Academy Awards 1940 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 (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Film Editing	Best Special Effects

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Outstanding Production

• Dark Victory
• Gone with the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Love Affair
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Of Mice and Men
• Stagecoach
• The Wizard of Oz
• Wuthering Heights

Best Director

• Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Sam Wood)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra)
• Stagecoach (John Ford)
• Wuthering Heights (William Wyler)

Best Actor

• Babes in Arms (Mickey Rooney)
• Gone with the Wind (Clark Gable)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (James Stewart)
• Wuthering Heights (Laurence Olivier)

Best Actress

• Dark Victory (Bette Davis)
• Gone with the Wind (Vivien Leigh)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Greer Garson)
• Love Affair (Irene Dunne)
• Ninotchka (Greta Garbo)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Beau Geste (Brian Donlevy)
• Juarez (Brian Aherne)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Harry Carey)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Claude Rains)
• Stagecoach (Thomas Mitchell)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Drums Along the Mohawk (Edna May Oliver)
• Gone with the Wind (Hattie McDaniel)
• Gone with the Wind (Olivia de Havilland)
• Love Affair (Maria Ouspenskaya)
• Wuthering Heights (Geraldine Fitzgerald)

Best Writing (Original Story)

• Bachelor Mother
• Love Affair
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Young Mr. Lincoln

Best Screenplay

• Gone with the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Wuthering Heights

Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)

• Busy Little Bears
• Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
• Prophet Without Honor
• Sword Fishing

Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Drunk Driving
• Five Times Five
• Sons of Liberty

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• Detouring America
• Peace on Earth
• The Pointer
• Ugly Duckling

Best Original Score

• Dark Victory
• Eternally Yours
• Golden Boy
• Gone with the Wind
• Gulliver's Travels
• Man of Conquest
• Nurse Edith Cavell
• Of Mice and Men
• The Man in the Iron Mask
• The Rains Came
• The Wizard of Oz
• Wuthering Heights

Best Scoring

• Babes in Arms
• First Love
• Intermezzo
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Of Mice and Men
• She Married a Cop
• Stagecoach
• Swanee River
• The Great Victor Herbert
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• They Shall Have Music
• Way Down South

Best Song

• Gulliver's Travels ("Faithful Forever")
• Love Affair ("Wishing")
• Second Fiddle ("I Poured My Heart Into a Song")
• The Wizard of Oz ("Over the Rainbow")

Best Sound Recording

• Balalaika
• Gone with the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Man of Conquest
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Of Mice and Men
• The Great Victor Herbert
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• The Rains Came
• When Tomorrow Comes

Best Art Direction

• Beau Geste
• Captain Fury
• First Love
• Gone with the Wind
• Love Affair
• Man of Conquest
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Stagecoach
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• The Rains Came
• The Wizard of Oz
• Wuthering Heights

Best Cinematography (Color)

• Drums Along the Mohawk
• Gone with the Wind
• The Four Feathers
• The Mikado
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• The Wizard of Oz

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• First Love
• Gunga Din
• Intermezzo
• Juarez
• Lady of the Tropics
• Only Angels Have Wings
• Stagecoach
• The Great Victor Herbert
• The Rains Came
• Wuthering Heights

Best Film Editing

• Gone with the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Stagecoach
• The Rains Came

Best Special Effects

• Gone with the Wind
• Only Angels Have Wings
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• The Rains Came
• The Wizard of Oz
• Topper Takes a Trip
• Union Pacific