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The Black Swan is a 1942 American swashbuckler Technicolor film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara. [3] [4] It was based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. Leon Shamroy won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. This was the final film of silent film star Helene Costello.
The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on March 4, 1943, honoring the films of 1942. [1] The ceremony is most famous for the speech by Greer Garson; accepting the award for Best Actress, Garson spoke for nearly six minutes, considered to be the longest Oscars acceptance speech.
Fontaine won, becoming the only acting winner from a film directed by Hitchcock. The Little Foxes set a record by receiving nine nominations without winning a single Oscar; this mark was matched by Peyton Place in 1957, and exceeded by The Turning Point and The Color Purple, both of which received 11 nominations without a win.
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the ...
The film was lauded by the critics, and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture. [59] Both O'Hara and co-star Walter Pidgeon , who played the minister, were praised for their performances, with Variety writing that "Maureen O'Hara splendid as the object of his unrequited love, who marries the mine owner's son ...
The Black Swan: Leon Shamroy: Arabian Nights: Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene: Captains of the Clouds: Sol Polito: Jungle Book: W. Howard Greene: Reap the Wild Wind: Victor Milner and William V. Skall: To the Shores of Tripoli: Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall: 1943: Black-and-White: The Song of Bernadette: Arthur C ...
Competitive Academy Awards are separated from non-competitive Awards; as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the number of competitive wins. Films that were nominated, but had the nomination taken away for any reason are listed here, but without counting the nomination.
December 7th: The Movie: John Ford, Gregg Toland: Walter Huston, Dana Andrews: Propaganda film: Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject: The News Parade of the Year 1942: Eugene W. Castle: Short documentary: Prelude to War: Frank Capra: Documentary: The first of Capra's Why We Fight film series Sex Hygiene: Otto Brower, John Ford: George ...