Miglior Film

Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA (Selznick Intern. Pictures)
David O. Selznick – Producer

Paradiso proibito-ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO (Warner Bros) - Hal B. Wallis – Producer, Jack L. Warner – Producer, David Lewis – Producer
Corrispondente segreto-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (United Artists) - Walter Wanger – Producer
Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH (20th Century Fox) - Darryl F. Zanuck – Producer, Nunnally Johnson – Producer
Il grande dittatore-THE GREAT DICTATOR (United Artists) - Sir Charles Chaplin – Producer
Kitty Foyle, Ragazza innamorata-KITTY FOYLE (Rko) - David Hempstead – Producer
Ombre malesi-THE LETTER (Warner Bros) - Hal B. Wallis – Producer
Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (United Artists) - John Ford – Producer
La nostra città-OUR TOWN (United Artists) - Sol Lesser – Producer
Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (Mgm) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Producer

John Ford
Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH

George Cukor - Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Sir Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Sam Wood - Kitty Foyle, ragazza innamorata-KITTY FOYLE
William Wyler - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER

Miglior attore

James Stewart
Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

Sir Charles Chaplin - Il grande dittatore-THE GREAT DICTATOR
Henry Fonda - Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Raymond Massey - Abramo Lincoln-ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
Lord Laurence Olivier - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA

Miglior attrice

Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle, ragazza innamorata-KITTY FOYLE

Bette Davis - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Katharine Hepburn - Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Martha Scott -- La nostra città-OUR TOWN

Miglior attore non protagonista

Walter Brennan
L’uomo del West-THE WESTERNER

Albert Basserman - Il prigioniero di Amsterdam-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
William Gargan - Non desiderare la donna d’altri-THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED
Jack Oakie - Il grande dittatore-THE GREAT DICTATOR
James Stephenson - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER

Miglior attrice non protagonista

Jane Darwell
Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Dame Judith Anderson - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Ruth Hussey - Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Barbara O'Neil - Paradiso proibito-ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
Marjorie Rambeau - Piccolo porto-THE PRIMROSE PATH

Miglior sceneggiatura originale

Preston Sturges
Il grande McGinty-THE GREAT MCGINTY

Ben Hecht - Angeli del peccato-ANGELS OVER BROADWAY
Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald, John Huston - Un uomo contro la morte-DR. EHRLICH'S MAGIC BULLET
Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison - Il prigioniero di Amsterdam-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Sir Charles Chaplin - Il grande dittatore-THE GREAT DICTATOR

Miglior sceneggiatura non originale

Donald Ogden Stewart
Scandalo a Filadelfia-THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

Nunnally Johnson - Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Dalton Trumbo - Kitty Foyle, ragazza innamorata-KITTY FOYLE
Dudley Nichols - Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA

Miglior soggetto
(This award was instituted in 1940.)

Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy
Arrivederci in Francia-ARISE, MY LOVE

Walter Reisch - Corrispondente X-COMRADE X
Hugo Butler, Dore Schary - Il romanzo di una vita-EDISON, THE MAN
Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack - Le mie due mogli-MY FAVORITE WIFE
Stuart N. Lake - L’uomo del West-THE WESTERNER

Miglior scenografia e arredamento a colori
(Rules changed in 1940: Interior Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)

Vincent Korda - Art Direction
Il ladro di Bagdad-THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, John S. Detlie - Art Direction - Tzigana/L’ultimo valzer-BITTER SWEET
Richard Day - Art Direction, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction - Notti argentine-DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction - Giubbe rosse-NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE

Miglior scenografia e arredamento in bianco e nero
(Rules changed in 1940: Interior Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)

Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Paul Groesse - Art Direction
Orgoglio e pregiudizio-PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Robert Usher - Art Direction - Arrivederci in Francia-ARISE, MY LOVE
Lionel Banks - Art Direction, Robert Peterson - Art Direction - ARIZONA
Jack Otterson - Art Direction - Hellzapopping in Grecia-THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
John Victor Mackay - Art Direction - La belva umana-DARK COMMAND
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction - Il prigioniero di Amsterdam-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Richard Day - Art Direction, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction - Il romanzo di Lillian Russell-LILLIAN RUSSELL
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, Mark-Lee Kirk - Art Direction - Le mie due mogli-MY FAVORITE WIFE
John DuCasse Schulze - Art Direction - Figlio, figlio mio!-MY SON, MY SON
Lewis J. Rachmil - Art Direction - La nostra città-OUR TOWN
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Anton Grot - Art Direction - Lo sparviero del mare-THE SEA HAWK
James Basevi - Art Direction - L’uomo del West-THE WESTERNER

