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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Spencer Tracy
      Winner
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Des hommes sont nés
      Spencer Tracy was not present at the awards ceremony. His wife Louise Treadwell accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Charles Boyer in Hantise (1944)
      • Charles Boyer
      • Casbah
    • James Cagney
      • James Cagney
      • Les anges aux figures sales
    • "Goodbye Mr. Chips" Robert Donat 1939 MGM
      • Robert Donat
      • La Citadelle
    • Leslie Howard
      • Leslie Howard
      • Pygmalion

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Walter Brennan
      Winner
      • Walter Brennan
      • Kentucky
    • John Garfield
      • John Garfield
      • Rêves de jeunesse
    • Gene Lockhart
      • Gene Lockhart
      • Casbah
    • Robert Morley, 1959.
      • Robert Morley
      • Marie-Antoinette
    • Basil Rathbone
      • Basil Rathbone
      • Le roi des gueux

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Bette Davis
      Winner
      • Bette Davis
      • L'insoumise
      On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was the second time in five years Spielberg did so to protect an Oscar from further commercial exploitation.
    • Fay Bainter
      • Fay Bainter
      • White Banners
    • Wendy Hiller in Elephant Man (1980)
      • Wendy Hiller
      • Pygmalion
    • Norma Shearer in The Demi-Bride (1927)
      • Norma Shearer
      • Marie-Antoinette
    • Margaret Sullavan
      • Margaret Sullavan
      • Trois camarades

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Fay Bainter
      Winner
      • Fay Bainter
      • L'insoumise
    • Beulah Bondi
      • Beulah Bondi
      • Of Human Hearts
    • Billie Burke in Doubting Thomas (2018)
      • Billie Burke
      • Madame et son clochard
    • Spring Byington
      • Spring Byington
      • Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous
    • Miliza Korjus
      • Miliza Korjus
      • Toute la ville danse

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les aventures de Robin des Bois

      7.9 (57K)
      Carl Jules Weyl
    • [object Object]

      Les aventures de Tom Sawyer

      7.0 (2.4K)
      Lyle R. Wheeler
    • [object Object]

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Bernard Herzbrun
      Boris Leven
    • [object Object]

      Casbah

      6.6 (3.5K)
      Alexander Toluboff
    • [object Object]

      Amanda

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Van Nest Polglase
    • [object Object]

      Hollywood en folie

      5.3 (554)
      Richard Day
    • [object Object]

      Vacances

      7.7 (19K)
      Stephen Goosson
      Lionel Banks
    • [object Object]

      Le roi des gueux

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Hans Dreier
      John B. Goodman
    • [object Object]

      Délicieuse

      7.1 (711)
      Jack Otterson
    • [object Object]

      Marie-Antoinette

      7.3 (3.5K)
      Cedric Gibbons
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son clochard

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Charles D. Hall

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Toute la ville danse

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Joseph Ruttenberg
    • [object Object]

      Casbah

      6.6 (3.5K)
      James Wong Howe
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (124)
      Ernest Miller
      Harry J. Wild
    • [object Object]

      Les flibustiers

      6.6 (829)
      Victor Milner
    • [object Object]

      L'insoumise

      7.4 (16K)
      Ernest Haller
    • [object Object]

      Délicieuse

      7.1 (711)
      Joseph A. Valentine
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son clochard

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Norbert Brodine
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.5 (957)
      J. Peverell Marley
    • [object Object]

      Mariage incognito

      7.1 (4.6K)
      Robert De Grasse
    • [object Object]

      Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous

      7.8 (29K)
      Joseph Walker
    • [object Object]

      La famille sans-souci

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Leon Shamroy

    Best Director

    • Frank Capra
      Winner
      • Frank Capra
      • Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous
    • Michael Curtiz
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Les anges aux figures sales
    • Michael Curtiz
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Rêves de jeunesse
    • Norman Taurog
      • Norman Taurog
      • Des hommes sont nés
    • King Vidor
      • King Vidor
      • La Citadelle

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les aventures de Robin des Bois

      7.9 (57K)
      Ralph Dawson
    • [object Object]

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Barbara McLean
    • [object Object]

      Toute la ville danse

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Tom Held
    • [object Object]

      Pilote d'essai

      6.8 (2.9K)
      Tom Held
    • [object Object]

      Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous

      7.8 (29K)
      Gene Havlick

    Best Music, Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les aventures de Robin des Bois

      7.9 (57K)
      Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (124)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

      Blocus

      5.6 (672)
      Werner Janssen
    • [object Object]

