1940 (13th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1940 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

Rebecca, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Best Actor

James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress

Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Brennan in The Westerner, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox.

Directing

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. John Ford.

Art Direction

(Black-and-White)

Pride and Prejudice, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse.

(Color)

The Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) Vincent Korda.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Rebecca, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. George Barnes.

(Color)

The Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) George Perinal.

Film Editing

North West Mounted Police, Paramount. Anne Bauchens.

Music

(Original Score)

Pinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington.

(Scoring)

Tin Pan Alley, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

(Song)

When You Wish upon a Star from Pinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Leigh Harline; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

The Milky Way, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Rudolph Ising Series]

(One-reel)

Quicker ’n a Wink, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Teddy, the Rough Rider, Warner Bros. [Historical Featurette Series]

Sound Recording

Strike Up the Band, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Special Effects

The Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) Photographic effects by Lawrence Butler; sound effects by Jack Whitney.

Writing

(Original Screenplay)

The Great McGinty, Paramount. Preston Sturges.

(Original Story)

Arise, My Love, Paramount. Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy.

(Screenplay)

The Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Donald Ogden Stewart.

Special Award

To Bob Hope, in recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. [ [Special Silver Plaque]]

To Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films. [ [Statuette]]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller, and Robert W. Stevens.

(Class III)

To Warner Bros. Studio Art Department and Anton Grot for the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.