The Complete Oscar Quest: 12th Academy Awards (1939)
1939
Outstanding Production (Best Picture)
- Dark Victory
- Gone With the Wind
- Goodbye Mr. Chips
- Love Affair
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ninotchka
- Of Mice and Men
- Stagecoach
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
Best 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
Best Actor
- Robert Donat, Goodbye Mr. Chips
- Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind
- Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
- Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms
- James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Actress
- Bette Davis, Dark Victory
- Irene Dunne, Love Affair
- Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
- Greer Garson, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
Best 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
Best 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
Best Story
- Bachelor Mother
- Love Affair
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ninotchka
- Young Mr. Lincoln
Best Screenplay
- Gone With the Wind
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ninotchka
- Wuthering Heights
Best Editing
- Gone With the Wind
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- The Rains Came
- Stagecoach
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- First Love
- The Great Victor Herbert
- Gunga Din
- Intermezzo
- Juarez
- Lady of the Tropics
- Only Angels Have Wings
- The Rains Came
- Stagecoach
- Wuthering Heights
Best Cinematography, Color
- Drums Along the Mohawk
- The Four Feathers
- Gone With the Wind
- The Mikado
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Best Original Score
- Dark Victory
- Eternally Yours
- Golden Boy
- Gone With the Wind
- Gulliver’s Travels
- The Man in the Iron Mask
- Man of Conquest
- Nurse Edith Cavell
- Of Mice and Men
- The Rains Came
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
Best Score
- Babes in Arms
- First Love
- The Great Victor Herbert
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Intermezzo
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Of Mice and Men
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- She Married a Cop
- Stagecoach
- Swanee River
- They Shall Have Music
- Way Down South
Best Song
- “Faithful Forever,” from Gulliver’s Travels
- “I Poured My Heart Into a Song,” from Second Fiddle
- “Over the Rainbow,” from The Wizard of Oz
- “Wishing,” from Love Affair
Best Art Direction
- Beau Geste
- Captain Fury
- First Love
- Gone With the Wind
- Love Affair
- Man of Conquest
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- The Rains Came
- Stagecoach
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
Best Special Effects
- Gone With the Wind
- Only Angels Have Wings
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- The Rains Came
- Topper Takes a Trip
- Union Pacific
- The Wizard of Oz
Best Sound Recording
- Balalaika
- Gone With the Wind
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- The Great Victor Herbert
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Man of Conquest
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Of Mice and Men
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- The Rains Came
- When Tomorrow Comes
Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel
- Busy Little Bears
- Information Please
- Prophet Without Honor
- Sword Fishing
Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel
- Drunk Driving
- Five Times Five
- Sons of Liberty
Best Animated Short
- Detouring America
- Peace on Earth
- The Pointer
- The Ugly Duckling
Total List of Films Nominated:
- Babes in Arms
- Bachelor Mother
- Balalaika
- Beau Geste
- Captain Fury
- Dark Victory
- Drums Along the Mohawk
- Eternally Yours
- First Love
- The Four Feathers
- Golden Boy
- Gone With the Wind
- Goodbye Mr. Chips
- The Great Victor Herbert
- Gulliver’s Travel
- Gunga Din
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Intermezzo
- Juarez
- Lady of the Tropics
- Love Affair
- The Man in the Iron Mask
- Man of Conquest
- The Mikado
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ninotchka
- Nurse Edith Cavell
- Of Mice and Men
- Only Angels Have Wings
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- The Rains Came
- Second Fiddle
- She Married a Cop
- Stagecoach
- Swanee River
- They Shall Have Music
- Topper Takes a Trip
- Union Pacific
- Way Down South
- When Tomorrow Comes
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
- Young Mr. Lincoln
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