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* Outstanding Production - Selznick International Pictures * Special Award - Special Award * Writing (Screenplay) - Sidney Howard
The 12th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 29, 1940 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best in film for 1939 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. [1] It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.
Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Music (Original Score) - Herbert Stothart * Music (Song) - Over The Rainbow in "The Wizard of Oz" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Gone with the Wind ended up winning eight competitive and two honorary Oscars this night including Outstanding Production, Best Directing (Victor Fleming), Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler), Best Cinematography (Color) (Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan), Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom), and Best Wri...
Although The Great Dictator, Chaplin's first all-talking, all-sound film received five nominations: Outstanding Production/Picture, Best Actor (Chaplin), Best Writing (Original Screenplay) (Chaplin), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Oakie) and Best Music (Original Score) (Meredith Willson), it went away empty-handed.
Feb 5, 2014 · To Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films.
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 12th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are: Outstanding Production. Dark Victory Warner Bros.-First National; Gone with the Wind Selznick International Pictures; Goodbye, Mr. Chips Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Love Affair RKO Radio; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Columbia; Ninotchka Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
