<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 --
<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 --
who won the academy award for best actor in 1939
who won the academy award for best actor in 1939
Robert Donat
Robert Donat