Gary Cooper, left, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor and Donald Crisp, in army uniform, pose backstage at the 1941 Academy Awards presented at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Ca., February 26, 1942. Cooper won best actor in “Sergeant York”; Fontaine won best actress in “Suspicion”; Astor won best supporting actress in “The Great Lie”; and Crisp won best supporting actor in “How Green Was My Valley”. (Photo by AP Photo)
