Rich Picks
19411943

Awards & Top Films

1942

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1942 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1942

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1942.

Film

Live-Action Feature

In Which We Serve
OscarNBR
Mrs. Miniver
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Oscar
49th Parallel
Producer: Michael Powell
Oscar
Kings Row
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Oscar
Random Harvest
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Oscar
The Magnificent Ambersons
Producers: Orson Welles and RKO Radio
Oscar
The Pied Piper
Producer: Nunnally Johnson
Oscar
The Pride of the Yankees
Producers: Samuel Goldwyn and RKO Radio
Oscar
The Talk of the Town
Producer: George Stevens
Oscar
Wake Island
Producer: Joseph Sistrom
Oscar
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Producers: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, and William Cagney
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Sam Wood
Kings Row
Oscar
Mervyn LeRoy
Random Harvest
Oscar
John Farrow
Wake Island
Oscar
Michael Curtiz
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Oscar

Editing

Daniel Mandell
The Pride of the Yankees
Oscar
Harold F. Kress
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Otto Meyer
The Talk of the Town
Oscar
Walter A. Thompson
This Above All
Oscar
George Amy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Oscar
Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Ronald Colman
Random Harvest
Oscar
Monty Woolley
The Pied Piper
Oscar
Gary Cooper
The Pride of the Yankees
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Rosalind Russell
My Sister Eileen
Oscar
Bette Davis
Now, Voyager
Oscar
Teresa Wright
The Pride of the Yankees
Oscar
Katharine Hepburn
Woman of the Year
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Van Heflin
Johnny Eager
Oscar
Henry Travers
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Frank Morgan
Tortilla Flat
Oscar
William Bendix
Wake Island
Oscar
Walter Huston
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Teresa Wright
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Dame May Whitty
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Gladys Cooper
Now, Voyager
Oscar
Susan Peters
Random Harvest
Oscar
Agnes Moorehead
The Magnificent Ambersons
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin
Woman of the Year
Oscar
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Oscar
Don Hartman and Frank Butler
Road to Morocco
Oscar
George Oppenheimer
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Oscar
Frank Butler and W. R. Burnett
Wake Island
Oscar

Visual

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy
Black Swan
Oscar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene, and Milton Krasner
Arabian Nights
Oscar
Sol Polito
Captains of the Clouds
Oscar
James Wong Howe
Kings Row
Oscar
Charles G. Clarke
Moontide
Oscar
William V. Skall and Victor Milner
Reap the Wild Wind
Oscar
John J. Mescall
Take a Letter, Darling
Oscar
Leon Shamroy
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Oscar
W. Howard Greene
The Jungle Book
Oscar
Stanley Cortez
The Magnificent Ambersons
Oscar
Edward Cronjager
The Pied Piper
Oscar
Rudolph Maté
The Pride of the Yankees
Oscar
Ted Tetzlaff
The Talk of the Town
Oscar
Arthur C. Miller
This Above All
Oscar

Art Direction

Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
My Gal Sal
Production design: Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
This Above All
Production design: Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb, Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, and Jack Otterson
Arabian Nights
Production design: Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb, Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, and Jack Otterson
Oscar
Art Direction: Ted Smith and Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Captains of the Clouds
Production design: Art Direction: Ted Smith and Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Oscar
Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk, and Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
George Washington Slept Here
Production design: Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk, and Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Randall Duell, and Jack D. Moore
Random Harvest
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Randall Duell, and Jack D. Moore
Oscar
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, and Interior Decoration: George Sawley
Reap the Wild Wind
Production design: Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, and Interior Decoration: George Sawley
Oscar
Art Direction: Ralph Berger and Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
Silver Queen
Production design: Art Direction: Ralph Berger and Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
Oscar
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Roland Anderson
Take a Letter, Darling
Production design: Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Roland Anderson
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Julia Heron and Art Direction: Vincent Korda
The Jungle Book
Production design: Interior Decoration: Julia Heron and Art Direction: Vincent Korda
Oscar
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Interior Decoration: Al Fields, and Darrell Silvera
The Magnificent Ambersons
Production design: Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Interior Decoration: Al Fields, and Darrell Silvera
Oscar
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
The Pride of the Yankees
Production design: Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Oscar
Art Direction and Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
The Shanghai Gesture
Production design: Art Direction and Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, John B. Goodman, Art Direction: Jack Otterson, and Edward R. Robinson
The Spoilers
Production design: Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, John B. Goodman, Art Direction: Jack Otterson, and Edward R. Robinson
Oscar
Rudolph Sternad, Art Direction: Lionel Banks, and Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
The Talk of the Town
Production design: Rudolph Sternad, Art Direction: Lionel Banks, and Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
Oscar

Effects

Gordon Jennings, Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart, William Pereira, and Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop
Reap the Wild Wind
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen, Sound Effects: Roger Heman, Sr., and George Leverett
Black Swan
Oscar
Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson and Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin
Desperate Journey
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Howard Lydecker and Sound Effects: Daniel J. Bloomberg
Flying Tigers
Oscar
Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton and Sound Effects: Bernard B. Brown
Invisible Agent
Oscar
Warren Newcombe, Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, and Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
Mrs. Miniver
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Ronald Neame and Sound Effects: C. C. Stevens
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Oscar
Sidney Franklin
Sidney Franklin
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler and Sound Effects: William H. Wilmarth
The Jungle Book
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Vernon L. Walker and Sound Effects: James G. Stewart
The Navy Comes Through
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger, and Sound Effects: Thomas T. Moulton
The Pride of the Yankees
Oscar