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Memorable Moments. Hattie McDaniel. 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. Victor Fleming. Best Directing winner for Gone with the Wind. View More Memorable Moments.
In the first ceremony (1927–28), an award was given for best original story; an award for title writing was also given. A story was a prose narration of the action in the film that typically would later be converted to a screenplay by another screenwriter.
In 1940, 'Academy Award for Best Story' and 'Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay' were presented as separate awards. It was in the awards function of 1957 that the two categories were combined to form one award - 'Academy Award For Writing Original Story'.
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.
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
Apr 3, 2021 · One of the most prestigious honors a screenwriter can be given is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, we’ve seen sweeping stories of romanticism like the original Titanic, as well as stories of war like The Hurt Locker, win the award.
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.
