1942
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.[*BEST PICTURE*] *Top Rated Movies*
*DIRECTING -- Michael Curtiz
*OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa WrightA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.[*BEST PICTURE*]
*ACTRESS -- Greer Garson
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Teresa Wright
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
*DIRECTING -- William Wyler
*OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Arthur Wimperis, - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTOR -- James Cagney
*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
*SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director - DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightBabe RuthThe story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.[BEST PICTURE]
*FILM EDITING -- Daniel Mandell - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRonald ColmanGreer GarsonPhilip DornAn amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJean ArthurRonald ColmanAn escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBrian DonlevyRobert PrestonMacdonald CareyDecember, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorSam WoodStarsAnn SheridanRobert CummingsRonald ReaganThe dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars. - DirectorIrving PichelStarsMonty WoolleyRoddy McDowallAnne BaxterWhile traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars. - DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHenry FondaDana AndrewsMary Beth HughesWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 1 Oscar. - DirectorNoël CowardStarsNoël CowardJohn MillsBernard MilesThis "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.[BEST PICTURE]
*SPECIAL AWARD
To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve. - DirectorLewis SeilerStarsHewitt T. WhelessRonald ReaganFranklin D. RooseveltThis short film in support of the war effort dramatizes the training and missions of Army Air Forces Captain Hewett T. Wheless, a former Texas ranch hand who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the early days of WWII.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Warner Bros.
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsWalter HustonVictor Bulwer-LyttonKai-Shek ChiangThe official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.*DOCUMENTARY -- United States Army Special Services
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellLogan RamseyThe Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.*DOCUMENTARY -- United States Navy
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraLaird CregarAn ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leon Shamroy
- DirectorJack KinneyBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigCharles JudelsBilly BletcherDonald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.*MUSIC (Song) -- "White Christmas," Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
- StarsPeter BathurstDamien ParerCameraman Damien Parer has just returned from the front in New Guinea, where he's documented Australian troops in action. He explains this to us in a prolog. We then see air drops of supplies, wounded men being carried on stretchers by native porters, and men leaving camp to go to the front. There's a tiny bit of possibly staged combat footage. A narrator explains that the Japanese soldiers are expert at disguise, and how important support from the home front is.Won 1 Oscar.
*DOCUMENTARY -- Australian News & Information Bureau - DirectorIlya KopalinLeonid VarlamovStarsN. DubravinEdward G. RobinsonJoseph StalinA number of frontline cameramen shot the footage used in this documentary of the Battle of Moscow, between October 1941 and January 1942,in which a people's war against the German invaders, whose atrocities are shown in graphic detail, is begun, with echoes of traditional Russian heroism and an appeal to save the country's religious and cultural monuments.Won 1 Oscar.
*DOCUMENTARY -- Artkino - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsRita HayworthVictor MatureJohn SuttonAt the end of the 19th century, the young Indiana boy Paul Dresser left his hometown for a long adventure that would eventually place him at the pinnacle of American music as a songwriter.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 1 Oscar.
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Alfred Newman - DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude RainsA frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 2 Oscars.
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner
ACTRESS -- Bette Davis
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Gladys Cooper - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsRay MillandJohn WaynePaulette GoddardFlorida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 2 Oscars.
*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Victor Milner, William V. Skall - DirectorRobert CarlisleJerry FairbanksStarsKen CarpenterGayne WhitmanSara BernerWon 1 Oscar.
*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Paramount - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsTyrone PowerJoan FontaineThomas MitchellAlthough she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little