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1940 (13th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1940 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

Winner markerRebecca, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Best Actor

Winner markerJames Stewart in The Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress

Winner markerGinger Rogers in Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerWalter Brennan in The Westerner, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner markerJane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox.

Directing

Winner markerThe Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. John Ford.

Art Direction

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerPride and Prejudice, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse.

(Color)

Winner markerThe Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) Vincent Korda.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerRebecca, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. George Barnes.

(Color)

Winner markerThe Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) George Perinal.

Film Editing

Winner markerNorth West Mounted Police, Paramount. Anne Bauchens.

Music

(Original Score)

Winner markerPinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington.

(Scoring)

Winner markerTin Pan Alley, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

(Song)

Winner markerWhen You Wish upon a Star from Pinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Leigh Harline; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Winner markerThe Milky Way, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Rudolph Ising Series]

(One-reel)

Winner markerQuicker ’n a Wink, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Winner markerTeddy, the Rough Rider, Warner Bros. [Historical Featurette Series]

Sound Recording

Winner markerStrike Up the Band, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Special Effects

Winner markerThe Thief of Bagdad, Alexander Korda; United Artists. (UK, USA) Photographic effects by Lawrence Butler; sound effects by Jack Whitney.

Writing

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Great McGinty, Paramount. Preston Sturges.

(Original Story)

Winner markerArise, My Love, Paramount. Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Donald Ogden Stewart.

Special Award

Winner markerTo Bob Hope, in recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. [ [Special Silver Plaque]]
Winner markerTo Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army training films. [ [Statuette]]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

Winner marker20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller, and Robert W. Stevens.

(Class III)

Winner markerTo Warner Bros. Studio Art Department and Anton Grot for the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine.