A 14.ª entrega dos premios Óscar tivo lugar o día 26 de febreiro de 1942 no Biltmore Hotel dos Ánxeles. O mestre de cerimonias foi Bob Hope. Unha parte da cerimonia foi emitida por CBS Radio.
John Ford converteuse no primeiro director en gañar o Óscar dous anos consecutivos. Parte da atención do público centrouse no enfrontamento na categoría de mellor actriz entre as irmás rivais Joan Fontaine e Olivia de Havilland. A vitoria de Fontaine foi a única dun intérprete nun filme de Alfred Hitchcock.
Premios miniatura|150px|Darryl F. Zanuck, mellor filme miniatura|150px|John Ford, mellor director miniatura|150px|Gary Cooper, mellor actor miniatura|150px|Joan Fontaine, mellor actriz miniatura|150px|Donald Crisp, mellor actor secundario miniatura|150px|Mary Astor, mellor actriz secundaria miniatura|150px|Herman J. Mankiewicz, mellor guión orixinal miniatura|150px|Orson Welles, mellor guión orixinal miniatura|150px|Bernard Herrmann, mellor música orixinal miniatura|150px|Jerome Kern, mellor canción miniatura|150px|Oscar Hammerstein II, mellor canción miniatura|150px|Cedric Gibbons, mellor dirección artística en cor miniatura|150px|Ernest Palmer, mellor fotografía en cor miniatura|150px|Leopold Stokowski, Óscar honorífico miniatura|150px|Walt Disney, Óscar honorífico e premio Irving G. Thalberg Os gañadores aparecen en primeiro lugar e en grosas. Mellor filme Mellor director Que verde era o meu val Blossoms in the Dust Cidadán Kane Here Comes Mr. Jordan Hold Back the Dawn A loba The Maltese Falcon One Foot in Heaven Sergeant York Sospeita | valign="top" | John Ford – Que verde era o meu val William Wyler – A loba Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks – Sergeant York Orson Welles – Cidadán Kane |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor actor ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor actriz |- | valign="top" | Gary Cooper – Sergeant York Cary Grant – Penny Serenade Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Orson Welles – Cidadán Kane Joan Fontaine – Sospeita Bette Davis – A loba Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust Barbara Stanwyck – Bóla de fogo Mellor actor secundario Mellor actriz secundaria Donald Crisp – Que verde era o meu val Walter Brennan – Sergeant York Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon Mary Astor – The Great Lie Sara Allgood – Que verde era o meu val Patricia Collinge – A loba Teresa Wright – A loba Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York Mellor guión orixinal Mellor guión adaptado Cidadán Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz e Orson Welles Sergeant York – John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel and Harry Chandlee Tall, Dark and Handsome – Karl Tunberg e Darrell Ware The Devil and Miss Jones – Norman Krasna Tom, Dick and Harry – Paul Jarrico Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman e Seton I. Miller Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett e Billy Wilder Que verde era o meu val – Philip Dunne A loba – Lillian Hellman The Maltese Falcon – John Huston Mellor argumento Mellor curtametraxe de animación Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Harry Segall Bóla de fogo – Billy Wilder e Thomas Monroe Xoán Ninguén – Richard Connell e Robert Presnell Sr. Night Train to Munich – Gordon Wellesley The Lady Eve – Monckton Hoffe Lend a Paw – Walt Disney Productions e RKO Radio Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B – Walter Lantz Productions e Universal Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt – Leon Schlesinger e Warner Bros. How War Came – Columbia The Night Before Christmas – MGM Rhapsody in Rivets – Leon Schlesinger e Warner Bros. Rhythm in the Ranks – George Pal Productions e Paramount The Rookie Bear – MGM Superman – Max Fleischer e Paramount Truant Officer Donald – Walt Disney Productions e RKO Radio Mellor curtametraxe documental Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada e United Artists Adventure in the Bronx – Film Associates Bomber – U.S. Office for Emergency Management Film Unit and Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense Christmas Under Fire – British Ministry of Information e Warner Bros. A Letter From Home – British Ministry of Information e United Artists Life of a Thoroughbred – Truman Talley e 20th Century Fox Norway in Revolt – The March of Time e RKO Radio A Place to Live – Philadelphia Housing Authority e Philadelphia Housing Association Russian Soil – Amkino Soldiers of the Sky – Truman Talley e 20th Century Fox War Clouds in the Pacific – National Film Board of Canada e MGM Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, un rolo Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, dous rolos Of Pups and Puzzles – MGM Army Champions – Pete Smith e MGM Beauty and the Beach – Paramount Down on the Farm – Paramount Forty Boys and a Song – Warner Bros. Kings of the Turf – Warner Bros. Sagebrush and Silver – 20th Century Fox Main Street on the March! – MGM Alive in the Deep – Woodard Productions, Inc. Forbidden Passage – MGM The Gay Parisian – Warner Bros. The Tanks Are Coming – U.S. Army e Warner Bros. Mellor banda sonora, dramática Mellor banda sonora, musical All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann Back Street – Frank Skinner Bóla de fogo – Alfred Newman Cidadán Kane – Bernard Herrmann Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward Que verde era o meu val – Alfred Newman Hold Back the Dawn – Victor Young Ladies in Retirement – Morris Stoloff e Ernst Toch King of the Zombies – Edward Kay Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Franz Waxman Lydia – Miklós Rózsa Mercy Island – Cy Feuer e Walter Scharf Sergeant York – Max Steiner So Ends Our Night – Louis