Year, Category, Nominee, Additional Info, Won an Oscar?
1939 (12th), Actor - Leading Role, Robert Donat, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips {'Mr. Chips'}", YES
1939 (12th), Actor - Leading Role, Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind {'Rhett Butler'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Leading Role, Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights {'Heathcliff'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Leading Role, Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms {'Mickey Moran'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Leading Role, James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {'Jefferson Smith'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Supporting Role, Brian Aherne, Juarez {'Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Supporting Role, Harry Carey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {'President of the Senate'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Supporting Role, Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste {'Sergeant Markoff'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actor - Supporting Role, Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach {'Dr. Josiah Boone'}, YES
1939 (12th), Actor - Supporting Role, Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington {'Senator Joseph Paine'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Leading Role, Bette Davis, Dark Victory {'Judith Traherne'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Leading Role, Irene Dunne, Love Affair {'Terry McKay'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Leading Role, Greta Garbo, Ninotchka {'Lena Yakushova (Ninotchka)'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Leading Role, Greer Garson, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips {'Katherine Chipping'}", NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Leading Role, Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind {'Scarlett O'Hara'}, YES
1939 (12th), Actress - Supporting Role, Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind {'Melanie Hamilton'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Supporting Role, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights {'Isabella'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Supporting Role, Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind {'Mammy'}, YES
1939 (12th), Actress - Supporting Role, Edna May Oliver, Drums along the Mohawk {'Sarah McKlennar'}, NO
1939 (12th), Actress - Supporting Role, Maria Ouspenskaya, "Love Affair {'Grandmother, Mme. Marnay'}", NO
1939 (12th), Acting (other), To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. YES
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Beau Geste, "Hans Dreier, Robert Odell", NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Captain Fury, Charles D. Hall, NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, First Love, "Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina", NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Gone with the Wind, Lyle Wheeler, YES
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Love Affair, "Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman", NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Man of Conquest, John Victor Mackay, NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lionel Banks, NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Anton Grot, NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, The Rains Came, "William Darling, George Dudley", NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Stagecoach, Alexander Toluboff, NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, The Wizard of Oz, "Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning", NO
1939 (12th), Art Direction, Wuthering Heights, James Basevi, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, First Love, Joseph Valentine, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, The Great Victor Herbert, Victor Milner, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Gunga Din, Joseph H. August, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Intermezzo, Gregg Toland, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Juarez, Tony Gaudio, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Lady of the Tropics, George Folsey, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Of Mice and Men, Norbert Brodine, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Only Angels Have Wings, Joseph Walker, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, The Rains Came, Arthur Miller, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Stagecoach, Bert Glennon, NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Wuthering Heights, Gregg Toland, YES
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Drums along the Mohawk, "Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon", NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Four Feathers, "Georges Perinal, Osmond Borradaile", NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, Gone with the Wind, "Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan", YES
1939 (12th), Cinematography, The Mikado, "William V. Skall, Bernard Knowles", NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, "Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene", NO
1939 (12th), Cinematography, The Wizard of Oz, Hal Rosson, NO
1939 (12th), Directing, Gone with the Wind, Victor Fleming, YES
1939 (12th), Directing, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", Sam Wood, NO
1939 (12th), Directing, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra, NO
1939 (12th), Directing, Stagecoach, John Ford, NO
1939 (12th), Directing, Wuthering Heights, William Wyler, NO
1939 (12th), Film Editing, Gone with the Wind, "Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom", YES
1939 (12th), Film Editing, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", Charles Frend, NO
1939 (12th), Film Editing, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, "Gene Havlick, Al Clark", NO
1939 (12th), Film Editing, The Rains Came, Barbara McLean, NO
1939 (12th), Film Editing, Stagecoach, "Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer", NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Dark Victory, Max Steiner, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Eternally Yours, Werner Janssen, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Golden Boy, Victor Young, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Gone with the Wind, Max Steiner, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Gulliver's Travels, Victor Young, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Man in the Iron Mask, "Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck", NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Man of Conquest, Victor Young, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Nurse Edith Cavell, Anthony Collins, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Of Mice and Men, Aaron Copland, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Rains Came, Alfred Newman, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Wizard of Oz, Herbert Stothart, YES
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Wuthering Heights, Alfred Newman, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Babes in Arms, "George E. Stoll, Roger Edens", NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), First Love, Charles Previn, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Great Victor Herbert, "Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange", NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Alfred Newman, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Intermezzo, Lou Forbes, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Of Mice and Men, Aaron Copland, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), She Married a Cop, Cy Feuer, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Stagecoach, "Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken", YES
