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    Oscar

    Edit

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Spencer Tracy
      Winner
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Boys Town
      Spencer Tracy was not present at the awards ceremony. His wife Louise Treadwell accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Charles Boyer in Gaslight (1944)
      • Charles Boyer
      • Algiers
    • James Cagney
      • James Cagney
      • Angels with Dirty Faces
    • Robert Donat
      • Robert Donat
      • The Citadel
    • Leslie Howard
      • Leslie Howard
      • Pygmalion

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Walter Brennan
      Winner
      • Walter Brennan
      • Kentucky
    • John Garfield
      • John Garfield
      • Four Daughters
    • Gene Lockhart
      • Gene Lockhart
      • Algiers
    • Robert Morley
      • Robert Morley
      • Marie Antoinette
    • Basil Rathbone
      • Basil Rathbone
      • If I Were King

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Bette Davis
      Winner
      • Bette Davis
      • Jezebel
      On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was the second time in five years Spielberg did so to protect an Oscar from further commercial exploitation.
    • Fay Bainter
      • Fay Bainter
      • White Banners
    • Wendy Hiller in The Elephant Man (1980)
      • Wendy Hiller
      • Pygmalion
    • Norma Shearer in The Demi-Bride (1927)
      • Norma Shearer
      • Marie Antoinette
    • Margaret Sullavan
      • Margaret Sullavan
      • Three Comrades

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Fay Bainter
      Winner
      • Fay Bainter
      • Jezebel
    • Beulah Bondi
      • Beulah Bondi
      • Of Human Hearts
    • Billie Burke in Doubting Thomas (2018)
      • Billie Burke
      • Merrily We Live
    • Spring Byington
      • Spring Byington
      • You Can't Take It with You
    • Miliza Korjus
      • Miliza Korjus
      • The Great Waltz

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Adventures of Robin Hood

      7.9 (57K)
      Carl Jules Weyl
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

      7.1 (2.4K)
      Lyle R. Wheeler
    • [object Object]

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Bernard Herzbrun
      Boris Leven
    • [object Object]

      Algiers

      6.6 (3.5K)
      Alexander Toluboff
    • [object Object]

      Carefree

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Van Nest Polglase
    • [object Object]

      The Goldwyn Follies

      5.3 (557)
      Richard Day
    • [object Object]

      Holiday

      7.7 (20K)
      Stephen Goosson
      Lionel Banks
    • [object Object]

      If I Were King

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Hans Dreier
      John B. Goodman
    • [object Object]

      Mad About Music

      7.1 (716)
      Jack Otterson
    • [object Object]

      Marie Antoinette

      7.3 (3.5K)
      Cedric Gibbons
    • [object Object]

      Merrily We Live

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Charles D. Hall

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Waltz

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Joseph Ruttenberg
    • [object Object]

      Algiers

      6.6 (3.5K)
      James Wong Howe
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (126)
      Ernest Miller
      Harry J. Wild
    • [object Object]

      The Buccaneer

      6.6 (830)
      Victor Milner
    • [object Object]

      Jezebel

      7.4 (16K)
      Ernest Haller
    • [object Object]

      Mad About Music

      7.1 (716)
      Joseph A. Valentine
    • [object Object]

      Merrily We Live

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Norbert Brodine
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.6 (960)
      J. Peverell Marley
    • [object Object]

      Vivacious Lady

      7.1 (4.7K)
      Robert De Grasse
    • [object Object]

      You Can't Take It with You

      7.8 (30K)
      Joseph Walker
    • [object Object]

      The Young in Heart

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Leon Shamroy

    Best Director

    • Frank Capra
      Winner
      • Frank Capra
      • You Can't Take It with You
    • Michael Curtiz
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Angels with Dirty Faces
    • Michael Curtiz
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Four Daughters
    • Norman Taurog
      • Norman Taurog
      • Boys Town
    • King Vidor
      • King Vidor
      • The Citadel

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Adventures of Robin Hood

      7.9 (57K)
      Ralph Dawson
    • [object Object]

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Barbara McLean
    • [object Object]

      The Great Waltz

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Tom Held
    • [object Object]

      Test Pilot

      6.8 (2.9K)
      Tom Held
    • [object Object]

      You Can't Take It with You

      7.8 (30K)
      Gene Havlick

    Best Music, Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Adventures of Robin Hood

      7.9 (57K)
      Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (126)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

      Blockade

      5.6 (672)
      Werner Janssen
    • [object Object]

