 Judy Garland (I) (qv) was nominated for an Oscar as best actress  and James Mason (I) (qv) was nominated for best actor. These two  nominations are the first time in Academy Awards history for two  people in the same film playing roles for which different people  were earlier nominated for Oscars: Janet Gaynor (I) (qv) and  Fredric March (qv) in the 1937 version.