Film Data for 1940

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1940 (poll of 546 film critics and reviewers) 

1) Rebecca- 391 votes 

2) The Grapes of Wrath- 367 

3) Ninotchka (1939)- 269 

4) Foreign Correspondent- 247 

5) All This, and Heaven Too- 230 

6) Abe Lincoln in Illinois- 221 

7) Boom Town- 215 

8) Northwest Passage- 198 

    Our Town- 198 

10) The Mortal Storm- 172 

  The Honor Roll- 

11) Of Mice and Men (1939)- 163 

12) Pinocchio- 162 

13) Edison, the Man- 150 

14) Knute Rockne, All American- 136 

15) Pride and Prejudice- 134 

16) The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet- 121 

17) The Great McGinty- 105 

18) Waterloo Bridge- 93 

19) The Shop Around the Corner- 78 

20) Young Tom Edison- 75 

21) The Howards of Virginia- 70 

      My Favorite Wife- 70 

23) His Girl Friday- 64 

24) Destry Rides Again (1939)- 62 

      My Son, My Son- 62 

26) The Hunchback of Norte Dame (1939)

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 30, 1940. Awards presented on January 5, 1941 at the Rainbow Room in New York. NBC radio broadcast 15 minutes of the ceremony live nationwide. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993).

Best Picture

The Grapes of Wrath (won on VII ballot with 12 votes)

Runner-up: The Philadelphia Story, 3 votes

According to Lyons, The Long Voyage Home had been runner-up on early ballots.

Best Director

John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home (12 votes on ballot XX)

Runner-up: William Wyler, The Letter (4 votes)

Best Actor

Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator (won on ballot XXIII- no vote count given)

Runner-up: James Stephenson in The Letter

Lyons mentions Chaplin and Stephenson virtually tied on the first nine ballots, and the 23 ballots needed for Chaplin's victory led the critics to place a sixth-ballot cutoff for future awards.

Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (won on ballot III- no vote count given)

Runner-up: Martha Scott in Our Town

Best Foreign Film

The Baker's Wife (France)

Special Award

Walt Disney, Fantasia

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 22, 1940. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture

The Grapes of Wrath

Rest of the Top Ten (in order of preference):

The Great Dictator

Of Mice and Men (1939)

Our Town

Fantasia

The Long Voyage Home

Foreign Correspondent

The Biscuit Eater

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Rebecca

Best Acting (in alphabetical order)

Jane Bryan, We Are Not Alone

Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator

Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath

Betty Field, Of Mice and Men

Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath, The Return of Frank James

Joan Fontaine, Rebecca

Greer Garson, Pride and Prejudice

William Holden, Our Town

Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind, Waterloo Bridge

Thomas Mitchell, The Long Voyage Home

Raimu, The Baker's Wife

Ralph Richardson, The Fugitive

Flora Robson, We Are Not Alone

Ginger Rogers, The Primrose Path

George Sanders, Rebecca

Martha Scott, Our Town

James Stewart, The Shop Around the Corner

Conrad Veidt, Escape

Best Foreign Film

The Baker's Wife (France, 1938- 1940 U.S. release)

Best Documentary

The Fight for Life

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 10, 1941. Awards were presented on February 27, 1941. Awards were presented at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar (Winners in bold print).

Best Picture

All This, and Heaven Too, Warner Bros. Produced by Jack L. Warner and Hal B. Wallis, with David Lewis.

Foreign Correspondent, Wanger, UA. Produced by Walter Wagner.

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, with Nunnally Johnson.

The Great Dictator, Chaplin, UA. Produced by Charles Chaplin.

Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio. Produced by David Hempstead.

The Letter, Warner Bros. Produced by Hall B. Wallis.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wanger, UA. Produced by John Ford.

Our Town, Lesser, UA. Produced by Sol Lesser.

The Philadelphia Story, MGM. Produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Produced by David O. Selznick.

Best Director

George Cukor for The Philadelphia Story (MGM).

John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century-Fox).

Alfred Hitchcock for Rebecca (Selznick, UA).

Sam Wood for Kitty Foyle (RKO Radio).

William Wyler for The Letter (Warner Bros.).

Best Actor

Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator (Chaplin, UA).

Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century-Fox).

Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO Radio).

Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (Selznick, UA).

James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (MGM).

Best Actress

Bette Davis in The Letter (Warner Bros.).

Joan Fontaine in Rebecca (Selznick, UA).

Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (MGM).

Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle (RKO Radio).

Martha Scott in Our Town (Lesser, UA).

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Basserman in Foreign Correspondent (Wagner, UA).

Walter Brennan in The Westerner (Goldwyn, UA).

William Gargan in They Knew What They Wanted (RKO Radio).

Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator (Chaplin, UA).

James Stephenson in The Letter (Warner Bros.).

Best Supporting Actress

Judith Anderson in Rebecca (Selznick, UA).

Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century-Fox).

Ruth Hussey in The Philadelphia Story (MGM).

Barbara O'Neil in All This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.).

Marjorie Rambeau in The Primrose Path (RKO Radio).

Best Writing (Original Story)

Arise, My Love, Paramount. Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy.

Comrade X, MGM. Walter Reisch.

Edison, the Man, MGM. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary. 

My Favorite Wife, RKO Radio. Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack.

The Westerner, Goldwyn, UA. Stuart N. Lake.

Best Writing (Screenplay)

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. Nunnally Johnson.

Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio. Dalton Trumbo.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wanger, UA. Dudley Nichols.

The Philadelphia Story, MGM. Donald Ogden Stewart. 

