1939 (12th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1939 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1939 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1939 to December 31, 1939 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1939 Ceremony
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Thursday, February 29, 1940 8:30 PM The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1939 Winners
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Best Picture: Gone with the Wind Selznick International Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Robert Donat as Mr. Charles Chipping in the film Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
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Best Actress: Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in the film Gone with the Wind |
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Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Mitchell as Josiah ‘Doc’ Boone in the film Stagecoach |
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Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in the film Gone with the Wind |
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Best Song: Over the Rainbow from the film The Wizard of Oz Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E. Y. Harburg Best Song Lyrics |