14th Academy Awards

The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and were held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was briefly cancelled due to the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
The ceremony is now considered notable as the year in which Citizen Kane failed to win Best Picture, losing to John Ford's How Green Was My Valley. Later regarded as the greatest film ever made, Citizen Kane was nominated for nine awards but won only one, for Best Original Screenplay.
John Ford won his third Best Director award for How Green Was My Valley, becoming the second to do so, and the first to win the award in consecutive years.
Much public attention was focused on the Best Actress race between sibling rivals Joan Fontaine, for Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion, and Olivia de Havilland, for Hold Back the Dawn. Fontaine won, becoming the only acting winner from a film directed by Hitchcock.
The Little Foxes set a record by receiving nine nominations without winning a single Oscar; this mark was matched by Peyton Place in 1957, and exceeded by The [Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point] and The [Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple], both of which received 11 nominations without a win.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominations were announced on February 6, 1942. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special Awards

To Rey Scott for his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions.
To The British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, Target for Tonight.
To Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form.
To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Walt Disney

Multiple nominations and awards

Nominations	Film
11	Sergeant York
10	How Green Was My Valley
9	Citizen Kane
9	The Little Foxes
7	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
6	Hold Back the Dawn
4	Ball of Fire
4	Blossoms in the Dust
4	That Hamilton Woman
3	The Chocolate Soldier
3	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
3	The Maltese Falcon
3	Sun Valley Serenade
3	Sundown
3	Suspicion
2	All-American Co-Ed
2	The [Devil and Daniel Webster (film)\|All That Money Can Buy]
2	Aloma of the South Seas
2	Blood and Sand
2	Buck Privates
2	The Devil and Miss Jones
2	Dumbo
2	Ladies in Retirement
2	Louisiana Purchase
2	Topper Returns
2	You'll Never Get Rich

Awards	Film
5	How Green Was My Valley
2	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
2	Sergeant York

Ceremony information

This year marked the debut of the Academy Award for [Best Documentary Feature] as Special Awards. From the next ceremony it will be awarded competitively each year, with the exception of 1946.
Judy Garland sang the unofficial national anthem of the United States at the time, "My Country 'Tis of Thee".
Bette Davis had sought to open the ceremony to the public for the benefit of the American Red Cross, but was turned down and she ended up resigning from her post as President of AMPAS over this.
A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio.