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Art Direction (Black-and-White) - John Otterson Special Effects - Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis
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.
Blood and Sand – Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little Blossoms in the Dust – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
The 13th Academy Awards were held on February 27, 1941, to honor films released in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep the names of the winners secret. The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to count the ballots, after voting results in 1939 were leaked by the Los Angeles Times.
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).
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).
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
