1939

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Beau Geste

Gone with the Wind

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Only Angels Have Wings

The Rules of the Game*

BEST DIRECTOR:

Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind

John Ford, Stagecoach

Howard Hawks, Only Angels Have Wings

Jean Renoir, The Rules of the Game*

William A. Wellman, Beau Geste

BEST ACTOR:

James Cagney, The Roaring Twenties

Marcel Dalio, The Rules of the Game

Jean Gabin, Le Jour Se Leve

Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind

James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*

BEST ACTRESS:

Bette Davis, The Old Maid

Greta Garbo, Ninotchka

Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz

Nora Gregor, The Rules of the Game

Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Julien Carette, The Rules of the Game

Cedric Hardwicke, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Thomas Mitchell, Only Angels Have Wings*

Jean Renoir, The Rules of the Game

Ralph Richardson, The Four Feathers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jean Arthur, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*

Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind

Paulette Dubost, The Rules of the Game

Kay Francis, In Name Only

Gladys George, The Roaring Twenties

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Beau Geste

Destry Rides Again

The Four Feathers

Gone with the Wind*

The Wizard of Oz

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Love Affair

Midnight

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Only Angels Have Wings

The Rules of the Game*

BEST ART DIRECTION:

Drums Along the Mohawk

Gone with the Wind

Hollywood Cavalcade

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Wizard of Oz*

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Beau Geste

The Four Feathers

Gone with the Wind*

The Rules of the Game

The Wizard of Oz

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Gone with the Wind*

Gunga Din

Hollywood Cavalcade

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Wizard of Oz

BEST FILM EDITING:

Beau Geste*

Dodge City

Gone with the Wind

The Roaring Twenties

The Rules of the Game

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Gone with the Wind*

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Gulliver’s Travels

The Wizard of Oz

Wuthering Heights

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Faithful Forever” from Gulliver’s Travels

“Good Morning” from Babes in Arms

“Lydia, the Tattooed Lady” from At the Circus

"Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness" from Dark Victory

“Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz*

BEST MAKEUP:

Drums Along the Mohawk

Gone with the Wind

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Wizard of Oz*

BEST SOUND:

Beau Geste

Gone with the Wind

Gunga Din

Stagecoach*

The Wizard of Oz

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Gone with the Wind

Gunga Din

Only Angels Have Wings

The Rains Came

The Wizard of Oz*

BEST STUNTS:

Beau Geste

The Four Feathers

Gunga Din*

Only Angels Have Wings

The Rains Came

BEST CASTING:

Gone with the Wind

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Rules of the Game

The Wizard of Oz

The Women*

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: (incomplete lineup)

The Four Feathers

Le Jour Se Leve

The Rules of the Game*