<P> Hattie McDaniel became the first African - American to receive an Academy Award, winning in the Best Supporting Actress category for Gone with the Wind . </P> <P> AMPAS presented Academy Awards of Merit in twenty categories . Nominees for each award are listed below; award winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Outstanding Production <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--David O. Selznick for Selznick International and Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer <Ul> <Li> Dark Victory--David Lewis for Warner Bros . </Li> <Li> Goodbye, Mr. Chips--Victor Saville for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Love Affair--Leo McCarey for RKO Radio </Li> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Frank Capra for Columbia </Li> <Li> Ninotchka--Sidney Franklin for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--Lewis Milestone for Hal Roach Prod. and United Artists </Li> <Li> Stagecoach--Walter Wanger for United Artists </Li> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--Mervyn LeRoy for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Wuthering Heights--Samuel Goldwyn for Samuel Goldwyn Prod. and United Artists </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> Victor Fleming--Gone With the Wind <Ul> <Li> Frank Capra--Mr. Smith Goes to Washington </Li> <Li> John Ford--Stagecoach </Li> <Li> Sam Wood--Goodbye, Mr. Chips </Li> <Li> William Wyler--Wuthering Heights </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Actor <Ul> <Li> Robert Donat--Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Mr Chips <Ul> <Li> Clark Gable--Gone With the Wind as Rhett Butler </Li> <Li> Laurence Olivier--Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff </Li> <Li> Mickey Rooney--Babes in Arms as Mickey Moran </Li> <Li> James Stewart--Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jefferson "Jeff" Smith </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Actress <Ul> <Li> Vivien Leigh--Gone With the Wind as Scarlett O'Hara <Ul> <Li> Bette Davis--Dark Victory as Judith Traherne </Li> <Li> Irene Dunne--Love Affair as Terry McKay </Li> <Li> Greta Garbo--Ninotchka as Nina Ivanovna' Ninotchka' Yakushova </Li> <Li> Greer Garson--Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Katherine </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Supporting Actor <Ul> <Li> Thomas Mitchell--Stagecoach as Doc Boone <Ul> <Li> Brian Aherne--Juarez as Maximilian I of Mexico </Li> <Li> Harry Carey--Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as President of the Senate </Li> <Li> Brian Donlevy--Beau Geste as Sergeant Markoff </Li> <Li> Claude Rains--Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator Joseph Harrison "Joe" Paine </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Supporting Actress <Ul> <Li> Hattie McDaniel--Gone With the Wind as Mammy <Ul> <Li> Olivia de Havilland--Gone With the Wind as Melanie Hamilton </Li> <Li> Geraldine Fitzgerald--Wuthering Heights as Isabella Linton </Li> <Li> Edna May Oliver--Drums Along the Mohawk as Mrs McKlennar </Li> <Li> Maria Ouspenskaya--Love Affair as Grandmother Janou </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Story <Ul> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Lewis R. Foster <Ul> <Li> Love Affair--Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey </Li> <Li> Bachelor Mother--Felix Jackson </Li> <Li> Ninotchka--Melchior Lengyel </Li> <Li> Young Mr. Lincoln--Lamar Trotti </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Screenplay <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Sidney Howard (posthumous award), based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell <Ul> <Li> Ninotchka--Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Billy Wilder, based on a story by Melchior Lengyel </Li> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Sidney Buchman, based on a story by Lewis R. Foster </Li> <Li> Wuthering Heights--Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, based on the novel by Emily Brontë </Li> <Li> Goodbye, Mr. Chips--Eric Maschwitz, R.C. Sherriff and Claudine West, based on the novel by James Hilton </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Live Action Short Film, One - Reel <Ul> <Li> Busy Little Bears--Paramount Pictures <Ul> <Li> Information Please--RKO Radio </Li> <Li> Prophet Without Honor--MGM </Li> <Li> Sword Fishing--Warner Bros . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Live Action Short Film, Two - Reel <Ul> <Li> Sons of Liberty--Warner Bros . <Ul> <Li> Drunk Driving--MGM </Li> <Li> Five Times Five--RKO Radio </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Animated Short Film <Ul> <Li> The Ugly Duckling--Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio <Ul> <Li> Detouring America--Warner Bros . </Li> <Li> Peace on Earth--MGM </Li> <Li> The Pointer--Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Score <Ul> <Li> Stagecoach--Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken <Ul> <Li> The Great Victor Herbert--Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--Aaron Copland </Li> <Li> Babes in Arms--Roger Edens and George E. Stoll </Li> <Li> She Married a Cop--Cy Feuer </Li> <Li> Intermezzo--Lou Forbes </Li> <Li> The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex--Erich Wolfgang Korngold </Li> <Li> The Hunchback of Notre Dame--Alfred Newman </Li> <Li> They Shall Have Music--Alfred Newman </Li> <Li> First Love--Charles Previn </Li> <Li> Swanee River--Louis Silvers </Li> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Dimitri Tiomkin </Li> <Li> Way Down South--Victor Young </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Original Score <Ul> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--Herbert Stothart <Ul> <Li> Nurse