THE 14th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (1942)
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The 14th Academy Awards honored American film achievements in 1941 and was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel. The ceremony is now considered notable, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane failed to win Best Picture. Best Picture of the year was awarded to How Green Was My Valley, the story of Welsh coalminers in changing times. In addition, John Ford won his third Academy Award for Best Director (also for How Green Was My Valley).
Most public attention was focused on the Best Actress race between sibling rivals Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion and Olivia de Havilland for Hold Back the Dawn. Fontaine’s victory was the only time an actor won for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.
This was also the first year in which documentaries were included. The first Oscar for a documentary was awarded to Churchill's Island.
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A. Here Comes Mr. Jordan received (A) Academy Award nominations.
B. Number of Oscars Citizen Kane won -1 = (B).
C. Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (last name +4) = (C).
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D. How Green was my Valley won (D) Academy Awards.
E. The release date for Citizen Kane was May (E), 1941.
F. Best Actor nominee for Penny Serenade (last name) = (F).
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