Academy Awards®
Awards for 1939


Picture
David Lewis - Producer, DARK VICTORY
* David O. Selznick - Producer, GONE WITH THE WIND
Won eight Awards.
Victor Saville - Producer, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Leo McCarey - Producer, LOVE AFFAIR
Frank Capra - Producer, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Sidney Franklin - Producer, NINOTCHKA
Hal Roach - Producer, Lewis Milestone - Producer, OF MICE AND MEN
Walter Wanger - Producer, STAGECOACH
Mervyn LeRoy - Producer, THE WIZARD OF OZ
Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Actor
* Robert Donat, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Clark Gable, GONE WITH THE WIND
Lord Laurence Olivier, WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Mickey Rooney, BABES IN ARMS
James Stewart, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Actress
Bette Davis, DARK VICTORY
Irene Dunne, LOVE AFFAIR
Greta Garbo, NINOTCHKA
Greer Garson, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
* Vivien Leigh, GONE WITH THE WIND

Supporting Actor
Brian Aherne, JUAREZ
Harry Carey, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Brian Donlevy, BEAU GESTE
* Thomas Mitchell, STAGECOACH
Claude Rains, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Supporting Actress
Olivia de Havilland, GONE WITH THE WIND
Geraldine Fitzgerald, WUTHERING HEIGHTS
* Hattie McDaniel, GONE WITH THE WIND
Edna May Oliver, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
Maria Ouspenskaya, LOVE AFFAIR


Director
Frank Capra, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
* Victor Fleming, GONE WITH THE WIND
John Ford, STAGECOACH
Sam Wood, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
William Wyler, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Writing - Original Story
Felix Jackson, BACHELOR MOTHER
Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey, LOVE AFFAIR
* Lewis R. Foster, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Melchior Lengyel, NINOTCHKA
Lamar Trotti, YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

Writing - Screenplay
* Sidney Howard, GONE WITH THE WIND
Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Sidney Buchman, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Billy Wilder, NINOTCHKA
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Art Direction
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Robert Odell - Art Direction, BEAU GESTE
Charles D. Hall - Art Direction, CAPTAIN FURY
Jack Otterson - Art Direction, Martin Obzina - Art Direction, FIRST LOVE
* Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, GONE WITH THE WIND
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, Al Herman - Art Direction, LOVE AFFAIR
John Victor Mackay - Art Direction, MAN OF CONQUEST
Lionel Banks - Art Direction, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Anton Grot - Art Direction, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
William Darling - Art Direction, George Dudley - Art Direction, THE RAINS CAME
Alexander Toluboff - Art Direction, STAGECOACH
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, William A. Horning, THE WIZARD OF OZ
James Basevi - Art Direction, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Cinematography - Color
Rules changed in 1939: Cinematography divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile, THE FOUR FEATHERS
* Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, GONE WITH THE WIND
William V. Skall, THE MIKADO
Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Hal Rosson, THE WIZARD OF OZ

Cinematography - Black & White
Rules changed in 1939: Cinematography divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
Joseph Valentine, FIRST LOVE
Victor Milner, THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
Joseph H. August, GUNGA DIN
Gregg Toland, INTERMEZZO
Tony Gaudio, JUAREZ
Norbert Brodine, LADY OF THE TROPICS
Joseph Walker, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Arthur C. Miller, THE RAINS CAME
Bert Glennon, STAGECOACH
* Gregg Toland, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Film Editing
* Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom, GONE WITH THE WIND
Charles Frend, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Gene Havlick, Al Clark, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Barbara McLean, THE RAINS CAME
Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer, STAGECOACH

Music - Original Score
Max Steiner, DARK VICTORY
Werner Janssen, ETERNALLY YOURS
Victor Young, GOLDEN BOY
Max Steiner, GONE WITH THE WIND
Victor Young, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
Victor Young, MAN OF CONQUEST
Anthony Collins, NURSE EDITH CAVELL
Aaron Copland, OF MICE AND MEN
Alfred Newman, THE RAINS CAME
* Herbert Stothart, THE WIZARD OF OZ
Alfred Newman, WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Music - Score
Roger Edens, George Stoll, BABES IN ARMS
Charles Previn, FIRST LOVE
Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange, THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
Alfred Newman, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Lou Forbes, INTERMEZZO
Dimitri Tiomkin, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Aaron Copland, OF MICE AND MEN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Cy Feuer, SHE MARRIED A COP
* Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken, STAGECOACH
Louis Silvers, SWANEE RIVER
Alfred Newman, THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC
Victor Young, WAY DOWN SOUTH

