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- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.*[BEST PICTURE]*
*ACTOR -- Bing Crosby
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Barry Fitzgerald
*DIRECTING -- Leo McCarey
*MUSIC (Song) -- "Swinging On A Star," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Paramount
*WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) -- Leo McCarey
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Frank Butler, Frank Cavett - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.[BEST PICTURE]
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leon Shamroy
*FILM EDITING -- Barbara McLean
*SOUND RECORDING -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Lamar Trotti - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph CottenTen years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Ingrid Bergman
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky - DirectorJohn CromwellEdward F. ClineTay GarnettStarsClaudette ColbertJennifer JonesJoseph CottenWith her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner - DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierRobert NewtonLeslie BanksIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies*
*SPECIAL AWARD*
To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen. - DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGene KellyLee BowmanRusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
- DirectorEdward SteichenWilliam WylerStarsRobert TaylorCharles BoyerJoseph J. ClarkAn in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- United States Navy
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsDane ClarkJanis PaigeWarren DouglasIn this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business. He claims to be a piano player and his stories are brought to life in the minds of the boys, especially those that involve a pretty girl. When a piano arrives on the island in a shipment, he refuses to play, convincing the doubters that he's been telling them lies all along. They change their tune however when a Hollywood movie star stops on the island.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton WebbA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph LaShelle
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaHarry LangTom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
- DirectorClifford OdetsStarsCary GrantEthel BarrymoreBarry FitzgeraldWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ethel Barrymore
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsSpencer TracyVan JohnsonRobert WalkerIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- DirectorLou LillyStarsSara BernerPinto ColvigHarry LangAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
- DirectorRichard BrooksLouis HaywardStarsAlexander Bonnyman Jr.John BorichMerritt A. EdsonDocumentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- United States Marine Corps
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJoan FontaineArturo de CórdovaBasil RathboneAn English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- DirectorLeopold LindtbergHermann HallerFranz SchnyderStarsJosiane HeggGermaine TournierHeinrich GretlerAmidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland but is still haunted by the terrors she has witnessed.*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Richard Schweizer
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsMickey RooneyElizabeth TaylorDonald CrispA jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Anne Revere
*FILM EDITING -- Robert J. Kern - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.*Top Rated Movies*
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsRonald ColmanMarlene DietrichJames CraigIn ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsFredric MarchAlexis SmithDonald CrispThe dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsTito GuízarVirginia BruceEdward Everett HortonA songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightFrank MorganIn this hilarious romantic comedy, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright), who was planning to give her up for adoption.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsGinger RogersRay MillandWarner BaxterLiza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsPaul LukasMady ChristiansMorris CarnovskyUS art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsBette DavisJohn GarfieldThe Andrews SistersTwo soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetJack ConwayStarsKatharine HepburnWalter HustonAline MacMahonThe lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsDick PowellLinda DarnellJack OakieA young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorFrank WoodruffStarsBelitaJames EllisonWalter CatlettBelita is a refugee during WWII, working in a hotel. She stumbles into the room of a dancer seeking a new partner. She just happens to be a pro, and she skates too.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisEdgar G. UlmerStarsBenny FieldsGladys GeorgeAlan DinehartThe story of a singer in a minstrel show, from his career highs to the tragedies in his personal life.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsBette DavisClaude RainsWalter AbelPopular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonEdward ArnoldA widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid ButlerSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeVirginia MayoWalter BrennanA cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthyBonita GranvilleChild film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth hostels and picking crops while adult farmworkers are at war. Totally clueless about the real world, befuddled Jane is embroiled in teen-romance complications while Mother frantically searches. Will her stardom help or hinder her new friends? W.C. Fields does a short act with Bergen and McCarthy.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsDanny KayeDana AndrewsDinah ShoreHypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsFrancis LedererSigrid GurieJ. Edward BrombergA concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Germans during the war for playing a banned song. He journeys to the island of Guadelupe to try to regain his memory and his health.