Oscar Nominations and Winners (1941)

Best Picture

• Blossoms in the Dust
• Citizen Kane
• 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

• John Ford (How Green Was My Valley)
• Alexander Hall (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• Howard Hawks (Sergeant York)
• Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)
• William Wyler (The Little Foxes)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)
• Cary Grant (Penny Serenade)
• Walter Huston (All That Money Can Buy)
• Robert Montgomery (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Walter Brennan (Sergeant York)
• Charles Coburn (The Devil and Miss Jones)
• *Donald Crisp (How Green Was My Valley)
• James Gleason (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Bette Davis (The Little Foxes)
• Olivia de Havilland (Hold Back the Dawn)
• Joan Fontaine (Suspicion)
• Greer Garson (Blossoms in the Dust)
• Barbara Stanwyck (Ball of Fire)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Sarah Allgood (How Green Was My Valley)
• Mary Astor (The Great Lie)
• Patricia Collinge (The Little Foxes)
• Teresa Wright (The Little Foxes)
• Margaret Wycherly (Sergeant York)

Best Story

• Ball of Fire (Thomas Monroe and Billy Wilder)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Harry Segall)
• The Lady Eve (Monckton Hoffe)
• Meet John Doe (Richard Connell and Robert Presnell)
• Night Train (Gordon Wellesley)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller)
• Hold Back the Dawn (Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder)
• How Green Was My Valley (Philip Dunne)
• The Little Foxes (Lillian Hellman)
• The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)

Best Original Story and Screenplay

• Citizen Kane (Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (Norman Krasna)
• Sergeant York (Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston and Howard Koch)
• Tall, Dark and Handsome (Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware)
• Tom, Dick and Harry (Paul Jarrico)

Art Direction - Black and White

• Citizen Kane
• The Flame of New Orleans
• Hold Back the Dawn
• How Green Was My Valley
• Ladies in Retirement
• The Little Foxes
• Sergeant York
• The Son of Monte Cristo
• Sundown
• That Hamilton Woman
• When Ladies Meet

Art Direction - Color

• Blood and Sand
• Blossoms in the Dust
• Louisiana Purchase

Cinematography - Black and White

• The Chocolate Soldier
• Citizen Kane
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• That Hamilton Woman
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• Hold Back the Dawn
• How Green Was My Valley
• Sergeant York
• Sun Valley Serenade
• Sundown

Cinematography - Color

• Aloma of the South Seas
• Billy the Kid
• Blood and Sand
• Blossoms in the Dust
• Dive Bomber
• Louisiana Purchase

Documentary Short Subject

• Adventures in the Bronx
• Bomber
• Christmas Under Fire
• Churchill's Island
• Letter From Home
• Life of a Thoroughbred
• Norway in Revolt
• A Place to Live
• Russian Soil
• Soldiers of the Sky
• War Clouds in the Pacific

Film Editing

• Citizen Kane
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• How Green Was My Valley
• The Little Foxes
• Sergeant York

Original Score For Drama

• All That Money Can Buy (Bernard Herrmann)
• Back Street (Frank Skinner)
• Ball of Fire (Alfred Newman)
• Cheers for Miss Bishop (Edward Ward)
• Citizen Kane (Bernard Herrmann)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Franz Waxman)
• Hold Back the Dawn (Victor Young)
• How Green Was My Valley (Alfred Newman)
• King of the Zombies (Edward Kay)
• Ladies in Retirement (Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch)
• The Little Foxes (Meredith Willson)
• Lydia (Miklos Rozsa)
• Mercy Island (Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf)
• Sergeant York (Max Steiner)
• So Ends Our Night (Louis Gruenberg)
• Sundown (Miklos Rozsa)
• Suspicion (Franz Waxman)
• Tanks a Million (Edward Ward)
• That Uncertain Feeling (Werner Heymann)
• That Woman Is Mine (Richard Hageman)

Original Score For Musical

• All-American Co-Ed (Edward Ward)
• Birth of the Blues (Robert Emmett Dolan)
• Buck Privates (Charles Previn)
• The Chocolate Soldier (Herbert Stothart and Bronislau Kaper)
• Dumbo (Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace)
• Ice-Capades (Cy Feuer)
• The Strawberry Blonde (Heinz Roemheld)
• Sun Valley Serenade (Emil Newman)
• Sunny (Anthony Collins)
• You'll Never Get Rich (Morris Stoloff)

Original Song

• "Baby Mine" (Dumbo) Music by Frank Churchill. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
• "Be Honest With Me" (Ridin' on a Rainbow) Music and lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose.
• "Blues in the Night" (Blues in the Night) Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
• "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" (Buck Privates) Music by Hugh Prince, Lyrics by Don Raye.
• "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Sun Valley Serenade) Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.
• "Dolores" (Las Vegas Nights) Music by Lou Alter. Lyrics by Frank Loesser.
• "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (Lady Be Good) Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
• "Out of the Silence" (All-American Co-Ed) Music and lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind.
• "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" (You'll Never Get Rich) Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

Animated Short Film (Cartoons)

• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
• Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
• How War Came
• Lend a Paw
• The Night Before Christmas
• Rhapsody in Rivets
• Rhythm in the Ranks
• The Rookie Bear
• Superman
• Truant Officer Donald

Live Action Short Film - One Reel

• Army Champions
• Beauty and the Beach
• Down on the Farm
• Forty Boys and a Song
• Kings of the Turf
• Of Pups and Puzzles
• Sagebrush and Silver

Live Action Short Film - Two Reels

• Alive in the Deep
• Forbidden Passage
• The Gay Parisian
• Main Street on the March!
• The Tanks Are Coming

Sound

• Appointment for Love
• Ball of Fire
• The Chocolate Soldier
• Citizen Kane
• The Devil Pays Off
• How Green Was My Valley
• The Men in Her Life
• Sergeant York
• Skylark
• That Hamilton Woman
• Topper Returns

Special Effects

• Aloma of the South Seas
• Flight Command
• I Wanted Wings
• The Invisible Woman
• That Hamilton Woman
• The Sea Wolf (NOTE: This was not one of the original nominees; it replaced Dive Bomber, another Warner Bros. production.)
• Topper Returns
• A Yank in the R.A.F.