Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Gone with the Wind
David O. Selznick, producer
Dark Victory
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Best Director
Winner
Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind
Frank Capra— Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Ford— Stagecoach
Sam Wood— Goodbye Mr. Chips
William Wyler— Wuthering Heights
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Clark Gable— Gone with the Wind
Laurence Olivier— Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rooney— Babes in Arms
James Stewart— Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Actress
Winner
Vivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind
Bette Davis— Dark Victory
Irene Dunne— Love Affair
Greta Garbo— Ninotchka
Greer Garson— Goodbye Mr. Chips
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Thomas Mitchell
Stagecoach
Brian Aherne— Juarez
Harry Carey— Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Brian Donlevy— Beau Geste
Claude Rains— Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Hattie McDaniel
Gone with the Wind
Olivia de Havilland— Gone with the Wind
Geraldine Fitzgerald— Wuthering Heights
Edna May Oliver— Drums Along the Mohawk
Maria Ouspenskaya— Love Affair
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Lewis R. Foster
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Screenplay
Winner
Sidney Howard
Gone with the Wind
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Herbert Stothart
The Wizard of Oz
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
Stagecoach
Best Original Song
Winner
"Over the Rainbow" — Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
The Wizard of Oz
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Gregg Toland
Wuthering Heights
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Gone with the Wind
Best Film Editing
Winner
Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Gone with the Wind
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Bernard B. Brown
When Tomorrow Comes
Best Special Effects
Winner
Fred Sersen, E.H. Hansen
The Rains Came — first Special Effects Oscar
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Lyle Wheeler
Gone with the Wind
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Ugly Duckling
Walt Disney / RKO
Best Special Effects
Winner
Fred Sersen & E.H. Hansen
The Rains Came