Song
Ralph Rainger - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
"Faithful Forever"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, SECOND FIDDLE
"I Poured My Heart into a Song"
* Harold Arlen - Music, E.Y. Harburg - Lyrics, THE WIZARD OF OZ
"Over the Rainbow"
Buddy De Sylva - Music & Lyrics, LOVE AFFAIR
"Wishing"

Animated Short
Warner Bros., DETOURING AMERICA
MGM, PEACE ON EARTH
Walt Disney - Producer, THE POINTER
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE UGLY DUCKLING

Short Subjects - One-Reel
* Paramount, BUSY LITTLE BEARS
RKO Radio, INFORMATION PLEASE
MGM, PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR
Warner Bros., SWORD FISHING

Short Subjects - Two-Reel
MGM, DRUNK DRIVING
RKO Radio, FIVE TIMES FIVE
* Warner Bros., SONS OF LIBERTY

Sound Recording
Douglas Shearer, BALALAIKA
Thomas T. Moulton, GONE WITH THE WIND
A.W. Watkins, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Loren L. Ryder, THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
John Aalberg, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
C.L. Lootens, MAN OF CONQUEST
John Livadary, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Elmer Raguse, OF MICE AND MEN
Nathan Levinson, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Edmund Hansen, THE RAINS CAME
* Bernard B. Brown, WHEN TOMORROW COMES

Special Effects
This award was instituted in 1939.
John R. Cosgrove (Photographic), Fred Albin, Arthur Johns (Sound), GONE WITH THE WIND
Roy Davidson (Photographic), Edwin C. Hahn (Sound), ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Byron Haskin (Photographic), Nathan Levinson (Sound), THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
* E.H. Hansen (Photographic), Fred Sersen (Sound), THE RAINS CAME
Roy Seawright, TOPPER TAKES A TRIP
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings (Photographic), Loren L. Ryder (Sound), UNION PACIFIC
A. Arnold Gillespie (Photographic), Douglas Shearer (Sound), THE WIZARD OF OZ

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1939.

Class II (Plaque)
No award given for 1939.

Class III (Citation)
* George Anderson (Warner Bros. Studio)
For an improved positive head for sun arcs.
* John Arnold (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio)
For the M-G-M mobile camera crane.
* Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin, Sound Department of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, For the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures.
* Farciot Edouart, Joseph E. Robbins, William Rudolph, Paramount Pictures Inc.
For the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill.
* Emery Huse (Eastman Kodak Company)
Ralph B. Atkinson (Eastman Kodak Company)
For their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths.
* Harold Nye (Warner Bros. Studio)
For a miniature incandescent spot lamp.
* A.J. Tondreau (Warner Bros. Studio)
For the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer.
* F.R. Abbott, Haller Belt, Alan Cook (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
For faster projection lenses. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
* Mole-Richardson Company, For a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
* Mitchell Camera Company, For a new type process projection head. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
* Charles Handley, David Joy, National Carbon Company, For improved and more stable high-intensity carbons. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
* Winton Hoch, Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, For an auxiliary optical system. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
* Don Musgrave, Selznick International Pictures Inc.
For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, GONE WITH THE WIND. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).

Honorary and Other Awards
* Douglas Fairbanks, Recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture. Winner of this Commemorative Award received a Statuette.
* Motion Picture Relief Fund, Jean Hersholt - President, Ralph Morgan - Chairman of the Executive Committee, Ralph Block - First Vice-President, Conrad Nagel, Acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership. Winners presented Plaques.
* Judy Garland, For her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.
* William Cameron Menzies, GONE WITH THE WIND
For outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of GONE WITH THE WIND. Winner presented a Plaque.
* Technicolor Company, For its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* David O. Selznick,