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood.

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Angels Over Broadway, Columbia. Ben Hecht.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, Warner Bros. Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald and John Huston.

Foreign Correspondent, Wagner, UA. Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison.

The Great Dictator, Chaplin, UA. Charles Chaplin.

The Great McGinty, Paramount. Preston Sturges. 

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois, RKO Radio. James Wong Howe.

All This, and Heaven Too, Warner Bros. Ernest Haller.

Arise, My Love, Paramount. Charles B. Lang. 

Boom Town, MGM. Harlod Rossen.

Foreign Correspondent, Wanger-UA. Rudolph Mate.

The Letter, Warner Bros. Gaetano Gaudio.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wanger, UA. 

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. George Barnes.

Spring Parade, Universal. Joseph Valentine.

Waterloo Bridge, MGM. Joseph Ruttenberg.

Cinematography (Color)

Bitter Sweet, MGM. Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey.

The Blue Bird, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller and Ray Rennahan.

Down Argentine Way, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan.

North West Mounted Police, DeMille, Paramount. Victor Milner and W. Howard Green.

Northwest Passage, MGM. Sidney Wagner and William V. Skull.

The Thief of Bagdad, Korda, UA (British). George Perinal. 

Interior Decoration (Black-and-White)

Arise, My Love, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Robert Usher.

Arizona, Columbia. Lionel banks and Robert Peterson.

The Boys from Syracuse, Universal. John Otterson.

Dark Command, Republic. John Victor Mackay.

Foreign Correspondent, Wagner-UA. Alexander Golitzen.

Lillian Russell, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright.

My Favorite Wife, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee Kirk.

My Son, My Son, Small, UA. John DuCasse Schulze. 

Our Town, Lesser, UA. Lewis J. Rachmil.

Pride and Prejudice, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse.

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Lyle Wheeler.

The Sea Hawk, Warner Bros. Anton Grot.

The Westerner, Goldwyn, UA. James Basevi. 

Interior Decoration (Color)

Bitter Sweet, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie.

Down Argentine Way, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright.

North West Mounted Police, DeMille, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson.

The Thief of Bagdad, Korda, UA (British). Vincent Korda.

Best Sound Recording

Behind the News, Republic. Charles Lootens.

Captain Caution, Roach, UA. Elmer Raguse.

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. E.H. Hansen.

The Howards of Virginia, Columbia. Jack Whitney, General Service.

Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio. John Aalberg.

North West Mounted Police, DeMille, Paramount. Loren Ryder

Our Town, Lesser, UA. Thomas Moulton.

The Sea Hawk, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.

Spring Parade, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.

Strike Up the Band, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

Too Many Husbands, Columbia. John Livadary.

Best Song

"Down Argentine Way," (Down Argentine Way, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.

"I'd Know You Anywhere" (You'll Find Out, RKO Radio); Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"It's a Blue World" (Music in My Heart, Columbia); Music and Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright.

"Love of My Life" (Second Chorus, Paramount); Music by Artie Shaw. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"Only Forever" (Rhythm on the River, Paramount); Music by James Monaco. Lyrics by Johnny Burke.

"Our Love Affair" (Strike Up the Band, MGM); Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll.

"Waltzing in the Clouds" (Spring Parade, Universal); Music by Robert Stolz. Lyrics by Gus Kahn.

"When You Wish Upon a Star" (Pinocchio, Disney, RKO Radio); Music by Leigh Harline. Lyrics by Ned Washington.

"Who Am I?" (Hit Parade of 1941, Republic). Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Walter Bullock. 

Best Score

Arise, My Love, Paramount. Victor Young.

Hit Parade of 1941, Republic. Cy Feuer.

Irene, RKO Radio. Anthony Collins.

Our Town, Lesser, UA. Aaron Copeland.

The Sea Hawk, Warner Bros. Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Second Chorus, Paramount. Artie Shaw.

Spring Parade, Universal. Charles Previn.

Strike Up the Band, MGM. Georgie Stoll and Roger Edens.

Tin Pan Alley, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Best Original Score

Arizona, Columbia. Victor Young.

Dark Command, Republic. Victor Young.

The Fight for Life, U.S. Government-Columbia. Louis Gruenberg.

The Great Dictator, Chaplin, UA. Meredith Willson.

The House of the Seven Gables, Universal. Frank Skinner.

The Howards of Virginia, Columbia. Richard Hageman.

The Letter, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wagner, UA. Richard Hageman.

The Mark of Zorro, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

My Favorite Wife, RKO Radio. Roy Webb.

North West Mounted Police, DeMille, Paramount. Victor Young.

One Million, B.C., Roach, UA. Werner Heymann.

Our Town, Lesser, UA. Aaron Copeland.

Pinocchio, Disney, RKO Radio. Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington.

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Franz Waxman.

The Thief of Bagdad, Korda, UA (British). Miklos Rozsa.

Waterloo Bridge, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

Best Film Editing

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. Robert E. Simpson.

The Letter, Warner Bros. Warren Low.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wagner, UA. Sherman Todd.

North West Mounted Police,  DeMille, Paramount. Anne Bauchens.

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Hal C. Kern.

Best Special Effects

The Blue Bird, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic: Fred Sersen. Sound: E.H. Hansen.

Boom Town, MGM. Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie. Sound: Douglas Shearer.

The Boys from Syracuse, Universal. Photographic: John P. Fulton. Sound: Bernard B. Brown and Joseph Lapis.

Dr. Cyclops, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings. Sound: No credit listed.

