Outstanding Production

• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Boys Town
• The Citadel
• Four Daughters
• Grand Illusion
• Jezebel
• Pygmalion
• Test Pilot
• You Can't Take It With You

Best Actor

• Charles Boyer, Algiers
• James Cagney, Angels With Dirty Faces
• Robert Donat, The Citadel
• Leslie Howard, Pygmalion
• Spencer Tracy, Boys Town

Best Actress

• Fay Bainter, White Banners
• Bette Davis, Jezebel
• Wendy Hiller, Pygmalion
• Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette
• Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Walter Brennan, Kentucky
• John Garfield, Four Daughters
• Gene Lockhart, Algiers
• Robert Morley, Marie Antoinette
• Basil Rathbone, If I Were King

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Fay Bainter, Jezebel
• Beulah Bondi, Of Human Hearts
• Billie Burke, Merrily We Live
• Spring Byington, You Can't Take It With You
• Miliza Korjus, The Great Waltz

Directing

• Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You
• Michael Curtiz, Angels With Dirty Faces
• Michael Curtiz, Four Daughters
• Norman Taurog, Boys Town
• King Vidor, The Citadel

Writing

• Original Story
  • Irving Berlin, Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • Rowland Brown, Angels With Dirty Faces
  • Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, Mad About Music
  • Eleanore Griffin and Dore Schary, Boys Town
  • John Howard Lawson, Blockade
  • Frank Wead, Test Pilot
• Screenplay
  • Lenore Coffee and Julius J. Epstein, Four Daughters
  • Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill and Frank Wead, The Citadel
  • John Meehan and Dore Schary, Boys Town
  • Robert Riskin, You Can't Take It With You
  • George Bernard Shaw, writer; Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis and W. P. Lipscomb, adaptation, Pygmalion

Cinematography

• Norbert Brodine, Merrily We Live
• Robert de Grasse, Vivacious Lady
• Ernest Haller, Jezebel
• James Wong Howe, Algiers
• Peverell Marley, Suez
• Ernest Miller and Harry Wild, Army Girl
• Victor Milner, The Buccaneer
• Joseph Ruttenberg, The Great Waltz
• Leon Shamroy, The Young in Heart
• Joseph Valentine, Mad About Music
• Joseph Walker, You Can't Take It With You

Art Direction

• Richard Day, The Goldwyn Follies
• Hans Dreier and John Goodman, If I Were King
• Cedric Gibbons, Marie Antoinette
• Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks, Holiday
• Charles D. Hall, Merrily We Live
• Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven, Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Jack Otterson, Mad About Music
• Van Nest Polglase, Carefree
• Alexander Toluboff, Algiers
• Carl J. Weyl, The Adventures of Robin Hood
• Lyle Wheeler, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., You Can't Take It With You
• Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., Merrily We Live
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Sweethearts
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., If I Were King
• Republic Studio Sound Dept., Army Girl
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Vivacious Lady
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Suez
• United Artists Studio Sound Dept., The Cowboy and the Lady
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., That Certain Age
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Four Daughters

Music

• Song
  • "Always and Always", Mannequin, Edward Ward, music; Chet Forrest and Bob Wright, lyrics
  • "Change Partners", Carefree, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
  • "The Cowboy and the Lady", The Cowboy and the Lady, Lionel Newman, music; Arthur Quenzer, lyrics
  • "Dust", Under Western Stars, Johnny Marvin, music and lyrics
  • "Jeepers Creepers", Going Places, Harry Warren, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
  • "Merrily We Live", Merrily We Live, Phil Charig, music; Arthur Quenzer, lyrics
  • "A Mist Over the Moon", The Lady Objects, Ben Oakland, music; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrics
  • "My Own", That Certain Age, Jimmy McHugh, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics
  • "Now It Can Be Told", Alexander's Ragtime Band, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
  • "Thanks for the Memory", The Big Broadcast of 1938, Ralph Rainger, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
• Score
  • Victor Baravalle, Carefree
  • Cy Feuer, Storm Over Bengal
  • Marvin Hatley, There Goes My Heart
  • Boris Morros, Tropic Holiday
  • Alfred Newman, Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • Alfred Newman, The Goldwyn Follies
  • Charles Previn and Frank Skinner, Mad About Music
  • Max Steiner, Jezebel
  • Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone, Girls' School
  • Herbert Stothart, Sweethearts
  • Franz Waxman, The Young in Heart
• Original Score
  • Russell Bennett, Pacific Liner
  • Richard Hageman, If I Were King
  • Marvin Hatley, Block-Heads
  • Werner Janssen, Blockade
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold, The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Alfred Newman, The Cowboy and the Lady
  • Louis Silvers, Suez
  • Herbert Stothart, Marie Antoinette
  • Franz Waxman, The Young in Heart
  • Victor Young, Army Girl
  • Victor Young, Breaking the Ice

Film Editing

• Ralph Dawson, The Adventures of Robin Hood
• Tom Held, The Great Waltz
• Tom Held, Test Pilot
• Gene Havlick, You Can't Take It With You
• Barbara McLean, Alexander's Ragtime Band

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Brave Little Tailor (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Ferdinand the Bull (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Good Scouts (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Hunky and Spunky (Paramount)
  • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
• One-Reel
  • The Great Heart (Miniature Series) (MGM)
  • That Mothers Might Live (Miniature Series) (MGM)
  • Timber Toppers (Ed Thorgensen-Sports Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Two-Reel
  • Declaration of Independence (Historical Featurette Series) (Warner Bros.)
  • Swingtime in the Movies (Broadway Brevities Series) (Warner Bros.)
  • They're Always Caught (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (MGM)
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Hal B. Wallis

Special Awards

• To Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement
• To Harry M. Warner in recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty
• To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon
• To Oliver Marsh and Allen Davey for the color cinematography of the MGM production Sweethearts
• For outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North; special effects by Gordon Jenning ; assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith; transparencies by Farciot Edouart; assisted by Loyal Griggs; sound effects by Loren Ryder; assisted by Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst
• To J. Arthur Ball for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in motion picture photography

Facts:

• Winners Announced: February 23, 1939
• Held at: Biltmore Bowl (Biltmore Hotel)
• Host: Frank Capra
• Eligibility Year: 1938