1939 (12th Annual Awards)
Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Each year the Academy publishes a booklet for its members called the Reminder List of Eligible Releases. Listed below are the films that were eligible for Academy Award consideration according to the rules of 1939. The symbol appears next to those films which ultimately received an Academy Award nomination.

Click on the name of one of those films to display more information about it. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the Reminder List for that year.

Abused Confidence, U.D.I.F.-Bercholz, France.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, M-G-M.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 20th-Fox.

Alexander Nevsky, Mosfilm, Russia.

Allegheny Uprising, RKO Radio.

Almost a Gentleman, RKO Radio.

The Amazing Mr. Williams, Columbia.

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever, M-G-M.

Angels Wash Their Faces, Warners.

Another Thin Man, M-G-M.

Arizona Legion, RKO Radio.

The Arizona Wildcat, 20th-Fox.

At the Circus, M-G-M.

Babes in Arms, M-G-M.

Bachelor Mother, RKO Radio.

Back Door to Heaven, Paramount (Odessco).

Bad Lands, RKO Radio.

Bad Little Angel, M-G-M.

Balalaika, M-G-M.

Ballerina, Pathe Joinville Production, Cinatlantica Film, France.

The Beachcomber, Mayflower, Paramount.

Beau Geste, Paramount.

Beauty for the Asking, RKO Radio.

Betrayal, Nero-Chronos Productions, France.

Blackmail, M-G-M.

Blackwell’s Island, Warners.

Boy Friend, 20th-Fox.

Boy Slaves, RKO Radio.

Bridal Suite, M-G-M.

Broadway Serenade, M-G-M.

Burn ’em Up O’Connor, M-G-M.

Calling Dr. Kildare, M-G-M.

Captain Fury, Roach, U.A.

Career, RKO Radio.

The Cat and the Canary, Paramount.

The Challenge, Denham Films, England.

Champs Elysees, Pathe-Cinema, France.

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island, 20th-Fox.

Charlie Chan in City of Darkness, 20th-Fox.

Charlie Chan in Honolulu, 20th-Fox.

Charlie Chan in Reno, 20th-Fox.

Chasing Danger, 20th-Fox.

Chicken Wagon Family, 20th-Fox.

A Child Is Born, Warners.

The Cisco Kid and the Lady, 20th-Fox.

Clouds over Europe, Columbia (British).

Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Warners.

Conspiracy, RKO Radio.

The Courier of Lyons, Éclair Productions, France.

The Crisis (Documentary)

Crossroads, (Carrefour), Tuscherer Production-B.U.P. Francaise-Paris-Studios Cinema.

The Curtain Rises, France.

Dancing Co-Ed, M-G-M.

Dark Victory, Warners.

Daughters Courageous, Warners.

The Day the Bookies Wept, RKO Radio.

Daytime Wife, 20th-Fox.

Dead End Kids on Dress Parade, Warners.

Devil’s Island, Warners.

Disputed Passage, Paramount.

Dodge City, Warners.

Double Crime in the Maginot Line, Tower Pictures, France.

Drake the Pirate, Alliance, England.

Drums Along the Mohawk, 20th-Fox.

Dust Be My Destiny, Warners.

Each Dawn I Die, Warners.

East Side of Heaven, Universal.

The Edge of the World, Pax Productions, England.

Elsa Maxwell’s Hotel for Women, 20th-Fox.

The End of a Day, Regina Films, France.

The Escape, 20th-Fox.

Espionage Agent, Warners.

Eternally Yours, Wanger, U.A.

Everybody’s Hobby, Warners.

Everything Happens at Night, 20th-Fox.

Everything’s on Ice, Principal, RKO Radio.

Ex Champ, Universal.

Exile Express, Grand National.

Fast and Furious, M-G-M.

Fast and Loose, M-G-M.

Fifth Avenue Girl, RKO Radio.

The Fighting Gringo, RKO Radio.

First Love, Universal.

Fisherman’s Wharf, Principal, RKO Radio.

Five Came Back, RKO Radio.

Fixer Dugan, RKO Radio.

Flight into Darkness, (L’Equipage), France.

The Flying Deuces, RKO Radio.

The Flying Irishman, RKO Radio.

