Academy Award 1940 (february 29, 1940)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 12 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
David O. Selznick

nominations for the movie :

Ninotchka
Assigned to
Sidney A. Franklin

Stagecoach
Assigned to
Walter Wanger

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Samuel Goldwyn

The Wizard of Oz
Assigned to
Mervyn Leroy

Dark Victory

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Victor Saville

poster del film mister smith goes to washington

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Frank Capra

Love Affair
Assigned to
Leo McCarey

of mice and men

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Victor Fleming

nominations for the movie :

Stagecoach
Assigned to
John Ford

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
William Wyler

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Sam Wood

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Frank Capra

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Lewis R. Foster

nominations for the movie :

Ninotchka
Assigned to
Melchior Lengyel

Love Affair
Assigned to
Leo McCarey, Mildred Cram

bachelor mother
Assigned to
Felix Jackson

young mister lincoln
Assigned to
Lamar Trotti

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Sydney Howard

nominations for the movie :

Ninotchka
Assigned to
Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Ben Hecht, Charles Mcarthur

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Eric Marschwitz, Robert Cedric Sherriff, Claudine West

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Sidney Buchman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Robert Donat

nominations for the movie :

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Laurence Olivier

Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Clark Gable

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
James Stewart

babes in arms
Assigned to
Mickey Rooney

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Vivien Leigh

nominations for the movie :

Ninotchka
Assigned to
Greta Garbo

Dark Victory
Assigned to
Bette Davis

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Greer Garson

Love Affair
Assigned to
Irene Dunne

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie Stagecoach
Assigned to
Thomas Mitchell

nominations for the movie :

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Claude Rains, Harry Sr.carey

Juarez
Assigned to
Brian Aherne

beau geste
Assigned to
Brian Donlevy

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Olivia De Havilland, Hattie Mcdaniel

nominations for the movie :

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Geraldine Fitzgerald

Love Affair
Assigned to
Maria Ouspenskaya

drums along the mohawks
Assigned to
Edna May Oliver

Best Cinematography, Color

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan

nominations for the movie :

poster del film The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assigned to
W. Howard Greene, Sol Polito

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

for the movie Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Gregg Toland

nominations for the movie :

Stagecoach
Assigned to
Bert Glennon

Best Original Score

for the movie Stagecoach
Assigned to
Richard Hageman, Franke W.harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken

nominations for the movie :

poster del film The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assigned to
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

of mice and men

babes in arms
Assigned to
Roger Edens, George Stoll

the great victor herbert
Assigned to
Arthur Lange, Phil Boutelje

she married a cop
Assigned to
Cy Feuer

intermezzo, a love story
Assigned to
Louis Forbes

they shall have music
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

first love
Assigned to
Charles Previn

swanee river
Assigned to
Louis Silvers

way down south
Assigned to
Victor Young

Best Music, Scoring

for the movie The Wizard of Oz
Assigned to
Herbert Stothart

nominations for the movie :

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Max Steiner

golden boy
Assigned to
Victor Young

the rains came
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

Dark Victory
Assigned to
Max Steiner

of mice and men

nurse edith cavell
Assigned to
Anthony Collins

the man in the iron mask
Assigned to
Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraveck

eternally yours
Assigned to
Werner Janssen

gulliver's travels
Assigned to
Victor Young

man of conquest
Assigned to
Victor Young

Best Editing

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
James E.newcom, Hal C. Kern

nominations for the movie :

Stagecoach
Assigned to
Dorothy Spencer, Otho Lovering

the rains came
Assigned to
Barbara Mclean

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
Charles Frend

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Al Clark, Gene Havlick

Best Production Design

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Lyle R. Wheeler

nominations for the movie :

Stagecoach
Assigned to
Alexander Toluboff

Wuthering Heights
Assigned to
James Basevi

The Wizard of Oz
Assigned to
Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning

the rains came
Assigned to
George Dudley, William S. Darling

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
Lionel Banks

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assigned to
Anton Grot

Love Affair
Assigned to
Van Nest Polglase, Alfred Herman

beau geste
Assigned to
Hans Dreier, Robert Odell

first love
Assigned to
Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina

man of conquest
Assigned to
John Victor mackay

captain fury
Assigned to
Charles D.hall

Best Sound

for the movie When Tomorrow Comes
Assigned to
Bernard B.brown

nominations for the movie :

Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
Thomas T.moulton

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Assigned to
John O.aalberg

the rains came
Assigned to
Edmund H.hansen

goodbye, mister chips
Assigned to
A.w.watkins

mister smith goes to washington
Assigned to
John P.livadary

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assigned to
Nathan Levinson

of mice and men

the great victor herbert
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder

man of conquest
Assigned to
Charles L.lootens

balalaika
Assigned to
Douglas G.shearer

Best Special Effects

for the movie the rains came
Assigned to
Edmund H.hansen, Fred Sersen

nominations for the movie :

Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
John R.cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns

The Wizard of Oz
Assigned to
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas G.shearer

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assigned to
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson

only angels have wings
Assigned to
Roy Davidson, Edwin C.hahn

union pacific
Assigned to
Loren L.ryder, Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings

topper takes a trip
Assigned to
Roy Seawright

Best Original Song

for the movie The Wizard of Oz
Assigned to
E.y.harburg, Harold Arlen

nominations for the movie :

Love Affair
Assigned to
Buddy G. Desylva

gulliver's travels
Assigned to
Ralph Rainger

second fiddle
Assigned to
Irving Berlin

Special Award

for the movie Gone with the Wind
Assigned to
William Cameron Menzies

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Academy Award 1940 (february 29, 1940)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 12 of the event; awards assigned: