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1938
1940
Awards & Top Films
1939
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1939 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1939
No top 10 rankings recorded for 1939.
Film
Live-Action Feature
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
NBR
Gone With the Wind
Producers:
David O. Selznick
and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Oscar
Dark Victory
Producer:
David Lewis
Oscar
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Producer:
Victor Saville
Oscar
Love Affair
Producer:
Leo McCarey
Oscar
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Producer:
Frank Capra
Oscar
Ninotchka
Producer:
Sidney Franklin
Oscar
Of Mice and Men
Producers:
United Artists
and
Lewis Milestone
Oscar
Stagecoach
Producer:
Walter Wanger
Oscar
The Wizard of Oz
Producer:
Mervyn LeRoy
Oscar
Wuthering Heights
Producers:
Samuel Goldwyn
and
United Artists
Oscar
Directing & Editing
Directing
Victor Fleming
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Sam Wood
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Oscar
Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oscar
John Ford
Stagecoach
Oscar
William Wyler
Wuthering Heights
Oscar
Editing
Hal C. Kern
and
James E. Newcom
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Charles Frend
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Oscar
Gene Havlick
and
Al Clark
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oscar
Dorothy Spencer
and
Otho Lovering
Stagecoach
Oscar
Barbara McLean
The Rains Came
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Oscar
Mickey Rooney
Babes in Arms
Oscar
Clark Gable
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
James Stewart
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oscar
Laurence Olivier
Wuthering Heights
Oscar
Actress in a Leading Role
Vivien Leigh
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Bette Davis
Dark Victory
Oscar
Greer Garson
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Oscar
Irene Dunne
Love Affair
Oscar
Greta Garbo
Ninotchka
Oscar
Actor in a Supporting Role
Thomas Mitchell
Stagecoach
Oscar
Brian Donlevy
Beau Geste
Oscar
Brian Aherne
Juarez
Oscar
Harry Carey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oscar
Actress in a Supporting Role
Hattie McDaniel
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Edna May Oliver
Drums Along the Mohawk
Oscar
Olivia de Havilland
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Maria Ouspenskaya
Love Affair
Oscar
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Wuthering Heights
Oscar
Visual
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
and
Ray Rennahan
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
Gregg Toland
Wuthering Heights
Oscar
Bert Glennon
Stagecoach
Oscar
W. Howard Greene
and
Sol Polito
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Oscar
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Gone With the Wind
Production design:
Lyle R. Wheeler
Oscar
Hans Dreier
and
Robert Odell
Beau Geste
Production design:
Hans Dreier
and
Robert Odell
Oscar
Charles D. Hall
Captain Fury
Production design:
Charles D. Hall
Oscar
Jack Otterson
and
Martin Obzina
First Love
Production design:
Jack Otterson
and
Martin Obzina
Oscar
Van Nest Polglase
and
Alfred Herman
Love Affair
Production design:
Van Nest Polglase
and
Alfred Herman
Oscar
John Victor Mackay
Man of Conquest
Production design:
John Victor Mackay
Oscar
Lionel Banks
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Production design:
Lionel Banks
Oscar
Alexander Toluboff
Stagecoach
Production design:
Alexander Toluboff
Oscar
Anton Grot
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Production design:
Anton Grot
Oscar
William S. Darling
and
George Dudley
The Rains Came
Production design:
William S. Darling
and
George Dudley
Oscar
Cedric Gibbons
and
William A. Horning
The Wizard of Oz
Production design:
Cedric Gibbons
and
William A. Horning
Oscar
James Basevi
Wuthering Heights
Production design:
James Basevi
Oscar
Effects
Fred Sersen
and
E. H. Hansen
The Rains Came
Oscar
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick
Oscar
John R. Cosgrove
,
Fred Albin
, and
Arthur Johns
Gone With the Wind
Oscar
List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
Oscar
Roy Davidson
and
Edwin C. Hahn
Only Angels Have Wings
Oscar
Nathan Levinson
and
Byron Haskin
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Oscar
A. Arnold Gillespie
and
Douglas Shearer
The Wizard of Oz
Oscar
Roy Seawright
Topper Takes a Trip
Oscar
Gordon Jennings
,
Loren L. Ryder
, and
Farciot Edouart
Union Pacific
Oscar