Foreign Correspondent, Wagner, UA. Photographic: Paul Eagler. Sound: Thomas T. Moulton.

The Invisible Man Returns, Universal. Photographic: John P. Fulton. Sound: Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgecock.

The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wagner, UA. Photographic: R.T. Layton and R.O. Binger. Sound: Thomas T. Moulton.

One Million, B.C., Roach. UA. Photographic: Roy Seawright. Sound: Elmer Raguse.

Rebecca, Selznick, UA. Photographic: Jack Cosgrove. Sound: Arthur Johns.

The Sea Hawk, Warner Bros. Photographic: Byron Haskin. Sound: Nathan Levinson. 

Swiss Family Robinson, RKO Radio. Photographic: Vernon L. Walker. Sound: John O. Aalberg.

The Thief of Bagdad, Korda, UA (British). Photographic: Lawrence Butler. Sound: Jack Whitney.

Typhoon, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings. Sound: Loren Ryder.

Women in War, Republic. Photographic: Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford and Ellis J. Thackery. Sound: Herbert Norsch.

Best Short Subject Cartoon

Milky Way, MGM. (Rudolph Ising Series).

Puss Gets the Boot, MGM. (Cat and Mouse Series).

A Wild Hare, Schlesinger, Warner Bros.

Best Short Subject (One-Reel)

London Can Take It, Warner Bros. (Vitaphone Varieties).

More About Nostradamus, MGM.

Quicker 'N a Wink, Pete Smith, MGM.

Siege, RKO Radio (Reelism).

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Eye of the Navy, MGM (Crime Doesn't Pay).

Service with the Colors, Warner Bros. (National Defense Series). 

Teddy, the Rough Rider, Warner Bros. (Historical Featurette).

Special Awards

Bob Hope, in recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry (special silver plaque). 

Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films (statuette). 

Scientific or Technical

Class I (Statuette)

20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens.

Class II (Plaque)

None.

Class III (Citation)

Warner Bros. Studio Art Department and Anton Grot for the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Best Italian Film:

L'asseido dell'Alcazar, Auguste Genina

Best Foreign Film:

Der Postmeister, Gustav Ucicky

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

The Grapes of Wrath

The Baker's Wife (France, 1938- 1940 U.S. release)

Rebecca

Our Town

The Mortal Storm

Pride and Prejudice

The Great McGinty

The Long Voyage Home

The Great Dictator

Fantasia

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1940 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.).

1940 films listed on the 1939/40 list:

All This, and Heaven Too

The Fighting 69th

The Grapes of Wrath

Lillian Russell

My Favorite Wife

Northwest Passage

Rebecca

The Road to Singapore

1940 films listed on the 1940/41 list:

Boom Town

The Great Dictator

North West Mounted Police

The Philadelphia Story

This Thing Called Love

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1940 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Mickey Rooney

2) Spencer Tracy

3) Clark Gable

4) Gene Autry

5) Tyrone Power

6) James Cagney

7) Bing Crosby

8) Wallace Beery

9) Bette Davis

10) Judy Garland

The Next Fifteen:

11) James Stewart

12) Deanna Durbin

13) Alice Faye

14) Errol Flynn

15) Myrna Loy

16) Dorothy Lamour

17) Cary Grant

18) Bob Hope

19) Henry Fonda

20) Gary Cooper

21) Don Ameche

22) Jack Benny

23) Ginger Rogers

24) Ann Sheridan

25) William Powell

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1940 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Gene Autry

2) William Boyd

3) Roy Rogers

4) George O'Brien

5) Charles Starrett

6) Johnny Mack Brown

7) Tex Ritter

8) Three Mesquiteers

9) Smiley Burnette

10) Bill Elliot

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1940 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).

British Stars:

1) George Formby

2) Robert Donat

3) Gracie Fields

4) Arthur Askey

5) Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane (as a team)

6) Charles Laughton 

7) Will Hay

8) Conrad Veidt

9) Gordon Harker

10) Anna Neagle

International Stars:

1) Mickey Rooney

2) Deanna Durbin

3) Spencer Tracy

4) Jeanette MacDonald

5) George Formby

6) Nelson Eddy

7) Errol Flynn

8) James Cagney

9) Gary Cooper

10) Bing Crosby

The Next Fifteen:

11) Shirley Temple

12) Tyrone Power

13) Clark Gable

14) Robert Donat

15) Bette Davis

16) Wallace Beery

17) Dorothy Lamour

18) Greta Garbo

19) Gracie Fields

20) Alice Faye

21) Myrna Loy

22) Judy Garland

23) Ginger Rogers

24) Laurel and Hardy

25) Victor McLaglen

Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Ten Worst Pictures:

The Howards of Virginia

Swanee River
The Great Victor Herbert

1,000,000 B.C.

I Take This Woman

My Son, My Son

Green Hell

Lillian Russell

Typhoon

Boom Town

Film Data for 1939

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures 

1) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 472 votes 

2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 433 

3) Pygmalion (1938)- 349 

4) Wuthering Heights- 283 

5) Dark Victory- 280 

6) The Women- 254 

7) The Wizard of Oz- 244

8) Juarez- 216 

9) Stanley & Livingston- 213

10) The Old Maid- 166 

The Honor Roll- 

11) Stagecoach- 153 

12) Young Mr. Lincoln- 152 

13) Babes in Arms- 135 

14) Love Affair- 128 

15) Union Pacific- 112 

16) On Borrowed Time- 111 

17) Bachelor Mother- 93 

18) Gunga Din- 82 

      Nurse Edith Cavell- 82 

20) The Rains Came- 77 

21) Jesse James- 69 

22) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle- 68 

23) The Beachcomber (1938)- 67 

24) Idiot's Delight- 60 

25) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell- 59 

 26) The Great Waltz (1938)- 56 

27) Four Feathers- 52 

28) The Lady Vanishes (1938)- 47 

29) Only Angels Have Wings- 46 

30) Beau Geste- 40 

31) Golden Boy- 38

Newspaper Film Critics of America Poll (Source: The Film Daily 1940 Annual)

First-place votes received 75 points. Second-place votes received 50 points. Third-place votes received 25 points.