      Têtes de pioche

      7.5 (4.8K)
      Marvin Hatley
    • [object Object]

      Sérénade sur la glace

      5.1 (175)
      Victor Young
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son cowboy

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      Le roi des gueux

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Richard Hageman
    • [object Object]

      Marie-Antoinette

      7.3 (3.5K)
      Herbert Stothart
    • [object Object]

      Pacific Liner

      5.7 (343)
      Robert Russell Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.5 (957)
      Louis Silvers
    • [object Object]

      La famille sans-souci

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Franz Waxman

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Big Broadcast of 1938

      6.1 (1.1K)
      Ralph Rainger(music)
      Leo Robin(lyrics)
      For the song "Thanks for the Memory".
    • [object Object]

      Mannequin

      6.6 (1.6K)
      Edward Ward(music)
      Chet Forrest(lyrics)
      Bob Wright(lyrics)
      For the song "Always and Always".
    • [object Object]

      Amanda

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Irving Berlin
      For the song "Change Partners and Dance with Me".
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son cowboy

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Lionel Newman(music)
      Arthur Quenzer(lyrics)
      For the song "The Cowboy and the Lady".
    • [object Object]

      Crépuscule

      5.8 (463)
      Johnny Marvin
      For the song "Dust".
    • [object Object]

      Le cavalier errant

      5.9 (486)
      Harry Warren(music)
      Johnny Mercer(lyrics)
      For the song "Jeepers Creepers".
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son clochard

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Phil Charig(music)
      Arthur Quenzer(lyrics)
      For the song "Merrily We Live".
    • [object Object]

      The Lady Objects

      5.5 (172)
      Ben Oakland(music)
      Oscar Hammerstein II(lyrics)
      For the song "A Mist Over the Moon".
    • [object Object]

      Cet âge ingrat

      6.5 (437)
      Jimmy McHugh(music)
      Harold Adamson(lyrics)
      For the song "My Own".
    • [object Object]

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Irving Berlin
      For the song "Now It Can Be Told".

    Best Music, Scoring

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      Amanda

      6.9 (4.5K)
      Victor Baravalle
    • [object Object]

      Pensionnat de jeunes filles

      5.9 (253)
      Morris Stoloff
      Gregory Stone
    • [object Object]

      Hollywood en folie

      5.3 (554)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      L'insoumise

      7.4 (16K)
      Max Steiner
    • [object Object]

      Délicieuse

      7.1 (711)
      Charles Previn
      Frank Skinner
    • [object Object]

      Tempête sur le Bengale

      5.3 (119)
      Cy Feuer
    • [object Object]

      Amants

      6.2 (765)
      Herbert Stothart
    • [object Object]

      La pauvre millionnaire

      6.5 (704)
      Marvin Hatley
    • [object Object]

      La belle de Mexico

      5.4 (120)
      Boris Morros
    • [object Object]

      La famille sans-souci

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Franz Waxman

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous

      7.8 (29K)
      Columbia
    • [object Object]

      Les aventures de Robin des Bois

      7.9 (57K)
    • [object Object]

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Des hommes sont nés

      7.2 (6.7K)
    • [object Object]

      La Citadelle

      7.0 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Rêves de jeunesse

      6.9 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      La grande illusion

      8.1 (40K)
    • [object Object]

      L'insoumise

      7.4 (16K)
    • [object Object]

      Pygmalion

      7.7 (10K)
    • [object Object]

      Pilote d'essai

      6.8 (2.9K)

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ferdinand le taureau

      7.1 (4K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Le brave petit tailleur

      7.5 (3.5K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Conte de ma mère l'Oye

      6.3 (691)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Bons scouts

      6.8 (1.2K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      Hunky and Spunky

      5.6 (349)

    Best Short Subject, One-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      That Mothers Might Live

      6.4 (292)
    • [object Object]

      The Great Heart

      6.2 (193)
    • Timber Toppers

      6.3 (19)

    Best Short Subject, Two-reel

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Declaration of Independence

      5.9 (323)
    • [object Object]

      Swingtime in the Movies

      5.7 (399)
    • [object Object]

      They're Always Caught

      6.5 (253)

    Best Sound, Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Madame et son cowboy

      6.5 (1.9K)
      Thomas T. Moulton(United Artists SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Army Girl

      5.7 (124)
      Charles L. Lootens(Republic SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Rêves de jeunesse

      6.9 (2.4K)
      Nathan Levinson(Warner Bros. SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Le roi des gueux

      7.1 (1.1K)
      Loren L. Ryder(Paramount SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Madame et son clochard

