For which film did Gary Cooper win Best Actor Oscar in 1941?
Walter Brennan in Goldwyn's "The Westerner" (1940), playing the villainous Judge Roy Bean opposite Gary Cooper. William Wyler directed and the film earned Brennan another Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Goldwyn bought "Trading Post" to be a vehicle for Brennan but it was never made. Instead he supported Deanna Durbin in "Nice Girl?" (1941), then Cooper again in Frank Capra's "Meet John Doe" (1941) and Hawks' "Sergeant York" (1941). Sergeant York, which earned Brennan a fourth Oscar nomination, was an enormous hit. He could also be seen in "This Woman is Mine" (1941), as a sea captain. Brennan played the top-billed lead in
The Oscar (film) a promotional force for the film. The film features an impressive cast and crew, including several real Academy Award winners: eight-time costume design winner Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for "The Oscar"); Best Actor winners Borgnine and Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Begley, Brennan (three wins), Sinatra, and James Dunn, and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg. Also in the cast were Oberon and Parker, who had been nominated for Oscars but did not win. As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces