1939 (12th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1939. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Babes in Arms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor. Mickey Rooney.

Music (Scoring). George E. Stoll and Roger Edens.

Bachelor Mother, RKO Radio.

Writing (Original Story). Felix Jackson.

Balalaika, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Beau Geste, Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Brian Donlevy.

Art Direction. Hans Dreier and Robert Odell.

Busy Little Bears, Paramount. [Paragraphics Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Captain Fury, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Art Direction. Charles D. Hall.

Dark Victory, Warner Bros.-First National.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Music (Original Score). Max Steiner.

Detouring America, Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Drums Along the Mohawk, 20th Century-Fox.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Edna May Oliver.

Drunk Driving, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Eternally Yours, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

Music (Original Score). Werner Janssen.

First Love, Universal.

Art Direction. Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina.

Music (Scoring). Charles Previn.

Five Times Five, Pathe; RKO Radio. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Golden Boy, Columbia.

Music (Original Score). Victor Young.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Clark Gable.

Best Actress. Vivien Leigh.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Olivia de Havilland.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Hattie McDaniel.

Directing. Victor Fleming.

Art Direction. Lyle Wheeler.

Cinematography (Color). Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan.

Film Editing. Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.

Music (Original Score). Max Steiner.

Sound Recording. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Special Effects. John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin and Arthur Johns.

Writing (Screenplay). Sidney Howard.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (British).

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Robert Donat.

Best Actress. Greer Garson.

Directing. Sam Wood.

Film Editing. Charles Frend.

Sound Recording. Denham Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz.

The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount.

Music (Scoring). Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Gulliver’s Travels, Paramount.

Music (Original Score). Victor Young.

Music (Song). “Faithful Forever”. Music by Ralph Rainger; lyrics by Leo Robin.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director.

Information Please, RKO Radio.

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Intermezzo, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Music (Scoring). Lou Forbes.

Juarez, Warner Bros.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Brian Aherne.

Love Affair, RKO Radio.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Irene Dunne.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Maria Ouspenskaya.

Art Direction. Van Nest Polglase and Al Herman.

Music (Song). “Wishing”. Music and lyrics by Buddy de Sylva.

Writing (Original Story). Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey.

The Man in the Iron Mask, Edward Small; United Artists.

Music (Original Score). Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck.

Man of Conquest, Republic.

Art Direction. John Victor Mackay.

Music (Original Score). Victor Young.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. James Stewart.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Harry Carey.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Claude Rains.

Directing. Frank Capra.

Art Direction. Lionel Banks.

Film Editing. Gene Havlick and Al Clark.

Music (Scoring). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Story). Lewis R. Foster.

Writing (Screenplay). Sidney Buchman.

Ninotchka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Greta Garbo.

Writing (Original Story). Melchior Lengyel.

Writing (Screenplay). Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch.

Nurse Edith Cavell, RKO Radio.

Music (Original Score). Anthony Collins.

Of Mice and Men, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Outstanding Production.

Music (Original Score). Aaron Copland.

Music (Scoring). Aaron Copland.

Sound Recording. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director.

Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia.

Special Effects. Roy Davidson and Edwin C. Hahn.

Peace on Earth, Hugh Harmon; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

The Pointer, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Mickey Mouse Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros.

Art Direction. Anton Grot.

Cinematography (Color). Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene.

Music (Scoring). Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson.

Prophet Without Honor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Miniature Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction. William S. Darling and George Dudley.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

Music (Original Score). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Fred Sersen and E. H. Hansen.

Second Fiddle, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “I Poured My Heart into a Song”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

She Married a Cop, Republic.

Music (Scoring). Cy Feuer.

Sons of Liberty, Warner Bros. [Historical Featurette Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Stagecoach, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

Outstanding Production.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Thomas Mitchell.

Directing. John Ford.

Art Direction. Alexander Toluboff.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Bert Glennon.

Film Editing. Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer.

Music (Scoring). Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken.

Swanee River, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Scoring). Louis Silvers.

Sword Fishing, Warner Bros. [Vitaphone Variety Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

They Shall Have Music, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Music (Scoring). Alfred Newman.

Topper Takes a Trip, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Special Effects. Roy Seawright.

The Ugly Duckling, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Silly Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Union Pacific, Paramount.

Special Effects. Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder.

Way Down South, Sol Lesser; RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring). Victor Young.

When Tomorrow Comes, Universal.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

The Wizard of Oz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Art Direction. Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning.

Music (Original Score). Herbert Stothart.

Music (Song). “Over the Rainbow”. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.

Special Effects. A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer.

Wuthering Heights, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Laurence Olivier.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Directing. William Wyler.

Art Direction. James Basevi.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Gregg Toland.

Music (Original Score). Alfred Newman.

Writing (Screenplay). Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht.

Young Mr. Lincoln, Cosmopolitan; 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Original Story). Lamar Trotti.