14th Academy Awards
Held in 1942 · 15 categories
Best Picture
- Winner How Green Was My Valley
- Nominee Blossoms in the Dust
- Nominee Citizen Kane
- Nominee Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn
- Nominee One Foot in Heaven
- Nominee Sergeant York
- Nominee Suspicion
- Nominee The Little Foxes
- Nominee The Maltese Falcon
Best Actor
- Winner Sergeant York · Gary Cooper
- Nominee Citizen Kane · Orson Welles
- Nominee Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Robert Montgomery
- Nominee Penny Serenade · Cary Grant
- Nominee The Devil and Daniel Webster · Walter Huston
Best Actress
- Winner Suspicion · Joan Fontaine
- Nominee Ball of Fire · Barbara Stanwyck
- Nominee Blossoms in the Dust · Greer Garson
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Olivia de Havilland
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Bette Davis
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner How Green Was My Valley · Donald Crisp
- Nominee Here Comes Mr. Jordan · James Gleason
- Nominee Sergeant York · Walter Brennan
- Nominee The Devil and Miss Jones · Charles Coburn
- Nominee The Maltese Falcon · Sydney Greenstreet
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner The Great Lie · Mary Astor
- Nominee How Green Was My Valley · Sara Allgood
- Nominee Sergeant York · Margaret Wycherly
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Patricia Collinge
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Teresa Wright
Best Director
- Winner How Green Was My Valley · John Ford
- Nominee Citizen Kane · Orson Welles
- Nominee Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Alexander Hall
- Nominee Sergeant York · Howard Hawks
- Nominee The Little Foxes · William Wyler
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Citizen Kane · Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
- Nominee Sergeant York · Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
- Nominee Tall, Dark and Handsome · Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg
- Nominee The Devil and Miss Jones · Norman Krasna
- Nominee Tom, Dick and Harry · Paul Jarrico
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Seton I. Miller, Sidney Buchman
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Nominee How Green Was My Valley · Philip Dunne
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Lillian Hellman
- Nominee The Maltese Falcon · John Huston
Best Original Score
- Winner Dumbo · Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
- Winner The Devil and Daniel Webster · Bernard Herrmann
- Nominee All-American Co-Ed · Edward Ward
- Nominee Back Street · Frank Skinner
- Nominee Ball of Fire · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Birth of the Blues · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Buck Privates · Charles Previn
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Franz Waxman
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Victor Young
- Nominee Ice-Capades · Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
- Nominee King of the Zombies · Edward J. Kay
- Nominee Lydia · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Sergeant York · Max Steiner
- Nominee So Ends Our Night · Louis Gruenberg
- Nominee Sun Valley Serenade · Emil Newman
- Nominee Sunny · Anthony Collins
- Nominee Suspicion
- Nominee That Uncertain Feeling · Werner R. Heymann
- Nominee The Chocolate Soldier · Bronisław Kaper, Herbert Stothart
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Meredith Willson
- Nominee The Strawberry Blonde · Heinz Roemheld
- Nominee This Woman is Mine · Richard Hageman
- Nominee You'll Never Get Rich · Ernst Toch, Morris Stoloff
Best Original Song
- Winner The Last Time I Saw Paris from Lady Be Good · Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
- Nominee Baby Mine from Dumbo · Frank Churchill, Ned Washington
- Nominee Be Honest with Me from Ridin' on a Rainbow · Fred Rose, Gene Autry
- Nominee Blues in the Night from Blues in the Night · Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Buck Privates · Don Raye, Hughie Prince
- Nominee Chattanooga Choo Choo from Sun Valley Serenade · Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
- Nominee Dolores from Las Vegas Nights · Frank Loesser, Louis Alter
- Nominee Out of the Silence from All-American Co-Ed · Lloyd B. Norlin
- Nominee Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye from You'll Never Get Rich · Cole Porter
Best Cinematography
- Winner Blood and Sand · Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
- Winner How Green Was My Valley · Arthur C. Miller
- Nominee Aloma of the South Seas · Karl Struss, Wilfred M. Cline
- Nominee Billy the Kid · Leonard Smith, William V. Skall
- Nominee Blossoms in the Dust · Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
- Nominee Citizen Kane · Gregg Toland
- Nominee Dive Bomber · Bert Glennon
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Joseph Ruttenberg
- Nominee Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Joseph Walker
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Leo Tover
- Nominee Louisiana Purchase · Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
- Nominee Sergeant York · Sol Polito
- Nominee Sun Valley Serenade · Edward Cronjager
- Nominee Sundown · Charles Lang
- Nominee That Hamilton Woman · Rudolph Maté
Best Film Editing
- Winner Sergeant York · William Holmes
- Nominee Citizen Kane · Robert Wise
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Harold F. Kress
- Nominee How Green Was My Valley · James B. Clark
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Daniel Mandell
Best Production Design
- Winner Blossoms in the Dust · Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, Randall Duell, Urie McCleary
- Nominee Blood and Sand · Joseph C. Wright, Nathan H. Juran, Richard Day, Thomas Little
- Nominee Citizen Kane · Al Fields, Darrell Silvera, Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer
- Nominee Ladies in Retirement · George Montgomery, Lionel Banks
- Nominee Louisiana Purchase · Raoul Pene Du Bois, Stephen Seymour
- Nominee Sergeant York · Fred M. MacLean, John Hughes
- Nominee Sis Hopkins
- Nominee Sundown · Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine
- Nominee That Hamilton Woman · Julia Heron, Vincent Korda
- Nominee The Flame of New Orleans · Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina, Russell A. Gausman
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Howard Bristol, Stephen Goosson
- Nominee The Son of Monte Cristo · Edward G. Boyle, John DuCasse Schulze
Best Sound
- Winner That Hamilton Woman · Jack Whitney
- Nominee Appointment for Love · Bernard B. Brown
- Nominee Ball of Fire · Thomas T. Moulton
- Nominee Citizen Kane · John O. Aalberg
- Nominee How Green Was My Valley · Edmund H. Hansen
- Nominee Sergeant York · Nathan Levinson
- Nominee Skylark · Loren L. Ryder
- Nominee The Chocolate Soldier · Douglas Shearer
- Nominee The Devil Pays Off · Charles L. Lootens
- Nominee The Men in Her Life · John P. Livadary
- Nominee Topper Returns · Elmer A. Raguse
Best Visual Effects
- Winner I Wanted Wings · Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
- Nominee A Yank in the R.A.F. · Edmund H. Hansen, Fred Sersen
- Nominee Dive Bomber
- Nominee Flight Command · A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
- Nominee That Hamilton Woman · Lawrence W. Butler, William H. Wilmarth
- Nominee The Invisible Woman · John Hall, John P. Fulton
- Nominee The Sea Wolf · Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
- Nominee Topper Returns · Elmer A. Raguse, Roy Seawright