      Block-Heads

      7.5 (4.8K)
      Marvin Hatley
    • [object Object]

      Breaking the Ice

      5.1 (178)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

      The Cowboy and the Lady

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      If I Were King

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Richard Hageman
    • [object Object]

      Marie Antoinette

      7.3 (3.5K)
      Herbert Stothart
    • [object Object]

      Pacific Liner

      5.7 (345)
      Robert Russell Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.6 (960)
      Louis Silvers
    • [object Object]

      The Young in Heart

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Franz Waxman

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Big Broadcast of 1938

      6.1 (1.1K)
      Ralph Rainger(music)
      Leo Robin(lyrics)
      For the song "Thanks for the Memory".
    • [object Object]

      Mannequin

      6.6 (1.6K)
      Edward Ward(music)
      Chet Forrest(lyrics)
      Bob Wright(lyrics)
      For the song "Always and Always".
    • [object Object]

      Carefree

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Irving Berlin
      For the song "Change Partners and Dance with Me".
    • [object Object]

      The Cowboy and the Lady

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Lionel Newman(music)
      Arthur Quenzer(lyrics)
      For the song "The Cowboy and the Lady".
    • [object Object]

      Under Western Stars

      5.8 (466)
      Johnny Marvin
      For the song "Dust".
    • [object Object]

      Going Places

      5.9 (487)
      Harry Warren(music)
      Johnny Mercer(lyrics)
      For the song "Jeepers Creepers".
    • [object Object]

      Merrily We Live

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Phil Charig(music)
      Arthur Quenzer(lyrics)
      For the song "Merrily We Live".
    • [object Object]

      The Lady Objects

      5.5 (173)
      Ben Oakland(music)
      Oscar Hammerstein II(lyrics)
      For the song "A Mist Over the Moon".
    • [object Object]

      That Certain Age

      6.5 (437)
      Jimmy McHugh(music)
      Harold Adamson(lyrics)
      For the song "My Own".
    • [object Object]

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Irving Berlin
      For the song "Now It Can Be Told".

    Best Music, Scoring

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      Carefree

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Victor Baravalle
    • [object Object]

      Girls' School

      5.9 (254)
      Morris Stoloff
      Gregory Stone
    • [object Object]

      The Goldwyn Follies

      5.3 (557)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      Jezebel

      7.4 (16K)
      Max Steiner
    • [object Object]

      Mad About Music

      7.1 (716)
      Charles Previn
      Frank Skinner
    • [object Object]

      Storm Over Bengal

      5.3 (121)
      Cy Feuer
    • [object Object]

      Sweethearts

      6.2 (769)
      Herbert Stothart
    • [object Object]

      There Goes My Heart

      6.5 (707)
      Marvin Hatley
    • [object Object]

      Tropic Holiday

      5.4 (121)
      Boris Morros
    • [object Object]

      The Young in Heart

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Franz Waxman

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You Can't Take It with You

      7.8 (30K)
      Columbia
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Robin Hood

      7.9 (57K)
    • [object Object]

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Boys Town

      7.2 (6.7K)
    • [object Object]

      The Citadel

      7.0 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Four Daughters

      6.9 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Illusion

      8.1 (40K)
    • [object Object]

      Jezebel

      7.4 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      Pygmalion

      7.7 (10K)
    • [object Object]

      Test Pilot

      6.8 (2.9K)

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ferdinand the Bull

      7.1 (4K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Brave Little Tailor

      7.5 (3.5K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

      6.3 (692)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Good Scouts

      6.8 (1.2K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Hunky and Spunky

      5.6 (353)

    Best Short Subject, One-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      That Mothers Might Live

      6.4 (292)
    • [object Object]

      The Great Heart

      6.2 (193)
    • Timber Toppers

      6.3 (20)

    Best Short Subject, Two-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Declaration of Independence

      5.9 (323)
    • [object Object]

      Swingtime in the Movies

      5.7 (400)
    • [object Object]

      They're Always Caught

      6.6 (253)

    Best Sound, Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Cowboy and the Lady

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Thomas T. Moulton(United Artists SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (126)
      Charles L. Lootens(Republic SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Four Daughters

      6.9 (2.4K)
      Nathan Levinson(Warner Bros. SSD)
    • [object Object]

      If I Were King

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Loren L. Ryder(Paramount SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Merrily We Live

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Elmer Raguse(Hal Roach SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Sweethearts