Best Picture 

1) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 22,775 points 

2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 14,755 points 

3) Wuthering Heights- 6,950 points 

Best Actor 

1) Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 23,200 points 

2) James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 14,150 points 

3) Spencer Tracy in Stanley & Livingston- 7,825 points 

Best Actress 

1) Bette Davis in Dark Victory- 23,175 points 

2) Greta Garbo in Ninotchka- 9,750 points 

3) Rosalind Russell in The Women 9,725 points 

Best Supporting Actor 

1) Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach- 14,125 points 

2) Brian Aherene in Juarez- 12,125 points 

3) Akim Tamiroff in Disputed Passage- 7,750 points 

Best Supporting Actress 

1) Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 15,650 points 

2) Rosalind Russell in The Women- 12,350 points 

3) Alice Brady in Young Mr. Lincoln- 8,600 points 

"Young Actor Most Likely to Win Greatest Fame in 1940" 

1) Jeffery Lynn- 15,825 points 

2) Eddie Albert- 9,925 points 

3) John Howard- 8,825 points 

"Young Actress Most Likely to Win Greatest Fame in 1940" 

1) Maureen O'Hara 13,075 

2) Linda Darnell- 12,575 

3) Lana Turner- 10,925

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 27, 1939. Awards presented on January 7, 1940 at the Rainbow Room in New York. The ceremony was broadcast live by NBC radio. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

Wuthering Heights (won on XIV ballot)

Runner-ups: Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

On ballot I, Gone with the Wind had 6 votes, Wuthering had 4 votes and Mr. Smith had 3 votes.

On ballot V, Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith had 6 votes apiece, and Wuthering had 4 votes.

On ballot VI, Wuthering had 7 votes and Gone with the Wind had 5 votes.

On ballot VII, Gone with the Wind and Wuthering both had 7 votes. 

Best Director

John Ford, Stagecoach (12 votes on ballot II)

Runner-up:  Ernst Lubitsch, Ninotchka (3 votes)

Best Actor

James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (won on ballot III)

Runner-up: Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Best Actress

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (won on ballot II)

Runner-up: Greta Garbo in Ninotchka

Best Foreign Film

Harvest

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 24, 1939. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Rest of the top ten (in order of preference):

Wuthering Heights

Stagecoach

Ninotchka

Young Mr. Lincoln

Crisis

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Roaring Twenties

U-Boat 29

Best Acting (in alphabetical order):

James Cagney, The Roaring Twenties

Bette Davis, Dark Victory and The Old Maid

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights

Henry Fonda, Young Mr. Lincoln

Jean Gabin, Port of Shadows

Greta Garbo, Ninotchka

Francis Lederer, Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Paul Lukas, Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach

Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights

Flora Robson, We Are Not Alone

Michel Simon, Port of Shadows, The End of a Day

Best Foreign Film

Port of Shadows (France)

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 11, 1940. Awards were presented on February 29, 1940 at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar)

Best Picture

Dark Victory, Warner Bros. Produced by David Lewis.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Produced by David O. Selznick.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). Produced by Victor Saville.

Love Affair, RKO Radio. Produced by Leo McCarey

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Produced by Frank Capra.

Ninotchka, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.

Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Produced by Lewis Milestone.

Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Produced by Walter Wanger.

The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Produced by Mervyn LeRoy.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn.

Best Director

Frank Capra for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).

Victor Fleming for Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).

John Ford for Stagecoach (Wanger, UA).

Sam Wood for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).

William Wyler for Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).

Best Actor

Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).

Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).

Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).

Mickey Rooney in Babes in Arms (MGM).

James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).

Best Actress

Bette Davis in Dark Victory (Warner Bros.)

Irene Dunne in Love Affair (RKO Radio).

Greta Garbo in Ninotchka (MGM). 

Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).

Best Supporting Actor

Brian Aherne in Juarez (Warner Bros.).

Harry Carey in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).

Brian Donlevy in Beau Geste (Paramount). 

Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach (Wanger, UA).

Claude Rains in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).

Best Supporting Actress

Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).

Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).

Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).

Edna Mae Oliver in Drums Along the Mohawk (20th Century-Fox).

Maria Ouspenskaya in Love Affair (RKO Radio).

Writing (Original Story)

Bachelor Mother, RKO Radio. Felix Jackson.

Love Affair, RKO Radio. Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Lewis R. Foster.

Ninotchka, MGM. Melchior Lengyel.

Young Mr. Lincoln, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.

Writing (Screenplay)

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Sidney Howard.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff and Claudine West. 

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Sidney Buchman.

Ninotchka, MGM. Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Billy WIlder.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Best Interior Decoration

Beau Geste, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Robert Odell.

Captain Fury, Roach, UA. Charles D. Hall.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Lyle Wheeler.

Love Affair, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase and Al Herman.

Man of Conquest, Republic. John Victor Mackay.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Lionel Banks.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Anton Grot.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. William Darling and George Dudley.

Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Alexander Toluboff.

