Academy Awards 1941 Nominations

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Outstanding Production	Best Director
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original Screenplay	Best Writing (Original Story)
Best Screenplay	Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)
Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)	Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
Best Original Score	Best Scoring
Best Song	Best Sound Recording
Best Art Direction (Color)	Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Best Cinematography (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Film Editing	Best Special Effects

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Outstanding Production

• All This, and Heaven Too
• Foreign Correspondent
• Kitty Foyle
• Our Town
• Rebecca
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Great Dictator
• The Letter
• The Long Voyage Home
• The Philadelphia Story

Best Director

• Kitty Foyle (Sam Wood)
• Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock)
• The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford)
• The Letter (William Wyler)
• The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor)

Best Actor

• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Raymond Massey)
• Rebecca (Laurence Olivier)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Henry Fonda)
• The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin)
• The Philadelphia Story (James Stewart)

Best Actress

• Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers)
• Our Town (Martha Scott)
• Rebecca (Joan Fontaine)
• The Letter (Bette Davis)
• The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Foreign Correspondent (Albert Bassermann)
• The Great Dictator (Jack Oakie)
• The Letter (James Stephenson)
• The Westerner (Walter Brennan)
• They Knew What They Wanted (William Gargan)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• All This, and Heaven Too (Barbara O'Neil)
• Primrose Path (Marjorie Rambeau)
• Rebecca (Judith Anderson)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Jane Darwell)
• The Philadelphia Story (Ruth Hussey)

Best Original Screenplay

• Angels Over Broadway
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
• Foreign Correspondent
• The Great Dictator
• The Great McGinty

Best Writing (Original Story)

• Arise, My Love
• Comrade X
• Edison, the Man
• My Favorite Wife
• The Westerner

Best Screenplay

• Kitty Foyle
• Rebecca
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Long Voyage Home
• The Philadelphia Story

Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)

• London Can Take It!
• More About Nostradamus
• Quicker'n a Wink
• Siege

Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Eyes of the Navy
• Service with the Colors
• Teddy the Rough Rider

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• A Wild Hare
• Puss Gets the Boot
• The Milky Way

Best Original Score

• Arizona
• Dark Command
• My Favorite Wife
• North West Mounted Police
• One Million B.C.
• Our Town
• Pinocchio
• Rebecca
• The Fight for Life
• The Great Dictator
• The House of the Seven Gables
• The Howards of Virginia
• The Letter
• The Long Voyage Home
• The Mark of Zorro
• The Thief of Bagdad
• Waterloo Bridge

Best Scoring

• Arise, My Love
• Hit Parade of 1941
• Irene
• Our Town
• Second Chorus
• Spring Parade
• Strike Up the Band
• The Sea Hawk
• Tin Pan Alley

Best Song

• Down Argentine Way ("Down Argentine Way")
• Hit Parade of 1941 ("Who Am I?")
• Music in My Heart ("It's a Blue World")
• Pinocchio ("When You Wish Upon a Star")
• Rhythm on the River ("Only Forever")
• Second Chorus ("Love of My Life")
• Spring Parade ("Waltzing in the Clouds")
• Strike Up the Band ("Our Love Affair")
• You'll Find Out ("I'd Know You Anywhere")

Best Sound Recording

• Behind the News
• Captain Caution
• Kitty Foyle
• North West Mounted Police
• Our Town
• Spring Parade
• Strike Up the Band
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Howards of Virginia
• The Sea Hawk
• Too Many Husbands

Best Art Direction (Color)

• Bitter Sweet
• Down Argentine Way
• North West Mounted Police
• The Thief of Bagdad

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• Arise, My Love
• Arizona
• Dark Command
• Foreign Correspondent
• Lillian Russell
• My Favorite Wife
• My Son, My Son!
• Our Town
• Pride and Prejudice
• Rebecca
• The Boys from Syracuse
• The Sea Hawk
• The Westerner

Best Cinematography (Color)

• Bitter Sweet
• Down Argentine Way
• North West Mounted Police
• Northwest Passage
• The Blue Bird
• The Thief of Bagdad

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• Abe Lincoln in Illinois
• All This, and Heaven Too
• Arise, My Love
• Boom Town
• Foreign Correspondent
• Rebecca
• Spring Parade
• The Letter
• The Long Voyage Home
• Waterloo Bridge

Best Film Editing

• North West Mounted Police
• Rebecca
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Letter
• The Long Voyage Home

Best Special Effects

• Boom Town
• Dr. Cyclops
• Foreign Correspondent
• One Million B.C.
• Rebecca
• Swiss Family Robinson
• The Blue Bird
• The Boys from Syracuse
• The Invisible Man Returns
• The Long Voyage Home
• The Sea Hawk
• The Thief of Bagdad
• Typhoon
• Women in War