Edith Cavell--Anthony Collins </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--Aaron Copland </Li> <Li> The Man in the Iron Mask--Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck </Li> <Li> Eternally Yours--Werner Janssen </Li> <Li> The Rains Came--Alfred Newman </Li> <Li> Wuthering Heights--Alfred Newman </Li> <Li> Dark Victory--Max Steiner </Li> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Max Steiner </Li> <Li> Golden Boy--Victor Young </Li> <Li> Gulliver's Travels--Victor Young </Li> <Li> Man of Conquest--Victor Young </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Song <Ul> <Li> "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz--Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg <Ul> <Li> "Faithful Forever" from Gulliver's Travels--Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin </Li> <Li> "I Poured My Heart Into a Song" from Second Fiddle--Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin </Li> <Li> "Wishing" from Love Affair--Music and Lyrics by Buddy de Sylva </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Sound Recording <Ul> <Li> When Tomorrow Comes--Bernard B. Brown <Ul> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--John Livadary </Li> <Li> Goodbye, Mr. Chips--A.W. Watkins </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--Elmer A. Raguse </Li> <Li> Balalaika--Douglas Shearer </Li> <Li> The Great Victor Herbert--Loren L. Ryder </Li> <Li> Man of Conquest--Charles L. Lootens </Li> <Li> The Hunchback of Notre Dame--John Aalberg </Li> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Thomas T. Moulton </Li> <Li> The Rains Came--E.H. Hansen </Li> <Li> The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex--Nathan Levinson </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Art Direction <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Lyle Wheeler <Ul> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Lionel Banks </Li> <Li> Wuthering Heights--James Basevi </Li> <Li> The Rains Came--William S. Darling and George Dudley </Li> <Li> Beau Geste--Hans Dreier and Robert Odell </Li> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning </Li> <Li> The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex--Anton Grot </Li> <Li> Captain Fury--Charles D. Hall </Li> <Li> Man of Conquest--John Victor Mackay </Li> <Li> First Love--Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina </Li> <Li> Love Affair--Van Nest Polglase and Alfred Herman </Li> <Li> Stagecoach--Alexander Toluboff </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Cinematography, Black and White <Ul> <Li> Wuthering Heights--Gregg Toland <Ul> <Li> Gunga Din--Joseph H. August </Li> <Li> Lady of the Tropics--Norbert Brodine </Li> <Li> Juarez--Tony Gaudio </Li> <Li> Stagecoach--Bert Glennon </Li> <Li> The Rains Came--Arthur Charles Miller </Li> <Li> The Great Victor Herbert--Victor Milner </Li> <Li> Intermezzo--Gregg Toland </Li> <Li> First Love--Joseph Valentine </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--George J. Folsey </Li> <Li> Only Angels Have Wings--Joseph Walker </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Cinematography, Color <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan <Ul> <Li> The Four Feathers--Georges Périnal and Osmond Borradaile </Li> <Li> The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex--Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene </Li> <Li> Drums Along the Mohawk--Ray Rennahan and Bert Glennon </Li> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--Hal Rosson </Li> <Li> The Mikado--William V. Skall and Bernard Knowles </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Film Editing <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom <Ul> <Li> Goodbye, Mr. Chips--Charles Frend </Li> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Gene Havlick and Al Clark </Li> <Li> Stagecoach--Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer </Li> <Li> The Rains Came--Barbara McLean </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Special Effects <Ul> <Li> The Rains Came--E.H. Hansen and Fred Sersen <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin and Arthur Johns </Li> <Li> Only Angels Have Wings--Roy Davidson and Edwin C. Hahn </Li> <Li> Union Pacific--Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder </Li> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer </Li> <Li> The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex--Byron Haskin and Nathan Levinson </Li> <Li> Topper Takes a Trip--Roy Seawright </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Outstanding Production <Ul> <Li> Gone With the Wind--David O. Selznick for Selznick International and Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer <Ul> <Li> Dark Victory--David Lewis for Warner Bros . </Li> <Li> Goodbye, Mr. Chips--Victor Saville for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Love Affair--Leo McCarey for RKO Radio </Li> <Li> Mr. Smith Goes to Washington--Frank Capra for Columbia </Li> <Li> Ninotchka--Sidney Franklin for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Of Mice and Men--Lewis Milestone for Hal Roach Prod. and United Artists </Li> <Li> Stagecoach--Walter Wanger for United Artists </Li> <Li> The Wizard of Oz--Mervyn LeRoy for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer </Li> <Li> Wuthering Heights--Samuel Goldwyn for Samuel Goldwyn Prod. and United Artists </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> Victor Fleming--Gone With the Wind <Ul> <Li> Frank Capra--Mr. Smith Goes to Washington </Li> <Li> John Ford--Stagecoach </Li> <Li> Sam Wood--Goodbye, Mr. Chips </Li> <Li> William Wyler--Wuthering Heights </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

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