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Best PictureGone with the Wind

12th Academy Awards

The 1939 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

Year 1939
Nominations 151
Categories Decided All 23
Top Winner Gone with the Wind
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Ceremony at a glance

Best Picture went to Gone with the Wind. The winning leader is Gone with the Wind with 10 wins. The most nominated title is Gone with the Wind with 15 nominations. 34 winners named across 23 categories.

Most awarded titles

  1. Gone with the Wind 10 wins15 nominations
  2. Stagecoach 2 wins7 nominations
  3. The Wizard of Oz 2 wins6 nominations
  4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1 win11 nominations
  5. Wuthering Heights 1 win8 nominations

Best Picture Nominees

The major races

The 1939 ceremony centers on Gone with the Wind. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 25 nominees in all.

Complete Ceremony Ledger

Every winner and nominee in every category, with film, person and review links.

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Nominee

First Love

Credit: Joseph Valentine

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History
Nominee

Gunga Din

Credit: Joseph H. August

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History
Nominee

Intermezzo

Credit: Gregg Toland

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History
Nominee

Juarez

Credit: Tony Gaudio

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History
Nominee

Of Mice and Men

Credit: Norbert Brodine

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History
Nominee

The Rains Came

Credit: Arthur Miller

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

Film History Person History

1 winner6 records

Nominee

Drums along the Mohawk

Credit: Ray RennahanBert Glennon

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.

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Four Feathers

Credit: Georges PerinalOsmond Borradaile

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.

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Nominee

The Mikado

Credit: William V. SkallBernard Knowles

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.

Film History
Nominee

The Wizard of Oz

Credit: Hal Rosson

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Gone with the Wind and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex) would be selected.

Film History Person History

1 winner13 records

1 winner4 records

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1 winner3 records

1 winner11 records

1 winner5 records

Ceremony Highlights

Categories in this ceremony

Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress ART DIRECTION Best Picture CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Best Director FILM EDITING IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD MUSIC (Original Score) MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) MUSIC (Original Song) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) SHORT FILM (Animated) SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) SOUND RECORDING SPECIAL AWARD VISUAL EFFECTS WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) WRITING (Original Story)

Winner Circle

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
Gone with the Wind poster

F. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK, the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY, MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY, CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY, the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, WINTON HOCH, TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP., DON MUSGRAVE and SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES INC.

Gone with the Wind

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SPECIAL AWARD
The Motion Picture Relief Fund, Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Ralph Block and Conrad Nagel

The Motion Picture Relief Fund, Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Ralph Block and Conrad Nagel

The Motion Picture Relief Fund | Jean Hersholt | Ralph Morgan | Ralph Block | Conrad Nagel

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