Awards/Nominations for 1940 Academy Awards View for other years: 1940 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 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928

Best Picture Win: Rebecca Runner-Up: All This, and Heaven Too Runner-Up: Foreign Correspondent Runner-Up: Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman Runner-Up: Our Town Runner-Up: The Grapes of Wrath Runner-Up: The Great Dictator Runner-Up: The Letter (1940) Runner-Up: The Long Voyage Home Runner-Up: The Philadelphia Story Best Director Win: John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath Runner-Up: Sam Wood, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman Runner-Up: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca Runner-Up: William Wyler, The Letter (1940) Runner-Up: George Cukor, The Philadelphia Story Best Actor Win: James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story Runner-Up: Raymond Massey, Abe Lincoln in Illinois Runner-Up: Laurence Olivier, Rebecca Runner-Up: Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath Runner-Up: Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator Best Actress Win: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman Runner-Up: Martha Scott, Our Town Runner-Up: Joan Fontaine, Rebecca Runner-Up: Bette Davis, The Letter (1940) Runner-Up: Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story Best Supporting Actor Win: Walter Brennan, The Westerner Runner-Up: Albert Bassermann, Foreign Correspondent Runner-Up: Jack Oakie, The Great Dictator Runner-Up: James Stephenson, The Letter (1940) Runner-Up: William Gargan, They Knew What They Wanted Best Supporting Actress Win: Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath Runner-Up: Barbara O'Neil, All This, and Heaven Too Runner-Up: Judith Anderson, Rebecca Runner-Up: Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story Runner-Up: Marjorie Rambeau, The Primrose Path Best Original Screenplay Win: Preston Sturges, The Great McGinty Runner-Up: Ben Hect, Angels Over Broadway Runner-Up: Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald, John Huston , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Buller Runner-Up: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison , Foreign Correspondent Runner-Up: Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator Best Original Story Win: Benjamin Glazer, John Szekely , Arise, My Love Runner-Up: Walter Reisch, Comrade X Runner-Up: Hugo Butler, Dore Schary , Edison, the Man Runner-Up: Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack , My Favorite Wife Runner-Up: Stuart N. Lake, The Westerner Best Screenplay Win: David Ogden Stewart, The Philadelphia Story Runner-Up: Dalton Trumbo, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman Runner-Up: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison , Rebecca Runner-Up: Nunnally Johnson, The Grapes of Wrath Runner-Up: Dudley Nichols, The Long Voyage Home

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