Academy Awards®
Awards for 1940


Picture
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Jack L. Warner - Producer, David Lewis - Producer, ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
Walter Wanger - Producer, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, Nunnally Johnson - Producer, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Sir Charles Chaplin - Producer, THE GREAT DICTATOR
David Hempstead - Producer, KITTY FOYLE
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, THE LETTER
John Ford - Producer, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Sol Lesser - Producer, OUR TOWN
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Producer, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
* David O. Selznick - Producer, REBECCA

Actor
Sir Charles Chaplin, THE GREAT DICTATOR
Henry Fonda, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Raymond Massey, ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
Lord Laurence Olivier, REBECCA
* James Stewart, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

Actress
Bette Davis, THE LETTER
Joan Fontaine, REBECCA
Katharine Hepburn, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
* Ginger Rogers, KITTY FOYLE
Martha Scott, OUR TOWN

Supporting Actor
Albert Basserman, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
* Walter Brennan, THE WESTERNER
William Gargan, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED
Jack Oakie, THE GREAT DICTATOR
James Stephenson, THE LETTER

Supporting Actress
Dame Judith Anderson, REBECCA
* Jane Darwell, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Ruth Hussey, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Barbara O'Neil, ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
Marjorie Rambeau, THE PRIMROSE PATH


Director
George Cukor, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
* John Ford, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, REBECCA
Sam Wood, KITTY FOYLE
William Wyler, THE LETTER

Writing - Original Screenplay
This award was instituted in 1940.
Ben Hecht, ANGELS OVER BROADWAY
Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald, John Huston, DR. EHRLICH'S MAGIC BULLET
Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Sir Charles Chaplin, THE GREAT DICTATOR
* Preston Sturges, THE GREAT MCGINTY

Writing - Original Story
* Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy, ARISE, MY LOVE
Walter Reisch, COMRADE X
Hugo Butler, Dore Schary, EDISON, THE MAN
Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, MY FAVORITE WIFE
Stuart N. Lake, THE WESTERNER

Writing - Screenplay
Nunnally Johnson, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Dalton Trumbo, KITTY FOYLE
Dudley Nichols, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
* Donald Ogden Stewart, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, REBECCA

Interior Decoration - Color
Rules changed in 1940: Interior Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White
Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie - Art Direction, BITTER SWEET
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
* Vincent Korda - Art Direction, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

Interior Decoration - Black & White
Rules changed in 1940: Interior Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White
Hans Dreier, Robert Usher - Art Direction, ARISE, MY LOVE
Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson - Art Direction, ARIZONA
Jack Otterson - Art Direction, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
John Victor Mackay - Art Direction, DARK COMMAND
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, LILLIAN RUSSELL
Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk - Art Direction, MY FAVORITE WIFE
John DuCasse Schulze - Art Direction, MY SON, MY SON
Lewis J. Rachmil - Art Direction, OUR TOWN
* Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse - Art Direction, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, REBECCA
Anton Grot - Art Direction, THE SEA HAWK
James Basevi - Art Direction, THE WESTERNER

Cinematography - Color
Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey, BITTER SWEET
Arthur C. Miller, Ray Rennahan, THE BLUE BIRD
Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene, NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall, NORTHWEST PASSAGE (BOOK I-ROGERS' RANGERS)
* Georges Périnal, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

Cinematography - Black & White
James Wong Howe, ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
Ernest Haller, ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
Charles B. Lang, Jr., ARISE, MY LOVE
Harold Rosson, BOOM TOWN
Rudolph Maté, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Gaetano Gaudio, THE LETTER
Gregg Toland, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
* George Barnes, REBECCA
Joseph Valentine, SPRING PARADE
Joseph Ruttenberg, WATERLOO BRIDGE

Film Editing
Robert E. Simpson, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Warren Low, THE LETTER
Sherman Todd, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
* Anne Bauchens, NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Hal C. Kern, REBECCA

Music - Original Score
Victor Young, ARIZONA
Victor Young, DARK COMMAND
Louis Gruenberg, THE FIGHT FOR LIFE
Meredith Willson, THE GREAT DICTATOR
Frank Skinner, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Richard Hageman, THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA
Max Steiner, THE LETTER
Richard Hageman, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Roy Webb, MY FAVORITE WIFE
Alfred Newman, THE MARK OF ZORRO
Victor Young, NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Werner Heymann, ONE MILLION B.C.
Aaron Copland, OUR TOWN
* Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington, PINOCCHIO
Franz Waxman, REBECCA
Miklos Rozsa, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
Herbert Stothart, WATERLOO BRIDGE

