14th Academy Awards 14th Academy Awards The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony is now considered notable, in retrospect, as the year in which "Citizen Kane" failed to win Best Picture, which instead was awarded to John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley". Ford won his third award for Best Director, becoming the second to accomplish three wins in that category, and the first to win in consecutive years (having won for "The Grapes of Wrath" the previous year). Most public attention was focused
2nd Academy Awards the Bounty" are the others). Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double-dagger (). The following 9 films received multiple nominations: No film received multiple awards at this ceremony. This is the only year to date in which no movie won more than one Oscar. 2nd Academy Awards The 2nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. They took place on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of The Ambassador Hotel