Miglior fotografia a colori

Georges Périnal
Il ladro di Bagdad-THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey - Tzigana/L’ultimo valzer-BITTER SWEET
Arthur C. Miller, Ray Rennahan - Alla ricerca della felicità-THE BLUE BIRD
Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan - Notti argentine-DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene - Giubbe rosse-NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall - Passaggio a Nord-Ovest - NORTHWEST PASSAGE (BOOK I-ROGERS' RANGERS)

Miglior fotografia in bianco e nero

George Barnes
Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA

James Wong Howe - Abramo Lincoln-ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
Ernest Haller - Paradiso proibito-ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
Charles B. Lang, Jr. - Arrivederci in Francia-ARISE, MY LOVE
Harold Rosson - La febbre del petrolio-BOOM TOWN
Rudolph Maté - Il prigioniero di Amsterdam-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Gaetano Gaudio - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER
Gregg Toland - Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Joseph Valentie - Parata di primavera-SPRING PARADE
Joseph Ruttenberg - Il ponte di Waterloo-WATERLOO BRIDGE

Miglior montaggio

Anne Bauchens
Giubbe rosse-NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE

Robert E. Simpson - Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Warren Low - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER
Sherman Todd - Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Hal C. Kern - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA

Miglior colonna sonora originale

Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
PINOCCHIO

Victor Young - ARIZONA
Victor Young - La belva umana-DARK COMMAND
Louis Gruenberg - THE FIGHT FOR LIFE
Meredith Willson - Il grande dittatore-THE GREAT DICTATOR
Frank Skinner - La casa dei sette camini-THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Richard Hageman - Quelli della Virginia-THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA
Max Steiner - Ombre malesi-THE LETTER
Richard Hageman - Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Roy Webb - Le mie due mogli-MY FAVORITE WIFE
Alfred Newman - Il segno di Zorro-THE MARK OF ZORRO
Victor Young - Giubbe rosse-NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Werner Heymann - Sul sentiero dei mostri-ONE MILLION B.C.
Aaron Copland - La nostra città-OUR TOWN
Franz Waxman - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Miklos Rozsa - Il ladro di Bagdad-THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
Herbert Stothart - Il ponte di Waterloo-WATERLOO BRIDGE

Miglior colonna sonora

Alfred Newman
Una notte a Broadway-TIN PAN ALLEY

Victor Young - Arrivederci in Francia-ARISE, MY LOVE
Cy Feuer - HIT PARADE OF 1941
Anthony Collins - IRENE
Aaron Copland - La nostra città-OUR TOWN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Music - Lo sparviero del mare-THE SEA HAWK
Artie Shaw - Follie di jazz-SECOND CHORUS
Charles Previn - Parata di primavera-SPRING PARADE
Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens - Musica indiavolata-STRIKE UP THE BAND

Miglior canzone

Leigh Harline – Music, Ned Washington – Lyrics
PINOCCHIO "When You Wish Upon a Star"

Harry Warren – Music, Mack Gordon – Lyrics Notti argentine-DOWN ARGENTINE WAY "Down Argentine Way"
Jimmy McHugh – Music, Johnny Mercer – Lyrics YOU'LL FIND OUT "I'd Know You Anywhere"
Chet Forrest - Music & Lyrics, Bob Wright - Music & Lyrics MUSIC IN MY HEART "It's a Blue World"
Artie Shaw – Music, Johnny Mercer – Lyrics Follie di jazz-SECOND CHORUS "Love of My Life"
James Monaco – Music, Johnny Burke – Lyrics RHYTHM ON THE RIVER "Only Forever"
Roger Edens - Music & Lyrics, Arthur Freed - Music & Lyrics Musica indiavolata-STRIKE UP THE BAND "Our Love Affair"
Robert Stolz – Music, Gus Kahn – Lyrics Parata di primavera-SPRING PARADE "Waltzing in the Clouds"
Jule Style – Music, Walter Bullock – Lyrics HIT PARADE OF 1941 "Who Am I?"

Miglior Animated Short

MILKY WAY
MGM

PUSS GETS THE BOOT - MGM
A WILD HARE - Leon Schlesinger – Producer

Miglior Short Subjects - One-Reel

QUICKER 'N A WINK
Pete Smith – Producer

LONDON CAN TAKE IT - Warner Bros.
MORE ABOUT NOSTRADAMUS - MGM
Radio SIEGE - RKO

Miglior Short Subjects - Two-Reel

TEDDY, THE ROUGH RIDER
Warner Bros.

EYES OF THE NAVY - MGM
SERVICE WITH THE COLORS - Warner Bros.

Miglior suono

Douglas Shearer
Musica indiavolata-STRIKE UP THE BAND

Charles Lootens - BEHIND THE NEWS
Elmer Raguse - I ribelli dei sette mari-CAPTAIN CAUTION
E.H. Hansen - Furore-THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Jack Whitney - General Service Quelli della Virginia-THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA
John Aalberg - Kitty Foyle, ragazza innamorata-KITTY FOYLE
Loren L. Ryder - Giubbe rosse-NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Thomas Moulton - La nostra città-OUR TOWN
Nathan Levinson - Lo sparviero del mare-THE SEA HAWK
Bernard B. Brown - Parata di primavera-SPRING PARADE
John Livadary - Troppi mariti-TOO MANY HUSBANDS

Miglior effetti speciali

Lawrence Butler - Special Effects (Photographic), Jack Whitney - Special Effects (Sound)
Il ladro di Bagdad-THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

Fred Sersen - Special Effects (Photographic), E.H. Hansen - Special Effects (Sound) - THE BLUE BIRD
A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects (Photographic), Douglas Shearer - Special Effects (Sound) - La febbre del petrolio-BOOM TOWN
John P. Fulton - Special Effects (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown - Special Effects (Sound), Joseph Lapis - Special Effects (Sound) - Helzapopping in Grecia-THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
Farciot Edouart - Special Effects (Photographic), Gordon Jennings - Special Effects (Photographic) - Il dottor Cyclops-DR. CYCLOPS No credit listed for sound work on this film.
Paul Eagler - Special Effects (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton - Special Effects (Sound) - Il prigioniero di Amsterdam-FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
John P. Fulton - Special Effects (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown - Special Effects (Sound), William Hedgecock - Special Effects (Sound) - Il ritorno dell’uomo invisibile-THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
R.T. Layton - Special Effects (Photographic), R.O. Binger - Special Effects (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton - Special Effects (Sound) - Lungo viaggio di ritorno-THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Roy Seawright - Special Effects (Photographic), Elmer Raguse - Special Effects (Sound) - Sul sentiero dei mostri-ONE MILLION B.C.
Jack Cosgrove - Special Effects (Photographic), Arthur Johns - Special Effects (Sound) - Rebecca, la prima moglie-REBECCA
Byron Haskin - Special Effects (Photographic), Nathan Levinson - Special Effects (Sound) - Lo sparviero del mare-THE SEA HAWK
Vernon L. Walker - Special Effects (Photographic), John O. Aalberg - Special Effects (Sound) - Come Robinson Crusoè-SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Farciot Edouart - Special Effects (Photographic), Gordon Jennings - Special Effects (Photographic), Loren L. Ryder - Special Effects (Sound) - Tifone sulla Malesia-TYPHOON
Howard J. Lydecker - Special Effects (Photographic), William Bradford - Special Effects (Photographic), Ellis J. Thackery - Special Effects (Photographic), Herbert Norsch - Special Effects (Sound) - WOMEN IN WAR

20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller, Robert W. Stevens
For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera.

Class II (Plaque)

(No award given for 1940.)

Class III (Citation)

Warner Bros. Studio Art Department
Anton Grot
For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.

Honorary and other awards

Bob Hope
In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Special Silver Plaque.
Colonel Nathan Levinson
For his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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