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Outstanding Production - Columbia Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director Writing (Screenplay) - Sidney Buchman
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. It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.
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.
Bob Hope hosted the 12th Annual Academy Awards which took place at the Ambassador Hotel on Thursday, February 29, 1940. Two films had double-digit nominations: Thirteen for Gone with the Wind and ten for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A couple of changes were afoot.
Sep 9, 2022 · 1940 Academy Awards. Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff. The 1940 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 1941 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Outstanding Production. All This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.)
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“Rebecca” was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and won two including the Oscar for “Outstanding Production” (Best Picture). This would be the only movie for which Hitchcock would win an Academy Award for “Best Picture”.
