Academy Awards 1940

Best Picture

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: (Selznick International Pictures)

NOMINEES:
Dark Victory: (Warner Bros., First National)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: (M-G-M)
Love Affair: (RKO Radio)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: (Columbia)
Ninotchka: (M-G-M)
Of Mice and Men: (Hal Roach)
Stagecoach: (Walter Wanger)
The Wizard of Oz: (M-G-M)
Wuthering Heights: (Samuel Goldwyn Productions)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Robert Donat

NOMINEES:
Gone with the Wind: Clark Gable
Wuthering Heights: Laurence Olivier
Babes in Arms: Mickey Rooney
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: James Stewart

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Vivien Leigh

NOMINEES:
Dark Victory: Bette Davis
Love Affair: Irene Dunne
Ninotchka: Greta Garbo
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Greer Garson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Stagecoach: Thomas Mitchell

NOMINEES:
Juarez: Brian Aherne
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Harry Carey
Beau Geste: Brian Donlevy
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Claude Rains

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Hattie McDaniel
Became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.

NOMINEES:
Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland
Wuthering Heights: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Drums Along the Mohawk: Edna May Oliver
Love Affair: Maria Ouspenskaya

Best Director

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Victor Fleming

NOMINEES:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Frank Capra
Stagecoach: John Ford
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Sam Wood
Wuthering Heights: William Wyler

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Lewis R. Foster

NOMINEES:
Bachelor Mother: Felix Jackson
Love Affair: Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey
Ninotchka: Melchior Lengyel
Young Mr. Lincoln: Lamar Trotti

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Sidney Howard

NOMINEES:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Sidney Buchman
Ninotchka: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Billy Wilder
Wuthering Heights: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan

NOMINEES:
Drums Along the Mohawk: Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon
The Four Feathers: Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile
The Mikado: William V. Skall
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene
The Wizard of Oz: Harold Rosson

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER:
Wuthering Heights: Gregg Toland

NOMINEES:
First Love: Joseph A. Valentine
The Great Victor Herbert: Victor Milner
Gunga Din: Joseph H. August
Intermezzo: A Love Story: Gregg Toland
Juarez: Tony Gaudio
Lady of the Tropics: Norbert Brodine
Only Angels Have Wings: Joseph Walker
The Rains Came: Arthur C. Miller
Stagecoach: Bert Glennon

Best Art Direction

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Lyle R. Wheeler

NOMINEES:
Beau Geste: Hans Dreier, Robert Odell
Captain Fury: Charles D. Hall
First Love: Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina
Love Affair: Van Nest Polglase, Alfred 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 S. Darling, George Dudley
Stagecoach: Alexander Toluboff
The Wizard of Oz: Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning
Wuthering Heights: James Basevi

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER:
When Tomorrow Comes: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)

NOMINEES:
Balalaika: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
Gone with the Wind: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: A.W. Watkins (Denham SSD)
The Great Victor Herbert: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)
Man of Conquest: Charles L. Lootens (Republic SSD)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Of Mice and Men: Elmer Raguse (Hal Roach SSD)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
The Rains Came: Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Gone with the Wind: Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom

NOMINEES:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Charles Frend
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Gene Havlick, Al Clark
The Rains Came: Barbara McLean
Stagecoach: Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER:
The Rains Came: Fred Sersen (photographic), Edmund H. Hansen (sound)

NOMINEES:
Gone with the Wind: Jack Cosgrove (photographic), Fred Albin (sound), Arthur Johns (sound)
Only Angels Have Wings: Roy Davidson (photographic), Edwin C. Hahn (sound)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Byron Haskin (photographic), Nathan Levinson (sound)
Topper Takes a Trip: Roy Seawright (photographic)
Union Pacific: Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), Loren L. Ryder (sound)
The Wizard of Oz: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
The Wizard of Oz: Harold Arlen (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)
For the song "Over the Rainbow"

NOMINEES:
Gulliver's Travels: Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics)
For the song "Faithful Forever"
Second Fiddle: Irving Berlin
For the song "I Poured My Heart Into a Song"
Love Affair: Buddy G. DeSylva
For the song "Wishing"

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
The Wizard of Oz: Herbert Stothart

NOMINEES:
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
Wuthering Heights: Alfred Newman

Best Music, Scoring

WINNER:
Stagecoach: Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken

NOMINEES:
Babes in Arms: Roger Edens, George Stoll
First Love: Charles Previn
The Great Victor Herbert: Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Alfred Newman
Intermezzo: A Love Story: Louis 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
Swanee River: Louis Silvers
They Shall Have Music: Alfred Newman
Way Down South: Victor Young

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER:
Sons of Liberty: (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES:
Drunk Driving: (M-G-M)
Five Times Five: (RKO Radio)

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER:
Busy Little Bears: (Paramount)

NOMINEES:
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1: (RKO Radio)
Prophet Without Honor: (M-G-M)
Sword Fishing: (Warner Bros.)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER:
Ugly Duckling: Walt Disney

NOMINEES:
Detouring America: (Warner Bros.)
Peace on Earth: (M-G-M)
The Pointer: Walt Disney

Juvenile Award

WINNER:
Judy Garland
For her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
Douglas Fairbanks
Recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture (Commemorative Award).
Jean Hersholt (president), Ralph Morgan (chairman of the executive committee), Ralph Block (first vice-president), Conrad Nagel (Motion Picture Relief Fund)
Acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership
(plaque).
Gone with the Wind: William Cameron Menzies
For outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind (plaque).
(Technicolor Co.)
For its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
David O. Selznick

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
George Anderson (Warner Bros. Studio)
For an improved positive head for sun arcs.
John Arnold (M-G-M Studio)
For the M-G-M mobile camera crane.
Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin (Sound Dept. 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 Co.), Ralph B. Atkinson (Eastman Kodak Co.)
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 Co.)
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for faster projection lenses.
(Mitchell Camera Co.)
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for a new type process projection head.
(Mole-Richardson Co.)
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp.
Charles Handley, David Joy (National Carbon Co.)
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons.
Winton C. Hoch (Technicolor Motion Picture Corp.)
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for an auxiliary optical system.
Gone with the Wind: R.D. Musgrave (Selznick International Pictures Inc.)
For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind.

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