11th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1939)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 23, 1939
- For films released in: 1938
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 11th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Production
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
Warner Bros.-First National - Alexander's Ragtime Band
20th Century-Fox - Boys Town
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Citadel
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Four Daughters
Warner Bros.-First National - Grand Illusion
Realization D'Art Cinematographique - Jezebel
Warner Bros. - Pygmalion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Test Pilot
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - You Can't Take It with You
Columbia
Best Directing
- Angels with Dirty Faces
Michael Curtiz - Boys Town
Norman Taurog - The Citadel
King Vidor - Four Daughters
Michael Curtiz - You Can't Take It with You
Frank Capra
Best Actor
- Algiers
Charles Boyer - Angels with Dirty Faces
James Cagney - Boys Town
Spencer Tracy - The Citadel
Robert Donat - Pygmalion
Leslie Howard
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
- The Great Waltz
Miliza Korjus - Jezebel
Fay Bainter - Merrily We Live
Billie Burke - Of Human Hearts
Beulah Bondi - You Can't Take It with You
Spring Byington
Best Art Direction
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
Carl J. Weyl - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Lyle Wheeler - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven - Algiers
Alexander Toluboff - Carefree
Van Nest Polglase - The Goldwyn Follies
Richard Day - Holiday
Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks - If I Were King
Hans Dreier and John Goodman - Mad about Music
Jack Otterson - Marie Antoinette
Cedric Gibbons - Merrily We Live
Charles D. Hall
Best Cinematography
- Algiers
James Wong Howe - Army Girl
Ernest Miller and Harry Wild - The Buccaneer
Victor Milner - The Great Waltz
Joseph Ruttenberg - Jezebel
Ernest Haller - Mad about Music
Joseph Valentine - Merrily We Live
Norbert Brodine - Suez
Peverell Marley - Vivacious Lady
Robert de Grasse - You Can't Take It with You
Joseph Walker - The Young in Heart
Leon Shamroy
Best Film Editing
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ralph Dawson - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Barbara McLean - The Great Waltz
Tom Held - Test Pilot
Tom Held - You Can't Take It with You
Gene Havlick
Best Music (Scoring)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alfred Newman - Carefree
Victor Baravalle - Girls' School
Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone - The Goldwyn Follies
Alfred Newman - Jezebel
Max Steiner - Mad about Music
Charles Previn and Frank Skinner - Storm over Bengal
Cy Feuer - Sweethearts
Herbert Stothart - There Goes My Heart
Marvin Hatley - Tropic Holiday
Boris Morros - The Young in Heart
Franz Waxman
Best Music (Original Score)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Army Girl
Victor Young - Block-Heads
Marvin Hatley - Blockade
Werner Janssen - Breaking the Ice
Victor Young - The Cowboy and the Lady
Alfred Newman - If I Were King
Richard Hageman - Marie Antoinette
Herbert Stothart - Pacific Liner
Russell Bennett - Suez
Louis Silvers - The Young in Heart
Franz Waxman
Best Music (Song)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band "Now It Can Be Told"
Irving Berlin [Music and Lyrics by] - The Big Broadcast of 1938 "Thanks for the Memory"
Ralph Rainger [Music by] and Leo Robin [Lyrics by] - Carefree "Change Partners"
Irving Berlin [Music and Lyrics by] - The Cowboy and the Lady "The Cowboy and the Lady"
Lionel Newman [Music by] and Arthur Quenzer [Lyrics by] - Going Places "Jeepers Creepers"
Harry Warren [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by] - The Lady Objects "A Mist over the Moon"
Ben Oakland [Music by] and Oscar Hammerstein II [Lyrics by] - Mannequin "Always and Always"
Edward Ward [Music by], Chet Forrest [Lyrics by] and Bob Wright [Lyrics by] - Merrily We Live "Merrily We Live"
Phil Charig [Music by] and Arthur Quenzer [Lyrics by] - That Certain Age "My Own"
Jimmy McHugh [Music by] and Harold Adamson [Lyrics by] - Under Western Stars "Dust"
Johnny Marvin [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Brave Little Tailor
Walt Disney - Ferdinand the Bull
Walt Disney - Good Scouts
Walt Disney - Hunky and Spunky
Paramount - Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Walt Disney
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- The Great Heart
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - That Mothers Might Live
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Timber Toppers
20th Century-Fox
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
- Declaration of Independence
Warner Bros. - Swingtime in the Movies
Warner Bros. - They're Always Caught
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Sound Recording
- Army Girl
Republic Studio Sound Department and Charles L. Lootens [Sound Director] - The Cowboy and the Lady
United Artists Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director] - Four Daughters
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director] - If I Were King
Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder [Sound Director] - Merrily We Live
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer A. Raguse [Sound Director] - Suez
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director] - Sweethearts
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director] - That Certain Age
Universal Studio Sound Department and Bernard B. Brown [Sound Director] - Vivacious Lady
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John Aalberg [Sound Director] - You Can't Take It with You
Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director]
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- Boys Town
John Meehan and Dore Schary - The Citadel
Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead and Elizabeth Hill - Four Daughters
Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee - Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw [Screenplay and Dialogue by], W.P. Lipscomb [Adaptation by], Cecil Lewis [Adaptation by] and Ian Dalrymple [Adaptation by] - You Can't Take It with You
Robert Riskin
Best Writing (Original Story)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin - Angels with Dirty Faces
Rowland Brown - Blockade
John Howard Lawson - Boys Town
Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin - Mad about Music
Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner - Test Pilot
Frank Wead