14th Annual Academy Awards
February 26, 1942

A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

Your Host: Bob Hope
Broadcast on CBS Radio
Film Editing:Darryl F. Zanuck
Sound Recording:Darryl F. Zanuck
Special Effects:Darryl F. Zanuck
Art Direction:William L. Pereira
Scientific and Technical Awards:Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography:George Barnes
Short Subjects:Bob Hope
Music Awards:B.G. DeSylva
Winning song composer Jerome Kern was not present at the ceremony.
Writing Awards:Preston Sturges
Original Screenplay winners Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz were not present at the ceremony. RKO president George Schaefer accepted the Awards on their behalf.
Special Awards:Mervyn LeRoy
Director:Cecil B. DeMille
John Ford was not present at the ceremony. How Green Was My Valley producer Darryl F. Zanuck accepted the Award on his behalf.
Best Picture:David O. Selznick
Thalberg Award:David O. Selznick
Supporting Actor:James Stewart
Actor:James Stewart
Supporting Actress:Ginger Rogers
Actress:Ginger Rogers

Producer Darryl Zanuck, in US Army uniform, holding Oscar award as he steps down from podium during the ceremony. - © LIFE Magazine
Best Actress Joan Fontaine (r) is congratulated by presenter Ginger Rogers
Photo © 1999 Credit:Topham Picturepoint