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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.[*BEST PICTURE*] *Top Rated Movies*
*DIRECTING -- Michael Curtiz
*OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa WrightA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.[*BEST PICTURE*]
*ACTRESS -- Greer Garson
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Teresa Wright
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
*DIRECTING -- William Wyler
*OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Arthur Wimperis, - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTOR -- James Cagney
*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
*SOUND RECORDING -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director - DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightBabe RuthThe story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.[BEST PICTURE]
*FILM EDITING -- Daniel Mandell - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRonald ColmanGreer GarsonPhilip DornAn amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJean ArthurRonald ColmanAn escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBrian DonlevyRobert PrestonMacdonald CareyDecember, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorSam WoodStarsAnn SheridanRobert CummingsRonald ReaganThe dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars. - DirectorIrving PichelStarsMonty WoolleyRoddy McDowallAnne BaxterWhile traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars. - DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHenry FondaDana AndrewsMary Beth HughesWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 1 Oscar. - DirectorNoël CowardStarsNoël CowardJohn MillsBernard MilesThis "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.[BEST PICTURE]
*SPECIAL AWARD
To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve. - DirectorLewis SeilerStarsHewitt T. WhelessRonald ReaganFranklin D. RooseveltThis short film in support of the war effort dramatizes the training and missions of Army Air Forces Captain Hewett T. Wheless, a former Texas ranch hand who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the early days of WWII.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Warner Bros.
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsWalter HustonVictor Bulwer-LyttonKai-Shek ChiangThe official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.*DOCUMENTARY -- United States Army Special Services
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellLogan RamseyThe Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.*DOCUMENTARY -- United States Navy
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraLaird CregarAn ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leon Shamroy
- DirectorJack KinneyBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigCharles JudelsBilly BletcherDonald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.*MUSIC (Song) -- "White Christmas," Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
- StarsPeter BathurstDamien ParerCameraman Damien Parer has just returned from the front in New Guinea, where he's documented Australian troops in action. He explains this to us in a prolog. We then see air drops of supplies, wounded men being carried on stretchers by native porters, and men leaving camp to go to the front. There's a tiny bit of possibly staged combat footage. A narrator explains that the Japanese soldiers are expert at disguise, and how important support from the home front is.Won 1 Oscar.
*DOCUMENTARY -- Australian News & Information Bureau - DirectorIlya KopalinLeonid VarlamovStarsN. DubravinEdward G. RobinsonJoseph StalinA number of frontline cameramen shot the footage used in this documentary of the Battle of Moscow, between October 1941 and January 1942,in which a people's war against the German invaders, whose atrocities are shown in graphic detail, is begun, with echoes of traditional Russian heroism and an appeal to save the country's religious and cultural monuments.Won 1 Oscar.
*DOCUMENTARY -- Artkino - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsRita HayworthVictor MatureJohn SuttonAt the end of the 19th century, the young Indiana boy Paul Dresser left his hometown for a long adventure that would eventually place him at the pinnacle of American music as a songwriter.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 1 Oscar.
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Alfred Newman - DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude RainsA frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 2 Oscars.
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner
ACTRESS -- Bette Davis
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Gladys Cooper - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsRay MillandJohn WaynePaulette GoddardFlorida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.Won 1 Oscar. | Nominated for 2 Oscars.
*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Victor Milner, William V. Skall - DirectorRobert CarlisleJerry FairbanksStarsKen CarpenterGayne WhitmanSara BernerWon 1 Oscar.
