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1939
1941
Awards & Top Films
1940
Historical Award Archive
Before Rich Picks
— Award selections for 1940 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1940
No top 10 rankings recorded for 1940.
Film
Live-Action Feature
The Grapes of Wrath
Producers:
Darryl F. Zanuck
and
Nunnally Johnson
Oscar
NBR
Rebecca
Producers:
David O. Selznick
and
United Artists
Oscar
All This, and Heaven Too
Producers:
Jack L. Warner
,
Hal B. Wallis
, and
David Lewis
Oscar
Foreign Correspondent
Producers:
Walter Wanger
and
United Artists
Oscar
Kitty Foyle
Producer:
David Hempstead
Oscar
Our Town
Producers:
United Artists
and
Sol Lesser
Oscar
The Great Dictator
Producers:
United Artists
and
Charles Chaplin
Oscar
The Letter
Producer:
Hal B. Wallis
Oscar
The Long Voyage Home
Producers:
John Ford
,
United Artists
, and
Walter Wanger Productions
Oscar
The Philadelphia Story
Producer:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Oscar
Directing & Editing
Directing
John Ford
The Grapes of Wrath
Oscar
Sam Wood
Kitty Foyle
Oscar
Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca
Oscar
William Wyler
The Letter
Oscar
George Cukor
The Philadelphia Story
Oscar
Editing
Anne Bauchens
North West Mounted Police
Oscar
Hal C. Kern
Rebecca
Oscar
Robert L. Simpson
The Grapes of Wrath
Oscar
Warren Low
The Letter
Oscar
Sherman Todd
The Long Voyage Home
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
James Stewart
The Philadelphia Story
Oscar
Raymond Massey
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Oscar
Laurence Olivier
Rebecca
Oscar
Henry Fonda
The Grapes of Wrath
Oscar
Charles Chaplin
The Great Dictator
Oscar
Actress in a Leading Role
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle
Oscar
Martha Scott
Our Town
Oscar
Joan Fontaine
Rebecca
Oscar
Bette Davis
The Letter
Oscar
Katharine Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story
Oscar
Actor in a Supporting Role
Walter Brennan
The Westerner
Oscar
Albert Bassermann
Foreign Correspondent
Oscar
Jack Oakie
The Great Dictator
Oscar
James Stephenson
The Letter
Oscar
William Gargan
They Knew What They Wanted
Oscar
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jane Darwell
The Grapes of Wrath
Oscar
Barbara O'Neil
All This, and Heaven Too
Oscar
Marjorie Rambeau
Primrose Path
Oscar
Judith Anderson
Rebecca
Oscar
Ruth Hussey
The Philadelphia Story
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
Preston Sturges
The Great McGinty
Oscar
Ben Hecht
Angels Over Broadway
Oscar
John Huston
,
Norman Burnside
, and
Heinz Herald
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Oscar
Charles Bennett
and
Joan Harrison
Foreign Correspondent
Oscar
Charlie Chaplin
The Great Dictator
Oscar
Visual
Cinematography
George Barnes
Rebecca
Oscar
Georges Périnal
The Thief of Bagdad
Oscar
James Wong Howe
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Oscar
Ernest Haller
All This, and Heaven Too
Oscar
Charles Lang
Arise, My Love
Oscar
Allen Davey
and
Oliver T. Marsh
Bitter Sweet
Oscar
Harold Rosson
Boom Town
Oscar
Leon Shamroy
and
Ray Rennahan
Down Argentine Way
Oscar
Rudolph Maté
Foreign Correspondent
Oscar
W. Howard Greene
and
Victor Milner
North West Mounted Police
Oscar
William V. Skall
and
Sidney Wagner
Northwest Passage
Oscar
Joseph Valentine
Spring Parade
Oscar
Arthur C. Miller
and
Ray Rennahan
The Blue Bird
Oscar
Tony Gaudio
The Letter
Oscar
Gregg Toland
The Long Voyage Home
Oscar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Waterloo Bridge
Oscar
Art Direction
Paul Groesse
and
Cedric Gibbons
Pride and Prejudice
Production design:
Paul Groesse
and
Cedric Gibbons
Oscar
Vincent Korda
The Thief of Bagdad
Production design:
Vincent Korda
Oscar
Robert Usher
and
Hans Dreier
Arise, My Love
Production design:
Robert Usher
and
Hans Dreier
Oscar
Lionel Banks
and
Robert Peterson
Arizona
Production design:
Lionel Banks
and
Robert Peterson
Oscar
Cedric Gibbons
and
John S. Detlie
Bitter Sweet
Production design:
Cedric Gibbons
and
John S. Detlie
Oscar
John Victor Mackay
Dark Command
Production design:
John Victor Mackay
Oscar
Joseph C. Wright
and
Richard Day
Down Argentine Way
Production design:
Joseph C. Wright
and
Richard Day
Oscar
Alexander Golitzen
Foreign Correspondent
Production design:
Alexander Golitzen
Oscar
Joseph C. Wright
and
Richard Day
Lillian Russell
Production design:
Joseph C. Wright
and
Richard Day
Oscar
Mark-Lee Kirk
and
Van Nest Polglase
My Favorite Wife
Production design:
Mark-Lee Kirk
and
Van Nest Polglase
Oscar
John DuCasse Schulze
My Son, My Son!
Production design:
John DuCasse Schulze
Oscar
Roland Anderson
and
Hans Dreier
North West Mounted Police
Production design:
Roland Anderson
and
Hans Dreier
Oscar
Lewis J. Rachmil
Our Town
Production design:
Lewis J. Rachmil
Oscar
Lyle R. Wheeler
Rebecca
Production design:
Lyle R. Wheeler
Oscar
John Otterson
The Boys from Syracuse
Production design:
John Otterson
Oscar
Anton Grot
The Sea Hawk
Production design:
Anton Grot
Oscar
James Basevi
The Westerner
Production design:
James Basevi
Oscar
Effects
Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler
and
Sound Effects: Jack Whitney
The Thief of Bagdad
Oscar
Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie
and
Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
Boom Town
Oscar
Gordon Jennings
and
Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart
Dr. Cyclops
Oscar
Sound Effects: Thomas T. Moulton
and
Photographic Effects: Paul Eagler
Foreign Correspondent
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Roy Seawright
and
Sound Effects: Elmer A. Raguse
One Million B.C.
Oscar
Sound Effects: Arthur Johns
and
Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove
Rebecca
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Vernon L. Walker
and
Sound Effects: John O. Aalberg
Swiss Family Robinson
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen
and
Sound Effects: Edmund H. Hansen
The Blue Bird
Oscar
Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
,
Sound Effects: Bernard B. Brown
, and
Joe Lapis
The Boys from Syracuse
Oscar
Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
,
Sound Effects: Bernard B. Brown
, and
William Hedgcock
The Invisible Man Returns
Oscar
Ray Binger
,
Sound Effects: Thomas T. Moulton
, and
Photographic Effects: R. T. Layton
The Long Voyage Home
Oscar
Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson
and
Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin
The Sea Hawk
Oscar
Gordon Jennings
,
Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart
, and
Sound Effects: Loren L. Ryder
Typhoon
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Howard J. Lydecker
,
William Bradford
,
Ellis J. Thackery
, and
Sound Effects: Herbert Norsch
Women in War
Oscar