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All nominated movies "Academy Awards, USA" in 1940

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Date February 29, 1940
Oscar / Best Motion Picture of the Year
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Winner
All nominees
Dark Victory 7.5
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7.9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair 7.4
Love Affair
Wuthering Heights 7.2
Wuthering Heights
The Wizard of Oz 7.7
The Wizard of Oz
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men
Ninotchka 7.0
Ninotchka
Stagecoach 6.2
Stagecoach
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Robert Donat was not present at the awards ceremony. Victor Saville accepted the award on his behalf.
Winner
All nominees
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
Gone with the Wind
James Stewart
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Wuthering Heights
Mikki Runi
Babes in Arms
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind
Winner
All nominees
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Ninotchka
Greer Garson
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Dark Victory
Irene Dunne
Love Affair
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Thomas Mitchell
Stagecoach
Winner
All nominees
Harry Carey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Claude Rains
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Brian Donlevy
Beau Geste
Brian Aherne
Juarez
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Hattie McDaniel
Gone with the Wind Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.
Winner
All nominees
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Wuthering Heights
Olivia de Havilland
Gone with the Wind
Maria Ouspenskaya
Love Affair
Edna May Oliver
Drums Along the Mohawk
Oscar / Best Achievement in Directing
Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind
Winner
All nominees
William Wyler
William Wyler
Wuthering Heights
Sam Wood
Sam Wood
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Ford
John Ford
Stagecoach
Oscar / Best Achievement in Cinematography
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Winner
Wuthering Heights 7.2
Wuthering Heights
Gregg Toland
Winner
All nominees
Stagecoach 6.2
Stagecoach
Bert Glennon
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene
Oscar / Best Achievement in Film Editing
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Winner
All nominees
The Rains Came The Rains Came
Barbara McLean
Stagecoach 6.2
Stagecoach
Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Al Clark, Gene Havlick
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7.9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charlz Frend
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Stagecoach 6.2
Stagecoach
Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
Winner
The Wizard of Oz 7.7
The Wizard of Oz
Herbert Stothart
Winner
All nominees
Babes in Arms Babes in Arms
George Stoll, Roger Edens
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alfred Newman
First Love 6.9
First Love
Charles Previn
Intermezzo 6.6
Intermezzo Intermezzo: A love story
Louis Forbes
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Dimitri Tiomkin
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men
Aaron Copland
She Married a Cop She Married a Cop
Cy Feuer
Swanee River Swanee River
Louis Silvers
The Great Victor Herbert The Great Victor Herbert
Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
They Shall Have Music They Shall Have Music
Alfred Newman
Way Down South Way Down South
Victor Young
Dark Victory 7.5
Dark Victory
Max Steiner
Eternally Yours Eternally Yours
Werner Janssen
Golden Boy Golden Boy
Victor Young
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Max Steiner
Gulliver's Travels 6.6
Gulliver's Travels
Victor Young
Man of Conquest Man of Conquest
Victor Young
Nurse Edith Cavell Nurse Edith Cavell
Anthony Collins
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men
Aaron Copland
The Man in the Iron Mask 7.0
The Man in the Iron Mask
Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
The Rains Came The Rains Came
Alfred Newman
Wuthering Heights 7.2
Wuthering Heights
Alfred Newman
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
The Wizard of Oz 7.7
The Wizard of Oz
Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg For the song "Over the Rainbow"
Winner
All nominees
Gulliver's Travels 6.6
Gulliver's Travels
Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin For the song "Faithful Forever"
Love Affair 7.4
Love Affair
Buddy G. DeSylva For the song "Wishing"
Second Fiddle Second Fiddle
Irving Berlin For the song "I Poured My Heart Into a Song"
Oscar / Best Achievement in Production Design
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Lyle R. Wheeler
Winner
All nominees
Man of Conquest Man of Conquest
John Victor Mackay
Love Affair 7.4
Love Affair
Alfred Herman, Van Nest Polglase
First Love 6.9
First Love
Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson
Captain Fury 6.5
