February 29, 1940 The Ambassador Hotel Hosted by Bob Hope
OUTSTANDING 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”
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”
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”
Edna May Oliver – “Drums Along the Mohawk”
Hattie McDaniel – “Gone With the Wind”
Maria Ouspenskaya – “Love Affair”
ART DIRECTION
“Beau Geste” – Hans Dreier and Robert Odell
“Captain Fury” – Charles D. Hall
“First Love” – Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina
“Gone With the Wind” – Lyle R. Wheeler
“Love Affair” – Van Nest Polglase and 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 and George Dudley
“Stagecoach” – Alexander Toluboff
“The Wizard of Oz” – Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning
“Wuthering Heights” – James Basevi
CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK & WHITE)
“Stagecoach” – Bert Glennon
“Only Angels Have Wings” – Joseph Walker
“Wuthering Heights” – Gregg Toland
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
“Gone With the Wind” – Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
“The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” – Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene
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”
FILM EDITING
“Gone With the Wind” – Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
“Goodbye, Mr. Chips” – Charles Frend
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” – Gene Havlick and Al Clark
“The Rains Came” – Barbara McLean
“Stagecoach” – Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Detouring America” – Warner Bros.
“Peace on Earth” – MGM
“The Pointer” – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
“The Ugly Duckling” – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)
“Busy Little Bears” – Paramount Pictures
“Information Please” – RKO Radio
“Prophet Without Honor” – MGM
“Sword Fishing” – Warner Bros.
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)
“Drunk Driving” – MGM
“Five Times Five” – RKO Radio
“Sons of Liberty” – Warner Bros.
ORIGINAL SCORE
“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 and Lucien Moraweck
“Man of Conquest” – Victor Young
“Nurse Edith Cavell” – Anthony Collins
“Of Mice and Men” – Aaron Copland
“The Rains Came” – Alfred Newman
“The Wizard of Oz” – Herbert Stothart
“Wuthering Heights” – Alfred Newman
SCORING
“Babes in Arms” – Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll
“First Love” – Charles Previn
“The Great Victor Herbert” – Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” – Alfred Newman
“Intermezzo” – Lou Forbes
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” – Dimitri Tiomkin
“Of Mice and Men” – Aaron Copland
“She Married a Cop” – Cy Feuer
“Stagecoach” – Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken
“Swanee River” – Louis Silvers
“They Shall Have Music” – Alfred Newman
“Way Down South” – Victor Young
SONG
“Faithful Forever” from “Gulliver’s Travels” – Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin
“Wishing” from “Love Affair” – Buddy DeSylva
“I Poured My Heart Into a Song” from “Second Fiddle” – Irving Berlin
“Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz” – Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg
SOUND RECORDING
“Balalaika” – Douglas Shearer
“Gone With the Wind” – Thomas T. Moulton
“Goodbye, Mr. Chips” – A. W. Watkins
“The Great Victor Herbert” – Loren L. Ryder
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” – John O. Aalberg
“Man of Conquest” – Charles L. Lootens
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” – John P. Livadary
“Of Mice and Men” – Elmer Raguse
“The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” – Nathan Levinson
“The Rains Came” – Edmund H. Hansen
“When Tomorrow Comes” – Bernard B. Brown
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“Gone With the Wind” – John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin and Arthur Johns
“Only Angels Have Wings” – Roy Davidson and Edwin C. Hahn
“The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” – Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson
“The Rains Came” – E. H. Hansen and Fred Sersen
“Topper Takes a Trip” – Roy Seawright
“Union Pacific” – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren L. Ryder
“The Wizard of Oz” – A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
“Gone With the Wind” – Sidney Howard
“Goodbye, Mr. Chips” – Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff and Claudine West
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” – Sidney Buchman
“Ninotchka” – Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Billy Wilder
“Wuthering Heights” – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)
“Bachelor Mother” – Felix Jackson
“Love Affair” – Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” – Lewis R. Foster
“Ninotchka” – Melchior Lengyel
“Young Mr. Lincoln” – Lamar Trotti
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Douglas Fairbanks “recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture”
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
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”
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
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”
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
The Technicolor Company “for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen”
