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Last Updated January 28, 1999

 

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Clark Gable Biography
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Leslie Howard Biography
Olivia de Havilland Biography
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We all know that Gone With the Wind was the big winner at the 1939 Academy Awards, but did you ever wonder who they were up against?

Best Picture
Gone With the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard Of Oz
Wuthering Heights

Best Actor
Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mickey Rooney - Babes In Arms
Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind
James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights

Best Actress
Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind
Bette Davis - Dark Victory
Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Irene Dunne - Love Affair
Greta Garbo - Ninotchka

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Best Supporting Actress
Hattie McDaniel - Gone With the Wind
Edna May Olivier - Drums Along the Mohawk
Olivia de Havilland - Gone With the Wind
Maria Ouspenskaya - Love Affair
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Wuthering Heights

Other connections between the Oscars and GWTW...

  • Lyle Wheeler won for Best Art Direction.

  • Victor Fleming won for Best Director.

  • Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom won for Best Film Editing.

  • Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, and Gregg Toland won for Best Cinematography.

  • Max Steiner was nominated for Best Score.

  • Thomas T. Moulton was nominated for Best Sound.

  • John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, and Arthur Jones were nominated for Best Visual Effects.

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Links

Academy Awards Searchable Database
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Online @ The Academy Awards

 

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