Captain Fury
Charles D. Hall
Beau Geste Beau Geste
Hans Dreier, Robert Odell
The Wizard of Oz 7.7
The Wizard of Oz
Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Anton Grot
Stagecoach 6.2
Stagecoach
Alexander Toluboff
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Lionel Banks
Wuthering Heights 7.2
Wuthering Heights
James Basevi
The Rains Came The Rains Came
William S. Darling, George Dudley
Oscar / Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Rains Came The Rains Came
Edmund H. Hansen, Fred Sersen
Winner
All nominees
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
The Wizard of Oz 7.7
The Wizard of Oz
A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer
Topper Takes a Trip Topper Takes a Trip
Roy Seawright
Union Pacific 7.1
Union Pacific
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren L. Ryder
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Fred Albin, Jack Cosgrove, Arthur Johns
Only Angels Have Wings 7.6
Only Angels Have Wings
Roy Davidson, Edwin C. Hahn
Oscar / Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Sidney Howard Posthumously. Sidney Howard became the first posthumous Oscar nominee and winner.
Winner
All nominees
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7.9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Sidney Buchman
Ninotchka 7.0
Ninotchka
Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch
Wuthering Heights 7.2
Wuthering Heights
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Oscar / Best Animated Short Film
Ugly Duckling Ugly Duckling
Walt Disney
Winner
All nominees
The Pointer The Pointer
Walt Disney
Detouring America Detouring America
Peace on Earth Peace on Earth
Oscar / Best Live Action Short Film
Sons of Liberty Sons of Liberty
Winner
Busy Little Bears Busy Little Bears
Winner
All nominees
Prophet Without Honor Prophet Without Honor
Sword Fishing Sword Fishing
Five Times Five Five Times Five
Drunk Driving Drunk Driving
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Oscar / Best Original Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Lewis R. Foster
Winner
All nominees
Love Affair 7.4
Love Affair
Mildred Cram, Leo MakKeri
Young Mr. Lincoln 7.5
Young Mr. Lincoln
Lamar Trotti
Ninotchka 7.0
Ninotchka
Melchior Lengyel
Bachelor Mother Bachelor Mother
Felix Jackson
Oscar / Best Sound
When Tomorrow Comes When Tomorrow Comes
Bernard B. Brown
Winner
All nominees
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
Thomas T. Moulton
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7.9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
A.W. Watkins
Man of Conquest Man of Conquest
Charles L. Lootens
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John P. Livadary
Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men
Elmer Raguse
The Great Victor Herbert The Great Victor Herbert
Loren L. Ryder
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Nathan Levinson
The Rains Came The Rains Came
Edmund H. Hansen
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
John Aalberg
Balalaika Balalaika
Douglas Shearer
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technical Achievement Award
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
R.D. Musgrave For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind.
Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
David O. Selznick
Winner
Honorary Award
Gone with the Wind 8.1
Gone with the Wind
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).
Winner
Juvenile Award
Year

Other awards and film festivals

Cannes Film Festival
Festival international du film de Cannes
1939-2024
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globe Award
1944-2024
Golden Globes, USA
Primetime Emmy Awards
1949-2024
Primetime Emmy Awards
BAFTA Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
1949-2024
BAFTA Awards
Venice Film Festival
Mostra Internazionale dโ€™Arte Cinematografica
1932-2024
Venice Film Festival
Razzie Awards
Razzie
1981-2024
Razzie Awards
MTV Movie + TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992-2024
MTV Movie + TV Awards
Sundance Film Festival
1982-2024
Sundance Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
1951-2024
Berlin International Film Festival
Sochi International Film Festival
Sochi International Film Festival & Awards โ€” SIFFA
1994-2024
Sochi International Film Festival
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Award
1963-2024
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Sochi Open Russian Film Festival
Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (Kinotavr)
1990-2024
Sochi Open Russian Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)
1959-2024
Moscow International Film Festival
Window to Europe
1993-2024
Window to Europe
Toronto International Film Festival
1978-2024
Toronto International Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Pimedate ร–รถde Filmifestival
1998-2024
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival
1993-2024
St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival
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