN KANE

Actress
 Bette Davis in THE LITTLE FOXES
 Olivia De Havilland in HOLD BACK THE DAWN
 Joan Fontaine in SUSPICION
 Greer Garson in BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
 Barbara Stanwyck in BALL OF FIRE

Supporting Actor
 Walter Brennan in SERGEANT YORK
 Charles Coburn in THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES
 Donald Crisp for HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 James Gleason in HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Sydney Greenstreet in THE MALTESE FALCON

Supporting Actress
 Sara Allgood in HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Mary Astor in THE GREAT LIE
 Patricia Collinge in THE LITTLE FOXES
 Teresa Wright in THE LITTLE FOXES
 Margaret Wycherly in SERGEANT YORK

Director
 John Ford for HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Alexander Hall for HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Howard Hawks for SERGEANT YORK
 Orson Welles for CITIZEN KANE
 William Wyler for THE LITTLE FOXES

Writing: Original Story
 Thomas Monroe & Billy Wilder - BALL OF FIRE
 Harry Segall - HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Monckton Hoffe - THE LADY EVE
 Richard Connell & Robert Presnell - MEET JOHN DOE
 Gordon Wellesley - NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH

Writing: Original Screenplay
 Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles - CITIZEN KANE
 Norman Krasna - THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES
 Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston & Howard Koch - SERGEANT YORK
 Karl Tunberg & Darrell Ware - TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME
 Paul Jarrico - TOM, DICK AND HARRY

Writing: Screenplay
 Sidney Buchman & Seton I. Miller - HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder - HOLD BACK THE DAWN
 Philip Dunne - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Lillian Hellman - THE LITTLE FOXES
 John Huston - THE MALTESE FALCON

Interior Decoration (Black and White)
 Perry Ferguson & Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, Al Fields & Darrell Silvera - Interior Decoration CITIZEN KANE
 Martin Obzina & Jack Otterson - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Interior Decoration THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS
 Hans Dreier & Robert Usher - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Interior Decoration HOLD BACK THE DAWN
  Richard Day & Nathan Juran - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Lionel Banks - Art Direction, George Montgomery - Interior Decoration LADIES IN RETIREMENT
 Stephen Goosson - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Interior Decoration THE LITTLE FOXES
 John Hughes - Art Direction, Fred MacLean - Interior Decoration SERGEANT YORK
 John Victor Mackay - Art Direction SIS HOPKINS (The nomination was withdrawn by Republic Studios. It is thus not counted as an official Academy nomination and listed here for the purpose of information only.)
 John DuCasse Schulze - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Interior Decoration THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO
 Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, Richard Irvine - Interior Decoration SUNDOWN
 Vincent Korda - Art Direction, Julia Heron - Interior Decoration THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
 Cedric Gibbons & Randall Duell - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration WHEN LADIES MEET

Cinematography (Color)
 Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss & William Snyder - ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
 William V. Skall & Leonard Smith - BILLY THE KID
 Ernest G. Palmer & Ray Rennahan - BLOOD AND SAND
 Karl Freund & W. Howard Greene - BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
 Bert Glennon & Winton C. Hoch - DIVE BOMBER
 Harry Hallenberger & Ray Rennahan - LOUISIANA PURCHASE

Cinematography (Black and White)
 Karl Freund - THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
 Gregg Toland - CITIZEN KANE
 Joseph Ruttenberg - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
 Joseph Walker - HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
 Leo Tover - HOLD BACK THE DAWN
 Arthur C. Miller - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Sol Polito - SERGEANT YORK
 Edward Cronjager - SUN VALLEY SERENADE
 Charles B. Lang - SUNDOWN
 Rudolph Maté - THAT HAMILTON WOMAN