*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Paramount - DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsTyrone PowerJoan FontaineThomas MitchellAlthough she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnFay BainterRival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsJon HallMaria MontezSabuThe caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJohn WayneJohn CarrollAnna LeeCapt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsMarjorie WoodworthGeorge GivotWilliam MarshallA man fleeing from a divorce and alimony payments gets a job as a tour guide for five wealthy young women, one of whom is looking to bag a Latin singer she believes is in love with.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsSabuJoseph CalleiaJohn QualenA boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsGodfrey TearleEric PortmanHugh WilliamsDuring a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsGeorge BrentPriscilla LaneBruce CabotA well-known and confident young woman from the Barbary Coast decides to give up her chance at love in order to succeed in card games.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsRosalind RussellFred MacMurrayMacdonald CareyA struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsFred AstaireRita HayworthAdolphe MenjouIn Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorMannie DavisWhen war is announced, all the forest animals, birds and bugs go into manufacturing of armaments, helmets and the like, with an annoying jingle about the country's instruction to step up production musically repeated.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJo GrahamStarsKay FrancisWalter HustonGloria WarrenAfter many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. There he befriends his daughter Victoria, who doesn't recognize him, and encourages her musical abilities.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- StarsWalter HustonFollows the crew of a Mitchell bomber from the 2nd BG as they fight submarines.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJack KuhneNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnRonald ReaganNancy ColemanWhen the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDonald DouglasGloria HoldenBarry NelsonThis MGM short, part of the Crime does not Pay series, focuses on industrial sabotage during wartime. After a valuable shipment of manganese is blown up at a plant, the FBI try to find out how information on the manganese shipment was found out. They get a lead on one of the plotters, Beulah Anderson, who as a waitress in a café gets to pick up all kinds of scuttlebutt from the innocent but loose talking clients. Once they figure out how she is sending the information she gathers, the FBI sets a trap. The moral of the story is: Don't Talk!Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJudy GarlandGeorge MurphyGene KellyTwo vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsCharles WinningerCharles RugglesJames CraigDuring World War I, two German friends who emigrated to the US and became millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has taken the US side against Germany regarding the war, while the other stays stubbornly loyal to "the old country". His inflexibility results in tragedy for his old friend and a lesson in the consequences of blind loyalty.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJack BennyAnn SheridanCharles CoburnWhen Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRoger BarlowStarsCanada LeeDocumentary short film dramatizing the efforts of a black farmer and his family to help the American war effort by increasing production.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRaymond SpottiswoodeStarsPhil BrownAn Oscar-nominated film describing migration among birds in North America emphasizing the international character of many of the flights of different species.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn FernhoutIn the aftermath of the Allied defeat in the battle for Java, after which the island fell into Japanese hands, this propaganda film made for American audiences shows what has been lost.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsFredric MarchVeronica LakeRobert BenchleyA beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- StarsKai-Shek ChiangLorne GreeneHirohitoAn Oscar-nominated war-time propaganda film on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. It followed the government of Chiang Kai-shek as their society changed and they fight back against the now-common enemy (to the US), Japan.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsIlona MasseyJon HallPeter LorreThe Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWill PriceStarsHenry FondaMae MarshWartime documentary propagandizing for greater participation in the U.S. war effort during the Second World War.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsMichèle MorganPaul HenreidThomas MitchellAn RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers reach Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest is injured; his wounds need treating and he must stay hidden. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsJane WithersHenry WilcoxonJack BoyleAn arrogant young actress doesn't want to play "young" parts anymore, and runs off. The studio replaces her with the president of her fan club, who just happens to be a lookalike. Meanwhile, some other former child actors, trying to put on a show for the GIs, will be able to do it only if they can get the young actress to be in it, so they set out to persuade her to be in their show--not knowing that she's isn't who they think she is.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancZedra CondeA mouse, sleeping in the Zowie Cafe, has his sleep disturbed by the jukebox. He crawls into the machine, but the mechanism flings him out the coin return. The mouse lands in a glass of Zowie beverage, which he happily drinks. Bottles tip over, releasing the spirits (both alcoholic and ghostly) within. The ghosts form a band, at first just playing rhythm (with peanuts as maracas). Turtles in the cafe's fountain start dancing. A lobster on a plate does a 'Carmen Miranda' impression. The figures on a lamp dance around the shade. A cactus dances with the mouse. The mouse hits the floor, knocking several mouse ghosts loose; they form a conga line, leading to the mouse's bed, where he falls back to sleep.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsEdmund LoweLucile FairbanksWilliam HenryA neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStewart McAllisterStarsLeonard BrockingtonJoseph MacleodBud FlanaganA depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- A profile of the more than 2,000 Belgian refugees in the fishing port of Brixham.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHerbert PolesieStarsPete SmithR.E. 'Dick' HanleyCharles HorvathA look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGeorge MurphyAnne ShirleyWilliam GarganJoe Jonathan tries to keep his business on the level after some shady dealings but will his cronies let him?Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJohn NesbittKai-Shek ChiangAdolf HitlerFollowing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage war against the U.S. Using animation, the first part of this film dispels these rumors by showing that the U.S. had more raw materials and more fighting ships. The narrator also cautions moviegoers against spreading rumors (which are often initiated by enemy infiltrators to create fear and dissention) and believing everything they read in the newspapers. Just because "they say" something, that doesn't make it true.