Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
How Green Was My Valley
Darryl F. Zanuck, producer
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion
Best Director
Winner
John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
William Dieterle— Hold Back the Dawn
Alexander Hall— Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Howard Hawks— Sergeant York
Orson Welles— Citizen Kane
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
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 Actress
Winner
Joan Fontaine
Suspicion
Bette Davis— The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland— Hold Back the Dawn
Greer Garson— Blossoms in the Dust
Barbara Stanwyck— Ball of Fire
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Donald Crisp
How Green Was My Valley
Charles Coburn— The Devil and Miss Jones
James Gleason— Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sydney Greenstreet— The Maltese Falcon
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Mary Astor
The Great Lie
Sara Allgood— How Green Was My Valley
Patricia Collinge— The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright— The Little Foxes
Margaret Wycherly— Sergeant York
Writing
Best Original Story
Winner
Harry Segall
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Best Screenplay
Winner
Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Bernard Herrmann
All That Money Can Buy
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
Dumbo
Best Original Song
Winner
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" — Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Lady Be Good
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Arthur Miller
How Green Was My Valley
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
Blood and Sand
Best Film Editing
Winner
William Holmes
Sergeant York
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Richard Day, Nathan Juran
How Green Was My Valley
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary
Blossoms in the Dust
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Jack Whitney (General Service Studio)
That Hamilton Woman
Best Special Effects
Winner
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop
I Wanted Wings
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Lend a Paw
Walt Disney / RKO
Best Special Effects
Winner
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings & Louis Mesenkop
I Wanted Wings