Film Data for 1939
1) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 472 votes
2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 433
3) Pygmalion (1938)- 349
4) Wuthering Heights- 283
5) Dark Victory- 280
6) The Women- 254
7) The Wizard of Oz- 244
8) Juarez- 216
9) Stanley & Livingston- 213
10) The Old Maid- 166
The Honor Roll-
11) Stagecoach- 153
12) Young Mr. Lincoln- 152
13) Babes in Arms- 135
14) Love Affair- 128
15) Union Pacific- 112
16) On Borrowed Time- 111
17) Bachelor Mother- 93
18) Gunga Din- 82
Nurse Edith Cavell- 82
20) The Rains Came- 77
21) Jesse James- 69
22) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle- 68
23) The Beachcomber (1938)- 67
24) Idiot's Delight- 60
25) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell- 59
26) The Great Waltz (1938)- 56
27) Four Feathers- 52
28) The Lady Vanishes (1938)- 47
29) Only Angels Have Wings- 46
30) Beau Geste- 40
31) Golden Boy- 38
Newspaper Film Critics of America Poll (Source: The Film Daily 1940 Annual)
First-place votes received 75 points. Second-place votes received 50 points. Third-place votes received 25 points.
Best Picture
1) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 22,775 points
2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 14,755 points
3) Wuthering Heights- 6,950 points
Best Actor
1) Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 23,200 points
2) James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- 14,150 points
3) Spencer Tracy in Stanley & Livingston- 7,825 points
Best Actress
1) Bette Davis in Dark Victory- 23,175 points
2) Greta Garbo in Ninotchka- 9,750 points
3) Rosalind Russell in The Women 9,725 points
Best Supporting Actor
1) Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach- 14,125 points
2) Brian Aherene in Juarez- 12,125 points
3) Akim Tamiroff in Disputed Passage- 7,750 points
Best Supporting Actress
1) Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips- 15,650 points
2) Rosalind Russell in The Women- 12,350 points
3) Alice Brady in Young Mr. Lincoln- 8,600 points
"Young Actor Most Likely to Win Greatest Fame in 1940"
1) Jeffery Lynn- 15,825 points
2) Eddie Albert- 9,925 points
3) John Howard- 8,825 points
"Young Actress Most Likely to Win Greatest Fame in 1940"
1) Maureen O'Hara 13,075
2) Linda Darnell- 12,575
3) Lana Turner- 10,925
New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 27, 1939. Awards presented on January 7, 1940 at the Rainbow Room in New York. The ceremony was broadcast live by NBC radio. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)
Best Picture
Wuthering Heights (won on XIV ballot)
Runner-ups: Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
On ballot I, Gone with the Wind had 6 votes, Wuthering had 4 votes and Mr. Smith had 3 votes.
On ballot V, Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith had 6 votes apiece, and Wuthering had 4 votes.
On ballot VI, Wuthering had 7 votes and Gone with the Wind had 5 votes.
On ballot VII, Gone with the Wind and Wuthering both had 7 votes.
Best Director
John Ford, Stagecoach (12 votes on ballot II)
Runner-up: Ernst Lubitsch, Ninotchka (3 votes)
Best Actor
James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (won on ballot III)
Runner-up: Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Best Actress
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (won on ballot II)
Runner-up: Greta Garbo in Ninotchka
Best Foreign Film
Harvest
National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 24, 1939. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Picture
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference):
Wuthering Heights
Stagecoach
Ninotchka
Young Mr. Lincoln
Crisis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Roaring Twenties
U-Boat 29
Best Acting (Listed in alphabetical order):
James Cagney, The Roaring Twenties
Bette Davis, Dark Victory and The Old Maid
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights
Henry Fonda, Young Mr. Lincoln
Jean Gabin, Port of Shadows
Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
Francis Lederer, Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Paul Lukas, Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
Flora Robson, We Are Not Alone
Michel Simon, Port of Shadows, The End of a Day
Best Foreign Film
Port of Shadows (France)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 11, 1940. Awards were presented on February 29, 1940 at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
Dark Victory, Warner Bros. Produced by David Lewis.