      7.3 (2.5K)
      Elmer Raguse(Hal Roach SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Amants

      6.2 (765)
      Douglas Shearer(M-G-M SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Suez

      6.5 (957)
      Edmund H. Hansen(20th Century-Fox SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Cet âge ingrat

      6.5 (437)
      Bernard B. Brown(Universal SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Mariage incognito

      7.1 (4.6K)
      James Wilkinson(RKO Radio SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous

      7.8 (29K)
      John P. Livadary(Columbia SSD)

    Best Writing, Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Des hommes sont nés

      7.2 (6.7K)
      Eleanore Griffin
      Dore Schary
    • [object Object]

      La folle parade

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Irving Berlin
    • [object Object]

      Les anges aux figures sales

      7.9 (24K)
      Rowland Brown
    • [object Object]

      Blocus

      5.6 (672)
      John Howard Lawson
    • [object Object]

      Délicieuse

      7.1 (711)
      Marcella Burke
      Frederick Kohner
    • [object Object]

      Pilote d'essai

      6.8 (2.9K)
      Frank Wead

    Best Writing, Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pygmalion

      7.7 (10K)
      George Bernard Shaw
      Ian Dalrymple
      Cecil Lewis
      W.P. Lipscomb
      George Bernard Shaw was not present at the ceremony. When presenter Lloyd C. Douglas announced that Pygmalion has won the Oscar he joked "Mr. Shaw's story now is as original as it was three thousand years ago". Shaw's reaction to the award was not enthusiastic as he is quoted as saying "It's an insult for them to offer me any honour, as if they had never heard of me before - and it's very likely they never have. They might as well send some honour to George for being King of England". Although popular legend says Shaw never received the Oscar, when Mary Pickford visited him she reported that he was on his mantle. When Shaw died in 1950 his home at Ayot St Lawrence became a museum. By this time his Oscar statuette was so tarnished, the curator believed it had no value and used it as a door stop. It has since been repaired and is now on displayed at the museum.
    • [object Object]

      Des hommes sont nés

      7.2 (6.7K)
      John Meehan
      Dore Schary
    • [object Object]

      La Citadelle

      7.0 (2.5K)
      Ian Dalrymple
      Elizabeth Hill
      Frank Wead
    • [object Object]

      Rêves de jeunesse

      6.9 (2.4K)
      Lenore J. Coffee
      Julius J. Epstein
    • [object Object]

      Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous

      7.8 (29K)
      Robert Riskin

    Juvenile Award

    Edit
    • Deanna Durbin
      Mickey Rooney in La quatrième dimension (1959)
      Winners
      • Deanna Durbin
      • Mickey Rooney
      For their (Durbin/Rooney) significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement.

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Harry M. Warner
      Winner
      • Harry M. Warner
      In recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty (certificate).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains

      7.6 (232K)
      Walt Disney
      For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field (one statuette - seven miniature statuettes).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amants

      6.2 (765)
      Oliver T. Marsh
      Allen M. Davey
      For the color cinematography of the M-G-M production Sweethearts.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les gars du large

      6.6 (639)
      Gordon Jennings(special effects)
      Jan Domela(assistant special effects)
      Devereaux Jennings(assistant special effects)
      Irmin Roberts(assistant special effects)
      Art Smith(assistant special effects)
      Farciot Edouart(transparencies)
      Loyal Griggs(assistant transparencies)
      Loren L. Ryder(sound effects)
      Harry D. Mills(assistant sound effects)
      Louis Mesenkop(assistant sound effects)
      Walter Oberst(assistant sound effects)
      For outstanding achievements in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production Spawn of the North (plaque).
    • Winner
      • Arthur Ball
      For his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in motion picture photography (certificate).

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

    Edit
    • Hal B. Wallis
      Winner
      • Hal B. Wallis
    • Darryl F. Zanuck
      • Darryl F. Zanuck
    • Walter Wanger
      • Walter Wanger
    • Joe Pasternak
      • Joe Pasternak
    • Samuel Goldwyn circa 1950
      • Samuel Goldwyn
    • Hunt Stromberg
      • Hunt Stromberg
    • David O. Selznick
      • David O. Selznick

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
          Not awarded.

        Technical Achievement Award

        Edit
        • Winner
          • John Aalberg
          For the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production.
        • "War of the Worlds" Director Byron Haskin 1953, Paramount, **I.V.
          Winner
          • Byron Haskin
          For pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector.

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        Event date

        February 23, 1939

        Event location

        Los Angeles, California, USA

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