Documentary
 ADVENTURES IN THE BRONX - Film Associates
 BOMBER - U.S. Office of Emergency Management Film Unit
 CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE - British Ministry of Information, Warner Bros.
 CHURCHILL'S ISLAND - Canadian Film Board, UA
 LETTER FROM HOME - British Ministry of Information
 LIFE OF A THOROUGHBRED - 20th Century-Fox
 NORWAY IN REVOLT - March of Time, RKO Radio
 A PLACE TO LIVE - Philadelphia Housing Association
 RUSSIAN SOIL - Amkino
 SOLDIERS OF THE SKY - 20th Century-Fox
 WAR CLOUDS IN THE PACIFIC - Canadian Film Board

Film Editing
 Robert Wise - CITIZEN KANE
 Harold F. Kress - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
 James B. Clark - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 Daniel Mandell - THE LITTLE FOXES
 William Holmes - SERGEANT YORK

Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
 Edward Ward - ALL AMERICAN CO-ED
 Robert Emmett Dolan - BIRTH OF THE BLUES
 Charles Previn - BUCK PRIVATES
 Herbert Stothart & Bronislaw Kaper - THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
 Frank Churchill & Oliver Wallace - DUMBO
 Cy Feuer - ICE CAPADES
 Heinz Roemheld - THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE
 Emil Newman - SUN VALLEY SERENADE
 Anthony Collins - SUNNY
 Morris Stoloff - YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH

Short Subjects (Cartoons)
 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B - Walter Lantz - Producer
 HIAWATHA'S RABBIT HUNT - Leon Schlesinger - Producer
 HOW WAR CAME - Raymond Gram Swing Series
 LEND A PAW - Walt Disney - Producer
 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - M-G-M (Tom and Jerry Series)
 RHAPSODY IN RIVETS - Leon Schlesinger - Producer
 THE ROOKIE BEAR - M-G-M (Bear Series)
 RHYTHM IN THE RANKS - Paramount (George Pal Puppetoon Series)
 SUPERMAN NO. 1 - Paramount
 TRUANT OFFICER DONALD - Walt Disney - Producer

Short Subjects (Two-reel)
 ALIVE IN THE DEEP
 FORBIDDEN PASSAGE
 THE GAY PARISIAN
 MAIN STREET ON THE MARCH
 THE TANKS ARE COMING

Sound Recording
 Bernard B. Brown - APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE
 Thomas Moulton - BALL OF FIRE
 Douglas Shearer - THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
 John Aalberg - CITIZEN KANE
 Charles Lootens - THE DEVIL PAYS OFF
 E.H. Hansen - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
 John Livadary - THE MEN IN HER LIFE
 Nathan Levinson - SERGEANT YORK
 Loren L. Ryder - SKYLARK
 Jack Whitney - General Service THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
 Elmer Raguse - TOPPER RETURNS

Special Effects
 Farciot Edouart & Gordon Jennings (Photographic), Louis Mesenkop (Sound) ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
 A. Arnold Gillespie (Photographic), Douglas Shearer (Sound) FLIGHT COMMAND
 Farciot Edouart & Gordon Jennings (Photographic), Louis Mesenkop (Sound) I WANTED WINGS
 John Fulton (Photographic), John Hall (Sound) THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
 Byron Haskin (Photographic), Nathan Levinson (Sound) THE SEA WOLF
 Lawrence Butler (Photographic), William H. Wilmarth (Sound) THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
 Roy Seawright (Photographic), Elmer Raguse (Sound) TOPPER RETURNS
 Fred Sersen (Photographic), E. H. Hansen (Sound) A YANK IN THE RAF

Special Awards
 Rey Scott - For his extraordinary achievement in producing KUKAN, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions. Winner presented a Certificate.
 British Ministry Of Information - For its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, TARGET FOR TONIGHT. Winner presented a Certificate.
 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. Winner presented a Certificate.
 Walt Disney, William Garity & John N. A. Hawkins (RCA Manufacturing Company) - For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of FANTASIA. Winners presented Certificates.