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Swanee River, Louis Silvers, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), They Shall Have Music, Alfred Newman, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Scoring), Way Down South, Victor Young, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Song), Gulliver's Travels, Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Song), Second Fiddle, Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin, NO
1939 (12th), Music (Song), The Wizard of Oz, Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, YES
1939 (12th), Music (Song), Love Affair, Music and Lyrics by Buddy de Sylva, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Dark Victory, Warner Bros.-First National, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Gone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures, YES
1939 (12th), Best Picture, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Love Affair, RKO Radio, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Ninotchka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Of Mice and Men, Hal Roach (production company), NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Stagecoach, Walter Wanger (production company), NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, The Wizard of Oz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Best Picture, Wuthering Heights, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Animated), Detouring America, Warner Bros., NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Animated), Peace on Earth, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Animated), The Pointer, "Walt Disney, Producer", NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Animated), The Ugly Duckling, "Walt Disney, Producer", YES
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Busy Little Bears, Paramount, YES
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Information Please, RKO Radio, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Prophet without Honor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Sword Fishing, Warner Bros., NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Drunk Driving, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Five Times Five, RKO Radio, NO
1939 (12th), Short Film (Live Action), Sons of Liberty, Warner Bros., YES
1939 (12th), Sound, Balalaika, "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, Gone with the Wind, "Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", "Denham Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, The Great Victor Herbert, "Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, Man of Conquest, "Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, "Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, Of Mice and Men, "Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, "Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, The Rains Came, "20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director", NO
1939 (12th), Sound, When Tomorrow Comes, "Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director", YES
1939 (12th), Writing, Bachelor Mother, Felix Jackson, NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Love Affair, "Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey", NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lewis R. Foster, YES
1939 (12th), Writing, Ninotchka, Melchior Lengyel, NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Young Mr. Lincoln, Lamar Trotti, NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Gone with the Wind, Sidney Howard, YES
1939 (12th), Writing, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", "R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz", NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Sidney Buchman, NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Ninotchka, "Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch", NO
1939 (12th), Writing, Wuthering Heights, "Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht", NO
1939 (12th), Honorary Award, "To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) - recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture.", YES
1939 (12th), Honorary Award, "To The 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. Presented to Jean Hersholt, President; Ralph Morgan, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Ralph Block, First Vice-President; and Conrad Nagel.", YES
1939 (12th), Honorary Award, To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. YES
1939 (12th), Honorary Award, To 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. YES
1939 (12th), Honorary Award, To the Technicolor Company for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen. YES
1939 (12th), Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, David O. Selznick, YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To GEORGE ANDERSON of Warner Bros. Studio for an improved positive head for sun arcs. [Lighting], YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To JOHN ARNOLD of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the M-G-M mobile camera crane. [Camera Cranes], YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To THOMAS T. MOULTON, FRED ALBIN and the SOUND DEPARTMENT OF THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIO for the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures. [Laboratory]", YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To FARCIOT EDOUART, JOSEPH E. ROBBINS, WILLIAM RUDOLPH and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill. [Stage Operations]", YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To EMERY HUSE and RALPH B. ATKINSON of the Eastman Kodak Company for their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths. [Laboratory], YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To HAROLD NYE of Warner Bros. Studio for a miniature incandescent spot lamp. [Lighting], YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To A. J. TONDREAU of Warner Bros. Studio for the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer. [Laboratory], YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "For important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: F. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK and the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY for faster projection lenses; The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY for a new type process projection head; MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp; CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY and the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons; WINTON HOCH and the TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP. for an auxiliary optical system; DON MUSGRAVE and SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, INC. for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, Gone with the Wind. [Special Photographic]", YES
1939 (12th), Scientific and Technical (Special Awards), To the Technicolor Company for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen. YES
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), Gone with the Wind, "John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns", NO
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), Only Angels Have Wings, "Roy Davidson, Edwin C. Hahn", NO
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, "Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson", NO
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), The Rains Came, "Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen", YES
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), Topper Takes a Trip, Roy Seawright, NO
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), Union Pacific, "Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren Ryder", NO
1939 (12th), Special Effects (archaic category), The Wizard of Oz, "A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer", NO