Year book of motion pictures (1951)

********* ACADEMY AWARDS ********* Actor— Jiimes Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy) Su[)poiting Actor— Van Heflin (Johnny Eager). Supporting Actress— Teresa. W'riglU (Mrs. Miniver). Direction— Ma']. William Wyler (Mrs. Miniver). Screenplay— Arthur Wimperis, George Froescliel, James Hilton, Claudine West (Mrs. Miniver). Original Screenplay— King Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin (Woman of the Year). Original Emeric Hressburger (The In vaders). Art Direction, Black and IF/iiie— Richard Day, Joseph Wright (This .\bove -All). Art Direction, Co/oi— Richard Day, Joseph Wright (My Gal Sal). Cinematography, Black and I l/i fie— Joseph Riittenberg (Mrs. Miniver). Cinematography, Color— Leon Shamroy (The Black Swan). Sound /Recording— Nathan Levinson (Yankee Doodle Dandy). Short Subjects— Cartoon: Der Fuehrer's Face (Walt Disney); One Reel: Speaking of Animals and Their Families (ParamountFairbanks & Carlisle); The Reels: Beyond the Line of Duty (Warner Bros.). I'iliii Editing— r>anie\ Mandell (The Pride of the Yankees). Special Effects, Photographic— Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouard, William L. Pereira (Reap the Wild Wind). Special Effects, Sound — Louis Masenkop (Reap the Wild Wind). Musical Picture Score— Kay Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld (Yankee Doodle Dandy). Dramatic Picture Score— Max Steiner (Now, X'oyager). Song-— "White Christmas," music and lyrics by Irving Berlin (Holiday Inn). Documentaries — Features: Moscow Strikes Back (.Artkino-Republic), Prelude to War (U. S. .Army Special Services); Short Subjects: The Battle of Midway (U. S. Navy) Kokoda Front Line (.Australian News Information Bureau). Sf)ecial Aiuards—Char]es Boyer (for the creation of the French Research Foundation). In AVhich AVe Serve (for outstanding international foreign production); M-G-M (for production of the .Andv Hardy series which he<it reflects the .American Way of Life). Thalberg Memorial Aivard-Sldney Franklin (Mrs. Miniver and Random Harvest). 1941 Best Production— How Green AV'as Mv \'allev f20th Century-Fox). Actress— Joan Fontaine (Suspicion). vector— Gary Cooper (Sergeant York). Supporting /4c<or— Donald Crisp (How Green Was My Valley). Supporting Actress— Mary .Astor (The Great Lie). Direction— John Ford (How Green Was My Valley). Original Story— Harry Segall (Here Comes Mr. Jordan). Screenplay—Sidney Buchman, Scton I. Miller. Original Screenplay— John Mankiewicz, Orson Welles (Citizen Kane). Art Direction, Black and I F/i j ie— Richard Day, Nathan Juran (How Green Was My X'alley). Art Direction, Color— Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary (Blossoms in the Dust). Cinematography, Black and II7i!7e— .Arthur Miller (How Green Was My Valley). Cinematography, Co/or— Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan (Blood and Sand). Sound Recording— ]ack Whitney, General Service Studios (That Hamilton Woman). Short Subjects— Cartoon: Lenda Paw (Walt Disnev). One reel: Of Pups and Puzzles (M G-M); Two-reel: Main Street on the March (M-G-M). Film Editing— WiUiam Holmes (Sergeant York). Special Effects, Photograpliic—Yarciot Edouard, Gordon Jennings (I Wanted Wings). Special Effects, Sourid— Louis Mesenkop (I Wanted Wings). Musical Picture Score— Frank Churchill, 01i\er Wallace (Dumbo). Dramatic Picture Score: Bernard Herrmann. (.All That Money Can Buy). Song— "The Last Time I Saw Paris," music Jerome Kern; LyTics by Oscar Hammerstein, II (Lady Be Good). Documentaries — Two-reelers: Churchill's Island (Canadian Film Board-United Arti-ts). Features: Kukan (Reynold ScottAdventure Films) and Target for Tonight (British Information Library-Warner Bros.) Interior Decoration. Black and WItite— Thomas Little (How Green Was Mv A'alley). Interior Decoration, Color — Edivin B. Willis (Blossoms in the Dust). Thalberg Memorial Award— \\'a\t Disney. Special Awards— \Va\t Disnev. \\'illinm Garrity, John .A. Hawkins, RCA Manufacturing Co. (use of sound in Fantasia); Leopold Stowkowski and associates (unique creation of visualized music in Fantasia). 1940 Best Production— Rebecca (Selznick Interna tional-U.A). Actress— Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle). ****************************** 137