Oscars 1942 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Blossoms in the Dust
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion

Best Director!

Winner: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
John Ford - How Green Was My Valley
Alexander Hall - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Howard Hawks - Sergeant York
William Wyler - The Little Foxes

Best Actor!

Winner: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
Walter Huston - All That Money Can Buy
Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Best Actress!

Winner: Joan Fontaine, Suspicion!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn
Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust
Barbara Stanwyck - Balls of Fire

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon!

Nominees:
Walter Brennan - Sergeant York
Charles Coburn - The Devil and Miss Jones
Donald Crisp - How Green Was My Valley
James Gleason - Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Mary Astor, The Great Lie!

Nominees:
Sara Allgood - How Green Was My Valley
Patricia Collinge - The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright - The Little Foxes
Margaret Wycherly - Sergeant York

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles, Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Norman Krasna - The Devil and Miss Jones
John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel and Harry Chandlee - Sergeant York
Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware - Tall, Dark and Handsome
Paul Jarrico - Tom, Dick and Harry

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: John Huston, The Maltese Falcon!

Nominees:
Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder - Hold Back the Dawn
Philip Dunne - How Green Was My Valley
Lillian Hellman - The Little Foxes

Best Story!

Winner: Here Comes Mr. Jordan!

Nominees:
Ball of Fire
Meet John Doe
The Lady Eve
Night Train to Munich

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Churchill's Island!

Nominees:
Adventure in the Bronx
Christmas Under Fire
A Letter From Home
Soldiers of the Sky

Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!

Winner: Of Pups and Puzzles!

Nominees:
Army Champions
Beauty and the Beach
Down on the Farm
Kings of the Turf

Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!

Winner: Main Street on the March!

Nominees:
Alive in the Deep
Forbidden Passage
The Gay Parisian
The Tanks Are Coming

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Lend a Paw!

Nominees:
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
How War Came
The Night Before Christmas
Superman

Best Original Dramatic Score!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York
Suspicion

Best Original Musical Score!

Winner: Dumbo!

Nominees:
Birth of the Blues
Buck Privates
The Chocolate Soldier
The Strawberry Blonde

Best Original Song!

Winner: Frank Churchill and Ned Washington - Baby Mine, Dumbo!

Nominees:
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer - Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night
Hugh Prince and Don Raye - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, Buck Privates
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II - The Last Time I Saw Paris, Lady Be Good
Cole Porter - Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye, You'll Never Get Rich

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Ball of Fire
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York
That Hamilton Woman

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
Sergeant York

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Blossoms in the Dust!

Nominees:
Blood and Sand
Louisiana Purchase

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
The Chocolate Soldier
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
Sergeant York

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: Blood and Sand!

Nominees:
Aloma of the South Seas
Billy the Kid
Blossoms in the Dust
Dive Bomber

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Citizen Kane!

Nominees:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
Sergeant York

Best Special Effects!

Winner: I Wanted Wings!

Nominees:
Aloma of the South Seas
Dive Bomber
The Invisible Woman
The Sea Wolf