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Find out the winners and nominees of the 1941 Oscars, honoring movies released in 1940. See highlights, memorable moments and photos from the ceremony held at the Biltmore Hotel.
- Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina
- Mae West in She Done Him Wrong
- Ginger Rogers in Lady in The Dark
- Tippi Hedren in The Birds
- Bette Davis in All About Eve
- Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah
- Veronica Lake in This Gun For Hire
- Grace Kelly in Rear Window
- Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
- Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
The behind-the-scenes drama of Sabrina arguably marks one of the most tumultuous costume design fiascoes in the history of film. Sabrinacenters on the striking transformation of Audrey Hepburn’s titular character, who begins as the mousy, unnoticed daughter of a driver and ends as a well-dressed sophisticate. To thematically compliment this narrati...
Head received her big break for designing Mae West’s outrageous costumes in She Done Him Wrong. With the story set in the 1890s, West wears several gorgeous period ensembles; here, she wears sparkling, corseted gown with tree and fireflies-esque ornamentation. The statuesque gown and decadent accessories perfectly capture the grandeur of The Gay Ni...
In the dated but mesmerizing Lady in the Dark, Liza (Rogers) projects her inner fantasies, ambitions, and desires while undergoing psychoanalysis. Ginger Rogers wears her most extravagant costume for “The Saga of Jenny” Daliesque dream sequence fittingly set in a circus. (Rogers actually appears in two different dresses for the scene, one for singi...
In The Birds, Melanie (Hedren) only wears a handful of outfits, but the slim green jacket and wool dress stands out as the most eye-catching and era-defining. A chunky buckle belt, beige crocodile purse, and taupe flats completes the sharp, polished look. With striking similarities to a Chanel suit, the outfit perfectly epitomizes the modernism of ...
“Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night,”Margo (Davis) says with a devilish smile. This line — one of the most ubiquitous in all of cinema — would be incomplete without Margo’s assured, dramatic off-the-shoulder cocktail dress. Head’s original sketch entailed a square neckline and tight bodice, but the measurements were incorrectly m...
As Delilah, Hedy Lamarr wears a variety of exaggerated, opulent ensembles in Cecil DeMille’s lavish biblical epic, Samson and Delilah. Lamarr’s final costume is a revealing two-piece gown, consisting of a halter and long skirt meticulously embellished with peacock-feathers. The turquoise color, rich fabric, gloriously long cape, and luxurious acces...
Through the sensational outfits in the exhilarating film noir This Gun For Hire,Head cemented Veronica Lake’s reputation as one of Hollywood’s biggest sex symbols in the 40s. Using a monochromatic color scheme, long sleeves, and floor-length outfits, Head allowed the petite Lake, who stood at 4’11, look taller. While singing “I’ve Got You,” Lake we...
In one of the greatest character entrances in film, Kelly’s Lisa sweeps in Jeff’s (Jimmy Stewart) apartment wearing a cocktail dress with an off-the-shoulder velvet bodice and a layered organza skirt. The dress is an absolute triumph in costume design: it’s poised, perfectly proportioned, and awe-inspiring. The subtle black heels, pearl necklace, c...
While Wilder envisioned one of cinema’s most legendary femme fatale, Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck), as sleazy and cheap as possible, Edith used her costumes to imbue more ambiguity and nuance into the character. In Phyllis’ introduction, Head dresses Stanwyck in a provocative anklet, heaps of jewelry, and a dainty, ruffled shirtdress. The anklet u...
As an incognito princess, Anne (Hepburn) spends a breezy summer day in Rome with Joe(Gregory Peck) while sporting an attainable and casually sophisticated look: a white button-up blouse, a full circle skirt, and flat leather sandals. Throughout the film, Anne modifies the outfit; she adds a neck scarf, folds her sleeves, and, in a more obvious act ...
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about ...
Find out which films and performers won the Oscars in 1941, including Citizen Kane, How Green Was My Valley, and The Maltese Falcon. See the full list of nominations and awards for all categories, from Best Picture to Visual Effects.
The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and were held in February 1942. How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture, while Citizen Kane was snubbed and received only one award for Original Screenplay.
Find out who won the Oscars® in 1941, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Learn about the films, the nominees, and the historical context of the 1941 Academy Awards® ceremony.
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The 13th Academy Awards ceremony was held on February 27, 1941, to honor films released in 1940. Rebecca won Best Picture, Alfred Hitchcock directed his first American film, and Pinocchio became the first animated feature to win Oscars.
