Academy Awards 1940

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The 1940 Academy Awards took place on February 29, 1940 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 12th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1939.

With 13 nominations and eight awards (as well as two honorary Oscars), the film Gone with the Wind received the most awards. Director Victor Fleming , who was hailed as Best Director , stayed away from the award for unexplained reasons. Hattie McDaniel for Best Supporting Actress was the first African-American Oscar winner, while screenwriter Sidney Howard was the first posthumous Oscar winner.

An honorary Oscar for excellence in the use of color effects in Gone With the Wind went to William Cameron Menzies . The film was also awarded the Honorary Oscar for Technical Merit.

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
Blown by the wind 13 8th
Mr. Smith is going to Washington 11 1
Storm height 8th 1
Ringo 7th 2
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7th 1
The Wizard of Oz 6th 2
Night over India 6th 1
Restless love 6th 0
Favorite of a queen 5 0
Of mice and humans 4th 0
Ninochka 4th 0
First love 3 0
Revenge for the Alamo 3 0
3/4 time on Broadway 3 0
Victim of a great love 3 0
Music is our world 2 0
Juarez 2 0
Gulliver's Travels 2 0
Three foreign legionaries 2 0
intermezzo 2 0
Drumming on the mohawk 2 0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 0
SOS fire on board 2 0

Moderation

Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards for the first time.

Nominations and winners

Best movie

presented by Y. Frank Freeman

Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind) - Victor Fleming

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) - Victor Saville
The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz) - Mervyn LeRoy
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Frank Capra
Ninotschka (Ninotchka) - Sidney Franklin
Victim of a great love (Dark Victory) - David Lewis
Ringo (Stagecoach) - Walter Wanger
Restless Love (Love Affair) - Leo McCarey
Storm Heights (Wuthering Heights) - Samuel Goldwyn
Of Mice and Men (Of Mice and Men) - Lewis Milestone

Best director

presented by Mervyn LeRoy

Victor Fleming - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Ford - Ringo (Stagecoach)
Sam Wood - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
William Wyler - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)

Best Actor

presented by Spencer Tracy

Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Laurence Olivier - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
Mickey Rooney - Music Is Our World (Babes in Arms)
James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Best main actress

presented by Spencer Tracy

Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Bette Davis - Victim of a Great Love (Dark Victory)
Irene Dunne - Restless Love (Love Affair)
Greta Garbo - Ninotschka (Ninotchka)
Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

Best supporting actor

presented by Fay Bainter

Thomas Mitchell - Ringo (Stagecoach)

Brian Aherne - Juarez
Harry Carey - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Brian Donlevy - Three Foreign Legionnaires (Beau Gesture)
Claude Rains - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The best supporting actress

presented by Fay Bainter

Hattie McDaniel - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Olivia de Havilland - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
Edna May Oliver - Drums Along the Mohawk (Drums Along the Mohawk)
Maria Ouspenskaya - Restless Love (Love Affair)

Best adapted script

presented by Fay Bainter

Sidney Howard - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Charles Brackett , Walter Reisch , Billy Wilder - Ninotschka (Ninotchka)
Sidney Buchman - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ben Hecht , Charles MacArthur - Storm Heights (Wuthering Heights)
Eric Maschwitz , RC Sherriff , Claudine West - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

Best original story

presented by Sinclair Lewis

Lewis R. Foster - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)

Mildred Cram , Leo McCarey - Restless Love (Love Affair)
Felix Jackson - The Foundling Mother (Bachelor Mother)
Menyhért Lengyel - Ninotschka (Ninotchka)
Lamar Trotti - Young Mr. Lincoln (Young Mr. Lincoln)

Best camera (color)

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Ernest Haller , Ray Rennahan - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Osmond Borradaile , Georges Périnal - Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
Bert Glennon , Ray Rennahan - Drums Along the Mohawk (Drums Along the Mohawk)
Sol Polito , W. Howard Greene - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex)
Harold Rosson - The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
William V. Skall - The Mikado

Best camera (B / W)

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Gregg Toland - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)

Joseph H. August - Uprising in Sidi Hakim (Gunga Din)
Norbert Brodine - Lady of the Tropics
Tony Gaudio - Juarez
Bert Glennon - Ringo (Stagecoach)
Arthur C. Miller - Night Over India (The Rains Came)
Victor Milner - Three Quarter Time on Broadway (The Great Victor Herbert)
Gregg Toland - Intermezzo (Intermezzo: A Love Story)
Joseph A. Valentine - First Love
Joseph Walker - SOS fire on board (Only Angels Have Wings)

Best production design

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Lyle R. Wheeler - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Lionel Banks - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
James Basevi - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
William S. Darling , George Dudley - Night Over India (The Rains Come)
Hans Dreier , Robert Odell - Three Foreign Legionaries (Beau Geste)
Cedric Gibbons , William A. Horning - The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Anton Grot - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex)
Charles D. Hall - Chain Convict in Australia (Captain Fury)
Alfred Herman , Van Nest Polglase - Restless Love (Love Affair)
John Victor Mackay - Revenge for the Alamo (Man of Conquest)
Jack Otterson , Martin Obzina - First Love
Alexander Toluboff - Ringo (Stagecoach)

