The nominees were ...
(Cartoon)
- And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, George Pal, producer
- Dog, Cat and Canary, Screen Gems
- Fish Fry, Walter Lantz, producer
- How to Play Football, Walt Disney, producer
- Mouse Trouble, Frederick C. Quimby, producer
- My Boy Johnny, Paul Terry, producer
- Swooner Crooner, Warner Bros.
- Blue Grass Gentlemen, Edmund Reek, producer
- Jammin' the Blues, Gordon Hollingshead, producer
- Movie Pests, Pete Smith, producer
- Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures, Ralph Staub, producer
- Who's Who in Animal Land, Jerry Fairbanks, producer
- Bombalera, Louis Harris, producer
- I Won't Play, Gordon Hollingshead, producer
- Main Street Today, Jerry Bresler, producer; Herbert Moulton, associate producer
And the Oscar went to ...
(Cartoon)
The usual Tom and Jerry mayhem, in which Tom gets a "How to Catch a Mouse" book and follows its instructions. They backfire (literally) of course.
(One-Reel)
Who's Who in Animal Land, Jerry Fairbanks, producer.
Another in Paramount's "Speaking of Animals" series, which proved extraordinarily popular with the Academy -- Speaking of Animals and Their Families won the 1942 Oscar. The only portion of it that seems to survive today is a version of "Cow Cow Boogie" sung by real cows.
Another in Paramount's "Speaking of Animals" series, which proved extraordinarily popular with the Academy -- Speaking of Animals and Their Families won the 1942 Oscar. The only portion of it that seems to survive today is a version of "Cow Cow Boogie" sung by real cows.
(Two-Reel)
I Won't Play, Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Dane Clark plays a marine on a South Sea island whose tall tales about his exploits among Hollywood celebrities earn him a reputation as a liar, until a real star (Janis Paige) appears on a tour and sets the record straight. This was the first of five Oscar wins for Hollingshead, who had previously won in the now-defunct assistant director category.
Dane Clark plays a marine on a South Sea island whose tall tales about his exploits among Hollywood celebrities earn him a reputation as a liar, until a real star (Janis Paige) appears on a tour and sets the record straight. This was the first of five Oscar wins for Hollingshead, who had previously won in the now-defunct assistant director category.
