The Academy Awards:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 
1939 (12th)
ACTOR
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Robert Donat -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips {"Mr. Chips"}
 
Clark Gable -- Gone with the Wind {"Rhett Butler"}
 
Laurence Olivier -- Wuthering Heights {"Heathcliff"}
 
Mickey Rooney -- Babes in Arms {"Mickey Moran"}
 
James Stewart -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {"Jefferson Smith"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 
Brian Aherne -- Juarez {"Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg"}
 
Harry Carey -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {"President of the Senate"}
 
Brian Donlevy -- Beau Geste {"Sergeant Markoff"}
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Thomas Mitchell -- Stagecoach {"Dr. Josiah Boone"}
 
Claude Rains -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {"Senator Joseph Paine"}
ACTRESS
 
Bette Davis -- Dark Victory {"Judith Traherne"}
 
Irene Dunne -- Love Affair {"Terry McKay"}
 
Greta Garbo -- Ninotchka {"Lena Yakushova (Ninotchka)"}
 
Greer Garson -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips {"Katherine Chipping"}
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Vivien Leigh -- Gone with the Wind {"Scarlett O'Hara"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 
Olivia de Havilland -- Gone with the Wind {"Melanie Hamilton"}
 
Geraldine Fitzgerald -- Wuthering Heights {"Isabella"}
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Hattie McDaniel -- Gone with the Wind {"Mammy"}
 
Edna May Oliver -- Drums along the Mohawk {"Sarah McKlennar"}
 
Maria Ouspenskaya -- Love Affair {"Grandmother, Mme. Marnay"}
ART DIRECTION
 
Beau Geste -- Hans Dreier, Robert Odell
 
Captain Fury -- Charles D. Hall
 
First Love -- Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina
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Gone with the Wind -- Lyle Wheeler
 
Love Affair -- Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman
 
Man of Conquest -- John Victor Mackay
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Lionel Banks
 
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- Anton Grot
 
The Rains Came -- William Darling, George Dudley
 
Stagecoach -- Alexander Toluboff
 
The Wizard of Oz -- Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning
 
Wuthering Heights -- James Basevi
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
 
First Love -- Joseph Valentine
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
The Great Victor Herbert -- Victor Milner
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Gunga Din -- Joseph H. August
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Intermezzo -- Gregg Toland
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Juarez -- Tony Gaudio
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Lady of the Tropics -- George Folsey
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Of Mice and Men -- Norbert Brodine
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Only Angels Have Wings -- Joseph Walker
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
The Rains Came -- Arthur Miller
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.]
 
Stagecoach -- Bert Glennon
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Wuthering Heights -- Gregg Toland
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
 
Drums along the Mohawk -- Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.]
 
Four Feathers -- Georges Perinal, Osmond Borradaile
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.]
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Gone with the Wind -- Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
 
The Mikado -- William V. Skall, Bernard Knowles
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.]
 
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene
 
The Wizard of Oz -- Hal Rosson
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.]
DIRECTING
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Gone with the Wind -- Victor Fleming
 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Sam Wood
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Frank Capra
 
Stagecoach -- John Ford
 
Wuthering Heights -- William Wyler
FILM EDITING
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Gone with the Wind -- Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Charles Frend
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Gene Havlick, Al Clark
 
The Rains Came -- Barbara McLean
 
Stagecoach -- Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer
MUSIC (Original Score)
 
Dark Victory -- Max Steiner
 
Eternally Yours -- Werner Janssen
 
Golden Boy -- Victor Young
 
Gone with the Wind -- Max Steiner
 
Gulliver's Travels -- Victor Young
 
The Man in the Iron Mask -- Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
 
Man of Conquest -- Victor Young
 
Nurse Edith Cavell -- Anthony Collins
 
Of Mice and Men -- Aaron Copland
 
The Rains Came -- Alfred Newman
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The Wizard of Oz -- Herbert Stothart
 
Wuthering Heights -- Alfred Newman
MUSIC (Scoring)
 
Babes in Arms -- George E. Stoll, Roger Edens
 
First Love -- Charles Previn
 
The Great Victor Herbert -- Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
 
The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- Alfred Newman
 
Intermezzo -- Lou Forbes
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Dimitri Tiomkin
 
Of Mice and Men -- Aaron Copland
 
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
 
She Married a Cop -- Cy Feuer
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Stagecoach -- Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
 
Swanee River -- Louis Silvers
 
They Shall Have Music -- Alfred Newman
 
Way Down South -- Victor Young
MUSIC (Song)
 
"Faithful Forever" from Gulliver's Travels -- Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
 
"I Poured My Heart Into A Song" from Second Fiddle -- Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
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"Over The Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz -- Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
 
"Wishing" from Love Affair -- Music and Lyrics by Buddy de Sylva
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
 
Dark Victory -- Warner Bros.-First National
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Gone with the Wind -- Selznick International Pictures
 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Love Affair -- RKO Radio
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Columbia
 
Ninotchka -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Of Mice and Men -- Hal Roach (production company)
 
Stagecoach -- Walter Wanger (production company)
 
The Wizard of Oz -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Wuthering Heights -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)
 
Detouring America -- Warner Bros.
 
Peace on Earth -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
The Pointer -- Walt Disney, Producer
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The Ugly Duckling -- Walt Disney, Producer
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
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Busy Little Bears -- Paramount
 
Information Please -- RKO Radio
 
Prophet without Honor -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Sword Fishing -- Warner Bros.
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
 
Drunk Driving -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Five Times Five -- RKO Radio
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Sons of Liberty -- Warner Bros.
SOUND RECORDING
 
Balalaika -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
 
Gone with the Wind -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Denham Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
 
The Great Victor Herbert -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
 
The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
 
Man of Conquest -- Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
 
Of Mice and Men -- Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
 
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
 
The Rains Came -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
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When Tomorrow Comes -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
SPECIAL EFFECTS
 
Gone with the Wind -- John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns
 
Only Angels Have Wings -- Roy Davidson, Edwin C. Hahn
 
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
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The Rains Came -- Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen
 
Topper Takes a Trip -- Roy Seawright
 
Union Pacific -- Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren Ryder
 
The Wizard of Oz -- A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
WRITING (Original Story)
 
Bachelor Mother -- Felix Jackson
 
Love Affair -- Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Lewis R. Foster
 
Ninotchka -- Melchior Lengyel
 
Young Mr. Lincoln -- Lamar Trotti
WRITING (Screenplay)
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Gone with the Wind -- Sidney Howard
 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz
 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Sidney Buchman
 
Ninotchka -- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
 
Wuthering Heights -- Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
SPECIAL AWARD
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IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
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David O. Selznick
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
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