Music - Score
Victor Young, ARISE, MY LOVE
Cy Feuer, HIT PARADE OF 1941
Anthony Collins, IRENE
Aaron Copland, OUR TOWN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Music, THE SEA HAWK
Artie Shaw, SECOND CHORUS
Charles Previn, SPRING PARADE
Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens, STRIKE UP THE BAND
* Alfred Newman, TIN PAN ALLEY

Song
Harry Warren - Music, Mack Gordon - Lyrics, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
"Down Argentine Way"
Jimmy McHugh - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, YOU'LL FIND OUT
"I'd Know You Anywhere"
Chet Forrest - Music & Lyrics, Bob Wright - Music & Lyrics, MUSIC IN MY HEART
"It's a Blue World"
Artie Shaw - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, SECOND CHORUS
"Love of My Life"
James Monaco - Music, Johnny Burke - Lyrics, RHYTHM ON THE RIVER
"Only Forever"
Roger Edens - Music & Lyrics, Arthur Freed - Music & Lyrics, STRIKE UP THE BAND
"Our Love Affair"
Robert Stolz - Music, Gus Kahn - Lyrics, SPRING PARADE
"Waltzing in the Clouds"
* Leigh Harline - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, PINOCCHIO
"When You Wish Upon a Star"
Jule Style - Music, Walter Bullock - Lyrics, HIT PARADE OF 1941
"Who Am I?"

Animated Short
* MGM, MILKY WAY
MGM, PUSS GETS THE BOOT
Leon Schlesinger - Producer, A WILD HARE

Short Subjects - One-Reel
Warner Bros., LONDON CAN TAKE IT
MGM, MORE ABOUT NOSTRADAMUS
* Pete Smith - Producer, QUICKER 'N A WINK
RKO Radio, SIEGE

Short Subjects - Two-Reel
MGM, EYES OF THE NAVY
Warner Bros., SERVICE WITH THE COLORS
* Warner Bros., TEDDY, THE ROUGH RIDER

Sound Recording
Charles Lootens, BEHIND THE NEWS
Elmer Raguse, CAPTAIN CAUTION
E.H. Hansen, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Jack Whitney - General Service, THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA
John Aalberg, KITTY FOYLE
Loren L. Ryder, NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
Thomas Moulton, OUR TOWN
Nathan Levinson, THE SEA HAWK
Bernard B. Brown, SPRING PARADE
* Douglas Shearer, STRIKE UP THE BAND
John Livadary, TOO MANY HUSBANDS

Special Effects
Fred Sersen (Photographic), E.H. Hansen - Special Effects (Sound), THE BLUE BIRD
A. Arnold Gillespie (Photographic), Douglas Shearer (Sound), BOOM TOWN
John P. Fulton (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis (Sound), THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings (Photographic), DR. CYCLOPS
No credit listed for sound work on this film.
Paul Eagler (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (Sound), FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
John P. Fulton (Photographic), Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock (Sound), THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
R.T. Layton, R.O. Binger (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (Sound), THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Roy Seawright (Photographic), Elmer Raguse (Sound), ONE MILLION B.C.
Jack Cosgrove (Photographic), Arthur Johns (Sound), REBECCA
Byron Haskin (Photographic), Nathan Levinson (Sound), THE SEA HAWK
Vernon L. Walker (Photographic), John O. Aalberg (Sound), SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
* Lawrence Butler (Photographic), Jack Whitney (Sound), THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings (Photographic), Loren L. Ryder (Sound), TYPHOON
Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery (Photographic), Herbert Norsch (Sound), WOMEN IN WAR

Class I (Statuette)
* 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller, Robert W. Stevens, For the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera.

Class II (Plaque)
No award given for 1940.

Class III (Citation)
* Warner Bros. Studio Art Department, Anton Grot, For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.

Honorary and Other Awards
* Bob Hope, In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Special Silver Plaque.
* Colonel Nathan Levinson, For his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1940.