Miglior Film

Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
(Selznick-Mgm) - David O. Selznick – Producer Won eight Awards.

Tramonto-DARK VICTORY (Warner Bros) - David Lewis – Producer
Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (Mgm) - Victor Saville – Producer
Una grande amore-LOVE AFFAIR (Rko) - Leo McCarey – Producer
Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Columbia) - Frank Capra – Producer
NINOTCHKA (Mgm) - Sidney Franklin – Producer
Uomini e topi-OF MICE AND MEN (United Artists) - Hal Roach – Producer , Lewis Milestone – Producer
Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH (United Artists) - Walter Wanger – Producer
Il mago di Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ (Mgm) - Mervyn LeRoy – Producer
La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS (United Artists) - Samuel Goldwyn – Producer

Victor Fleming
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Frank Capra - Mister Smith va a Washigton-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
John Ford - Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH
Sam Wood - Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
William Wyler - La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Miglior attore

Robert Donat
Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

Clark Gable - Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
Lord Laurence Olivier - La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Mickey Rooney - Piccoli attori-BABES IN ARMS
James Stewart - Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Miglior attrice

Vivien Leigh
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Bette Davis - Tramonto-DARK VICTORY
Irene Dunne - Un grande amore-LOVE AFFAIR
Greta Garbo - NINOTCHKA
Greer Garson - Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

Miglior attore non protagonista

Thomas Mitchell
Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH

Brian Averne - La figlia del vento-JUAREZ
Harry Carey - Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Claude Rains - Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Brian Donlevy - BEAU GESTE

Miglior attrice non protagonista

Hattie McDaniel
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Olivia de Havilland - Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
Geraldine Fitzgerald - La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Edna May Oliver - La più grande avventura-DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
Maria Ouspenskaya - Un grande amoreLOVE AFFAIR

Miglior sceneggiatura

Lewis R. Foster
Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Felix Jackson - Situazione imbarazzante-BACHELOR MOTHER
Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey - Un grande amore-LOVE AFFAIR
Melchior Lengyel - NINOTCHKA
Lamar Trotti - Alba di gloria-YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

Miglior sceneggiatura non originale

Sidney Howard
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West - Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Sidney Buchman - Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Billy Wilder - NINOTCHKA
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur - La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Miglior scenografia e arredamento

Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Robert Odell - Art Direction - BEAU GESTE
Charles D. Hall - Art Direction - Capitan Furia-CAPTAIN FURY
Jack Otterson - Art Direction, Martin Obzina - Art Direction - Il primo bacio-FIRST LOVE
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, Al Herman - Art Direction - Un grande amore-LOVE AFFAIR
John Victor Mackay - Art Direction - Cavalcata ardente/La strage di Alamo-MAN OF CONQUEST
Lionel Banks - Art Direction - Mister Smith va a Washington-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Anton Grot - Art Direction - Il conte di Essex-THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
William Darling - Art Direction, George Dudley - Art Direction - La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME
Alexander Toluboff - Art Direction - Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, William A. Horning - Il mago di Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ
James Basevi - Art Direction La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Miglior fotografia a colori
(Rules changed in 1939: Cinematography divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)

Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon - La più grande avventura-DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile - Le quattro piume-THE FOUR FEATHERS
William V. Skall - THE MIKADO
Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene - Il conte di Essex-THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Hal Rosson - Il mago do Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ

Miglior fotografia in bianco e nero
(Rules changed in 1939: Cinematography divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)

Gregg Toland
La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Joseph Valentine - Il primo bacio-FIRST LOVE
Victor Milner - THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
Joseph H. August - GUNGA DIN
Gregg Toland - INTERMEZZO
Tony Gaudio - La figlia del vento-JUAREZ
Norbert Brodine - LADY OF THE TROPICS
Joseph Walker - Avventurieri dell’aria-ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Arthur C. Miller - La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME
Bert Glennon - Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH

Miglior montaggio

Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND

Charles Frend - Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Gene Havlick, Al Clark - Mister Smith va a Washigton-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Barbara McLean - La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME
Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer - Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH

Miglior colonna sonora originale

Herbert Stothart
Il mago di Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ

Max Steiner - Tramonto-DARK VICTORY
Werner Janssen - Eternamente tua-ETERNALLY YOURS
Victor Young - Passione-GOLDEN BOY
Max Steiner - Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
Victor Young - I viaggi di Gulliver-GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck - La maschera di ferro-THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
Victor Young - Cavalcata ardente/La strage di Alamo-MAN OF CONQUEST
Anthony Collins - NURSE EDITH CAVELL
Aaron Copland - Uomini e topi-OF MICE AND MEN
Alfred Newman - La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME
Alfred Newman - La voce nella tempesta-WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Miglior colonna sonora

Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
Ombre rosse-STAGECOACH

Roger Edens, George Stoll - Piccoli attori-BABES IN ARMS
Charles Previn - Il primo bacio-FIRST LOVE
Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange - THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
Alfred Newman - Il gobbo di Notre-Dame-THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Lou Forbes - INTERMEZZO
Dimitri Tiomkin - Mister Smith va a Washigton-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Aaron Copland - Uomini e topi-OF MICE AND MEN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Il conte Essex-THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Cy Feuer - SHE MARRIED A COP
Louis Silvers - Il canto del fiume-SWANEE RIVER
Alfred Newman - Armonie di gioventù-THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC
Victor Young - Le strade del Sud-WAY DOWN SOUTH

Miglior canzone

Harold Arlen – Music, E.Y. Harburg – Lyrics
Il mago di Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ "Over the Rainbow"

Ralph Rainger – Music, Leo Robin – Lyrics I viaggi di Gulliver-GULLIVER'S TRAVELS "Faithful Forever"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics Ho trovato una stella-SECOND FIDDLE "I Poured My Heart into a Song"
Buddy De Sylva - Music & Lyrics Un grande amore-LOVE AFFAIR "Wishing"

Miglior Animated Short

Il brutto anatroccolo-THE UGLY DUCKLING
Walt Disney – Producer

DETOURING AMERICA - Warner Bros.
PEACE ON EARTH - MGM
THE POINTER - Walt Disney – Producer

Miglior Short Subjects - One-Reel

BUSY LITTLE BEARS
Paramount

INFORMATION PLEASE - RKO Radio
PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR - MGM
SWORD FISHING - Warner Bros.

Miglior Short Subjects - Two-Reel

SONS OF LIBERTY
Warner Bros.

DRUNK DRIVING - MGM
FIVE TIMES FIVE - RKO Radio

Miglior suono

Bernard B. Brown
Vigilia d’amore-WHEN TOMORROW COMES

Douglas Shearer - BALALAIKA
Thomas T. Moulton - Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
A.W. Watkins - Addio, mr. Chips-GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Loren L. Ryder - THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
John Aalberg - Il gobbo di Notre-Dame-THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
C.L. Lootens - Cavalcata ardente/La strage di Alamo-MAN OF CONQUEST
John Livadary - Mister Smith va a Washigton-MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Elmer Raguse - Uomini e topi-OF MICE AND MEN
Nathan Levinson - Il conte di Essex-THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Edmund Hansen - La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME

Miglior effetti speciali
(This award was instituted in 1939.)

E.H. Hansen - Special Effects (Photographic), Fred Sersen - Special Effects (Sound)
La grande pioggia-THE RAINS CAME

John R. Cosgrove - Special Effects (Photographic), Fred Albin - Special Effects (Sound), Arthur Johns - Special Effects (Sound) - Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
Roy Davidson - Special Effects (Photographic), Edwin C. Hahn - Special Effects (Sound) - Eroi senza gloria/Avventurieri dell’aria-ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Byron Haskin - Special Effects (Photographic), Nathan Levinson - Special Effects (Sound) - Il conte di Essex-THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Roy Seawright - Special Effects - Viaggio nell’impossibile-TOPPER TAKES A TRIP
Farciot Edouart - Special Effects (Photographic), Gordon Jennings - Special Effects (Photographic), Loren L. Ryder - Special Effects (Sound) - La via dei giganti-UNION PACIFIC
A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects (Photographic), Douglas Shearer - Special Effects (Sound) - Il mago di Oz-THE WIZARD OF OZ

(No award given for 1939.)

Class II (Plaque)

(No award given for 1939.)

Class III (Citation)

George Anderson
(Warner Bros. Studio)
For an improved positive head for sun arcs.
John Arnold
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio)
For the M-G-M mobile camera crane.
Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin
Sound Department of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio
For the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures.
Farciot Edouart, Joseph E. Robbins, William Rudolph
Paramount Pictures Inc.
For the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill.
Emery Huse (Eastman Kodak Company), Ralph B. Atkinson (Eastman Kodak Company)
For their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths.
Harold Nye
(Warner Bros. Studio)
For a miniature incandescent spot lamp.
A.J. Tondreau
(Warner Bros. Studio)
For the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer.
F.R. Abbott, Haller Belt, Alan Cook
(Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
For faster projection lenses. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
Mole-Richardson Company
For a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
Mitchell Camera Company
For a new type process projection head. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
Charles Handley, David Joy
National Carbon Company
For improved and more stable high-intensity carbons. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
Winton Hoch
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
For an auxiliary optical system. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).
Don Musgrave
Selznick International Pictures Inc.
For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, GONE WITH THE WIND. (Part of a Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment).

Honorary and other awards

Douglas Fairbanks
Recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture. Winner of this Commemorative Award received a Statuette.
Motion Picture Relief Fund, Jean Hersholt - President, Ralph Morgan - Chairman of the Executive Committee, Ralph Block - First Vice-President, Conrad Nagel
Acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership. Winners presented Plaques.
Judy Garland
For her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.
William Cameron Menzies
Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND
For outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Via col vento-GONE WITH THE WIND. Winner presented a Plaque.
Technicolor Company
For its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

David O. Selznick

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