Outstanding Production |
Best Director |
- Gone With the Wind
- Dark Victory
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Love Affair
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ninotchka
- Of Mice and Men
- Stagecoach
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
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- Victor Fleming – Gone With the Wind
- Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- John Ford – Stagecoach
- Sam Wood – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- William Wyler – Wuthering Heights
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- 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
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- Vivien Leigh – Gone With the Wind
- Bette Davis – Dark Victory
- Irene Dunne – Love Affair
- Greta Garbo – Ninotchka
- Greer Garson – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoach
- Brian Aherne – Juarez
- Harry Carey – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Brian Donlevy – Beau Geste
- Claude Rains – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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- Hattie McDaniel – Gone With the Wind
- Olivia de Havilland – Gone With the Wind
- Geraldine Fitzgerald – Wuthering Heights
- Edna May Oliver – Drums Along the Mohawk
- Maria Ouspenskaya – Love Affair
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Best Story |
Best Screenplay |
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Lewis R. Foster
- Love Affair – Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey
- Bachelor Mother – Felix Jackson
- Ninotchka – Melchior Lengyel
- Young Mr. Lincoln – Lamar Trotti
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- Gone With the Wind – Sidney Howard
- Ninotchka – Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Billy Wilder
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Sidney Buchman
- Wuthering Heights – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff and Claudine West
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Busy Little Bears – Paramount Pictures
- Information Please – RKO Radio
- Prophet Without Honor – MGM
- Sword Fishing – Warner Bros.
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- Sons of Liberty – Warner Bros.
- Drunk Driving – MGM
- Five Times Five – RKO Radio
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Best Animated Short Film |
Best Score |
- The Ugly Duckling – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
- Detouring America – Warner Bros.
- Peace on Earth – MGM
- The Pointer – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
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- Stagecoach – Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, and Leo Shuken
- The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange
- Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
- Babes in Arms – Roger Edens and George E. Stoll
- She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer
- Intermezzo – Lou Forbes
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
- They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman
- First Love – Charles Previn
- Swanee River – Louis Silvers
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
- Way Down South – Victor Young
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Best Original Score |
Best Song |
- The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart
- Nurse Edith Cavell – Anthony Collins
- Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
- The Man in the Iron Mask – Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck
- Eternally Yours – Werner Janssen
- The Rains Came – Alfred Newman
- Wuthering Heights – Alfred Newman
- Dark Victory – Max Steiner
- Gone With the Wind – Max Steiner
- Golden Boy – Victor Young
- Gulliver's Travels – Victor Young
- Man of Conquest – Victor Young
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- "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by E. Y. Harburg
- "Faithful Forever" from Gulliver's Travels – Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyric by Leo Robin
- "I Poured My Heart Into a Song" from Second Fiddle – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin
- "Wishing" from Love Affair – Music and Lyric by Buddy de Sylva
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Best Sound Recording |
Best Art Direction |
- When Tomorrow Comes – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips – A. W. Watkins, Denham Studio Sound Department
- Of Mice and Men – Elmer A. Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
- Balalaika – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- The Great Victor Herbert – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- Man of Conquest – Charles L. Lootens, Republic Studio Sound Department
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- Gone With the Wind – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- The Rains Came – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
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- Gone With the Wind – Lyle Wheeler
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Lionel Banks
- Wuthering Heights – James Basevi
- The Rains Came – William S. Darling and George Dudley
- Beau Geste – Hans Dreier and Robert Odell
- The Wizard of Oz – Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Anton Grot
- Captain Fury – Charles D. Hall
- Man of Conquest – John Victor Mackay
- First Love – Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina
- Love Affair – Van Nest Polglase and Alfred Herman
- Stagecoach – Alexander Toluboff
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Wuthering Heights – Gregg Toland
- Gunga Din – Joseph H. August
- Lady of the Tropics – Norbert Brodine
- Juarez – Tony Gaudio
- Stagecoach – Bert Glennon
- The Rains Came – Arthur Charles Miller
- The Great Victor Herbert – Victor Milner
- Intermezzo – Gregg Toland
- First Love – Joseph Valentine
- Only Angels Have Wings – Joseph Walker
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- Gone With the Wind – Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
- The Four Feathers – Georges Périnal and Osmond Borradaile
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene
- Drums Along the Mohawk – Ray Rennahan and Bert Glennon
- The Wizard of Oz – Hal Rosson
- The Mikado – William V. Skall and Bernard Knowles
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- 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
- Stagecoach – Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer
- The Rains Came – Barbara McLean
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- The Rains Came – E. H. Hansen and Fred Sersen
- Gone With the Wind – John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin and Arthur Johns
- Only Angels Have Wings – Roy Davidson and Edwin C. Hahn
- Union Pacific – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder
- The Wizard of Oz – A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson
- Topper Takes a Trip – Roy Seawright
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