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Black and white cinematography: Gregg Tolan, for "Wuthering Heights," from Samuel Goldwyn's studio.

Cinematography, color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennaban for "Gone With the Wind."

Sound Recording

Sound recording: Bernard B. Brown, "When Tomorrow Comes," from Universal.

Film editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom, for "Gone With the WInd."

In the music line, the following awards were made:

Best original score: Herbert Stothart, "The Wizard of Oz," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; best scoring, Frank Harling, John Leibold, Leo Shuken and Richard Hageman, for "Stagecoach;" best song, E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen, for "Over the Rainbow," from the "Wizard of Oz."

Short subjects: Paramount, for the one-reel "Busy Little Bears;" Warner Brothers for the two-reel "Sons of Liberty," and the cartoon, Walt Disney, for "The Ugly Duckling."

Thalberg Award

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given this year to producer David O. Selznick, who made "Gone With the WInd," reads as follows:

"To carry on the ideals represented by Irving G. Thalberg is the privilege of the academy in sponsoring this award. It shall be given each year for the most consistent high quality of production achievement by an individual producer based on the pictures he has personally produced during the preceding year. It shall be in the form of a specially designed trophy, which will, each year, become the permanent possession of the producer to whom it is awarded."

Fairbanks Honored

In honor of the part he played in the organization in the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a commemorative award was presented last night for the late Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the academy, and for his part in the international development of the motion picture.

Other special awards went to the Technicolor Co., a statuette trophy, "for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen;" to Jean Herscholt, president; Ralph Morgan, chairman of the executive committee; Ralph Block, first vice-president; and Conrad Nagel for their work in connection with the Motion Picture Relief Fund; a miniature statuette trophy to Judy Garland "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year," and a special plaque trophy to William Cameron Menzies "for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of "Gone With the Wind."

Other Films Nominated