The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. James Basevi.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

First Love, Universal. Joseph Valentine.

The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Victor Milner.

Gunga Din, RKO Radio. Joseph H. August.

Intermezzo: A Love Story, Selznick, UA. Gregg Toland.

Juarez, Warner Bros. Tony Gaudio.

Lady of the Tropics, MGM. Norbert Brodine

Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia. Joseph Walker.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.

Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Bert Glennon.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Gregg Toland.

Best Cinematography (Color)

Drums Along the Mohawk, 20th Century-Fox. Ray Rennahan and Bert Glennon.

Four Feathers, Denham, UA. Georges Perinal and Osmond Borradaile.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan.

The Mikado, Universal. William V. Skall.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene. 

The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Hal Rosson.

Film Editing

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, (MGM) (British). Charles Frend.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Gene Havlick and Al Clark.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.

Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer.

Best Song

"Faithful Forever"(Gulliver's Travels, Paramount); Music by Ralph Rainger. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

"I Poured My Heart into a Song" (Second Fiddle, 20th Century-Fox); Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin.

"Over the Rainbow" (The Wizard of Oz, MGM); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.

"Wishing" (Love Affair, RKO Radio); Music and Lyrics by Buddy De Sylva.

Best Score

Babes in Arms, MGM. Roger Edens and George E. Stoll.

First Love, Universal. Charles Previn.

The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio. Alfred Newman.

Intermezzo: A Love Story, Selznick, UA. Lou Forbes.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Dimitri Tiomkin.

Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Aaron Copeland.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

She Married a Cop, Republic. Cy Feuer.

Stagecoach, Walter Wanger, UA. Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken.

Swanee River, 20th Century-Fox. Louis Silvers.

They Shall Have Music, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.

Way Down South, Lesser, RKO Radio. Victor Young.

Best Original Score

Dark Victory, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

Eternally Yours, Walter Wanger, UA. Werner Janssen.

Golden Boy, Columbia. Victor Young.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Max Steiner.

Gulliver's Travels, Paramount. Victor Young.

The Man in the Iron Mask, Small, UA. Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck.

Man of Conquest, Republic. Victor Young.

Nurse Edith Cavell, RKO Radio. Anthony Collins.

Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Aaron Copeland.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.

Best Sound Recording

Balalaika, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Thomas T. Moulton

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). A. W. Watkins.

The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Loren Ryder.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio. John Aalberg.

Man of Conquest, Republic. C. L. Lootens.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. John Livadary.

Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Elmer Raguse.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. E. H. Hansen.

When Tomorrow Comes, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.

Best Special Effects

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM.  Photographic: John R. Cosgrove. Sound: Fred Albin and Arthur Johns.

Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia. Photographic: Roy Davidson. Sound: Edwin C. Hahn.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros.  Photographic: Byron Haskin. Sound: Nathan Levinson.

The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox.  Photographic: E.H. Hansen. Sound: Fred Sersen.

Topper Takes a Trip, Roach, UA. Roy Seawright.

Union Pacific, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings. Sound: Loren Ryder.

The Wizard of Oz, MGM.  Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie. Sound: Douglas Shearer.

Best Short Subject Cartoon

Detouring America, Warner Bros.

Peace on Earth, MGM.

The Pointer, Walt Disney, RKO Radio.

The Ugly Duckling, Walt Disney, RKO Radio.

Best One-Reel Short Subject

Busy Little Bears, Paramount (Paragraphics).

Information Please, RKO Radio.

Prophet Without Honor, MGM (Miniatures).

Sword Fishing, Warner Bros. (Vitaphone Varieties).

Best Two-Reel Short Subject

Drunk Driving, MGM (Crime Doesn't Pay).

Five Times Five, RKO Radio (Special).

Sons of Liberty, Warner Bros. (Historical Featurette).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

David O. Selznick.

Special Awards

Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award)- recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture (statuette).

The Motion Picture Relief Fund- acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership. Presented to Jean Hersholt, President; Ralph Morgan, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Ralph Block, First Vice-President; Conrad Nagel (plaques).

Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year (miniature statuette).

William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind (plaque).

The Technicolor Company for its contribution in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen (statuette).

Scientific or Technical Awards

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

None.

Class III (Citation)

George Anderson of Warner Bros. Studio for an improved positive head for sun arcs.

John Arnold of MGM Studio for the MGM mobile camera crane.

Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin and the 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 and Paramount Pictures, Inc., for the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill.

Emery Huse and Ralph B. Atkinson of Eastman Kodak Co., for their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths.

Harold Nye of Warner Bros. Studio for a miniature incandescent spot lamp.

A. J. Tondreau of Warner Bros. Studio for the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer.

Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment:

    F.R. Abbott, Haller Belt, Alan Cook and Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. for faster projection lenses.

    

    Mitchell Camera Co. for a new type process projection head.

    Mole-Richardson Co. for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp.

    Charles Handley, David Joy and National Carbon Co. for improved and more stable high-intensity       carbons.

    Winton Hoch and Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for an auxiliary optical system.

    Don Musgrave and Selznick International Pictures, Inc., for pioneering in the use of coordinated           equipment in the production of Gone with the Wind.