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsGary GrayThird of the seven Academy Award® nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject and the second based on a story by Dr. Seuss. Marco, a young boy re-imagines progressively more elaborate scenes on Mulberry Street.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlexander HammidStarsArturo ToscaniniJan PeerceKnox ManningConductor Arturo Toscanini is shown at his home in New York City and leading tenor Jan Peerce and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations" and "Overture to 'La Forza del Destino.'"Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd ThorgersenNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsLynn BariAkim TamiroffFrancis LedererA rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDeanna DurbinGene KellyRichard WhorfA young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsBoris KarloffSusanna FosterTurhan BeyA demented physician becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice sounds similar to his late mistress.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsGregory PeckTamara ToumanovaAlan ReedA heroic guerrilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsJohn WayneSusan HaywardDennis O'KeefeDuring WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsHarry LangGrace StaffordLionel StanderAn alley cat attempts to steal the goldfish Andy Panda just bought from a pet shop, but the fish proves too clever for him.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandJohn RawlinsStarsGeorge RaftVera ZorinaGrace McDonaldDuring World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenElla RainesRaymond WalburnWoodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsWilliam BendixSusan HaywardJohn LoderDuring the 1940s, social class conflict is depicted when a spoiled socialite, traveling on a freighter, calls the ship's head stoker a hairy ape, provoking him into stalking the rich woman once ashore in New York.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsWalter BrennanJeanne CrainLon McCallisterA lad with a penchant for trouble is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Indiana. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young filly that he plans to race make life bearable. He also finds romance with tomboyish Char who shares his love for horses.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsFrank BullPinto ColvigJack KinneyTaking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsMonty WoolleyJune HaverDick HaymesA tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorGjon MiliStarsLester YoungGeorge 'Red' CallenderHarry EdisonCreated under the guidance of jazz impresario and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this short captures the spontaneity of a jam session and is one of few film records of black jazzers of the day including tenor sax legend Lester Young.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsRobert HuttonEdward ArnoldAnn HardingJanie is a scatterbrained, high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an Army camp just outside town. Janie and her bobby-soxer friends have their hearts set aflutter by the prospect of so many young soldiers residing nearby. Which fella will they choose? But if Janie's family has a say in the matter.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsNelson EddyCharles CoburnConstance DowlingIt's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant. While Brom is in prison, old "Peg-Leg" goes on the make for Brom's sweetheart. But, when "Peg-Leg" is forced to release Brom... Watch-out.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRay CollinsJohn NesbittHenry O'NeillThis patriotic MGM short film, set in World War II, has a factory owner who produces the breech block for a key piece of army artillery. The military wants to increase production by 50%, but they can barely meet their production targets as it is. Going to a third shift in the plant will need manpower, 500 in total, that is sorely missing due to the number of men in the military. The film then looks at the town's Main Street seeing where the workforce might come from. Their brainstorming identifies 220 men, but then one of them comes up with the solution: if everyone worked just a bit harder and contributed just a bit more, the war will be won. The fictional factory found its workers, mostly women who hadn't previously worked, and others who already had a full-time job but also worked part-time at the plant.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald O'ConnorPeggy RyanJack OakieThe Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWill JasonStarsPete SmithWilliam BaileyMargaret BertA humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsAnne ShirleyDennis DayPhillip TerryFrankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorEddie DonnellyAn animated WWII propaganda short film that shows, in fantastical comedic fashion, what every US soldier (or "Jonny") can come to expect on their victorious return home to the USA.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorSlavko VorkapichStarsTom ChalmersThis documentary short portrays WWII refugees from Europe obtaining citizenship and adapting to the United States of America during wartime.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsMarsha HuntAlexander KnoxHenry TraversThe career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsLouis AdlonRand BrooksFrederic BrunnA downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsPat O'BrienCarole LandisChester MorrisA U.S. effort to root out German saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsEleanor PowellDennis O'KeefeC. Aubrey SmithFather and son press agents fail to see things eye to eye, in the final screen appearance of comedian W.C. Fields.