Awards/Nominations for 1939 Academy Awards View for other years: 1939 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928

Best Picture Win: Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Dark Victory Runner-Up: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Runner-Up: Love Affair Runner-Up: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: Ninotchka Runner-Up: Of Mice and Men Runner-Up: Stagecoach Runner-Up: The Wizard of Oz Runner-Up: Wuthering Heights Best Director Win: Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Sam Wood, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Runner-Up: Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: John Ford, Stagecoach Runner-Up: William Wyler, Wuthering Heights Best Actor Win: Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Runner-Up: Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms Runner-Up: Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights Best Actress Win: Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Bette Davis, Dark Victory Runner-Up: Greer Garson, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Runner-Up: Irene Dunne, Love Affair Runner-Up: Greta Garbo, Ninotchka Best Supporting Actor Win: Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach Runner-Up: Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste Runner-Up: Brian Aherne, Juarez Runner-Up: Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: Harry Carey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Best Supporting Actress Win: Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Edna May Oliver, Drums Along the Mohawk Runner-Up: Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Maria Ouspenskaya, Love Affair Runner-Up: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights Best Original Story Win: Lewis R. Foster, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: Felix Jackson, Bachelor Mother Runner-Up: Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey , Love Affair Runner-Up: Melchior Lengyel, Ninotchka Runner-Up: Lamar Trotti, Young Mr. Lincoln Best Screenplay Win: Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind Runner-Up: Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West , Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Runner-Up: Sidney Buchman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Runner-Up: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Billy Wilder , Ninotchka Runner-Up: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur , Wuthering Heights

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