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Best Foreign Film:

(Not awarded this year)

Best Italian Film:

Abuna Messias, Goffredo Alessandrini

Best Cameraman:

Ubaldo Arata, Derniere Jeunesse

Cups of the Biennial:

La Fin du Jour

Robert Koch, der Bekampfer

Four Feathers

Glad dig i din ungdom and En handfull Ris

Selection of Swedish films as a whole

Special Mention Awards:

Margarita, Armando y su Padre

Tulak Macoun

Jeunes Filles en Detresse

Veertig Jaaren

Bors Istvan

The Golden Harvest of the Wilwatersrand

The Mikado

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Made for Each Other

Stagecoach

Wuthering Heights

Dark Victory

Juarez

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

The Women

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Ninotchka

Gone With the Wind

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1939 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.)

1939 films listed on the 1938/39 list:

Dodge City

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Gunga Din

The Hardys Ride High

Jesse James

Juarez

Stagecoach

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Union Pacific

1939 Films listed on the 1939/40 list:

Another Thin Man

Babes in Arms

Destry Rides Again

Drums Along the Mohawk

Gone with the Wind

Gulliver's Travels

Hollywood Cavalcade

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Ninotchka

The Old Maid

The Rains Came

The Women

Ten Big Pictures of 1939 (Source: Box Office Digest 1940 Annual, with estimated gross listed):

1) Jesse James- $3,250,000

2) Gunga Din- $3,100,000

3) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- $2,700,000

4) The Rains Came- $2,600,000

5) Babes in Arms- $2,550,000

6) Dodge City- $2,400,000

7) The Women- $2,400,000

8) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- $2,300,000

9) The Wizard of Oz- $2,300,000

10) Drums Along the Mohawk- $2,200,000

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1939 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Mickey Rooney

2) Tyrone Power

3) Spencer Tracy

4) Clark Gable

5) Shirley Temple

6) Bette Davis

7) Alice Faye

8) Errol Flynn

9) James Cagney

10) Sonja Henie

The Next Fifteen:

11) Bing Crosby

12) Deanna Durbin

13) Jane Withers

14) Robert Taylor

15) Wallace Beery

16) Myrna Loy

17) Bob Burns

18) Gary Cooper

19) Jeanette MacDonald

20) Don Ameche

21) Ginger Rogers

22) Henry Fonda

23) Paul Muni

24) Irene Dunne

25) Cary Grant

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1939 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)

1) Gene Autry

2) William Boyd

3) Roy Rogers

4) George O'Brien

5) Charles Starrett

6) Three Mesquiteers

7) Tex Ritter

8) Buck Jones

9) John Wayne

10) Bob Baker

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1939 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald)

British Stars:

1) George Formby

2) Gracie Fields

3) Robert Donat

4) Will Hay

5) Anna Neagle

6) Leslie Howard

7) Charles Laughton 

8) Gordon Harker

9) Ralph Richardson

10) Will Fyffe

International Stars:

1) Deanna Durbin

2) Mickey Rooney

3) Shirley Temple

4) Robert Taylor

5) Jeanette MacDonald

6) Spencer Tracy

7) Errol Flynn

8) George Formby

9) Nelson Eddy

10) Gary Cooper

Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Ten Worst Pictures:

The Rains Came

Hollywood Cavalcade

Winter Carnival

St. Louis Blues

Five Little Peppers

Bad Little Angel

The Fighting 69th

Idiot's Delight

20,000 Men a Year

The Man in the Iron Mask

Worst Actor:

Tyrone Power, The Rains Came

Worst Actress:

Norma Shearer, Idiot's Delight

Most Consistently Bad Performances:

Dorothy Lamour

Don Ameche

Most Colossal Flop:

The Wizard of Oz

Film Data for 1938

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1938 (poll of 536 film critics and reviewers) 

1) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)- 419 votes 

2) You Can't Take it with You- 372 

3) Alexander's Ragtime Band- 324 

4) Boy's Town- 313 

5) Marie Antoinette- 287 

6) In Old Chicago (1937)- 243 

7) The Adventures of Robin Hood- 218 

8) The Citadel- 210 

9) Love Finds Andy Hardy- 180 

10) The Hurricane (1937)- 172 

The Honor Roll: 

11) Four Daughters- 168 

12) Test Pilot- 142 

13) Jezebel- 115 

14) If I Were King- 89 

15) Wells Fargo (1937)- 84 

16) Algiers- 79 

      Three Comrades- 79 

18) Mad About Music- 77 

19) Suez- 64 

20) Of Human Hearts- 60 

21) The Buccaneer- 54 

22) A Man to Remember- 50 

23) White Banners- 47 

24) Holiday- 46 

      Tovarich- 46 

26) The Sisters- 44 

27) Nothing Sacred (1937)- 41 

28) The Firefly (1937)- 39 

29) Brother Rat- 38 

      Men With Wings- 38 

      That Certain Age- 38

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on January 3, 1939. Awards presented on January 8, 1939 at the Rainbow Room in New York. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

The Citadel (won on ballot VI)

Runner-up: The Lady Vanishes

Best Director

Alfred Hitchcock, The Lady Vanishes (won on ballot I)

Best Actor

James Cagney, Angel with Dirty Faces (won on ballot IX)

Best Actress

Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades (won on ballot IV)

Runner-up: Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion

Best Foreign Film

Grand Illusion (France)

Special Award

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 15, 1938. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture

The Citadel

Rest of the top ten (in order of preference):

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

The Beachcomber

To the Victor

Sing, You Sinners

The Edge of the World

Of Human Hearts

Jezebel

South Riding

Three Comrades

Best Acting (in alphabetical order):

Lew Ayres, Holiday and Young Dr. Kildare

Pierre Blanchar, Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Raimu in Un Carnet de Bal

James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces

Joseph Calleia, Algiers

Chico, The Adventures of Chico

Robert Donat, The Citadel

Pierre Fresnay, Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Eric von Stroheim, Grand Illusion

Will Fyffe, To the Victor

John Garfield, Four Daughters

Wendy Hiller, Pygmalion

Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, The Beachcomber

Robert Morley, Marie Antoinette

Ralph Richardson, South Riding, The Citadel

Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades

Spencer Tracy, Boys Town

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 5, 1939. Awards were presented on February 23, 1939 the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar)

Best Picture

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, with Henry Blanke.

Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, with Harry Joe Brown.

Boy's Town, MGM. Produced by John W. Considine, Jr.

The Citadel, MGM (British). Produced by Victor Saville.

Four Daughters, Warner Bros.-First National. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, with Henry Blanke.

Grand Illusion, R.A.O., World Pictures (French). Produced by Frank Rollmer and Albert Pinkovitch.

Jezebel, Warner Bros. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, with Henry Blanke.

Pygmalion, MGM (British). Produced by Gabriel Pascal.

Test Pilot, MGM. Produced by Louis D. Lighton.

You Can't Take It with You, Columbia. Produced by Frank Capra.

Best Director

Frank Capra for You Can't Take It with You (Columbia).

Michael Curtiz for Angels with Dirty Faces (Warner Bros.).

Michael Curtiz for Four Daughters (Warner Bros.).

Norman Taurog for Boy's Town (MGM) (British).

King Vidor for The Citadel (MGM) (British). 

Best Actor

Charles Boyer in Algiers (Wanger, UA).

James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces (Warner Bros.).

Robert Donat in The Citadel (MGM) (British).

Leslie Howard in Pygmalion (MGM) (British).

Spencer Tracy in Boy's Town (MGM).

Best Actress

Fay Bainter in White Banners (Warner Bros.)

Bette Davis in Jezebel (Warner Bros.)

Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion (MGM) (British).

Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (MGM).

Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades (MGM). 

Best Supporting Actor

Walter Brennan in Kentucy (20th Century-Fox).

John Garfield in Four Daughters (Warner Bros.).

Gene Lockhart in Algiers (Wanger, UA).

Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette (MGM).

Basil Rathbone in If I Were King (Paramount).

Best Supporting Actress

Fay Bainter in Jezebel (Warner Bros.)

Beulah Bondi in Of Human Hearts (MGM).

Billie Burke in Merrily We Live (Roach, MGM).

Spring Byington in You Can't Take It with You (Columbia).

Miliza Korjus in The Great Waltz (MGM).

Writing (Original Story)

Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Irving Berlin

Angels with Dirty Faces, Warner Bros. Rowland Brown.

Blockade, Wanger, UA. John Howard Lawson.

Boy's Town, MGM. Eleanore Griffin and Dore Schary.

Test Pilot, MGM. Frank Wead.

Writing (Screenplay)

Boy's Town, MGM. John Meehan and Dore Schary.

The Citadel, MGM (British). Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill and Frank Wead

Four Daughters, Warner Bros.-First National. Lenore Coffee and Julius J. Epstein.

Pygmalion, MGM (British). George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis and W.P. Lipscomb.

You Can't Take It with You, Columbia. Robert Riskin.

Best Interior Decoration

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros. Carl J. Weyl.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Selznick, UA. Lyle Wheeler.

Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven.

Algiers, Wanger, UA. Alexander Toluboff.

Carefree, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase.

Goldwyn Follies, Goldwyn, UA. Richard Day.

Holiday, Columbia. Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks.

If I Were King, Paramount. Hans Dreier and John Goodman.

Mad About Music, Universal. Jack Otterson.

Marie Antoinette, MGM. Cedric Gibbons.

Merrily We Live, Roach, MGM. Charles D. Hall

Best Cinematography 

Algiers, Wanger, UA. James Wong Howe.

Army Girl, Republic. Ernest Miller and Harry Wild.

The Buccaneer, Paramount. Victor Milner.

The Great Waltz, MGM. Joseph Ruttenberg.

Jezebel, Warner Bros. Ernest Haller.

Mad About Music, Universal. Joseph Valentine.

Merrily We Live, Roach, MGM. Norbert Brodine.

Suez, 20th Century-Fox. Peverell Marley.

Vivacious Lady, RKO Radio. Robert de Grasse.

You Can't Take It with You, Columbia. Joseph Walker.

The Young in Heart, Selznick, UA. Leon Shamroy.

Film Editing

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros. Ralph Dawson.

Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.

The Great Waltz, MGM. Tom Held.

Test Pilot, MGM. Tom Head.

You Can't Take It with You, Columbia. Gene Havlick. 

Best Song

"Always and Always" (Mannequin, MGM); Music by Edward Ward. Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright.

"Change Partners and Dance with Me" (Carefree, RKO Radio); Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin.

"The Cowboy and the Lady" (The Cowboy and the Lady, Goldwyn, UA); Music by Lionel Newman. Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.

"Dust" (Under Western Stars, Republic); Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marvin.

"Jeepers Creepers" (Going Places, Warner Bros.); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"Merrily We Live" (Merrily We Live, Roach, MGM); Music by Phil Craig. Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.

"A Mist Over the Moon" (The Lady Objects, Columbia); Music by Ben Oakland. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

"My Own" (That Certain Age, Universal); Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Harold Adamson.

"Now It Can Be Told" (Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox); Music and Lyrics Irving Berlin.

"Thanks for the Memory" (Big Broadcast of 1938, Paramount); Music by Ralph Rainger. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

Best Score

Alexander's Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Carefree, RKO Radio. Victor Baravalle.