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Produced by David O. Selznick.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). Produced by Victor Saville.
Love Affair, RKO Radio. Produced by Leo McCarey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Produced by Frank Capra.
Ninotchka, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.
Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Produced by Lewis Milestone.
Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Produced by Walter Wanger.
The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Produced by Mervyn LeRoy.
Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Best Director
Frank Capra for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).
Victor Fleming for Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).
John Ford for Stagecoach (Wanger, UA).
Sam Wood for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).
William Wyler for Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).
Best Actor
Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).
Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).
Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).
Mickey Rooney in Babes in Arms (MGM).
James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).
Best Actress
Bette Davis in Dark Victory (Warner Bros.)
Irene Dunne in Love Affair (RKO Radio).
Greta Garbo in Ninotchka (MGM).
Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM) (British).
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).
Best Supporting Actor
Brian Aherne in Juarez (Warner Bros.).
Harry Carey in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).
Brian Donlevy in Beau Geste (Paramount).
Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach (Wanger, UA).
Claude Rains in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia).
Best Supporting Actress
Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).
Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, UA).
Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (Selznick, MGM).
Edna Mae Oliver in Drums Along the Mohawk (20th Century-Fox).
Maria Ouspenskaya in Love Affair (RKO Radio).
Writing (Original Story)
Bachelor Mother, RKO Radio. Felix Jackson.
Love Affair, RKO Radio. Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Lewis R. Foster.
Ninotchka, MGM. Melchior Lengyel.
Young Mr. Lincoln, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.
Writing (Screenplay)
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Sidney Howard.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff and Claudine West.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Sidney Buchman.
Ninotchka, MGM. Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Billy WIlder.
Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
Best Interior Decoration
Beau Geste, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Robert Odell.
Captain Fury, Roach, UA. Charles D. Hall.
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Lyle Wheeler.
Love Affair, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase and Al Herman.
Man of Conquest, Republic. John Victor Mackay.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Lionel Banks.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Anton Grot.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. William Darling and George Dudley.
Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Alexander Toluboff.
The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning.
Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. James Basevi.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
First Love, Universal. Joseph Valentine.
The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Victor Milner.
Gunga Din, RKO Radio. Joseph H. August.
Intermezzo: A Love Story, Selznick, UA. Gregg Toland.
Juarez, Warner Bros. Tony Gaudio.
Lady of the Tropics, MGM. Norbert Brodine
Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia. Joseph Walker.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.
Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Bert Glennon.
Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Gregg Toland.
Best Cinematography (Color)
Drums Along the Mohawk, 20th Century-Fox. Ray Rennahan and Bert Glennon.
Four Feathers, Denham, UA. Georges Perinal and Osmond Borradaile.
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan.
The Mikado, Universal. William V. Skall.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene.
The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Hal Rosson.
Film Editing
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, (MGM) (British). Charles Frend.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Gene Havlick and Al Clark.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.
Stagecoach, Wanger, UA. Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer.
Best Song
"Faithful Forever"(Gulliver's Travels, Paramount); Music by Ralph Rainger. Lyrics by Leo Robin.
"I Poured My Heart into a Song" (Second Fiddle, 20th Century-Fox); Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin.
"Over the Rainbow" (The Wizard of Oz, MGM); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.
"Wishing" (Love Affair, RKO Radio); Music and Lyrics by Buddy De Sylva.
Best Score
Babes in Arms, MGM. Roger Edens and George E. Stoll.
First Love, Universal. Charles Previn.
The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio. Alfred Newman.
Intermezzo: A Love Story, Selznick, UA. Lou Forbes.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Dimitri Tiomkin.
Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Aaron Copeland.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
She Married a Cop, Republic. Cy Feuer.
