1940

Picture
    Rebecca
Actor
    James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
Actress
    Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
Supporting Actor
    Walter Brennan - The Westerner
Supporting Actress
    Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
Director
    John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
Original Story
    Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy - Arise, My Love
Original Screenplay
    Preston Sturges - The Great McGinty
Screenplay Adaptation
    Donald Ogden Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
Cinematography
    George Barnes - Rebecca (B&W)
    Georges Périnal - The Thief Of Bagdad (Color)
Art Direction
    Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse - Pride And Prejudice (B&W)
    Vincent Korda - The Thief Of Bagdad (Color)
Film Editing
    Anne Bauchens - North West Mounted Police
Sound
    Douglas Sheaer - Strike Up the Band
Special Effects
    Lawrence Butler and Jack Whitney - The Thief Of Bagdad

1941

Picture
    How Green Was My Valley
Actor
    Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
Actress
    Joan Fontaine - Suspicion
Supporting Actor
    Donald Crisp - How Green Was My Valley
Supporting Actress
    Mary Astor - The Great Lie
Director
    John Ford - How Green Was My Valley
Original Story
    Harry Segall - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Original Screenplay
    Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
Screenplay Adaptation
    Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Cinematography
    Arthur Miller - How Green Was My Valley (B&W)
    Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan - Blood And Sand (Color)
Art Direction
    Richard Day, Nathan Juran and Thomas Little - How Green Was My Valley (B&W)
    Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary and Edwin B. Willis - Blossoms In the Dust (Color)
Film Editing
    William Holmes - Sergeant York
Sound
    Jack Whitney - That Hamilton Woman
Special Effects
    Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Louis Mesenkop - I Wanted Wings

1942

Picture
    Mrs. Miniver
Actor
    James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Actress
    Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver
Supporting Actor
    Van Heflin - Johnny Eager
Supporting Actress
    Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver
Director
    William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver
Original Motion Picture Story
    Emeric Pressburger - The Invaders
Original Screenplay
    Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr. - Woman of the Year
Screenplay Adaptation
    George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis - Mrs. Miniver
Cinematography
    Joseph Ruttenberg - Mrs. Miniver (B&W)
    Leon Shamroy - The Black Swan (Color)
Art Direction
    Richard Day, Joseph Wright and Thomas Little - This Above All (B&W)
    Richard Day, Joseph Wright and Thomas Little - My Gal Sal (Color)
Editing
    Daniel Mandell - The Pride of the Yankees
Sound
    Nathan Levinson - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Special Effects
    Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, William L. Pereira and Louis Mesenkop - Reap the Wild Wind

1943

Picture
    Casablanca
Actor
    Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
Actress
    Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette
Supporting Actor
    Charles Coburn - The More the Merrier
Supporting Actress
    Katina Paxinou - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Director
    Michael Curtiz - Casablanca
Original Screenplay
    Norman Krasna - Princess O'Rourke
Screenplay Adaptation
    Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch - Casablanca
Original Story
    William Saroyan - The Human Comedy
Cinematography
    Arthur Miller - The Song of Bernadette (B&W)
    Hal Mohr & W. Howard Greene - The Phantom of the Opera (Color)
Art Direction
    James Basevi, William Darling and Thomas Little - The Song of Bernadette (B&W)
    Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb - The Phantom of the Opera (Color)
Editing
    George Amy - Air Force
Sound
    Stephen Dunn - This Land Is Mine
Special Effects
    Fred Sersen and Roger Herman - Crash Dive

1944

Picture
    Going My Way
Actor
    Bing Crosby - Going My Way
Actress
    Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Supporting Actor
    Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
Supporting Actress
    Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart
Director
    Leo McCarey - Going My Way
Original Motion Picture Story
    Leo McCarey - Going My Way
Original Screenplay
    Lamar Trotti - Wilson
Screenplay Adaptation
    Frank Butler and Frank Cavett - Going My Way
Cinematography
    Joseph LaShelle - Laura (B&W)
    Leon Shamroy - Wilson (Color)
Art Direction
    Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky - Gaslight (B&W)
    Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little - Wilson (Color)
Editing
    Barbara McLean - Wilson
Sound
    E.H. Hansen - Wilson
Special Effects
    Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe and Douglas Shearer - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1945

