Oscar Rewrite: 1942

 

Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver       Yankee Doodle Dandy

Best Director: William Wyler (Mrs. Miniver)  Orson Welles (The Magnificent Ambersons)

Best Actor: James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy)  Gary Cooper (Pride of the Yankees)

Best Actress: Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver)    Carole Lombard (To Be or Not To Be)

Best Supporting Actor: Van Heflin (Johnny Eager) Rudy Vallee (The Palm Beach Story)

Best Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright (Mrs. Miniver / Pride of the Yankees)

Best Original Screenplay: Woman of the Year

Best Adapted Screenplay: Mrs. Miniver  Now, Voyager

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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