Stagecoach, Walter Wanger, UA. Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken.
Swanee River, 20th Century-Fox. Louis Silvers.
They Shall Have Music, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.
Way Down South, Lesser, RKO Radio. Victor Young.
Best Original Score
Dark Victory, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.
Eternally Yours, Walter Wanger, UA. Werner Janssen.
Golden Boy, Columbia. Victor Young.
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Max Steiner.
Gulliver's Travels, Paramount. Victor Young.
The Man in the Iron Mask, Small, UA. Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck.
Man of Conquest, Republic. Victor Young.
Nurse Edith Cavell, RKO Radio. Anthony Collins.
Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Aaron Copeland.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.
The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Herbert Stothart.
Wuthering Heights, Goldwyn, UA. Alfred Newman.
Best Sound Recording
Balalaika, MGM. Douglas Shearer.
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Thomas T. Moulton
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, MGM (British). A. W. Watkins.
The Great Victor Herbert, Paramount. Loren Ryder.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, RKO Radio. John Aalberg.
Man of Conquest, Republic. C. L. Lootens.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. John Livadary.
Of Mice and Men Roach, UA. Elmer Raguse.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. E. H. Hansen.
When Tomorrow Comes, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.
Best Special Effects
Gone with the Wind, Selznick, MGM. Photographic: John R. Cosgrove. Sound: Fred Albin and Arthur Johns.
Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia. Photographic: Roy Davidson. Sound: Edwin C. Hahn.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warner Bros. Photographic: Byron Haskin. Sound: Nathan Levinson.
The Rains Came, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic: E.H. Hansen. Sound: Fred Sersen.
Topper Takes a Trip, Roach, UA. Roy Seawright.
Union Pacific, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings. Sound: Loren Ryder.
The Wizard of Oz, MGM. Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie. Sound: Douglas Shearer.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
Detouring America, Warner Bros.
Peace on Earth, MGM.
The Pointer, Walt Disney, RKO Radio.
The Ugly Duckling, Walt Disney, RKO Radio.
Best One-Reel Short Subject
Busy Little Bears, Paramount (Paragraphics).
Information Please, RKO Radio.
Prophet Without Honor, MGM (Miniatures).
Sword Fishing, Warner Bros. (Vitaphone Varieties).
Best Two-Reel Short Subject
Drunk Driving, MGM (Crime Doesn't Pay).
Five Times Five, RKO Radio (Special).
Sons of Liberty, Warner Bros. (Historical Featurette).
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
David O. Selznick.
Special Awards
Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award)- recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture (statuette).
The Motion Picture Relief Fund- acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership. Presented to Jean Hersholt, President; Ralph Morgan, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Ralph Block, First Vice-President; Conrad Nagel (plaques).
Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year (miniature statuette).
William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind (plaque).
The Technicolor Company for its contribution in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen (statuette).
Scientific or Technical Awards
Class I (Statuette)
None.
Class II (Plaque)
None.
Class III (Citation)
George Anderson of Warner Bros. Studio for an improved positive head for sun arcs.
John Arnold of MGM Studio for the MGM mobile camera crane.
Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin and the Sound Department of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio for the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures.
Farciot Edouart, Joseph E. Robbins, William Rudolph and Paramount Pictures, Inc., for the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill.
Emery Huse and Ralph B. Atkinson of Eastman Kodak Co., for their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths.
Harold Nye of Warner Bros. Studio for a miniature incandescent spot lamp.
A. J. Tondreau of Warner Bros. Studio for the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer.
Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment:
F.R. Abbott, Haller Belt, Alan Cook and Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. for faster projection lenses.
Mitchell Camera Co. for a new type process projection head.
Mole-Richardson Co. for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp.
Charles Handley, David Joy and National Carbon Co. for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons.
Winton Hoch and Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for an auxiliary optical system.