Picture
    The Lost Weekend
Actor
    Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
Actress
    Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
Supporting Actor
    James Dunn - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Supporting Actress
    Anne Revere - National Velvet
Director
    Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
Original Motion Picture Story
    Charles G. Booth - The House on 92nd Street
Original Screenplay
    Richard Schweizer For Marie Louise
Screenplay Adaptation
    Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder For The Lost Weekend
Cinematography
    Harry Stradling - The Picture of Dorian Gray (B&W)
    Leon Shamroy - Leave Her to Heaven (Color)
Art Direction
    A. Roland Fields and Wiard Ihnen - Blood on the Sun (B&W)
    Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte and Sam Comer - Frenchman's Creek (Color)
Sound
    Stephen Dunn - The Bells of St. Mary's
Film Editing
    Robert J. Kern - National Velvet
Special Effects
    John Fulton and Arthur Johns - Wonder Man

1946

Picture
    The Best Years of Our Lives
Actor
    Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives
Actress
    Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own
Supporting Actor
    Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives
Supporting Actress
    Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge
Director
    William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
Original Motion Picture Story
    Clarence Dane - Vacation From Marriage
Original Screenplay
    Muriel Box and Sydney Box - The Seventh Veil
Screenplay Adaptation
    Robert E. Sherwood - The Best Years Of Our Lives
Cinematography
    Arthur Miller - Anna and the King of Siam (B&W)
    Arthur Arling, Charles Rosher and Leonard Smith - The Yearling (Color)
Art Direction
    William Darling, Frank E. Hughes, Thomas Little and Lyle Wheeler - Anna and the King of Siam (B&W)
    Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse and Edwin B. Willis - The Yearling (Color)
Film Editing
    Daniel Mandell - The Years of Our Lives
Sound
    John Livadary - The Jolson Story
Special Effects
    Thomas Howard - Blithe Spirit

1947

Picture
    Gentleman's Agreement
Actor
    Ronald Coleman - A Double Life
Actress
    Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter
Supporting Actor
    Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street
Supporting Actress
    Celeste Holm - Gentleman's Agreement
Director
    Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement
Motion Picture Story
    Valentine Davies - Miracle on 34th Street
Original Screenplay
    Sidney Sheldon - The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Screenplay Adaptation
    George Seaton - Miracle on 34th Street
Cinematography
    Guy Green - Great Expectations (B&W)
    Jack Cardiff - Black Narcissus (Color)
Art Direction
    John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton - Great Expectations (B&W)
    Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus (Color)
Film Editing
    Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish - Body And Soul
Sound
    Gordon Sawyer - The Bishop's Wife
Special Effects
    A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer and Michael Steinore - Green Dolphin Street

1948

Picture
    Hamlet
Actor
    Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
Actress
    Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda
Supporting Actor
    Walter Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Supporting Actress
    Claire Trevor - Key Largo
Director
    John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Motion Picture Story
    Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler - The Search
Screenplay Adaptation
    John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Cinematography
    William Daniels - The Naked City (B&W)
    William Hoch, William Skall and Joseph Valentine - Joan Of Arc (Color)
Art Direction
    Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon - Hamlet (B&W)
    Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson - The Red Shoes (Color)
Sound
    Thomas T. Moulton - The Snake Pit
Film Editing
    Paul Weatherwax - The Naked City
Special Effects
    Paul Eagler, J. McMilian Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart - Portrait Of Jennie
Foreign Language Film
    Monsieur Vincent - France

1949

Picture
    All The King's Men
Actor
    Broderick Crawford - All The King's Men
Actress
    Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress
Supporting Actor
    Dean Jagger - Twelve O'Clock High
Supporting Actress
    Mercedes McCambridge In All The King's Men
Director
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives
Motion Picture Story
    Douglas Morrow - The Stratton Story
Story and Screenplay
    Robert Pirosh - Battleground
Screenplay Adaptation
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives
Cinematography
    Paul C. Vogel - Battleground (B&W)
    Winton Hoch - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Color)
Art Direction
    Harry Horner, Emile Kuri and John Meehan - The Heiress (B&W)
    Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Jack D. Moore and Edwin B. Willis - Little Women (Color)
Film Editing
    Harry Gerstad - Champion
Sound
    Thomas T. Moulton - Twelve O'Clock High
Special Effects
    RKO Radio - Mighty Joe Young
Foreign Language Film
    The Bicycle Thief - Italy

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