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Feb 5, 2014 · special award To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) – recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture.
Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
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.
The 11th Academy Awards | 1939. Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel. Thursday, February 23, 1939. ... Writing (Original Story) Winner. Boys Town. Dore Schary ...
Writing: Original Story: Sinclair Lewis. Writing: Screenplay: Sinclair Lewis. Picture: Y. Frank Freeman. Special Award: The Motion Picture Relief Fund: Basil O’Connor. Irving G. Thalberg Award: David O. Selznick: Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins. Special Award: Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative): Walter Wanger. Supporting Actor: Fay Bainter.
Winners Charts: "Best Picture" Oscar®, "Best Director" Oscar®, "Best Actor" Oscar®, "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar®, "Best Actress" Oscar®, "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar®, "Best Screenplay/Writer" Oscar®. 1939. The winner is listed first, in CAPITAL letters. Filmsite's Greatest Films of 1939.
Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's and Broadway's greatest writers, won an Oscar for best original story for Underworld (1927) at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and had a hand in the writing of many classic films. He was nominated five more times for the best writing Oscar, winning (along with writing... 3. Joseph Farnham. Writer | Thunder.
