Academy Awards 1939 Nominations

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Outstanding Production	Best Director
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Writing (Original Story)	Best Screenplay
Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)	Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Original Score
Best Scoring	Best Song
Best Sound Recording	Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography	Best Film Editing

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Outstanding Production

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Boys Town
• Four Daughters
• Jezebel
• La grande illusion
• Pygmalion
• Test Pilot
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Citadel
• You Can't Take It with You

Best Director

• Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz)
• Boys Town (Norman Taurog)
• Four Daughters (Michael Curtiz)
• The Citadel (King Vidor)
• You Can't Take It with You (Frank Capra)

Best Actor

• Algiers (Charles Boyer)
• Angels with Dirty Faces (James Cagney)
• Boys Town (Spencer Tracy)
• Pygmalion (Leslie Howard)
• The Citadel (Robert Donat)

Best Actress

• Jezebel (Bette Davis)
• Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer)
• Pygmalion (Wendy Hiller)
• Three Comrades (Margaret Sullavan)
• White Banners (Fay Bainter)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Algiers (Gene Lockhart)
• Four Daughters (John Garfield)
• If I Were King (Basil Rathbone)
• Kentucky (Walter Brennan)
• Marie Antoinette (Robert Morley)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jezebel (Fay Bainter)
• Merrily We Live (Billie Burke)
• Of Human Hearts (Beulah Bondi)
• The Great Waltz (Miliza Korjus)
• You Can't Take It with You (Spring Byington)

Best Writing (Original Story)

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Angels with Dirty Faces
• Blockade
• Boys Town
• Mad About Music
• Test Pilot

Best Screenplay

• Boys Town
• Four Daughters
• Pygmalion
• The Citadel
• You Can't Take It with You

Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)

• That Mothers Might Live
• The Great Heart
• Timber Toppers

Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Swingtime in the Movies
• The Declaration of Independence
• They're Always Caught

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• Brave Little Tailor
• Ferdinand the Bull
• Good Scouts
• Hunky and Spunky
• Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

Best Original Score

• Army Girl
• Block-Heads
• Blockade
• Breaking the Ice
• If I Were King
• Marie Antoinette
• Pacific Liner
• Suez
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Cowboy and the Lady
• The Young in Heart

Best Scoring

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Carefree
• Girls' School
• Jezebel
• Mad About Music
• Storm Over Bengal
• Sweethearts
• The Goldwyn Follies
• The Young in Heart
• There Goes My Heart
• Tropic Holiday

Best Song

• Alexander's Ragtime Band ("Now It Can Be Told")
• Carefree ("Change Partners and Dance with Me")
• Going Places ("Jeepers Creepers")
• Mannequin ("Always and Always")
• Merrily We Live ("Merrily We Live")
• That Certain Age ("My Own")
• The Big Broadcast of 1938 ("Thanks for the Memory")
• The Cowboy and the Lady ("The Cowboy and the Lady")
• The Lady Objects ("A Mist Over the Moon")
• Under Western Stars ("Dust")

Best Sound Recording

• Army Girl
• Four Daughters
• If I Were King
• Merrily We Live
• Suez
• Sweethearts
• That Certain Age
• The Cowboy and the Lady
• Vivacious Lady
• You Can't Take It with You

Best Art Direction

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Algiers
• Carefree
• Holiday
• If I Were King
• Mad About Music
• Marie Antoinette
• Merrily We Live
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Goldwyn Follies

Best Cinematography

• Algiers
• Army Girl
• Jezebel
• Mad About Music
• Merrily We Live
• Suez
• The Buccaneer
• The Great Waltz
• The Young in Heart
• Vivacious Lady
• You Can't Take It with You

Best Film Editing

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Test Pilot
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Great Waltz
• You Can't Take It with You