Best original score

presented by Gene Buck

Herbert Stothart - The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)

Anthony Collins - Nurse Edith Cavell
Aaron Copland - Of Mice and Men (Of Mice and Men)
Lud Gluskin , Lucien Moraweck - The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask)
Werner Janssen - Magician of Love (Eternally Yours)
Alfred Newman - Night Over India (The Rains Come)
Alfred Newman - Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
Max Steiner - Victim of a Great Love (Dark Victory)
Max Steiner - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Victor Young - Golden Boy
Victor Young - Gulliver's Travels (Gulliver's Travels)
Victor Young - Revenge for the Alamo (Man of Conquest)

Best film score

presented by Gene Buck

Richard Hagemann , William Franke Harling , John Leipold , Leo Shuken - Ringo (Stagecoach)

Phil Boutelje , Arthur Lange - Three Quarter Time on Broadway (The Great Victor Herbert)
Aaron Copland - Of Mice and Men (Of Mice and Men)
Roger Edens , George Stoll - Music is our world (Babes in Arms)
Cy Fire - She Married a Cop
Louis Forbes - Intermezzo
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Favorite of a Queen (The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex)
Alfred Newman - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Alfred Newman - Music for Life (They Shall Have Music)
Charles Previn - First Love
Louis Silvers - Swanee River
Dimitri Tiomkin - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Victor Young - Way Down South

Best movie song

presented by Gene Buck

" Over the Rainbow " from The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz) - Harold Arlen , Yip Harburg

" Faithful Forever " from Gulliver's Travels (Gulliver's Travels) - Ralph Rainger , Leo Robin
" I Poured My Heart Into a Song " from Second Fiddle - Irving Berlin
" Wishing (Will Make It So) " from Restless Love (Love Affair) - Buddy DeSylva

Best cut

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Hal C. Kern , James E. Newcom - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)

Al Clark , Gene Havlick - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Charles Frend - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
Otho Lovering , Dorothy Spencer - Ringo (Stagecoach)
Barbara McLean - Night Over India (The Rains Come)

Best tone

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Bernard B. Brown - When Tomorrow Comes

John Aalberg - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Edmund H. Hansen - Night Over India (The Rains Come)
Nathan Levinson - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex)
John P. Livadary - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Charles L. Lootens - Revenge for the Alamo (Man of Conquest)
Thomas T. Moulton - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Elmer Raguse - Of Mice and Men (Of Mice and Men)
Loren L. Ryder - Three Quarter Time on Broadway ( The Great Victor Herbert )
Douglas Shearer - Balalaika
AW Watkins - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

Best visual effects

presented by Darryl F. Zanuck

Edmund H. Hansen , Fred Sersen - Night Over India (The Rains Came)

Fred Albin , Jack Cosgrove , Arthur Johns - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Roy Davidson , Edwin C. Hahn - SOS fire on board (Only Angels Have Wings)
Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , Loren L. Ryder - Union Pacific
A. Arnold Gillespie , Douglas Shearer - The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Byron Haskin , Nathan Levinson - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex)
Roy Seawright - Topper goes on tour (Topper Takes a Trip)

Best short film (1 film roll)

presented by Bob Hope

Busy Little Bears - Paramount

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 - RKO radio
Prophet Without Honor - MGM
Sword Fishing - Warner Bros.

Best short film (2 film roles)

presented by Bob Hope

Sons of Liberty - Warner Bros.

Drunk Driving - MGM
Five Times Five - RKO Radio

Best Short Film (Cartoon)

presented by Bob Hope

The Ugly Duckling (The Ugly Duckling) - Walt Disney

Through America in a flash (Detouring America) - Warner Bros.
Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) - Hugh Harman
Pluto the Hound (The Pointer) - Clyde Geronimi

Honorary Oscars

Juvenile Award

Judy Garland

Honorary Oscar

William Cameron Menzies - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
Jean Hersholt , Ralph Morgan , Ralph J. Block , Conrad Nagel - Motion Picture Relief Fund
Douglas Fairbanks

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

David O. Selznick

Technical Achievement Award

RD Musgrave (Selznick International Pictures Inc.) - Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
FR Abbott , Haller Belt , Alan Cook (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.)
George H. Anderson
John Arnold
Farciot Edouart , Joseph E. Robbins , William Rudolph (Paramount Pictures, Inc.)
Charles Handley , David Joy (National Carbon Co.)
Winton C. Hoch (Technicolor Motion Picture Corp.)
Emery Huse , Ralph B. Atkinson
Thomas T. Moulton , Fred Albin (Sound Dept. of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio)
Harold Nye
AJ Tondreau

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