Gruenberg Ao caer o día – Miklós Rózsa Sospeita – Franz Waxman Tanks a Million – Edward Ward That Uncertain Feeling – Werner Heymann A loba – Meredith Willson This Woman Is Mine – Richard Hageman Dumbo – Frank Churchill e Oliver Wallace All-American Co-Ed – Edward Ward Birth of the Blues – Robert Emmett Dolan Buck Privates – Charles Previn Ice-Capades – Cy Feuer Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman Sunny – Anthony Collins The Chocolate Soldier – Herbert Stothart e Bronislau Kaper The Strawberry Blonde – Heinz Roemheld You'll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff Mellor canción Mellor son "The Last Time I Saw Paris" de Lady Be Good – Música de Jerome Kern; Letra de Oscar Hammerstein II "Out of the Silence" de All-American Co-Ed – Música e letra de Lloyd B. Norlin "Blues in the Night" de Blues in the Night – Música de Harold Arlen; Letra de Johnny Mercer "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" de Buck Privates – Música de Hugh Prince; Letra de Don Raye "Baby Mine" de Dumbo – Música de Frank Churchill; Letra de Ned Washington "Dolores" de Las Vegas Nights – Música de Louis Alter; Letra de Frank Loesser "Be Honest With Me" de Ridin' on a Rainbow – Música e letra de Gene Autry e Fred Rose "Chattanooga Choo Choo" de Sun Valley Serenade – Música de Harry Warren; Letra de Mack Gordon "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" de You'll Never Get Rich – Música e letra de Cole Porter; That Hamilton Woman – Jack Whitney, General Service Sound Department Appointment for Love – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department Bóla de fogo – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department Cidadán Kane – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Que verde era o meu val – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department Sergeant York – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department Skylark – Loren Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department The Chocolate Soldier – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department The Devil Pays Off – Charles Lootens, Republic Studio Sound Department The Men in Her Life – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Topper Returns – Elmer Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department Mellor dirección de arte, branco e negro Mellor dirección de arte, cor Que verde era o meu val – Dirección artística: Richard Day e Nathan Juran; Decorados: Thomas Little Hold Back the Dawn – Dirección artística: Hans Dreier e Robert Usher; Decorados: Sam Comer Ao caer o día – Dirección artística: Alexander Golitzen; Decorados: Richard Irvine Cidadán Kane – Dirección artística: Perry Ferguson e Van Nest Polglase; Decorados: Al Fields e Darrell Silvera Ladies in Retirement – Dirección artística: Lionel Banks; Decorados: George Montgomery Sergeant York – Dirección artística: John Hughes; Decorados: Fred MacLean A loba – Dirección artística: Stephen Goosson; Decorados: Howard Bristol That Hamilton Woman – Dirección artística: Vincent Korda; Decorados: Julia Heron Sis Hopkins – N/A (nomination withdrawn) The Son of Monte Cristo – Dirección artística: John DuCasse Schulze; Decorados: Edward G. Boyle When Ladies Meet – Dirección artística: Cedric Gibbons e Randall Duell; Decorados: Edwin B. Willis The Flame of New Orleans – Dirección artística: Martin Obzina e Jack Otterson; Decorados: Russell A. Gausman Blossoms in the Dust – Dirección artística: Cedric Gibbons e Urie McCleary; Decorados: Edwin B. Willis Blood and Sand – Dirección artística: Richard Day e Joseph C. Wright; Decorados: Thomas Little Louisiana Purchase – Dirección artística: Raoul Pene du Bois; Decorados: Stephen A. Seymour Mellor fotografía, branco e negro Mellor fotografía, cor Que verde era o meu val – Arthur C. Miller Cidadán Kane – Gregg Toland Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Joseph Walker Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Joseph Ruttenberg Hold Back the Dawn – Leo Tover Sergeant York – Sol Polito Sun Valley Serenade – Edward Cronjager Ao caer o día – Charles Lang That Hamilton Woman – Rudolph Maté The Chocolate Soldier – Karl Freund Blood and Sand – Ernest Palmer e Ray Rennahan Aloma of the South Seas – Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss e William Snyder Billy o neno – William V. Skall e Leonard Smith Blossoms in the Dust – Karl Freund e W. Howard Greene Dive Bomber – Bert Glennon Louisiana Purchase – Harry Hallenberger e Ray Rennahan Mellor montaxe Mellores efectos especiais Sergeant York – William Holmes Cidadán Kane – Robert Wise Que verde era o meu val – James B. Clark Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Harold F. Kress A loba – Daniel Mandell I Wanted Wings – Fotografía: Farciot Edouart e Gordon Jennings; Son: Louis Mesenkop A Yank in the R.A.F. – Fotografía: Fred Sersen; Son: Edmund H. Hansen Aloma of the South Seas – Fotografía: Farciot Edouart e Gordon Jennings; Son: Louis Mesenkop Dive Bomber – Fotografía: Byron Haskin; Son: Nathan Levinson (descualificado) Flight Command – Fotografía: A. Arnold Gillespie; Son: Douglas Shearer The Invisible Woman – Fotografía: John P. Fulton; Son: John D. Hall That Hamilton Woman – Fotografía: Lawrence W. Butler; Son: William H. Wilmarth The Sea Wolf – Fotografía: Byron Haskin; Son: Nathan Levinson Topper Returns – Fotografía: Roy Seawright; Son: Elmer Raguse
Oscar honorífico Rey Scott por Kukan The British Ministry of Information por Target for Tonight Leopold Stokowski por Fantasia Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins e RCA Manufacturing Company por Fantasia
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Walt Disney
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