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Feb 5, 2014 · 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.
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]
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.
1. Gone with the Wind. 1939 3h 58m G. 8.2 (339K) Rate. 97 Metascore. 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 - 20th Century-Fox Writing (Original Story) - Irving Berlin
Sep 9, 2022 · To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) recognizing his unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first president of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture
1939 is undoubtedly the most celebrated year in American film history - the year produced more outstanding films than any other 12-month period. It was bound to be difficult for the Academy to nominate or honor all the rich, outstanding films of the year.
