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Feb 5, 2014 · To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. 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.
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 - 20th Century-Fox Writing (Original Story) - Irving Berlin
Winner. 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Romance. 7.9. Rate. 97 Metascore. When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
12th Academy Awards (1939) 1. Gone with the Wind (1939) Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War. A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Actress - Wendy Hiller in "Pygmalion" * Writing (Screenplay) - Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1939. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song.
