Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Rebecca
David O. Selznick, producer
All This and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
Best Director
Winner
John Ford
The Grapes of Wrath — The Grapes of Wrath
George Cukor— The Philadelphia Story
Alfred Hitchcock— Rebecca
Sam Wood— Kitty Foyle
William Wyler— The Letter
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
James Stewart
The Philadelphia Story
Charles Chaplin— The Great Dictator
Henry Fonda— The Grapes of Wrath
Raymond Massey— Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier— Rebecca
Best Actress
Winner
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle
Bette Davis— The Letter
Joan Fontaine— Rebecca
Katharine Hepburn— The Philadelphia Story
Martha Scott— Our Town
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Walter Brennan
The Westerner
Albert Bassermann— Foreign Correspondent
William Gargan— They Knew What They Wanted
Jack Oakie— The Great Dictator
James Stephenson— The Letter
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Jane Darwell
The Grapes of Wrath
Judith Anderson— Rebecca
Ruth Hussey— The Philadelphia Story
Barbara O'Neil— All This and Heaven Too
Marjorie Rambeau— Primrose Path
Writing
Best Original Story
Winner
Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy
Arise My Love
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Preston Sturges
The Great McGinty
Best Screenplay
Winner
Donald Ogden Stewart
The Philadelphia Story
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Alfred Newman
Tin Pan Alley
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
Pinocchio
Best Original Song
Winner
"When You Wish Upon a Star" — Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
Pinocchio
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
George Barnes
Rebecca
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Georges Perinal
The Thief of Bagdad
Best Film Editing
Winner
Anne Bauchens
Northwest Mounted Police
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse
Pride and Prejudice
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Vincent Korda
The Thief of Bagdad
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Douglas Shearer (MGM Sound Dept.)
Strike Up the Band
Best Special Effects
Winner
Lawrence Butler (photo), Jack Whitney (sound)
The Thief of Bagdad
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Milky Way
Rudolf Ising / MGM — first non-Disney animated short to win
Best Special Effects
Winner
Lawrence Butler & Jack Whitney
The Thief of Bagdad