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A 12.ª entrega dos premios Óscar tivo lugar o día 29 de febreiro de 1940 en The Ambassador Hotel dos Ánxeles.^[1] O mestre de cerimonias foi Bob Hope, primeira das dezanove ocasións en que o fixo.

Hattie McDaniel converteuse na primeira persoa afroamericana que recibiu un Óscar ao ser considerada a mellor actriz secundaria por Foise co vento.

Premios

Hattie McDaniel, mellor actriz secundaria

Os gañadores aparecen en primeiro lugar e en grosas.

Mellor filme	Mellor director
Foise co vento Dark Victory Goodbye, Mr. Chips Love Affair Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ninotchka Of Mice and Men A dilixencia The Wizard of Oz Cumes borrascosos	Victor Fleming – Foise co vento Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Ford – A dilixencia Sam Wood – Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Wyler – Cumes borrascosos
Mellor actor	Mellor actriz
Robert Donat – Goodbye, Mr. Chips Clark Gable – Foise co vento Laurence Olivier – Cumes borrascosos Mickey Rooney – Babes in Arms James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Vivien Leigh – Foise co vento Bette Davis – Dark Victory Irene Dunne – Love Affair Greta Garbo – Ninotchka Greer Garson – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mellor actor secundario	Mellor actriz secundaria
Thomas Mitchell – A dilixencia Brian Aherne – Juarez Harry Carey – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Brian Donlevy – Beau Geste Claude Rains – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Hattie McDaniel – Foise co vento Olivia de Havilland – Foise co vento Geraldine Fitzgerald – Cumes borrascosos Edna May Oliver – Drums Along the Mohawk Maria Ouspenskaya – Love Affair
Mellor argumento	Mellor guión
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Lewis R. Foster Love Affair – Mildred Cram e Leo McCarey Bachelor Mother – Felix Jackson Ninotchka – Melchior Lengyel Young Mr. Lincoln – Lamar Trotti	Foise co vento – Sidney Howard Ninotchka – Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch e Billy Wilder Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Sidney Buchman Cumes borrascosos – Ben Hecht e Charles MacArthur Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff e Claudine West
Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, un rolo	Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, dous rolos
Busy Little Bears – Paramount Pictures Information Please – RKO Radio Prophet Without Honor – MGM Sword Fishing – Warner Bros.	Sons of Liberty – Warner Bros. Drunk Driving – MGM Five Times Five – RKO Radio
Mellor banda sonora	Mellor banda sonora orixinal
A dilixencia – Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold e Leo Shuken The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje e Arthur Lange Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland Babes in Arms – Roger Edens e George E. Stoll She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer Intermezzo – Lou Forbes The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman First Love – Charles Previn Swanee River – Louis Silvers Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin Way Down South – Victor Young	The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart Nurse Edith Cavell – Anthony Collins Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland The Man in the Iron Mask – Lud Gluskin e Lucien Moraweck Eternamente túa – Werner Janssen The Rains Came – Alfred Newman Cumes borrascosos – Alfred Newman Dark Victory – Max Steiner Foise co vento – Max Steiner Golden Boy – Victor Young Gulliver's Travels – Victor Young Man of Conquest – Victor Young
Mellor canción	Mellor curtametraxe de animación
*"Over the Rainbow" de The Wizard of Oz* – Música de Harold Arlen; Letra de E. Y. Harburg** "Faithful Forever" de Gulliver's Travels – Música de Ralph Rainger; Letra de Leo Robin "I Poured My Heart Into a Song" de Second Fiddle – Música e letra de Irving Berlin "Wishing" de Love Affair – Música e letra de Buddy de Sylva	The Ugly Duckling – Walt Disney Productions e RKO Radio Detouring America – Warner Bros. Peace on Earth – MGM The Pointer – Walt Disney Productions e RKO Radio
Mellor son	Mellor dirección de arte
When Tomorrow Comes – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Goodbye, Mr. Chips – A. W. Watkins, Denham Studio Sound Department Of Mice and Men – Elmer A. Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department Balalaika – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department The Great Victor Herbert – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department Man of Conquest – Charles L. Lootens, Republic Studio Sound Department The Hunchback of Notre Dame – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Foise co vento – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department The Rains Came – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department	Foise co vento – Lyle Wheeler Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Lionel Banks Cumes borrascosos – James Basevi The Rains Came – William S. Darling e George Dudley Beau Geste – Hans Dreier e Robert Odell The Wizard of Oz – Cedric Gibbons e William A. Horning The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Anton Grot Captain Fury – Charles D. Hall Man of Conquest – John Victor Mackay First Love – Jack Otterson e Martin Obzina Love Affair – Van Nest Polglase e Alfred Herman A dilixencia – Alexander Toluboff
Mellor fotografía, branco e negro	Mellor fotografía, cor
Cumes borrascosos – Gregg Toland Gunga Din – Joseph H. August Lady of the Tropics – Norbert Brodine Juarez – Tony Gaudio A dilixencia – Bert Glennon The Rains Came – Arthur Charles Miller The Great Victor Herbert – Victor Milner Intermezzo – Gregg Toland First Love – Joseph Valentine Só os anxos teñen ás – Joseph Walker	Foise co vento – Ernest Haller e Ray Rennahan The Four Feathers – Georges Périnal e Osmond Borradaile The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Sol Polito e W. Howard Greene Drums Along the Mohawk – Ray Rennahan e Bert Glennon The Wizard of Oz – Hal Rosson The Mikado – William V. Skall e Bernard Knowles
Mellor montaxe	Mellores efectos especiais
Foise co vento – Hal C. Kern e James E. Newcom Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Charles Frend Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Gene Havlick e Al Clark A dilixencia – Otho Lovering e Dorothy Spencer The Rains Came – Barbara McLean	The Rains Came – E. H. Hansen e Fred Sersen Foise co vento – Jack Cosgrove, Fred Albin e Arthur Johns Só os anxos teñen ás – Roy Davidson e Edwin C. Hahn Union Pacific – Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings e Loren Ryder The Wizard of Oz – A. Arnold Gillespie e Douglas Shearer The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Byron Haskin e Nathan Levinson Topper Takes a Trip – Roy Seawright

Oscar honorífico

Douglas Fairbanks: "recoñecendo a contribución única e destacada de Douglas Fairbanks, primeiro Presidente da Academia, ao desenvolvemento internacional do cinema".
Motion Picture Relief Fund: "recoñecendo os destacados servizos á industria durante o pasado ano do Motion Picture Relief Fund e o seu progresivo liderado". Entregado a Jean Hersholt (presidente), Ralph Morgan (director do comité executivo), Ralph Block (vicepresidente primeiro) e Conrad Nagel.
William Cameron Menzies "polo destacado logro no uso da cor para mellorar o dramatismo na produción de Foise co vento".
The Technicolor Company "polas súas contribucións en levar con éxito a produción en tres cores á pantalla".