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRonald ReaganLaraine DayCharles WinningerDocumentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorArchie MayoFritz LangStarsJean GabinIda LupinoThomas MitchellIn California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsRosalind RussellBrian AherneJanet BlairTwo sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsPat O'BrienGeorge MurphyJane WyattA U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonBen SharpsteenStarsCliff EdwardsClarence NashFred ShieldsAnimated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGinger RogersCary GrantWalter SlezakIn Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsGeorge MontgomeryAnn RutherfordGlenn Miller and His OrchestraConnie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam H. PineStarsHenry WallaceVice-President narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHarry W. SmithNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsKnox ManningThis Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsMarlene DietrichRandolph ScottJohn WayneIn Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGeorge MontgomeryMaureen O'HaraJohn SuttonIn the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that trained officers for the American Revolutionary War.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCarole LombardJack BennyRobert StackDuring the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsJohn PayneMaureen O'HaraRandolph ScottLife at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyHedy LamarrJohn GarfieldDanny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRex IngramVictor JoryA carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHarry WattNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsUnited States Marine BandWilliam F. SantelmannThomas HolcombVarious configurations of the United States Marine Band, including marching band, choir, and symphony orchestra, perform patriotic songs on the National Mall. The performances are intercut with footage of the Marine Corps in training.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdward ArnoldFay BainterRichard NeyA Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilliam H. PineNominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorOwen CrumpJohn HustonStarsJames StewartJean AmesLeah BairdInspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJohn HubbardRuth TerryMartha O'DriscollGerald Payne, a psychology professor at Cotchatootamee College, irritates the students with a teaching experiment in which all students are referred to as numbers. Payne's system, which attempts to prevent favoritism, requires much hard work and restricts dating, and so the students decide to ruin Payne by creating a false student. They pool their papers and soon their creation, number 79, has won all the academic awards for the semester. Number 79, whom the students have named Patty Flynn, is to receive an award at a school assembly, and the co-eds, led by Sally Carlyle, are chuckling over their victory when they are overheard by Payne's secretary, Agatha Frost. Agatha, who is known as Frosty, tells the girls that Payne will be fired and they will be expelled if their scheme is revealed, and so Sally calls New York, where fellow student Bingo Brown is picking up orchestrations for the music he composed for the upcoming school show. After Sally tells Bingo to hire someone to play Patty, he approaches would-be singer Betty Reilly. At first Patty refuses his proposal, despite his assertion that she could be discovered by Broadway producer Max Hillman, who will be at the school show. Betty changes her mind, however, when her bumbling brother Eddie and his pal, Nick Cramer, reveal that they "borrowed" a race horse, entered it in a race in her name and are now wanted by the police. Betty goes to the college to hide out and arrives at the assembly just in time to collect the award for Patty Flynn. Payne is astonished by Betty's slang-filled speech, and in order to substantiate the charade, Betty convinces him that overwork due to his experimental system has caused her to have a nervous breakdown. She further convinces him that only relaxing his edicts about dating will prevent the other students from suffering a similar fate. Betty arranges for Payne to escort Sally to an upcoming dance, and after he kisses Sally during a rehearsal for the show, they realize that they are in love. Eddie's arrival ruins everything, however, for when he is picked up by the police, he is taken to Payne, to whom he reveals Betty's true identity. Furious about the deception but wanting to protect the kids, Payne resigns without telling Dean Andrew Wharton about their scheme. Payne then breaks up with Sally and castigates the students for their interference. He also tells them that they must stay in college rather than rush to join the military and fight in the war, for gaining knowledge is serving their country as well. The contrite students confess to Wharton, who agrees to reinstate Payne and expel them. When Wharton forbids them to hold the show, Payne and Frosty conspire to distract him while the kids perform. Wharton hears the music, however, and is about to cancel the show when the kids' final number, "You Got to Study, Buddy," wins the approval of two visiting military officials with its theme of staying in school. Wharton signals his approval, Payne and Sally are reconciled and Betty is a success.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton LuskeStarsFred ShieldsJosé OliveiraLee BlairDisney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallA. Edward SutherlandStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeFred MacMurrayA Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsPaul MuniAnna LeeLillian GishA gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorAlbert LewinStarsGeorge SandersHerbert MarshallDoris DudleyLoosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do. He is from then on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsRobert TaylorBrian DonlevyCharles LaughtonDuring WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs arrives in the desert to find Elmer prospecting for gold. Fudd is finally driven to pull his own gold tooth.
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinYuri TarichStarsAda VoytsikOlga ZhiznevaSofiya MagarillConsists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "the Physicist", "Judicial Process", and "the Jewish Wife".
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeRobert PrestonWhen assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsLeslie BanksC.V. FranceValerie TaylorAn English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsBette DavisAnn SheridanMonty WoolleyAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardDavid NivenRosamund JohnAircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
- 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.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsPriscilla LaneRobert CummingsOtto KrugerA young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent SmithAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsClaudette ColbertJoel McCreaMary AstorA New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.