Four Feathers, Korda, U.A.

Four Girls in White, M-G-M.

Four Wives, Warners.

Frontier Marshal, 20th-Fox.

Full Confession, RKO Radio.

The Girl and the Gambler, RKO Radio.

The Girl from Mexico, RKO Radio.

Golden Boy, Columbia.

Gone with the Wind, Selznick, M-G-M.

Good Girls Go to Paris, Columbia.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, M-G-M, British.

The Gorilla, 20th-Fox.

The Great Man Votes, RKO Radio.

The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount.

Gulliver’s Travels, Paramount.

Gunga Din, RKO Radio.

The Hardy’s Ride High, M-G-M.

Harvest, Marcel Pagnol Productions, France.

Hawaiian Nights, Universal.

The Heart of Paris (Coeur de Paris), Andre Daven, France.

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence, 20th-Fox.

Hell’s Kitchen, Warners.

Here I Am a Stranger, 20th-Fox.

His Father’s Son, Les Productions Alliance, France.

Hollywood Cavalcade, 20th-Fox.

Honeymoon in Bali, Paramount.

The Honeymoon’s Over, 20th-Fox.

Honolulu, M-G-M.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 20th-Fox.

The Housekeeper’s Daughter, Roach, U.A.

The Housemaster, Associated British Films, England.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio.

I Am a Criminal, Monogram.

I’m from Missouri, Paramount.

I Stole a Million, Universal.

The Ice Follies of 1939, M-G-M.

Idiot’s Delight, M-G-M.

In Name Only, RKO Radio.

Indianapolis Speedway, Warners.

Inside Story, 20th-Fox.

Inspector Hornleigh, 20th-Fox (British).

Intermezzo, Selznick, U.A.

Invisible Stripes, Warners.

Invitation to Happiness, Paramount.

It Could Happen to You, 20th-Fox.

It’s a Wonderful World, M-G-M.

Jamaica Inn, Paramount.

Jesse James, 20th-Fox.

Joel & Ethel Turp Call on the President, M-G-M.

The Jones Family in Everybody’s Baby, 20th-Fox.

The Jones Family in Hollywood, 20th-Fox.

The Jones Family in Quick Millions, 20th-Fox.

The Jones Family in Too Busy to Work, 20th-Fox.

Juarez, Warners.

Judge Hardy and Son, M-G-M.

The Kid from Kokomo, Warners.

The Kid from Texas, M-G-M.

Kid Nightingale, Warners.

King of the Turf, Small, U.A.

L’Alibi, B-N Productions, France, Columbia.

Lady of the Tropics, M-G-M.

The Lady Vanishes, Gaumont-British, 20th-Fox.

Let Freedom Ring, M-G-M.

Little Accident, Universal.

The Little Princess, 20th-Fox.

Love Affair, RKO Radio.

Lucky Night, M-G-M.

Made for Each Other, Selznick, U.A.

Maisie, M-G-M.

Man About Town, Paramount.

Man in the Iron Mask, Small, U.A.

Man of Conquest, Republic.

The Marshal of Mesa City, RKO Radio.

Meet Doctor Christian, RKO Radio.

Midnight, Paramount.

The Mikado, Universal.

Miracles for Sale, M-G-M.

Mr. Moto in Danger Island, 20th-Fox.

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning, 20th-Fox.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation, 20th-Fox.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia.

Mlle. Ma Mere, U.D.I.F.-Bercholz, France.

Moscow Nights, French.

Mystery of Mr. Wong, Monogram.

Naughty But Nice, Warners.

News Is Made at Night, 20th-Fox.

Nick Carter, Master Detective, M-G-M.

Ninotchka, M-G-M.

Nurse Ethel Cavell, Imperadio, RKO Radio.

Of Mice and Men, Roach, U.A.

Off the Record, Warners.

The Oklahoma Kid, Warners.

The Old Maid, Warners.

On Borrowed Time, M-G-M.

On Your Toes, Warners.

Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia.

Orage, Paris Studios Cinema, France.

Our Leading Citizen, Paramount.

Our Neighbors―The Carters, Paramount.

Pacific Liner, RKO Radio.

