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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.
Supporting Actress winner for Gone with the Wind, posing with an Oscar statuette with presenter Fay Bainter. Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. Arriving at the Oscars.
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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...
Feb 5, 2014 · 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. To the Technicolor Company for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen.
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.
