12th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1940)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 29, 1940
  • For films released in: 1939
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 12th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Production

  • Dark Victory
    Warner Bros.-First National
  • Gone with the Wind
    Selznick International Pictures
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Love Affair
    RKO Radio
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Columbia
  • Ninotchka
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Of Mice and Men
    Hal Roach
  • Stagecoach
    Walter Wanger
  • The Wizard of Oz
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Wuthering Heights
    Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Best Directing

  • Gone with the Wind
    Victor Fleming
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Sam Wood
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Frank Capra
  • Stagecoach
    John Ford
  • Wuthering Heights
    William Wyler

Best Actor

  • Babes in Arms
    Mickey Rooney
  • Gone with the Wind
    Clark Gable
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Robert Donat
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    James Stewart
  • Wuthering Heights
    Laurence Olivier

Best Actress

  • Dark Victory
    Bette Davis
  • Gone with the Wind
    Vivien Leigh
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Greer Garson
  • Love Affair
    Irene Dunne
  • Ninotchka
    Greta Garbo

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Beau Geste
    Brian Donlevy
  • Juarez
    Brian Aherne
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Harry Carey
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Claude Rains
  • Stagecoach
    Thomas Mitchell

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Drums along the Mohawk
    Edna May Oliver
  • Gone with the Wind
    Olivia de Havilland
  • Gone with the Wind
    Hattie McDaniel
  • Love Affair
    Maria Ouspenskaya
  • Wuthering Heights
    Geraldine Fitzgerald

Best 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 Wheeler
  • Love Affair
    Van Nest Polglase and Al Herman
  • Man of Conquest
    John Victor McKay
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Lionel Banks
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
    Anton Grot
  • The Rains Came
    William Darling and George Dudley
  • Stagecoach
    Alexander Toluboff
  • The Wizard of Oz
    Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning
  • Wuthering Heights
    James Basevi

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

  • Stagecoach
    Bert Glennon
  • Wuthering Heights
    Gregg Toland

Best Cinematography (Color)

  • Gone with the Wind
    Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
    Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene

Best 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

Best Music (Scoring)

  • Babes in Arms
    George Stoll and Roger Edens
  • 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
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • She Married a Cop
    Cy Feuer
  • Stagecoach
    Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken
  • Swanee River
    Louis Silvers
  • They Shall Have Music
    Alfred Newman
  • Way Down South
    Victor Young

Best Music (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

Best Music (Song)

  • Gulliver's Travels "Faithful Forever"
    Ralph Rainger [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by]
  • Love Affair "Wishing"
    Buddy de Sylva [Music and Lyrics by]
  • Second Fiddle "I Poured My Heart into a Song"
    Irving Berlin [Music and Lyrics by]
  • The Wizard of Oz "Over the Rainbow"
    Harold Arlen [Music by] and E.Y. Harburg [Lyrics by]

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

  • Detouring America
    Warner Bros.
  • Peace on Earth
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • The Pointer
    Walt Disney
  • The Ugly Duckling
    Walt Disney

Best Short Subject (One-reel)

  • Busy Little Bears
    Paramount
  • Information Please
    RKO Radio
  • Prophet without Honor
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Sword Fishing
    Warner Bros.

Best Short Subject (Two-reel)

  • Drunk Driving
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Five Times Five
    RKO Radio
  • Sons of Liberty
    Warner Bros.

Best Sound Recording

  • Balalaika
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director]
  • Gone with the Wind
    Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director]
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Denham Studio Sound Department and A.W. Watkins [Sound Director]
  • The Great Victor Herbert
    Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder [Sound Director]
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John Aalberg [Sound Director]
  • Man of Conquest
    Republic Studio Sound Department and Charles L. Lootens [Sound Director]
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director]
  • Of Mice and Men
    Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer A. Raguse [Sound Director]
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
    Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director]
  • The Rains Came
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director]
  • When Tomorrow Comes
    Universal Studio Sound Department and Bernard B. Brown [Sound Director]

Best 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
    Fred Sersen and E.H. Hansen
  • Topper Takes a Trip
    Roy Seawright
  • Union Pacific
    Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder
  • The Wizard of Oz
    A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer

Best Writing (Screenplay)

  • Gone with the Wind
    Sidney Howard
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Sidney Buchman
  • Ninotchka
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch
  • Wuthering Heights
    Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht

Best 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
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