      6.2 (769)
      Douglas Shearer(M-G-M SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.6 (960)
      Edmund H. Hansen(20th Century-Fox SSD)
    • [object Object]

      That Certain Age

      6.5 (437)
      Bernard B. Brown(Universal SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Vivacious Lady

      7.1 (4.7K)
      James Wilkinson(RKO Radio SSD)
    • [object Object]

      You Can't Take It with You

      7.8 (30K)
      John P. Livadary(Columbia SSD)

    Best Writing, Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boys Town

      7.2 (6.7K)
      Eleanore Griffin
      Dore Schary
    • [object Object]

      Alexander's Ragtime Band

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Irving Berlin
    • [object Object]

      Angels with Dirty Faces

      7.9 (24K)
      Rowland Brown
    • [object Object]

      Blockade

      5.6 (672)
      John Howard Lawson
    • [object Object]

      Mad About Music

      7.1 (716)
      Marcella Burke
      Frederick Kohner
    • [object Object]

      Test Pilot

      6.8 (2.9K)
      Frank Wead

    Best Writing, Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pygmalion

      7.7 (10K)
      George Bernard Shaw
      Ian Dalrymple
      Cecil Lewis
      W.P. Lipscomb
      George Bernard Shaw was not present at the ceremony. When presenter Lloyd C. Douglas announced that Pygmalion has won the Oscar he joked "Mr. Shaw's story now is as original as it was three thousand years ago". Shaw's reaction to the award was not enthusiastic as he is quoted as saying "It's an insult for them to offer me any honour, as if they had never heard of me before - and it's very likely they never have. They might as well send some honour to George for being King of England". Although popular legend says Shaw never received the Oscar, when Mary Pickford visited him she reported that he was on his mantle. When Shaw died in 1950 his home at Ayot St Lawrence became a museum. By this time his Oscar statuette was so tarnished, the curator believed it had no value and used it as a door stop. It has since been repaired and is now on displayed at the museum.
    • [object Object]

      Boys Town

      7.2 (6.7K)
      John Meehan
      Dore Schary
    • [object Object]

      The Citadel

      7.0 (2.5K)
      Ian Dalrymple
      Elizabeth Hill
      Frank Wead
    • [object Object]

      Four Daughters

      6.9 (2.4K)
      Lenore J. Coffee
      Julius J. Epstein
    • [object Object]

      You Can't Take It with You

      7.8 (30K)
      Robert Riskin

    Juvenile Award

    Edit
    • Deanna Durbin
      Mickey Rooney in The Twilight Zone (1959)
      Winners
      • Deanna Durbin
      • Mickey Rooney
      For their (Durbin/Rooney) significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement.

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Harry M. Warner
      Winner
      • Harry M. Warner
      In recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty (certificate).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

      7.6 (233K)
      Walt Disney
      For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field (one statuette - seven miniature statuettes).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sweethearts

      6.2 (769)
      Oliver T. Marsh
      Allen M. Davey
      For the color cinematography of the M-G-M production Sweethearts.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spawn of the North

      6.7 (642)
      Gordon Jennings(special effects)
      Jan Domela(assistant special effects)
      Devereaux Jennings(assistant special effects)
      Irmin Roberts(assistant special effects)
      Art Smith(assistant special effects)
      Farciot Edouart(transparencies)
      Loyal Griggs(assistant transparencies)
      Loren L. Ryder(sound effects)
      Harry D. Mills(assistant sound effects)
      Louis Mesenkop(assistant sound effects)
      Walter Oberst(assistant sound effects)
      For outstanding achievements in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production Spawn of the North (plaque).
    • Winner
      • Arthur Ball
      For his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in motion picture photography (certificate).

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

    Edit
    • Hal B. Wallis
      Winner
      • Hal B. Wallis
    • Darryl F. Zanuck
      • Darryl F. Zanuck
    • Walter Wanger
      • Walter Wanger
    • Joe Pasternak
      • Joe Pasternak
    • Samuel Goldwyn circa 1950
      • Samuel Goldwyn
    • Hunt Stromberg
      • Hunt Stromberg
    • David O. Selznick
      • David O. Selznick

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
          Not awarded.

        Technical Achievement Award

        Edit
        • Winner
          • John Aalberg
          For the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production.
        • "War of the Worlds" Director Byron Haskin 1953, Paramount, **I.V.
          Winner
          • Byron Haskin
          For pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector.

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        Event date

        February 23, 1939

        Event location

        Los Angeles, California, USA

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