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsSpencer TracySigne HassoHume CronynIn 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsAdolphe MenjouGeorge MurphyFrank SinatraGordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen Russell, whose dramatic play he thinks Miller is producing, arrives. But it turns out Russell can sing like Sinatra, and Miller has leading lady Christine turn on the charm. Can Miller's crazed machinations save the show?Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperLaraine DaySigne HassoWhen the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsAnne BaxterThomas MitchellSelena RoyleThe lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsLinda DarnellGeorge SandersAnna LeeIn this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsBenny GoodmanBenny Goodman and His OrchestraLinda DarnellAfter their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, Tony Birch, steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother, Johnny Birch, play the trombone. Goodman offers him a job, over Popsie's protest, with the band. Aboard the train, Johnny accidentally enters the compartment of the band's singer, Pat Sterling, and gets his face slapped. At the military camp, which turns out to be a boy's military academy (which accounts for juvenile players such as Dickie Moore and Harry McKin running around with such titles as General and Major), Goodman finds a real audience in the jive-mad, jitterbug kids. Masquerading as a sweet, 16-year-old girl friend of one of the cadets who is, in reality, her nephew, Trudy Wilson meets her old friend Goodman who introduces her to Johnny, whose music she admired. However, Johnny brushes her off, thinking she is just a kid. Months later, while practicing for their opening at the exclusive Leopard Room in NYC, Johnny runs into Trudy, and is furious that she has followed him to New York. Pat tells Johnny that Trudy is the débutante daughter of Norman Wilson, who runs the symphony association. Johnny decides she is out of his league but they fall for each other when he invites her to a jam session. At a swank party at Trudy's house, where Goodman plays the Mozart Quintet, one of the snobbish guests makes a remark when Johnny's brother Tony, sister Helen and his mother suddenly appear. A brawl ensues and Johnny, feeling he has disgraced himself in front of Trudy, flings his resignation at Goodman and stalks out. Pat's manager gets her to break with Goodman, sets up Johnny as a name band, and hires the Goodman band to join.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerPorky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsVan JohnsonJune AllysonGloria DeHavenMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirerNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsRay MillandRuth HusseyDonald CrispA composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMarjorie ReynoldsDennis O'KeefeGail PatrickNewly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsIrene DunneAlan MarshalRoddy McDowallSusan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDon AmecheDana AndrewsWilliam EytheIn WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGregory PeckThomas MitchellVincent PriceA young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsRandolph ScottGypsy Rose LeeDinah ShoreIn the Yukon mining town of Malemute, saloon owner John Calhoun and an assortment of shady characters are after the bags of gold dust the miners deposit in the new bank managed by Calhoun himself.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorFrank RyanStarsDeanna DurbinRobert PaigeAkim TamiroffA senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorNorman FergusonClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAurora MirandaCarmen MolinaDora LuzDonald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsHedy LamarrGeorge BrentPaul LukasIn 1903, a doctor suspects murder in the gothic Bederaux family.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn BrahmJohn CromwellAndré De TothStarsAnne BaxterRalph BellamyAline MacMahonA young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBing CrosbyBetty HuttonSonny TuftsShow business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsMargaret O'BrienJosé IturbiJune AllysonSix year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsMarjorie ReynoldsCharles RugglesFay BainterRuggles isn't providing enough money to have his family live well. His wife takes over and goes to work.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettRaymond MasseyWhen a conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsStanley WrayRobert MorganJames A. VerinisA documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJack CarsonJohn FordEddie FosterA training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
- DirectorJohn BoultingRoy BoultingFrank CapraStarsLeo GennBurgess MeredithBernard MilesDocumentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsClyde TurnerCarlton MossWilliam BroadusDocumentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDoris MerrickDuring World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsMarika RökkWolfgang LukschyWalter MüllerA revue star escapes her exhausting theatre life. By train she travels to the mountains. Alone in the wilderness and dressed only in her fur coat, she is rescued by two engineers.
- DirectorDel LordStarsJoan DavisBob CrosbyJane FrazeeAmiable, wisecracking piano teacher Polly becomes involved with some shady music publishers. She also happens to be infatuated with her music-loving dentist Henry, who is not quite as romantically inclined as she is. Polly manages to ensnare her roommate Eileen, Eileen's fiance Jimmy, and Henry in some shenanigans involving the rights to the song "Kansas City Kitty." The comedy is mixed with several up-tempo novelty tunes from the Big-Band era.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky.
- DirectorBasil DeardenAlberto CavalcantiStarsMervyn JohnsGlynis JohnsTom WallsA group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
- DirectorAlf SjöbergStarsStig JärrelAlf KjellinMai ZetterlingAn idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallWalter BrennanDuring World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.