Pack Up Your Troubles, 20th-Fox.

Panama Lady, RKO Radio.

Panama Patrol, Fine Arts, Grand National.

Pardon Our Nerve, 20th-Fox.

Peg of Old Drury, British & Dominion Film Corp., Ltd.

Pride of the Blue Grass, Warners.

Prison Without Bars, Korda, U.A.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warners.

The Puritan, Derby Films, France.

Racketeers of the Range, RKO Radio.

Raffles, Goldwyn, U.A.

The Rains Came, 20th-Fox.

Razumov, France.

The Real Glory, Goldwyn, U.A.

Reno, RKO Radio.

The Return of Doctor X, Warners.

Return of the Cisco Kid, 20th-Fox.

Rio, Universal.

The Roaring Twenties, Warners.

The Rookie Cop, RKO Radio.

Rose of Washington Square, 20th-Fox.

A Royal Divorce, Imperator Films, England.

Rulers of the Sea, Paramount.

Sacrifice of Honor (Sacrifice D’Honneur), Sedif Productions, France.

The Saint in London, RKO Radio.

The Saint Strikes Back, RKO Radio.

School for Husbands, England.

Second Fiddle, 20th-Fox.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare, M-G-M.

Sergeant Madden, M-G-M.

6000 Enemies, M-G-M.

Smiling Along, New World Pictures, 20th-Fox.

Society Lawyer, M-G-M.

Son of Frankenstein, Universal.

Sorority House, RKO Radio.

The Spellbinder, RKO Radio.

Spirit of Culver, Universal.

Stagecoach, Wanger, U.A.

Stand Up and Fight, M-G-M.

Stanley and Livingstone, 20th-Fox.

The Starmaker, Paramount.

Stolen Life, Paramount (Orion).

Stop, Look and Love, 20th-Fox.

The Story of a Cheat, Cineas-Paris Productions, France.

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, 20th-Fox.

Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, RKO Radio.

Strange Boarders, England.

Streets of New York, Monogram.

Stronger Than Desire, M-G-M.

Sued for Libel, RKO Radio.

The Sun Never Sets, Universal.

Susannah of the Mounties, 20th-Fox.

Swanee River, 20th-Fox.

Tailspin, 20th-Fox.

Tarzan Finds a Son, M-G-M.

Tell No Tales, M-G-M.

Thanks for Everything, 20th-Fox.

That’s Right, You’re Wrong, RKO Radio.

These Glamour Girls, M-G-M.

They All Come Out, M-G-M.

They Made Her a Spy, RKO Radio.

They Made Me a Criminal, Warners.

They Shall Have Music, Goldwyn, U.A.

The Three Musketeers, 20th-Fox.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up, Universal.

Three Sons, RKO Radio.

Three Waltzes, Vedis Films, France.

Thunder Afloat, M-G-M.

Timber Stampede, RKO Radio.

Tower of London, Universal.

Trade Winds, Wanger, U.A.

Trouble in Sundown, RKO Radio.

Twelve Crowded Hours, RKO Radio.

20,000 Men a Year, 20th-Fox.

Two Bright Boys, Universal.

U Boat 29, Columbia (British).

Un Carnet de Bal (Life Dances On), A.F.E. Corp., France, Columbia.

Under a Kiss of Fire, Paris Films, France.

The Underpup, Universal.

Unexpected Father, Universal.

Union Pacific, Paramount.

Wajan, Bali.

Way Down South, Breen, RKO Radio.

We Are Not Alone, Warners.

What a Life, Paramount.

When Tomorrow Comes, Universal.

While New York Sleeps, 20th-Fox.

Whirlpool of Desire, (Remous), H-O Films, France.

Wife, Husband and Friend, 20th-Fox.

Wings of the Navy, Warners.

Winner Take All, 20th-Fox.

Winter Carnival, Wanger, U.A.

With a Smile, Pathe Cinema, France.

Within the Law, M-G-M.

The Wizard of Oz, M-G-M.

Wolf Call, Monogram.

The Women, M-G-M.

Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, U.A.

Yes, My Darling Daughter, Warners.

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, Universal.

You Can’t Get Away with Murder, Warners.

Young Mr. Lincoln, 20th-Fox.