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12th Dossier

The 1939 file for 12th Academy Awards: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

Year 1939
Best Picture Gone with the Wind
Winner Record 34/23
Top Winner Gone with the Wind
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Annual Thesis

The 1939 ceremony centers on Gone with the Wind.

This dossier opens with the four races readers check first: Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. 4 of 4 major races have winners recorded, with 25 major-field records feeding into the full 34/23 ceremony ledger below.

4major races 25major-field records 4/4winners recorded
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Ceremony Snapshot

A live, winner-driven snapshot of this ceremony.

Best Picture went to Gone with the Wind. The winning leader is Gone with the Wind with 10 wins.

Gone with the Wind 10 wins | 15 nominations
Stagecoach 2 wins | 7 nominations
The Wizard of Oz 2 wins | 6 nominations
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1 win | 11 nominations
Wuthering Heights 1 win | 8 nominations
Winner Record 34/23

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Best Picture Nominees

The shortlist most readers look for first: 10 Best Picture nominees from this ceremony.

151Nominations
34Wins
23Categories
1927/28-2025Ledger span

Major Races

The Four Races That Shape the Night

A fast editorial scan of Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress before the full ceremony ledger opens out below.

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Best Picture Winner

Gone with the Wind

Selznick International Pictures

Best Picture anchors a 10-nominee field.

Nominee Field
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Complete Ceremony Ledger

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20 categories 151 records 34 winners

Category

Best Picture

1 winner / 10 records

Category

Best Director

1 winner / 5 records

Category

Best Actress

1 winner / 5 records

Category

Best Actor

1 winner / 5 records

1 winner / 5 records

1 winner / 5 records

1 winner / 5 records

1 winner / 12 records

1 winner / 4 records

Category

FILM EDITING

1 winner / 5 records

Category

VISUAL EFFECTS

1 winner / 7 records

Category

ART DIRECTION

1 winner / 12 records

1 winner / 11 records

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 winner / 6 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.

Film History
Nominee

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.

Film History
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 winner / 13 records

1 winner / 4 records

1 winner / 4 records

1 winner / 3 records

Category

SOUND RECORDING

1 winner / 11 records

1 winner / 5 records

Ceremony Highlights

Poster-first highlights from this ceremony, led by winners and the titles that defined the night.

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

A category-by-category winner roll call generated directly from the ceremony ledger.

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) Winner
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

Film History
SPECIAL AWARD Winner
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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