Best Sound, 1942

Awards presented March 4, 1943

The nominees were ... 


And the Oscar went to ... 
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

Levinson, left, with the Oscar presented him by Y. Frank Freeman


This was the only competitive Oscar win for Levinson, who was a pioneer in the Warner Bros. efforts to bring sound to motion pictures. He was nominated seventeen times for sound and seven times for special effects. He also received an honorary award at the 1940 Oscar ceremony and two technical achievement awards, 

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