1941 (14th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1941. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. 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 nominations by film for that year.

Adventures in the Bronx, Film Associates.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Alive in the Deep, Woodard Productions, Inc.

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

All-American Co-Ed, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Edward Ward.

Music (Song). “Out of the Silence”. Music and lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind.

All That Money Can Buy, William Dieterle; RKO Radio.

Best Actor. Walter Huston.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Bernard Herrmann.

Aloma of the South Seas, Paramount.

Cinematography (Color). Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss and William Snyder.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.

Appointment for Love, Universal.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

Army Champions, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.

Back Street, Universal.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Frank Skinner.

Ball of Fire, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

Best Actress. Barbara Stanwyck.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Story). Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe.

Beauty and the Beach, Paramount. [Headliner Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Billy the Kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Color). William V. Skall and Leonard Smith.

Birth of the Blues, Paramount.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Robert Emmett Dolan.

Blood and Sand, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography (Color). Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan.

Blossoms in the Dust, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Greer Garson.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis.

Cinematography (Color). Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene.

Blues in the Night, Warner Bros.

Music (Song). “Blues in the Night”. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Bomber, United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit; Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walter Lantz, Producer.

Buck Privates, Universal.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Charles Previn.

Music (Song). “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B”. Music by Hugh Prince; lyrics by Don Raye.

Cheers for Miss Bishop, Richard Rowland; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Edward Ward.

The Chocolate Soldier, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Karl Freund.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Herbert Stothart and Bronislau Kaper.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Christmas Under Fire, British Ministry of Information; Warner Bros. (UK)

Documentary (Short Subject).

Churchill’s Island, National Film Board of Canada; United Artists. (Canada)

Documentary (Short Subject).

Citizen Kane, Mercury; RKO Radio.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Orson Welles.

Directing. Orson Welles.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase; interior decoration by Al Fields and Darrell Silvera.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Gregg Toland.

Film Editing. Robert Wise.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Bernard Herrmann.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.

The Devil and Miss Jones, Ross-Krasna; RKO Radio.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Charles Coburn.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Norman Krasna.

The Devil Pays Off, Republic.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director.

Dive Bomber, Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Color). Bert Glennon.

Special Effects.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph Ruttenberg.

Film Editing. Harold F. Kress.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Franz Waxman.

Down on the Farm, Paramount. [Speaking of Animals Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Dumbo, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace.

Music (Song). “Baby Mine”. Music by Frank Churchill; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Fantasia, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Special Award. Leopold Stokowski.

The Flame of New Orleans, Universal.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Martin Obzina and Jack Otterson; interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman.

Flight Command, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; sound effects by Douglas Shearer.

Forbidden Passage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Forty Boys and a Song, Warner Bros. [Melody Master series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

The Gay Parisian, Warner Bros. [Miniature Featurette Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

The Great Lie, Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mary Astor.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Robert Montgomery.

Actor in a Supporting Role. James Gleason.

Directing. Alexander Hall.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph Walker.

Writing (Original Story). Harry Segall.

Writing (Screenplay). Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller.

Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt, Leon Schlesinger; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Leon Schlesinger, Producer.

Hold Back the Dawn, Paramount.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Olivia de Havilland.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; interior decoration by Sam Comer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Leo Tover.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Victor Young.

Writing (Screenplay). Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.

How Green Was My Valley, 20th Century-Fox.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Donald Crisp.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Sara Allgood.

Directing. John Ford.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Richard Day and Nathan Juran; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Arthur Miller.

Film Editing. James B. Clark.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Philip Dunne.

How War Came, Columbia. [Raymond Gram Swing Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

I Wanted Wings, Paramount.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.

Ice-Capades, Republic.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Cy Feuer.

The Invisible Woman, Universal.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by John Fulton; sound effects by John Hall.

King of the Zombies, Monogram.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Edward Kay.

Kings of the Turf, Warner Bros. [Color Parade Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Ladies in Retirement, Cowan-Miller; Columbia.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lionel Banks; interior decoration by George Montgomery.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch.

Lady Be Good, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “The Last Time I Saw Paris”. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

The Lady Eve, Paramount.

Writing (Original Story). Monckton Hoffe.

Las Vegas Nights, Paramount.

Music (Song). “Dolores”. Music by Lou Alter; lyrics by Frank Loesser.

