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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 Flame of New Orleans – Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman. Hold Back the Dawn – Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer. How Green Was My Valley – Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little.
The film won Best Picture, making Selznick the first to produce two consecutive winners; its only other win was for Best Cinematography (Black and White), marking the last time to date a film would win Best Picture but not win for either directing, acting, or writing.
How Green Was My Valley also won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Black-and-White Art Direction – Interior Decoration (Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little), Black-and-White Cinematography (Arthur C. Miller), and Directing (John Ford).
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. From 1940 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color).
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Arthur Miller * Directing - John Ford