UNMENTIONABLES
· The Academy's grandiose plans for the banquet were cut short with the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. Recently elected Academy president Betty Davis proposed the ceremony take place in a theater and be open to the public with the $25 tickets going to the British War Relief. Former president Walter Wanger asked, "What have you got against the Academy, Bette?"
· The Academy's announcement that the Awards would be given in a different, yet to be announced, format was met with wide criticism in the trades and foreign press.
· Davis continued to press her idea of inviting the public and threatened to resign if the board didn't go along. Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of Fox, told the actress, who was under contract to Warners, "If you resign, you'll never work in this town again."
· Nevertheless, Davis stepped down, citing time constraints and health reasons. Her predecessor, Walter Wanger, filled in as acting Academy president.
· On January 30, the Academy announced that it was reinstating the banquet "to boost civil morale." The board had made some changes, though. The banquet was to be referred to as a "dinner," there would be music but no dancing, formal dress was eschewed, and women were not to wear orchids but donate the money they would have spent for them to the Red Cross. The board had considered serving food "similar to that served to soldiers and other servicemen," but that idea was voted down.
· Convinced that De Havilland or Fontaine would win, Barbara Stanwyck intended to stay home, but she changed her mind; she arrived late with new husband Robert Taylor just in time for the Best Actress presentation. The remaining Best Actress nominees were also absent: Greer Garson was in Canada participating in a victory drive, and Bette Davis was in Sugar Hill, NH.
· Wendell Wilkie and Chinese ambassador Dr. Hu Shih opened the ceremony with salutes to the film industry.
· Bob Hope presented a gag award to Jack Benny, who had appeared in drag throughout most of 1941's Charley's Aunt. He presented Benny with a bewigged Oscar in a skirt with a cigar in its mouth.
· Gregg Toland's celebrated deep-focus cinematography lost to How Green Was My Valley d.p. Arthur C. Miller. This was greeted with loud applause from Louella Parson's anti-Welles group.
· Their cheers soon turned to boos when Welles and Herman Mankiewicz won for the Citizen Kane screenplay. Neither were at the Awards. Their Oscars® were accepted by RKO president George Schaefer.
· Cecil B. DeMille stuck his foot in his mouth when he handed out the Best Picture Award to the absent John Ford. "Some of the people who spoke before me have stolen the thunder, like Mr. Wilkie and the Jap -- I mean Chinese -- ambassador," he said. On the way home, his wife turned to him and said, "Well, Cecil, at last you have done something that Hollywood will remember."
· Accepting his Thalberg, Walt Disney began weeping. "Thank you so much for this," he said. "Maybe I should have a medal for bravery. We all make mistakes. Fantasia was one but it was an honest one. I shall now rededicate myself to my old ideals."
· When Donald Crisp returned to his seat after accepting his Supporting Actor Award, Walter Brennan came by and kissed him on the top of his head.
· When she heard Ginger Rogers announce her name as Best Actress, Joan Fontaine froze for a moment, then heard her sister whisper, "Get up there." By the time Fontaine got to the dais, she was in tears. Ginger Rogers started crying, too, as she handed her the Oscar® Columnist Jimmy Starr wrote that after Fontaine finally finished her thank-yous, she "returned to the table where Olivia shook her hand. Olivia smiled faintly."
· Some of the losing songwriters complained that "The Last Time I Saw Paris" should not have been eligible for consideration since it wasn't written expressly for a movie; the song had been published in 1940. Even its composer, Jerome Kern, had questioned its qualifying for an Academy Award and said he had voted for "Blues in the Night."
· De Havilland told reporters that she was delighted with her sister's good fortune, but Life heard the loser whisper to her friends, "If Suspicion had been delayed just a little, it wouldn't have gotten under the wire for this year's Award and I might have won..."
· Orson Welles was quoted, when asked which directors he most admired, as saying, "I like the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford."
· Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash less than a month before the Awards. Despite her mother's premonition of disaster, Lombard refused to take a train home to Los Angeles after a War Bond Rally tour. Reputedly, she was in a rush after getting wind of an alleged affair between her husband, Clark Gable, and Lana Turner.