11th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1939)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 23, 1939
  • For films released in: 1938
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 11th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Production

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Warner Bros.-First National
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
    20th Century-Fox
  • Boys Town
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • The Citadel
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Four Daughters
    Warner Bros.-First National
  • Grand Illusion
    Realization D'Art Cinematographique
  • Jezebel
    Warner Bros.
  • Pygmalion
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Test Pilot
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Columbia

Best Directing

  • Angels with Dirty Faces
    Michael Curtiz
  • Boys Town
    Norman Taurog
  • The Citadel
    King Vidor
  • Four Daughters
    Michael Curtiz
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Frank Capra

Best Actor

  • Algiers
    Charles Boyer
  • Angels with Dirty Faces
    James Cagney
  • Boys Town
    Spencer Tracy
  • The Citadel
    Robert Donat
  • Pygmalion
    Leslie Howard

Best Actress

  • Jezebel
    Bette Davis
  • Marie Antoinette
    Norma Shearer
  • Pygmalion
    Wendy Hiller
  • Three Comrades
    Margaret Sullavan
  • White Banners
    Fay Bainter

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Algiers
    Gene Lockhart
  • Four Daughters
    John Garfield
  • If I Were King
    Basil Rathbone
  • Kentucky
    Walter Brennan
  • Marie Antoinette
    Robert Morley

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • The Great Waltz
    Miliza Korjus
  • Jezebel
    Fay Bainter
  • Merrily We Live
    Billie Burke
  • Of Human Hearts
    Beulah Bondi
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Spring Byington

Best Art Direction

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Carl J. Weyl
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    Lyle Wheeler
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
    Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven
  • Algiers
    Alexander Toluboff
  • Carefree
    Van Nest Polglase
  • The Goldwyn Follies
    Richard Day
  • Holiday
    Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks
  • If I Were King
    Hans Dreier and John Goodman
  • Mad about Music
    Jack Otterson
  • Marie Antoinette
    Cedric Gibbons
  • Merrily We Live
    Charles D. Hall

Best Cinematography

  • Algiers
    James Wong Howe
  • Army Girl
    Ernest Miller and Harry Wild
  • The Buccaneer
    Victor Milner
  • The Great Waltz
    Joseph Ruttenberg
  • Jezebel
    Ernest Haller
  • Mad about Music
    Joseph Valentine
  • Merrily We Live
    Norbert Brodine
  • Suez
    Peverell Marley
  • Vivacious Lady
    Robert de Grasse
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Joseph Walker
  • The Young in Heart
    Leon Shamroy

Best Film Editing

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Ralph Dawson
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
    Barbara McLean
  • The Great Waltz
    Tom Held
  • Test Pilot
    Tom Held
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Gene Havlick

Best Music (Scoring)

  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
    Alfred Newman
  • Carefree
    Victor Baravalle
  • Girls' School
    Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone
  • The Goldwyn Follies
    Alfred Newman
  • Jezebel
    Max Steiner
  • Mad about Music
    Charles Previn and Frank Skinner
  • Storm over Bengal
    Cy Feuer
  • Sweethearts
    Herbert Stothart
  • There Goes My Heart
    Marvin Hatley
  • Tropic Holiday
    Boris Morros
  • The Young in Heart
    Franz Waxman

Best Music (Original Score)

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Army Girl
    Victor Young
  • Block-Heads
    Marvin Hatley
  • Blockade
    Werner Janssen
  • Breaking the Ice
    Victor Young
  • The Cowboy and the Lady
    Alfred Newman
  • If I Were King
    Richard Hageman
  • Marie Antoinette
    Herbert Stothart
  • Pacific Liner
    Russell Bennett
  • Suez
    Louis Silvers
  • The Young in Heart
    Franz Waxman

Best Music (Song)

  • Alexander's Ragtime Band "Now It Can Be Told"
    Irving Berlin [Music and Lyrics by]
  • The Big Broadcast of 1938 "Thanks for the Memory"
    Ralph Rainger [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by]
  • Carefree "Change Partners"
    Irving Berlin [Music and Lyrics by]
  • The Cowboy and the Lady "The Cowboy and the Lady"
    Lionel Newman [Music by] and Arthur Quenzer [Lyrics by]
  • Going Places "Jeepers Creepers"
    Harry Warren [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by]
  • The Lady Objects "A Mist over the Moon"
    Ben Oakland [Music by] and Oscar Hammerstein II [Lyrics by]
  • Mannequin "Always and Always"
    Edward Ward [Music by], Chet Forrest [Lyrics by] and Bob Wright [Lyrics by]
  • Merrily We Live "Merrily We Live"
    Phil Charig [Music by] and Arthur Quenzer [Lyrics by]
  • That Certain Age "My Own"
    Jimmy McHugh [Music by] and Harold Adamson [Lyrics by]
  • Under Western Stars "Dust"
    Johnny Marvin [Music and Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

  • Brave Little Tailor
    Walt Disney
  • Ferdinand the Bull
    Walt Disney
  • Good Scouts
    Walt Disney
  • Hunky and Spunky
    Paramount
  • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
    Walt Disney

Best Short Subject (One-reel)

  • The Great Heart
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • That Mothers Might Live
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Timber Toppers
    20th Century-Fox

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

  • Declaration of Independence
    Warner Bros.
  • Swingtime in the Movies
    Warner Bros.
  • They're Always Caught
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Sound Recording

  • Army Girl
    Republic Studio Sound Department and Charles L. Lootens [Sound Director]
  • The Cowboy and the Lady
    United Artists Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]
  • Four Daughters
    Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director]
  • If I Were King
    Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder [Sound Director]
  • Merrily We Live
    Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer A. Raguse [Sound Director]
  • Suez
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director]
  • Sweethearts
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director]
  • That Certain Age
    Universal Studio Sound Department and Bernard B. Brown [Sound Director]
  • Vivacious Lady
    RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John Aalberg [Sound Director]
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director]

Best Writing (Screenplay)

  • Boys Town
    John Meehan and Dore Schary
  • The Citadel
    Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead and Elizabeth Hill
  • Four Daughters
    Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee
  • Pygmalion
    George Bernard Shaw [Screenplay and Dialogue by], W.P. Lipscomb [Adaptation by], Cecil Lewis [Adaptation by] and Ian Dalrymple [Adaptation by]
  • You Can't Take It with You
    Robert Riskin

Best Writing (Original Story)

  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
    Irving Berlin
  • Angels with Dirty Faces
    Rowland Brown
  • Blockade
    John Howard Lawson
  • Boys Town
    Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin
  • Mad about Music
    Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner
  • Test Pilot
    Frank Wead
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