Girls School, Columbia. Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone.

Goldwyn Follies, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.

Jezebel, Warner Bros. Max Steiner

Mad About Music, Universal. Charles Previn and Frank Skinner.

Storm Over Bengal, Republic. Cy Feuer.

Sweethearts, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

Tropic Holiday, Paramount. Boris Morros.

The Young in Heart, Selznick, UA. Franz Waxman.

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros. Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Army Girl, Republic. Victor Young.

Blockade, Wanger, UA. Werner Janssen.

Blockheads, Roach, UA. Marvin Hatley.

Breaking the Ice, RKO Radio. Victor Young.

The Cowboy and the Lady, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.

If I Were King, Paramount. Richard Hageman.

Marie Antoinette, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

Pacific Liner, RKO Radio. Russell Bennett.

Suez, 20th Century-Fox. Louis Silvers.

The Young in Heart, Selznick, UA. Franz Waxman.

Best Sound Recording

Army Girl, Republic. Charles Lootens. 

The Cowboy and the Lady, Goldwyn, UA. Thomas Moulton.

Four Daughters, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.

If I Were King, Paramount. L.L. Ryder.

Merrily We Live, Roach, MGM. Elmer Raguse.

Sweethearts, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

Suez, 20th Century-Fox. Edmund Hansen.

That Certain Age, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.

Vivacious Lady, RKO Radio. James Wilkinson.

You Can't Take It with You, Columbia. John Livadary. 

Best Short Subject Cartoon

Brave Little Tailor, Disney, RKO Radio.

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, Disney, RKO Radio.

Ferdinand the Bull, Disney, RKO Radio.

Good Scouts, Disney, RKO Radio.

Hunky and Spunky, Paramount. 

Best One-Reel Short Subject

The Great Heart, MGM (Miniatures).

That Mothers Might Live, MGM (Miniatures).

Timber Toppers, 20th Century-Fox (Ed Thorgensen-Sports).

Best Two-Reel Short Subject

Declaration of Independence, Warner Bros. (Historical Featurette).

Swingtime in the Movies, Warner Bros. (Broadway Brevities).

They're Always Caught, MGM (Crime Doesn't Pay).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Hal B. Wallis.

Special Awards

Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement (miniature statuette trophies).

Harry M. Warner in recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty (scroll). 

Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon (one statuette- seven miniature statuettes).

Oliver Marsh and Allen Davey for the color cinematography of the MGM production Sweethearts (plaques).

For outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production Spawn of the North: special effects by Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith; transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs; sound effects by Loren Ryder, assisted by Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst (plaques).

Scientific or Technical Awards

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

None.

Class III (Citation)

John Aalberg and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept. for the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture productions.

Byron Haskin and the Special Effects Dept. of Warner Bros. Studio for pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector.

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)

Best Foreign Film:

Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl

Best Italian Film:

Lucianno Serra Pilota, Goffredo Alessandrini

Great Art Trophy:

Walt Disney, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Best Direction:

Karl Ritter, Urlaub auf Ehreuwort

Marcel Carne, Le Quai des Brumes

Best Actor:

Leslie Howard, Pygmalion

Best Actress:

Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette

Best Acting:

The Rage of Paris

Hanno Rapito Un Uomo

Der Mustergatte

Best Technique:

Goldwyn Follies

Sotto la Croce del Sud

Best Story:

Break the News

Geniusz Sceny

Special Mention Medals:

En kvinnas ansikte

Vivacious Lady

Alla en el Rancho Grande

Fahrendes Volk

Jezebel

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg.)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

The Citadel

To the Victor

Pygmalion

A Slight Case of Murder

Three Comrades

The Lady Vanishes

The Adventures of Robin Hood

A Man to Remember

Four Daughters

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1938 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.)

1938 Films listed on the 1937/38 list:

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Buccaneer

The Gold of the Golden West

The Goldwyn Follies

Happy Landing

Holiday

Test Pilot

1938 Films listed on the 1938/39 list:

Angels with Dirty Faces

Boys Town

Out West with the Hardys

Pygmalion

Sweethearts

That Certain Age

You Can't Take It with You

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1938 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Shirley Temple

2) Clark Gable

3) Sonja Henie

4) Mickey Rooney

5) Spencer Tracy

6) Robert Taylor

7) Myrna Loy

8) Jane Withers

9) Alice Faye

10) Tyrone Power

The Next Fifteen:

11) Gary Cooper

12) Wallace Beery

13) Bing Crosby

14) Jeanette MacDonald

15) Deanna Durbin

16) Don Ameche

17) Dorothy Lamour

18) Ginger Rogers

19) Nelson Eddy

20) Bob Burns

21) Errol Flynn

22) Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

23) Irene Dunne

24) Paul Muni

25) William Powell

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1938 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)

1) George Autry

2) William Boyd

3) Buck Jones

4) George O'Brien

5) Three Mesquiteers

6) Charles Starrett

7) Bob Steele

8) Smith Ballew

9) Tex Ritter

10) Dick Foran

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1938 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald)

British Stars:

1) George Formby

2) Gracie Fields

3) Will Hay

4) Jessie Matthews

5) Sandy Powell

6) Jack Buchanan

7) Charles Laughton 

8) Anna Neagle

9) Will Fyffe

10) George Arliss

International Stars:

1) Shirley Temple

2) Jeanette MacDonald

3) Spencer Tracy

4) Clark Gable

5) George Formby

6) Deanna Durbin

7) Robert Taylor

8) Ronald Colman

9) Gary Cooper

10) William Powell