Lend a Paw, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Mickey Mouse Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Letter from Home, British Ministry of Information; United Artists. (UK)

Documentary (Short Subject).

Life of a Thoroughbred, Truman Talley; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Short Subject). Truman Talley, Producer.

The Little Foxes, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Patricia Collinge.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Teresa Wright.

Directing. William Wyler.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Stephen Goosson; interior decoration by Howard Bristol.

Film Editing. Daniel Mandell.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Meredith Willson.

Writing (Screenplay). Lillian Hellman.

Louisiana Purchase, Paramount.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Raoul Pene du Bois; interior decoration by Stephen A. Seymour.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan.

Lydia, Alexander Korda; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Main Street on the March!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Two-reel Special Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Sydney Greenstreet.

Writing (Screenplay). John Huston.

Meet John Doe, Frank Capra; Warner Bros.

Writing (Original Story). Richard Connell and Robert Presnell.

The Men in Her Life, Gregory Ratoff; Columbia.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Mercy Island, Republic.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf.

The Night Before Christmas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom and Jerry Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Night Train, 20th Century-Fox. (UK)

Writing (Original Story). Gordon Wellesley.

Norway in Revolt, March of Time; RKO Radio.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Of Pups and Puzzles, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Passing Parade Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

One Foot in Heaven, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Penny Serenade, Columbia.

Best Actor. Cary Grant.

A Place to Live, Philadelphia Housing Authority; Philadelphia Housing Association.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Rhapsody in Rivets, Leon Schlesinger; Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Leon Schlesinger, Producer.

Rhythm in the Ranks, George Pal Productions; Paramount. [George Pal Puppetoon Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). George Pal, Producer.

Ridin’ on a Rainbow, Republic.

Music (Song). “Be Honest with Me”. Music and lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose.

The Rookie Bear, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Bear Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Russian Soil, Amkino.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Sagebrush and Silver, 20th Century-Fox. [Magic Carpet Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

The Sea Wolf, Warner Bros.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Byron Haskin; sound effects by Nathan Levinson.

Sergeant York, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Gary Cooper.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Walter Brennan.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Margaret Wycherly.

Directing. Howard Hawks.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by John Hughes; interior decoration by Fred MacLean.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Sol Polito.

Film Editing. William Holmes.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Max Steiner.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch and John Huston.

Sis Hopkins, Republic.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White).

Skylark, Paramount.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director.

So Ends Our Night, Loew-Lewin; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Louis Gruenberg.

Soldiers of the Sky, Truman Talley; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Short Subject). Truman Talley, Producer.

The Son of Monte Cristo, Edward Small; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by John DuCasse Schulze; interior decoration by Edward G. Boyle.

The Strawberry Blonde, Warner Bros.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Heinz Roemheld.

Sun Valley Serenade, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Edward Cronjager.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Emil Newman.

Music (Song). “Chattanooga Choo Choo”. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Mack Gordon.

Sundown, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Alexander Golitzen; interior decoration by Richard Irvine.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Lang.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Sunny, Wilcox; RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Anthony Collins.

Superman, Max Fleischer; Paramount. [Superman Series #1]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Max Fleischer, Producer.

Suspicion, RKO Radio.

Outstanding Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Joan Fontaine.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Franz Waxman.

Tall, Dark and Handsome, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware.

Tanks a Million, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Edward Ward.

The Tanks Are Coming, United States Army; Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense-Warner Bros. [National Defense Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

That Hamilton Woman, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA)

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Vincent Korda; interior decoration by Julia Heron.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Rudolph Maté.

Sound Recording. General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Lawrence Butler; sound effects by William H. Wilmarth.

That Uncertain Feeling, Ernst Lubitsch; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Werner Heymann.

This Woman Is Mine, Frank Lloyd; Universal.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture). Richard Hageman.

Tom, Dick and Harry, RKO Radio.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Paul Jarrico.

Topper Returns, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Sound Recording. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Roy Seawright; sound effects by Elmer Raguse.

Truant Officer Donald, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Donald Duck Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

War Clouds in the Pacific, National Film Board of Canada; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Canada)

Documentary (Short Subject).

When Ladies Meet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis.

A Yank in the R.A.F., 20th Century-Fox.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Fred Sersen; sound effects by E. H. Hansen.

You’ll Never Get Rich, Columbia.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Morris Stoloff.

Music (Song). “Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye”. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.