Don Musgrave and Selznick International Pictures, Inc., for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production of Gone with the Wind.
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
Best Foreign Film:
(Not awarded this year)
Best Italian Film:
Abuna Messias, Goffredo Alessandrini
Best Cameraman:
Ubaldo Arata, Derniere Jeunesse
Cups of the Biennial:
La Fin du Jour
Robert Koch, der Bekampfer
Four Feathers
Glad dig i din ungdom and En handfull Ris
Selection of Swedish films as a whole
Special Mention Awards:
Margarita, Armando y su Padre
Tulak Macoun
Jeunes Filles en Detresse
Veertig Jaaren
Bors Istvan
The Golden Harvest of the Wilwatersrand
The Mikado
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Made for Each Other
Stagecoach
Wuthering Heights
Dark Victory
Juarez
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Women
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Gone With the Wind
The Top Box-Office Hits of 1939 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.)
1939 films listed on the 1938/39 list:
Dodge City
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gunga Din
The Hardys Ride High
Jesse James
Juarez
Stagecoach
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Union Pacific
1939 Films listed on the 1939/40 list:
Another Thin Man
Babes in Arms
Destry Rides Again
Drums Along the Mohawk
Gone with the Wind
Gulliver's Travels
Hollywood Cavalcade
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
The Old Maid
The Rains Came
The Women
Ten Big Pictures of 1939 (Source: Box Office Digest 1940 Annual, with estimated gross listed):
1) Jesse James- $3,250,000
2) Gunga Din- $3,100,000
3) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington- $2,700,000
4) The Rains Came- $2,600,000
5) Babes in Arms- $2,550,000
6) Dodge City- $2,400,000
7) The Women- $2,400,000
8) Goodbye, Mr. Chips- $2,300,000
9) The Wizard of Oz- $2,300,000
10) Drums Along the Mohawk- $2,200,000
The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1939 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Mickey Rooney
1) Mickey Rooney
2) Tyrone Power
3) Spencer Tracy
4) Clark Gable
5) Shirley Temple
6) Bette Davis
7) Alice Faye
8) Errol Flynn
9) James Cagney
10) Sonja Henie
The Next Fifteen:
11) Bing Crosby
12) Deanna Durbin
13) Jane Withers
14) Robert Taylor
15) Wallace Beery
16) Myrna Loy
17) Bob Burns
18) Gary Cooper
19) Jeanette MacDonald
20) Don Ameche
21) Ginger Rogers
22) Henry Fonda
23) Paul Muni
24) Irene Dunne
25) Cary Grant
The Top Ten Western Stars of 1939 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Gene Autry
2) William Boyd
3) Roy Rogers
4) George O'Brien
5) Charles Starrett
6) Three Mesquiteers
7) Tex Ritter
8) Buck Jones
9) John Wayne
10) Bob Baker
The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1939 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald)
British Stars:
1) George Formby
2) Gracie Fields
3) Robert Donat
4) Will Hay
5) Anna Neagle
6) Leslie Howard
7) Charles Laughton
8) Gordon Harker
9) Ralph Richardson
10) Will Fyffe
International Stars:
1) Deanna Durbin
2) Mickey Rooney
3) Shirley Temple
4) Robert Taylor
5) Jeanette MacDonald
6) Spencer Tracy
7) Errol Flynn
8) George Formby
9) Nelson Eddy
10) Gary Cooper
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
Ten Worst Pictures:
The Rains Came
Hollywood Cavalcade
Winter Carnival
St. Louis Blues
Five Little Peppers
Bad Little Angel
The Fighting 69th
Idiot's Delight
20,000 Men a Year
The Man in the Iron Mask
Worst Actor:
Tyrone Power, The Rains Came
Worst Actress:
Norma Shearer, Idiot's Delight
Most Consistently Bad Performances:
Dorothy Lamour
Don Ameche
Most Colossal Flop:
The Wizard of Oz
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